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Salivating

If the last few posts have inspired you to get and ride - this should have your stomach grumbling, your mouth watering (unless you are vegan - sorry)

My Kitchen Rules.

Sure, I'm biased. I reckon MY kitchen rules though I have next to nothing to do with it.  Those two muppets from Melburn have got nothing on this.

The Boss has been inspired by some new tools, and Karen Martini. 

No complaints from me.

Experimenting with multiple dishes in one eve.  It's a good thing all this riding makes me hungry!

Aubergine involtini stuffed with mozzarella and ricotta, Roasted fennel in a cream and oregano sauce, pan fried blue grenadier.

Finished with fresh strawberries - they're in season so why spoil them with anything.  Delicious!

Thanks for making fyxomatosis your online place to dine.  Tell your friends / Tell your enemies.

OLDer SKOOL!

You'll notice on the right is the 'distraction d'moment'.

Bishop's are PATH RACER enthusiasts from New Zealand.

These pictures capture the reason I like them, and you probably will too.

Inbox.

No forking way!

 Thanks MC.

MELBURN

BRISBANE / GC

WORLD GRAVITY CHAMPION

Another AUSTRALIAN World Champion. BF conquers yet again on a new Gravity bike.

R&D in the DV

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World Champion Cycling Tips

Around the time of the UCI World Cup, CT had a competition with Musashi and the winners received a track clinic from just about the best in the business for their respective genders.

Anna Meares and Shane Perkins.

Other than the opportunity to get so close with these TRACKSTARS, they imparted a great deal in knowledge and insight to the dedication required to even begin to make it at the top of the sport. They were extremely generous with their time and experience and are a real credit to Cycling Australia.

The training schedule of track sprinters are closer to a bodybuilders than a road cyclists, and their physiques are testament to this - Anna squatting a massive 140kg, and Perkins into the 200s.  They only ride up to 200km per week - but considering that 200 is at over 60kph - it's incredible.

Man crush.

How can you not love Jens.

He will never stand on the podium of the Tour, he may never win a spring classic, but he has won our hearts, because he will never say die.

Believe it or not, he rode for the AIS back in the day, and has a flawless Australian accent.

Skip the Basso BS - Jens is in the middle talking about how Jan's Gold Medal was off the back of him cracking the field.

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Growing Up.

Australian U19 Track champion in the Keirin, Sprint and Team Sprint.

Madison Hammond keeps getting faster

Maybe not so fast, but equally impressive...

Is carbon all it's 'cracked' up to be?

I was in a bike shop and a staff member asked if I'd ever ridden a carbon frame.

The answer is 'sort of'.

I had a Giant MCM team MTB that was my weapon of choice in London and the first bike I ever raced an Alleycat on in 2002.

The frame was released around 1999, and at the time it was the high end race frame.  Light, stiff, strong.  That's 10 year old carbon MTB technology.  Not a modern carbon road bike.

Half a year of daily thrashing in London and it cracked at the seat clamp and I sold it to Lil' John for 50 quid and got a track frame for the same price.

The first ride on that dunger track bike gave me the feeling of being strapped to a rocket.  I was hooked.

Amen.

I've never ridden a high end, carbon road OR track bike.  Haven't even been tempted.  Before my crash I was doing just fine in A grade on an old steel dunger. Just like golf I figure if I need technology to keep up, I need a bigger mirror.

Stories of carbon frames cracking, failing, creaking.  Doesn't paint an enticing pciture. Not to say some don't take my fancy but even the nice ones look like billboards on wheels.

Corporate Who-ar.

Is carbon really all that? Am I wrong?  No tour rider rides steel, but do they have a say in it?  

If someone felt the need to give me a high end carbon road bike to test/thrash I'd happily oblige with an unbiased REVIEW.

Reviews of clean, off the shelf bikes - what's the point?!   I want to know how she's cutting after a winter, a week on circuit, by a heavy rider. 

Until then, I'll stick with my favourite Columbus tubeset.  MAX.  Top of the list.

Now that Shifterbikes has made the switch from SLX to MAX, his Motorola Corsa Extra is up for grabs (frame and fork only)

Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you are interested.  I've even got the ENTIRE groupset to match.

Double Happiness.

The inspiration for me to do these long rides is to get back to the reason I do all this.  The Ride.

Challenging myself always keeps thing interesting.

Another long ride is on the horizon and since the feedback from the TDU posts has been so overwhelmingly positive -  you're invited!

Dan and myself will be doing a 'Double Warny' at the end of this month falling on a Sunday/Monday.

CAVEAT.

It will be hard. 

You'll have to support yourself.

It may rain and most likely be windy in at least one direction.

You will have good company.

You will have the best excuse yet to pull a sickie on Monday.

2 days, 520km.

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Sugary Sweet.

Next week.

Accept no cheap imitations.

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