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by Jarod | no comments | July 12, 2009 at 5:27 am

The Salsa ate my jeans!

Turns out chain guards aren’t 100% effective 100% of the time. Was going about 30kph down a hill, them wham, my right leg gets sucked down into a black hole, only to be spat back out minus my jeans cuff.

by Jarod | 3 comments | July 11, 2009 at 8:03 pm

Highland Fling sells out in 5.5 hours!

It’s a pretty good indication of how popular the mountain biking is in Australia. All the entries to the Highland Fling (1500 of em!!!) were sold out a mere 5.5 hours after they went on sale. Crazy!! I’ve got my entry for the 55km Half Fling which I’ll be doing on Whitey the single speed.(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | no comments | July 9, 2009 at 5:41 pm

The Salsa Casseroll at the moment

Took my Salsa Casseroll out for a bit of a photoshoot. These were the results…

by Jarod | one comment | July 8, 2009 at 9:47 pm

What? The weekend is over already?

Then this must be the weekend wrapup post! On Saturday morning I logged a cool 37kms on the fixed Salsa. My legs certainly feel it this morning. On Sunday there were numerous logistical & freight (comedy of) errors before Liz and I were finally at home around lunchtime with our brand new Ikea Expedit 5×5(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 2 comments | July 6, 2009 at 7:28 am

Highland Fling, Here I Come!

I wasn’t going to enter the 2009 Highland Fling. But this morning I was made aware that there has been a change in the rules. In previous years registration had to be done the day before the race. This year however, they’re allowing rego from 6am til 7am on the day of the race as(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 2 comments | July 1, 2009 at 9:51 pm

Little Nan’s Ginger Loafcake

Also known as Little Nan’s Ginger Cakeloaf. Ingredients 175g butter 3 cups self raising flour 3 tbsp golden syrup 1 1/2 cups milk 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 3 tsp powdered ginger 1 1/2 tsp mixed spice 2 tsp (level) baking soda How to make it happen Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Mix(click to read the full post)

by Liz | no comments | July 19, 2009 at 12:49 pm

Kitties!

I don’t mind graffiti as long as it is interesting. Tagging is annoying, but if someone has put some effort in and come up with a design, then I’m okay with it. Especially if it’s of cats. Last night when coming home from Stanmore station and walking up one end of our lane, I spotted(click to read the full post)

by Liz | one comment | July 15, 2009 at 10:53 pm

Amusing.

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Jeff Goldblum Will Be Missed www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Jeff Goldblum Click here if you can’t see it in your feed reader. Of course the Today show is entirely credible. Who would ever suggest they’re not? (Found via Laura @ LR Kane).