Category Archives: Cycling

Around the Bay in a Day

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Graeme

The forecast for this year’s Around the Bay in a Day ride was warm and windy. It turned out to be an almost perfect day to do the 250km counter-clockwise circumnavigation of Port Phillip Bay by bike. The start was … Continue reading →

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My QS tools & workflow

Posted on October 12, 2014 by admin

I have had a few people ask me recently how I track my exercise, so here is the low-down on my quantified self tools and workflow: Food and drink is logged with MyFitnessPal. This gives me total kilojoules intake per … Continue reading →

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October and November cycling & running events

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Graeme

I’ve been asked a few times, so here is the list of upcoming cycling and running events that I have entered.  Oct 19: Around the Bay in a Day: a 250km bike ride, counter-clockwise around Port Phillip Bay. This is a … Continue reading →

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Melburn Roobaix 2014

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Graeme

This year’s Melburn Roobaix was certainly different! If you are not familiar with this Melbourne bike ride, it is a nine-year old tribute ride to the Paris Roubaix, in which riders find their way from Hawthorn velodrome to Brunswick velodrome, … Continue reading →

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Dirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrty

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Graeme

All night it rained. We woke to even more rain, which wasn’t promising for a 90km offroad bike ride. We flipped a coin and decided that it was still worth heading north for the Dirty Gran Fondo ride. About 10km … Continue reading →

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The Odyssey 50km

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Graeme

The Giant Odyssey 50km mountain bike race was held in Forrest at the end of April. I survived. I enjoyed parts. I need lots of work on my handling skills. I didn’t crash, and the only injuries were to my … Continue reading →

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The Alpine Classic

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Graeme

The Audax Alpine Classic is an annual bike ride in the Victorian high country, held on the Australia Day weekend. There are a range of different distances, but the classic ride is the 200km course, from Bright to Falls Creek, … Continue reading →

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(No) notes from MPUG, November 2013

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Graeme

There are no notes for November, as I was bike touring in north-east Victoria over the Cup Day long weekend, so missed the November MPUG meeting. For the record, there were two talks at the November meeting: Lars Yencken gave … Continue reading →

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Boneshaking

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Graeme

Melburn-Roobaix was on last Sunday. 44 kilometres, with thirteen bone-shaking cobblestone sectors, north of the river, starting at Hawthorn velodrome, ending at Brunswick velodrome with a course winding through Kew, Clifton Hill, North Carlton, Kensington and Moonee Ponds. It was … Continue reading →

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fenix revisited

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Graeme

It’s been over four months since I bought my Garmin fenix and wrote up my initial impressions of the watch. Having run, cycled and hiked a lot of kilometres since then, it is worth giving an update on the fenix. Garmin … Continue reading →

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