Audax Alpine Challenge 2012

On Jan 29th 2012 I rode the 'AAC130' (actually 121 kms)  from Bright over Tawonga Gap to Mt Beauty, up to Falls Creek and return. Once again I blame Justin for dragging me into this, another epic ride. You can see the route and summary data from the ride below. Don't be alarmed by the quoted max speed of 80kph - the GPS data is very dodgy for speed calculations. It was probably a bit less than that ... maybe 75 ... :)

Warburton-Lake Mountain Ride

Yesterday J and I did a second ride to Lake Mountain in preparation for our Audax Alpine Challenge 135km ride on Jan 29th. It's 120 km return with plenty of climbing (over 2000m of total ascent) so should do the job OK.

Shed Clean Out

This old mountain bike is taking up space in the shed - was bought in about 1998 for one of the boys but never got ridden much at all. I'd be happy to get rid of it at some stage .... details below.

Konya Excell 777 from mid/late '90s ...
26" MTB Cro-Mo tubing
Big knobbies on board
21 speed Shimano gears,
Right hand twist-grip shifter is damaged (5 min repair at LBS I'm sure ...)

3 Day Tour 21-23 November 2011 - Colac to Apollo Bay ... and back !!

This is just my second bike tour and this time we decided to do it fast and light. The main aim was to ride Turton's Track in the Otways.


The sculpture at Gellibrand - We are Still at the Low Bit on The Left...

For Sale

Still lying around at home.... a TRANZX stationary trainer, in very good nick.

Up Mt Donna Buang

I'm now officially crazy. Rode up Mt Donna Buang today with Justin. Great ride, beautiful day.

It was a bit windy but the view was good....

Touring Trip from Warrnambool to home via the Great Ocean Road.

I made my touring debut last week with a ride from Warnambool/Port Fairy back along the GOR to Melbourne. It was great fun in conditions that included everything from solid SE head winds on day 3 from Warny to Port Campbell, chilly SW winds and rain all day on day 4 to Lavers Hill, and a variety of much nicer days thereafter.

Here's a few more pics from the trip....

Pre-Ride - Great Ocean Road Tour October 2011

Tomorrow I train to Warrnambool to catch up with my pal justin and ride to Port Fairy then back along the GOR to Ocean Grove by next Thursday. Today I got the bike back from its first free service and loaded it up and took it out for a 'shakedown ride' around the 'the Hills....' i.e. Box Hill & Surrey Hills :)

Here's a photo to prove I actually rode it up some hills for practice with a load on board.

Next Thursday we will ride to Peter's place at Ocean Grove for the night. It will be great to catch up with Pete, who I met on the trip to the Tour de France in July.

2011 ATB 50km Ride

Kevin and I completed the ATB 50km ride last Sunday.Very windy both ways but what a difference the tailwind coming back made ! Also hit by a squall inc hail as we re-crossed the WGBridge - whoo-hoo !!

Great fun again, but really felt for those flogging down Geelong Rd into the stiff SW breeze. Kevin survived OK, I think, and hopefully will get some more riding done soon.

CAADX with Spare wheels and 25c road tyres

3 pics of my new(-ish) Cannondale CAADX 105, with my spare set of 'road' wheels on board.