Bicycle rack used as a drink holder

So I went out for a few drinks last night, and then we went and had TwoTwo fried chicken and beer afterwards in Strathfield. This is a Korean place, and the chicken is really tasty. I parked my bike out front, and was enjoying beer and chicken, when I noticed an intoxicated fellow had used my tubus rear rack as a drink holder for his can of coke, while he was smoking a cigarette and talking with his drunk friend. Nice to see just another use for a bicycle! :-)

You have to look closely at the picture, outside the glass doors, to the left, the drink is balanced on the rack of my parked bicycles.

Week ended 6th December 2009

Monday

no riding

Total: 0kms


Tuesday

08:45 - rode to lord street, botany, via cooks river (18.5kms)
18:20 - rode home via cooks river (18.5kms)

Total: 37kms


Wednesday

08:45 - rode to lord street, botany, via cooks river (18.5kms)

18:20 - rode to central (8kms)
23:00 - rode home from ashfield station (1.5km)

Total: 28kms


Thursday

no riding :-(

Total: 0kms


Friday

no riding :-(

Total: 0kms


Saturday

no riding

Total: 0kms


Sunday

no riding


Total: 0kms


TOTAL FOR WEEK: 65 kms

Week ended 29th November 2009

I busted my lower back on the weekend, so was recovering most of the week.

Monday

no riding :-(

Total: 0kms


Tuesday

no riding :-(

Total: 0kms


Wednesday

19:00 - rode around ashfield and croydon (7.5kms)

Total: 7.5kms


Thursday

08:35 - rode to lord street, botany, via cooks river (18kms)
18:30 - rode to rosebery via IGA and the bank (5kms)

Total: 23kms


Friday

08:55 - rode to lord street, botany, via cooks river (18kms)
17:30 - rode to the city, then over to north sydney and back home (30kms)

Total: 48kms


Saturday

no riding

Total: 0kms


Sunday

no riding


Total: 0kms


TOTAL FOR WEEK: 78.5 kms

Week ended 22nd November 2009

Monday

08:55 - rode to lord street, botany, via newtown (14.5kms)
17:30 - rode home via newtown(14.5kms)

Total: 29kms


Tuesday

08:45 - rode to lord street, botany, via newtown (14.5kms)
17:30 - rode home via newtown(14.5kms)
18:00 - rode to sydney university for squash (9kms)
22:00 - rode to pub in central (3kms)
00:30 - rode home via newtown (10.5kms)

Total: 51.5kms


Wednesday

08:30 - rode to lord street, botany, via newtown (14.5kms)
18:40 - rode to mutch park for squash (3.5kms)
23:00 - rode to newtown station (11kms)
00:00 - rode home from ashfield station (2kms)

Total: 31kms


Thursday

08:30 - rode to lord street, botany, via newtown (14.5kms)
17:40 - rode to pub at central (8.5kms)
00:00 - rode home from ashfield station (2kms)

Total: 25kms


Friday

no riding :-(

Total: 0kms


Saturday

no riding

Total: 0kms


Sunday

no riding


Total: 0kms


TOTAL FOR WEEK: 136.5 kms

Week ended 15th November 2009

Monday

08:40 - rode to lord street, botany, via newtown (14.5kms)
17:30 - rode home via newtown(14.5kms)

Total: 29kms


Tuesday

08:30 - rode to lord street, botany, via newtown (14.5kms)
18:00 - rode home via newtown(14.5kms)

Total: 29kms


Wednesday

06:20 - rode from botany, to centennial park, bronte, past coogee, maroubra, la perouse, and back to botany (52kms)
Total: 52kms


Thursday

08:30 - rode to lord street, botany, via newtown (14.5kms)
18:40 - rode to mutch park for squash (3.5kms)
23:00 - rode to newtown station (11kms)
00:00 - rode home from croydon station (2kms)

