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Today I had my first real introduction to Mountain biking courtesy of fellow Perth twitterers Scott and Dave (@fairy_s and @madrapper). The course was to be the 6hr Enduro course in Langford Park.
I picked Scott up at 7am and we met Dave up there… eventually. A slight misunderstanding on which car park, but it was [...]
Filed under: cycling | Tagged: 2009, cycling, focus, Jarrahdale, Langford Park, mtb, Perth, single track, Western Australia, XC | 2 Comments »
A weekend of contrasts!
Saturday
Saturday I went mountain biking on my own. I didn’t have a huge amount of time available, so through the bike in the back of the car and headed up to Mundaring. I parked just past the weir and rode up the Munda Biddi. Recent rains made some parts of the trail [...]
Filed under: cycling | Tagged: 2009, cycling, Durx, endurance, focus, hill climbing, Mandurah, Perth, Western Australia | 1 Comment »
I’m a bit slow on the old blog of late. Been pretty busy at work, coupled with an over indulgent social life over the last week or so has meant no time. Anyway, Saturday I took my new MTB out to the hills for it’s first ride on the dirt. I went up to John [...]
Filed under: cycling | Tagged: 2009, cycling, focus, Mountain Biking, mtb, Western Australia | 1 Comment »
Hoorah! Today my new Mountain bike arrived. It’s been 2 weeks since ordering and I’ve waited patiently for it to come. I wasn’t in any particular rush but once it came today I couldn’t wait to get home and get it assembled.
5 stars to Wiggle. The bike was packaged very well in 2 boxes. The [...]
Filed under: cycling | Tagged: 2009, assembly, Ayup, bike, cycling, expert, focus, Focus Raven Expert, garmin, guide, raven, walkthrough, walkthru, wiggle | 6 Comments »
As a rule, I tend to avoid Principle Shared Paths (PSP). PSPs are paths that have shared use for pedestrians and cyclists. Yes, pedestrians generally have the right of way I believe, but this post is not to qualify all the rules. Now for my daily commute I use the PSP around the south bank [...]
Filed under: cycling | Tagged: 2009, cycling, lights, Perth, PSP, Western Australia, winter | 4 Comments »
Been pondering getting a new mountain bike for some time. I have an old one bought in 2002 when to be honest I knew nothing about bikes at all. I just knew I NEEDED full suspension. I bought a GT i-Drive 3.0 and then rode on paved roads. Ho Hum.
Now, I live in Perth and [...]
Filed under: cycling | Tagged: 2009, cycling, expert, focus, mtb, raven, wiggle | 3 Comments »
I didn’t want to risk another ride today with my old dodgy knees, so Gina and I decided to pick a Bibbulmun stage we hadn’t yet done. It wasn’t hard because there are about 50 stages we haven’t done! Actually we didn’t even do a full stage today. We chose to walk from the car [...]
Filed under: Walking | Tagged: 2009, bibbulmun, Walking, Western Australia | 2 Comments »
Today was another venture back into the hills with Craig. I was feeling up for it and chose a route off MapMyRide that another local cycling group are intending to ride tomorrow (no I won’t be doing it again tomorrow!). I uploaded the route onto my new Garmin 705 (that’s another post) so we could [...]
Filed under: cycling | Tagged: 2009, cycling, elevation, garmin, GPS, group ride, hill climbing, OpenStreetMap, Perth, training, Western Australia | 1 Comment »
No matter how many times I see the dolphins swimming in the Swan river in Perth when I am out cycling, they never fail to stop me in my tracks. With my new iPhone’s video taking capability this time I managed to capture them. I actually stayed and watched for about 5 minutes along with [...]
Filed under: cycling | Tagged: 2009, cycling, dolphins, iPhone, Perth, Western Australia | Leave a Comment »
I stumbled upon BikeRouteToaster quite by accident. I’m considering buying a Garmin Edge 705 to replace my 305. I was watching a great video on Youtube (found here) in which BHeiland uses the site to create a route for his 705.
So what does it do? Well it’s similar to sites like MapMyRide, but without all [...]
Filed under: cycling | Tagged: 2009, bikeroutetoaster, cycling, elevation, garmin, GPS, mapmyride, OpenStreetMap | 3 Comments »
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