Every Friday is Mt Nebo day now and since the Nebo Veteran Starry is away in China I took on the “Mr Experienced” role today (after 3 times up !!). Anyway today was Peta’s first ride up Mt Nebo so we met this morning and off we went. Peta went really well for not doing any hills since she broke her foot some time ago so. Well done Peta !! …Read more
This week I have been riding with a new group of guys and girls. Each morning they co-ordinate their meeting place and their attire for their ride. Each member has a different path in life but are bought together by a similar interest and hobby, riding. When I started this journey I expected to do a lot of riding by myself and some with other people. Riding with these guys …Read more
Over the last couple of days my Bike has developed a funny knocking noise in the crank. Its been coming and going over the last week. This week I have been up Mt Gravatt 6 times and every time up everybody has been looking at me funny as I was making a tapping noise every time the peddle went around. Someone said that they thought that there was a train …Read more
This morning was a bit WET (as if we haven’t had enough rain in the last few weeks !!). With only 9 weeks or so to go I need to take every opportunity to get out for a ride so off I went to the normal meeting point for my Saturday morning ride. When I got there it was just misty rain but nobody else turned up !! While considering …Read more
Its been a bit wet the last few days but that hasnt stopped me riding. At least its not too cold riding in the rain. Normally I would see 20 other bicyclists in the morning but this morning I only saw one !! That either makes me dedicated or really silly !! When it is raining like this I normally take my old mountain bike, its got better tyres for …Read more
One of the other Tour de Cure riders (Mark “Starry” Star) invited me to come with him for a ride today. The plan was to go up Mount Nebo, a big hill on the north side of Brisbane. I have to say that I was a bit nervous wondering if I could make it up. The climb to the top is 20km and most of it is up, up, up, …Read more
WOW its nearly 2 months gone in this year already. It seems to have flown for me but that means that the time to train is getting less and less. 10 weeks to go. I was looking at the training schedule for the next 10 weeks and there is a lot of road in front of me before the ride. Here is how it looks this week Monday 30km ‘coffee …Read more
My new bike is great but its all new and different. One of the new things is that I have these special shoes which clip into the peddles. They are great as it gives you extra confidence to peddle hard and you seem to get more power by using both the up and the down motion at the same time. That’s the positive but ………………….. You have to be really …Read more
This weekend was a bit of a milestone in my training. I did 200km’s, 90km on Saturday with the crew from 99bikes Underwood and yesterday I rode 110 km’s to Beaudesert and back by myself. I’m a bit second hand today, the muscles are a bit sore but not as bad as I thought that I would be !! Only about 10 weeks to go so I can see a …Read more
Just got a great note from the Sunnybank Lions Club saying that they were going to Sponsor me for $1000 towards the Tour de Cure. WOW I’m blown away by their generosity. They have 38 members and they are donating the money from the proceeds of there BEST LITTLE ART and CRAFT SHOW on 16-18 April. Have a look at their website at www.sunnybanklionsart.com THANKS LIONS