Archive for July, 2008
Canberra’s Best Kept Secret Climb
In: Bike Rides
29 Jul 2008As I discovered on the weekend you can actually ride (a road bike) to the top of Mt Majura. I had long held suspicions about this since last summer when I ran to the top and found the road up there but it wasn’t until this weekend I discovered how to get on that road. [...]
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- Tags: Bike Rides, Canberra, Climbs, Mt Majura, Uphill
My New Project - Restoration of a PDM Concorde team bike 1988
In: Bike Equipment| Bike Repairs and Maintenance| General Bike News
22 Jul 2008Technorati Tags: 1988 PDM team bike,concorde bike,bike restoration
The rebuilding of my pride and joy a PDM team bike used in the 1988 Tour de France
As this project progresses I’ll have some more details but here is the bike in its current condition.
Gradients - How hard is that climb
In: Bike Rides
14 Jul 2008Cyclist often refer the the gradient of a climb in terms of a percentage. The gradient when measured in percentage is just the (horizontal distance / vertical climb) * 100. So you get the idea if I travel 100 m and rise 8 metres that’s 8% gradient. While that may not sound difficult over [...]
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- Tags: Climbs, Cycling, Riding information, Uphill
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- A road less travelled – Canberra to Mullion
- Uriarra Homestead Graded Scratch Race
- Inspecting Carbon Fibre Bike frames
- Garmin Support
- Lookout Hill Elders Time Trial
- The Bungendore Loop
- Escape to/from Batemans Bay
- Canberra’s Best Kept Secret Climb
- My New Project - Restoration of a PDM Concorde team bike 1988
- Gradients - How hard is that climb
