Well it's been a very long time coming, but we got an excellent thunderstorm yesterday afternoon/evening ( Read more... )

I have done the Bike Hike a few times now, and this time I've decided to see what I can do for the Asthma Foundation in terms of fundraising. My fundraising page is here:

Team Jet

I am attempting to recruit other riders as well as donations. So if anyone wants to come with then let me know!

OK I've been slack with the photos. That's because the process involves me taking crappy pics with my work phone, then pulling the memory card out, putting it in an SD card adaptor and then putting it in my lappies SD card slot ( Read more... )

So I have always been very anti-lycra. Well I wanted a Silence-Lotto jersey to wear while cheering on Cadel Evans in the Tour Down Under. I saw a jersey and shorts set on ebay for $44.95 - so I bought it. Around Tour De France time the jersey alone was $80 ( Read more... )

Cycling in Lund, Sweden

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook. She was saying she missed it. If Aussies would just get out of their own little box... we make our cities more like this....

So I rode the STP (piglet) in to work. Mainly because the upright riding position would be easier on my still sore shoulder, and my upper back which seems to have either been the cause or result of the shoulder mangling. Surprisingly it only took an extra 5 minutes or so to get in. I think maybe because it's easier to get the thing through narrow ( Read more... )

Listed some more stuff on ebay last night. My list... I think there may be more to come as we continue to clear out possessions ( Read more... )

A trip from Perth to Kalbarri via bicycle.... including some serious offroading.... set for some time in autumn or spring 2010 ( Read more... )

Every time I go to buy a new bit of bike kit, the stuff available is newer and has more special little gimmicks ( Read more... )

The transport modes we choose to use every day are by necessity habitual. Most of us don't have the time or energy to burn when we leave the house in the morning to explore new transport possibilities. Perth's high rate of car use has made it a highly ingrained and habitual behaviour. Only 23% of private motorised vehicle trips are over a distance ( Read more... )