Final service to the bike completed by
the good people at
Penny Farthing Cycles
Owner Rocky Baresse was unavoidably absent,
however, bike mechanic Brice (he is French you know) and sales assistant Rena
gave me a fond farewell.
It's getting serious
The training wheels have been taken off the
bike and are replaced by the touring wheels and tyres
Entry from the training diary: 5
April Training run: Home - Avalon - Home 130 Km average speed 22.5 Km. Very
strong headwind for 65 Km, flying home. I have now completed above 3000 km on
training rides. Darwin here I come.
On the road again with my occasional
training partners
Sandra Walker and Otto Rehak.
Interesting Bike Paths in
Melbourne and Surrounding Areas
Moonee Valley Path
Melbourne has a great variety of bike tracks most of which are ideally
suited for training rides. Here the beginning of the Moonee Valley path
which on Wednesday 11 March was the start for a 105 Km ride
Melbourne Park
Home of the Australian
Open Grand Slam Tennis event
On the right the
famous MCG
Melbourne Docklands
Entry from the
training diary, 26th March. Light training ride
Home - Docklands,
South Melbourne - Home
32 Km average speed
20.7 Km
Great Southern Rail
Trail in South Gippsland
The site of many
enjoyable training rides
Entry from the
training diary, 22nd March
Home - Mount Eliza -
Home 123 Km, average speed 23.7 Km
The Seat
Meet .... the seat. About 3 years ago I met 2 groups of long distance
cyclist who all had these rather old fashioned looking English made
Brooks saddles on their bikes. After talking with them at length the 2
English boys and a German married couple were quite clear that they
regarded the Brooks saddles as the very best and they had a combined
30,000 Km of riding under their belts to prove it. It is history now
that I have used Brooks saddles for just over two years and yes, they
are the best.
The saddle bag holds essential items such as puncture repair kit,
mobile phone, camera and some money during training rides.
Round the Bay in a Day
Bicycle Victoria (BV) stages an
annual Round the Bay in a Day 210 km cycling
event. As part of my training program I rode the 100 Km section of the
event. Yes, I finished ...... in under four hours with an
average speed of 26.2 Km
