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    • 2021 Trans America Bike Race
    • 2023 Indian Pacific Wheel Ride
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The Making Of a MAMIL: My Journey Back Into Cycling

The Making Of a MAMIL: My Journey Back Into Cycling

MARK CROKER Mar 15, 2017 0

I cycled as a kid as most kids do. It’s a right of passage, a first taste of freedom, independence and adventure but for some reason, I stopped. I can’t pinpoint exactly when it happened but high school and then life just got in the way. Fast forward 30 odd years and cycling has become one of the most important things in my life. There is my family and my close friends and then there is my passion for cycling and the unquenchable desire to just go for a ride at any opportunity. My journey back into cycling….into MAMILhood is a pretty decent story I reckon. Here goes….

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Bikes (yep, we're heading off-road) and Baseball! Bikes (yep, we're heading off-road) and Baseball!
Ok, so if anyone is up for some not so light readi Ok, so if anyone is up for some not so light reading (supplemented with plenty of images and video though) over the weekend then I may well have something for ya.......

I've just finished the first 14 days worth of write-ups covering my cross Australia bike ride from a year ago. (still another 14 to go)

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Time to explore and to blow off the remaining circ Time to explore and to blow off the remaining circadian cobwebs...@rapha_sydney
First ride in almost 3 months to test the new mach First ride in almost 3 months to test the new machinery.  I hadn't realized how much I had missed it....
Progress is slow but sure and a tad frustrating gi Progress is slow but sure and a tad frustrating given my lack of patience, but I can now turn the pedals which I couldn't do 4 days ago...
A brand spanking new knee coming my way toute suit A brand spanking new knee coming my way toute suit.....here's to pain free riding.....actually here's to pain free walking!

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What is a MAMIL Anyway?

A good question well asked!……Tis’ an acronym for starters standing for MIDDLE-AGED-MAN-IN-LYCRA. To be more specific a bloke aged circa 35 to 65 who in his spare time rides a bike in tight fitting clothing. It is a term often used as a piss take, eg “Look at that fat bastard riding his bike with all the gear and no idea…..that outfit is so sheer I can see what he had for lunch.” Fuck em’ I say and to date I have embrased the term although to be honest, given my recent hard man cross continental exploits I can’t help but think that I have single handedly sprinkled some street cred on the term………I am Ultra MAMIL, here me roar! (for a more detailed overview of MAMIL, please CLICK HERE)

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