A failing business model

Recently there have been some happenings which are out of my control, so while waiting for those things to eventuate I decided to rebuild whitey with spare and left over parts. Old forks, stem, handlebars all bolted up a-okay, as did the Salsa’s old rear wheel. However, I struck problematic gold when I moved my(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 6 comments | June 25, 2010 at 3:21 pm

167/365 – Snotface

Unfortunately Liz still isn’t well. The general rundown’ness she’s had for the last week has developed into a proper sinus infection. What did the Doctor Lady prescribe? Lots of sleep, drinkable antibiotics and heaps of kitty cuddles.

by Jarod | 4 comments | June 16, 2010 at 8:01 pm

2010′s Dirtworks Wrapup

Yesterday I rode the Dirtworks 50km (in the single speed category, of course). The short version of this wrapup is that it was good/okay, but I’m not sure I’d ever do it again. Want more? Keep reading. But be warned, the words are spewed from my brain without much editing… and there are a fair(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 7 comments | May 3, 2010 at 8:28 pm

I’ve been thinking about putting gears on the Casseroll.

Excuse the Photoshop disaster. It’s up there to illustrate a point, not to win a prize. It’s something I’ve considered for a while now, but yesterday’s ride certainly brought it back to the front of my brain. It is in short, it’s a hair brained idea to run a 1×9/1×10 geared setup on my Salsa(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 8 comments | April 11, 2010 at 6:52 pm

My Weekend At The Mont

Wow. The Mont was absolutely incredible. As it was my first 24 hour mountain bike race I wasn’t really sure what to expect. But I’m not going to forget what happened both out on the track and back at camp very quickly. Firstly the quick stats. During the weekend I… drove about 300kms (the way(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 13 comments | March 29, 2010 at 7:21 pm

73/365 – Arm Tan Man

With the increased riding that I’ve been doing, I’ve been developing a bit of a strange arm tan. Speaking of riding, today I rode the Salsa to Heathcote with Andy, Matt and a dozen other Fixie Riders. They were all heading out to Garie Beach in the Royal National Park so I tagged along til(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 6 comments | March 14, 2010 at 7:57 pm

Bike Riding, Statistically Speaking.

The summary of this post is that I’ve been riding a hell of a lot more in 2010 than I was in 2009. The long version includes some quickfire stats… In the first 70 days of this year, I’ve ridden half of what I did in 365 days last year. (1230kms for 70 days of(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 3 comments | March 12, 2010 at 11:23 am

70/365 – Burgerfuel, you’re delicious

Neither of us felt like cooking, so Liz and I ended up having Burgerfuel for dinner. So handy having such good (and convenient) food on one’s doorstep.

by Jarod | 3 comments | March 11, 2010 at 8:32 pm

This week in movies

I’ve been watching a few movies of late. Lets have two quick reviews. The Hurt Locker Now I’ll be honest here… I really really don’t understand the hype. To me it’s just another Hollywood war movie glorifying war. Jarod’s rating? 2 inconceivable bomb defusings out of 5. I can’t embed the trailer, but if you’d(click to read the full post)