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

52/365 – Dirty Legs

Today I did the WSMTB Club’s 4 hour race. I got dirty legs and a crushed spirit. Quite tired. Shall post a proper review in the coming days.

by Jarod | 2 comments | February 21, 2010 at 8:33 pm

Dirtworks 2010

It appears the pain from this year’s Dirtworks has been forgotten, as last week I signed up for the 2010 race. I had a bit of indecision between the 50 & 100km events. The 50km appealed cause it can be treated like a short, sharp sprint. The 100km cause it’s epic and a helluva challenge.(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | no comments | December 10, 2009 at 6:15 am

Whitey Gets His Gears Back

Sick of sore knees and having to set up the gearing for each trail I visited, I splurged and bought Whitey some new running gear. The vertical drop outs meant the single speed thing never did work quite right. Oh well, I might try single speeding again at some point in the future**. Took him(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 2 comments | November 22, 2009 at 6:52 am

The Tale of the Giant Iguana Single Speed and the Salsa Casseroll Single Speed Commuter

Okay. Not so much a tale as a photo of each bike in it’s respective state. That’s pretty much how Whitey will stay for the Highland Fling this weekend. Kinda not really especially looking forward to it. Which is to say that I’m nervous and wish it was over with already. As for the Casseroll,(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 2 comments | November 4, 2009 at 7:57 am

Whitey’s New Boots

I recently treated whitey to a new set of boots… and in the process saved almost a kilo of weight. Crazy! These were replaced: With these: Hubs are these: Rims are these: And they’re laced together with super light DT Swiss Revolution spokes and held in with super sexy red DT Swiss Alloy Nipples. On(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 4 comments | October 26, 2009 at 6:05 pm

Manly Dam again

Yesterday I rode Manly Dam for the first time since January. Man it’s easy to forget how technical that trail is! The first lap we did was the normal one. That is to say, it has heartbreak hill in it. Despite having easier gearing than last time (32:18) I didn’t ride the whole way up(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | no comments | August 30, 2009 at 8:08 am

Dirtworks is creeping up on me

Dirtworks is 22 days away. Not overly sure how I’m going to go with the amount of training I’ve done. I can rattle off 20kms pretty comfortably, 30kms if I properly have to. But I kinda signed up for the 50km event…. Mmm. Now there’s motivation to be awake at 6am on the Saturday of(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | no comments | April 11, 2009 at 7:09 am

Manly Dam with the Bikes Move Us Guys

I woke up yesterday and chucked Liz’s Maxxis High Rollers onto the single speed in preparation for my first ride with the BMU guys. We all rocked up to Manly Dam and after a slightly delayed start, we were on our way and I was about to learn how much the Dam had changed. Damn.(click to read the full post)