Total: 31kms


Friday

09:00 - rode to lord street, botany, via newtown and iga in rosebery (14.5kms)
16:00 - rode home via newtown(14.5kms)
17:30 - rode to pub in strathfield (4kms)
01:00 - rode home (4kms)

Total: 37kms


Saturday

no riding

Total: 0kms


Sunday

no riding


Total: 0kms


TOTAL FOR WEEK: 178 kms

"Cyclists shouldn't be on the road" - Carl Scully (Former minister for roads in NSW)

Carl Scully, our former minister for roads wrote a piece in the paper on cycling. He advocates taking cyclists off roads entirely, and on to footpaths. He uses the usual arguments provided by motorists. Unfortunately Card doesn't realise that cycling is not just a recreational activity, it is a legitimate and excellent form of transport.

Click here for the article.

My cycling coaches

Kent from Kents Bike Blog (an excellent blog) recently posted a terrific blurb on his three coaches.

He basically talks about his three main coaches:

1. Coach No-Car
2. Coach Long-Commute
3. Coach One-Gear

I thought I'd mention a few of my harsh taskmasters here.

1. Coach Tight-ass
Driving a car costs a lot of money. Parking, petrol, maintenance, etc are things i'd prefer not to have to pay for. Even taking a bus or train costs ticket money everyday. The bicycle option is completely free, so It's generally a no brainer for me to cycle to work. 

2. Coach I-Hate-Traffic
I hate sitting in traffic. Even if the average speed over my journey is the same as it would be on my bicycle, I'd much rather be cycling because I don't feel like I'm being delayed. Traffic is just frustrating!

3. Coach I-Like-Beer
I love drinking beer, and often I drink a little more than I should, at least too much to safely drive. My bicycle always gets me home, somehow, without risking other peoples lives. 

4. Coach I-Hate-Waiting
I hate waiting at bus stops, train stations, etc. If I have my bicycle, I leave whenever I please.  I can also time my trips to perfection, so I arrive exactly on time. There are no variables like traffic, parking, delayed trains, etc to worry about.

5. Coach I-Love-Food
I love to eat. If I don't cycle an immense amount, I'm bound to get obese. I'm already quite hefty, imagine if i didn't cycle thousands of kilometers a year. 

6. Coach I-Love-Bicycles
Bicycles are a passion of mine. I ride just because it's fun. There is no greater coach than Coach-I-Love-Bicycles if you ask me.

Week ended 8th November 2009

Monday

08:50 - rode to lord street, botany, via newtown (14.5kms)
17:30 - rode home via newtown(14.5kms)

Total: 29kms


Tuesday


08:30 - rode to lord street, botany, via newtown (14.5kms)
17:30 - rode home via newtown(14.5kms)

Total: 29kms


Wednesday

08:40 - rode to lord street, botany, via newtown (14.5kms)
18:30 - rode to squash at sydney uni (9.5kms)
18:00 - rode home (8kms)

Total: 32kms



Thursday

09:00 - rode to lord street, botany, via newtown and IGA (15kms)
18:00 - rode home (14.5kms)

Total: 29.5kms



Friday

06:20 - rode from botany, to centennial park, bronte, past coogee, maroubra, and back to botany (32kms)

Total: 32kms


Saturday

12:00 - rode to olympic park, then caught the ferry to the city, and rode back home (31kms)

Total: 31kms


Sunday

no riding

Total: 0kms


TOTAL FOR WEEK: 182.5 kms

Bronte training ride on my own

It looked like rain this morning, so I was the only one who was game to do a training ride on the road bike. I had packed everything into the car the night before, and woke at 04:50 in the morning. There was nothing that was going to stop me from riding after all that effort!

I drove to Lord Street, Botany and rode from there. The ride is quite challenging, particularly the climbs around Bronte, which I did three times. Once the long way round, and twice the slightly shorter way around.

These rides make me feel terrific afterwards. It must be the endorphins, because I now (an hour after getting back) feel great!

Click here for the map of the ride.