Archive for the 'Cycling' Category

Tour de France terminology

July 1st, 2011

Yesterday I did a post about the different Jersey colours in the Tour de France. Today I thought I would share some of the terms you might hear in the race commentary. Some of them are French terms and some are just words used in cycling. Domestiques— A rider whose job it is to support [...]

Tour de France jersey colours

June 30th, 2011

As the Tour de France is starting in a few days I thought I would share what the different coloured jerseys in the race mean. In a sense they are like trophies that the riders earn during the race. Yellow Jersey – The yellow jersey, known in French as the maillot jaune, is worn by [...]

Some more cool mountain biking action

May 28th, 2011

Today is my longer ride day and I am really looking forward to it. In the meantime I found this cool video on YouTube today. This guy can do things on a bike that I can only dream of. Still I have got an orange bike though! Enjoy!

Urban mountain biking!

May 18th, 2011

As I have shared a few times lately I really enjoy mountain biking around the trails of Merredin. I came across this video today of some urban mountain biking. I was ok until I saw the long set of stairs about forty seconds in. The rest is a big pass for me! Thanks to Rodney [...]

Positive addictions

May 10th, 2011

One of the positive things I took away from the RealMen conference in Perth last year was the idea of having positive addictions in our lives. From memory I think it was from John Finkelde. The idea behind positive addictions is to include things in your life that you enjoy doing and that are good [...]

Finding 30 and growing in your faith

March 11th, 2011

One of the things I love to do is keep fit. Currently I ride three days per week for 30 minutes and I do a full body weight routine on the other three days. On Sunday I rest. I have found this routine works really well for me. It gives me variety in my fitness [...]