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May09

Promising to pray

by Korea on May 9th, 2012 at 21:53
Posted In: Thoughts

It has occurred to me, once again, that one should not promise to pray unless one is actually going to do it.

Or, if we just shift that around a little: if one should agree to pray for someone, one ought to make good on that.

I hope that in heaven there’s no list of the things you said you’d pray for (or the things you said you’d do, for that matter) but didn’t.

And if there isn’t a list, you won’t be on it.

I mean, if there is a list, I don’t want you to be on it.

I mean… I will pray for you.

Love you lots. I think everything is going to be well.

 

└ Tags: choices, thoughts
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May09

Cyclocross season is coming

by HYG on May 9th, 2012 at 17:34
Posted In: Cycling, Cycling, Cyclocross

The CX season is almost upon us, so I’ve been reviewing a few YouTube videos about CX.

I’ll have to admit, I’m not so keen to toss my bike like these guys. Have to say, they really did it tough in those days – makes the groomed sections of Australian CX courses look rather pathetic…

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May07

DIY mudflap

by HYG on May 7th, 2012 at 21:13
Posted In: Cycling, Commute, Cycling, Cycling, Tinkering

When I started riding to work about 5 years ago, Melbourne was in the middle of a decade long drought. At the time, I fitted fenders to my commuter, but being a bit more of a fairweather rider, I never really got a chance to use them.

However, 2012 has been a somewhat different from prior years, with Australia being declared as drought free for the first time in a decade. Of course, this didn’t really put me off riding my bike, because as far as I’m concerned, it’s all about being prepared.

There is however, one thing which I REALLY don’t like about riding in the wet – wet feet.

Sure, I had fenders and shoe covers, but my feet still ended up soaking wet on my ~60 minute ride to work. Some research led me to learn that I needed a mudflap on my front fender, so I set about knocking one together out of bits I scrounged from around the garage – and here’s the result…

Bolts from a set of Shimano SPD-SL cleats.

Holding in a strip of rubber. To stop the rubber tearing, the SPD-SL cleat washer is used with nyloc nuts.

And it all comes together to look like this.

It’s a bit flappy and flexible, plus causes some toe-overlap, however based on a couple of wet rides, I’m actually very pleased with the result.

└ Tags: DIY, fenders, mudflap, super commuter, wet weather
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May06

Huff and puff – pre-race… nerves?

by HYG on May 6th, 2012 at 07:10
Posted In: Running, Events, Running

So it’s now the morning of the Puffing Billy Train race and I’m sitting here waiting to catch a train (a metro one so that I can get to the start line).

The last 12 hours leading up to this event has been rather challenging for me. No, no, it’s not pre-race nerves. I’m not taking this THAT seriously. It’s just that I’ve got myself into a bit of a fuddle regarding clothing.

Now when I’m on the bike, I can generally check the weather, look outside and know precisely what I’m going to wear for a certain ride. On the other hand, with running, having only been doing it properly for a few months, I have absolutely no idea what to wear for the colder times of the year. Not only that, I have absolutely no idea what to wear for a colder event, which I intend on running quite hard.

I think it comes from the fact that I generally am quite bad at running, so I’m pretty precious about not being too cold, as well as not overheating. On the bike, I can generally fake my way through most rides in the odd event that I’m not properly attired.

Running on the other hand… well… things need to be perfect.

Hope this works out…

└ Tags: clothing, events, pre-race, Puffing Billy Train Race, running, thoughts
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Apr27

I should have known

by HYG on April 27th, 2012 at 19:47
Posted In: Cycling, Commute, Cycling

So mny new waterproof panniers didn’t arrive yesterday.

Knowing what I know about the rules of Melbourne weather, I should have known that this was actually a sign of things to come. Instead, I foolishly decided to ignore the signs and go with what the BoM was telling me – morning fog clearing.

And of course, wouldn’t you know it, a damp ride in.

Oh well… soon… soon.

└ Tags: commuting, Ortlieb, rain, weather
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