I jinxed myself

The evening after I do a blog post wrapping up how lovely it’s been riding Greeny through local mountain bike trails… all hell breaks loose at Loftus. Lets run through the damage. Pinch flat. I pinch flatted on a boring, non-technical downhill section. Somewhat my own fault as I noticed the rear tyre pressure was(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | no comments | September 2, 2010 at 2:29 pm

More Mountain Biking

In the last few weeks I’ve done an 180 degree about turn. Now I’ve got vastly more mountain biking in my bike riding diet… and damn it’s fun! It all started two weeks ago when I did 50kms in 5 laps of Appin during the Appin 400 (Lap 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Before that(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | no comments | September 1, 2010 at 9:42 am

Bike Lane Stencil Art

Seriously cool & sums up how I feel about people driving short trips around town. Get on a bike, cause less traffic congestion and get healthier. The artist is Peter Drew, flickr photo by Carlton Reid.

by Jarod | 2 comments | August 27, 2010 at 7:19 am

Kona’s 2011 Unit and why I’m not upgrading.

I must say, I’m quite taken with Kona’s 2011 Unit. With it’s new black and white colour scheme, it looks like a chunky, big wheeled version of Whitey. They’ve messed with the geometry which I’m not overly keen on. For the 16″ that I ride, the head tube and seat tube are both more slack(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 5 comments | August 20, 2010 at 7:48 am

227/365 – A tree jumped out and smooshed my arm. Bad tree!

by Jarod | 3 comments | August 15, 2010 at 8:01 pm

Casseroll Update

After doing almost 1000kms since the Casseroll got gears, I needed a change. First I was just going to head back to single speed land, but then I figured if I was going to change things up, I may as well do things right. Yes, that’s a stock photo from the last time the Salsa(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | one comment | August 11, 2010 at 8:43 am

The Updated Mancave

A week or so back Justin blogged about getting his photo taken in his mancave. This got me thinking that I should really take a photo of the current state of my mancave. So I did. And here it is. I’m down to two bikes now. All the others are in pieces. It’s for the(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 2 comments | August 7, 2010 at 8:32 pm

206/365 – Newtown, Waterfall, Cronulla, Kurnell, Newtown.

Today I rode from Newtown to Waterfall, then came home via Cronulla and Kurnell. The morning started much like this… Don’t you ever complain about the noise in your dSLR til you’ve used an Nokia e71 in low light. Anyway, I was on the bike by 5:30am, which meant I’d be riding the first hour(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 6 comments | July 25, 2010 at 7:26 pm

My Definitive 2010 Kona Unit Review

My Kona Unit has gone through a myriad of changes since I bought it in November last year. It’s still an insanely fun bike to ride and I’m pleased with how versatile it’s become. Greeny is my race bike, all mountain trail bike, single speed bike, down hill bike and I’ve even thought about converting(click to read the full post)