VGR 541
Relaxing 40km XC ride today with Pete from The Bike Vault, out to Maldon and back. Lots of stuff on in Maldon this weekend incuding ‘Steam trains for kids‘ including big kids I guess! (more…)
Relaxing 40km XC ride today with Pete from The Bike Vault, out to Maldon and back. Lots of stuff on in Maldon this weekend incuding ‘Steam trains for kids‘ including big kids I guess! (more…)
Frost then sunny, my favorite winter’s day forecast and there’s a few of them this week, sweet! I headed out for a midweek Mojo fix and it was also the first longer ride using new Shimano shoes, more about the shoes another time. (more…)
For some reason hating on Kona seems to be a popular pastime in online MTB forums. Regardless, when looking around for a new bike prior to the Mojo HD, Kona's…
Had a lot of fun today at the Castlemaine round of the Vic MTBO (Mountain Bike Orienteering) Series. I’ve participated in both 6 hour Cyclic Navigators (on unicycles!) but never a standard MTBO event where unlike the Cyclic Navigator riders must pass through control points in a set order and get to the finish in the shortest time possible. (more…)
After a run of wet and cold weather it felt great to get out on the Mojo HD again, with refreshed legs too. Apart from fallen branches and debri the trails were in prime condition – damp but grippy. (more…)
Have ridden well over 100km on the new Spesh tire combo (Purgatory 2.4 front, Captain 2.2 rear) so thought it was time to review. (more…)
I’ve been getting by wearing lightweight Mont hiking shorts over knicks for a long while now. Back in the day I just wore knicks roadie style but a few years of mountain unicycling sold me on shorts – pockets come in handy but more than that, shorts were my style. Sort of like hey I am into riding, not racing. Does it matter? Not really but you gotta be comfortable, body and mind. (more…)
Days like today remind you of just how much room there is in your arse for your own head! (more…)