Road Cycling

What a great day it was today. Felt good and strong on the bike. Completed 30km in 54 minutes. Have changed my training schedule slightly. Have oppted to embed some weight training into my afternoon routine.

Cyling to the Dam (Mountain Bike)

Well, I felt strong today. Road bike is out of action for now as it needs some gears retuned. I'm pretty hopeless at tuning gears. sigh.

Cycling to the dam was a fun experience on the mountain bike. I find that my mountain bike just isn't as good as my last cross country one. The Giant XT I've got seems a little heavy and awkward to keep up a fast pace.

That aside I believe that cycling to the Townsville Dam on a mountain bike is definitely something that you should try. It's completely different cycling on the council designated pedestrian / bike paths compared to cycling in the bike lane. More funner actually as long as you can cope with accelerating and decelerating for gutters.

It took about 25mins to reach the dam from KHS. I decided to cycle to the end of the dam. I.e. Around the edge of the dam just to get a little more an off road experience. Not rough at all on the Giant XT. Hardly felt any bumps at all. Well worth the extra 8.5km.

Brings my total trip distance to about 36km in 2 hours (Off and On Road)

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Kilometres for March

This month I've managed to clock up over 600km on the bike which has been a challenge as March is Townsville's biggest month of wet weather.

The most I've cycled this month was 56km in 1:45mins which is an average of 33km/h. This has been accomplished through nutritious energy food and by staying motivated.

Last week -198km - 6:21

Sunday: 43km - 1:19
Monday: xx
Tuesday: 15km - 0:30 - was raining
Wednesday: 42km - 1:21

Thursday: 45km - 1:29
Friday: Day Off
Saturday: 56km - 1:47

Tally - 201km - 6:43 - Average of 31km/h

Cycling after Tropical Cyclone Ului

Well, I was thinking earlier in the week that the cyclone was going to come for Townsville. So I booked in a room in Cairns. Had a an awesome time sitting around and swimming! Well, Cyclone Ului didn't end up hitting Townsville. Thankfully, means I can go for a cycle this week.

Today I could feel some of the winds that the cyclone has brought to the Australian Eastern Coast. Hard riding back from the dam today, although that's most likely because I was pushing it with a strong head wind.

Currently the outlook for the week is wet weather. I'm hoping it is a fine week of weather! I need to get my cycling hours up.

This is random. If you search, "Map My Ride" in Google my website Suburban Podcasting comes up xD

Cycling Technique

Well as a newbie who must still need allot of help in the cycling world. I've been told I need to work on my style. Now this may be because I usually make up data on the spot based upon the process called approximations.

Here's the story.. I was cycling along Ross River Road got talking to an army guy (Who ride for OffnOn bikes). Within 5 minutes he picked me up on several areas where my technique needed refining.

On my list of improvements I've got:

1. Cycle with a cadence of 100 - 120. (Would be helpful if I had cadence on my bike but will look into this with a new bike)
2. Bike frame is too small. (It is apparent to me don't know about to others but my bike frame seems to small)
3. Up-Down legs are not striding in correct circle with arches. (Will have to work on this although I think it's due to the frame)

Hopefully I can sleep on what I've got to improve and remember to work on my style when cycling from now on. Not just blame it on the bike. 

Wind Direct with Cyclone Emerging

The last week I've noticed in the news about a cyclone which is a category 5 forming on the eastern side of Australia. Townsville has been receiving some nice winds from this event. One thing which I've noticed has occurred though is the change in wind direction when cycling to the Townsville Dam.

When I cycle towards the dam the wind is usually behind me and enable me to have an easy cycle there and a tougher cycle back. Although the last week this has been the case. In fact it's been hard as getting to the dam and flying back home at 44km/h.