Trans Am Bike Race Day 5 Report
Ok, enough stuffing around! Despite my best intentions I had slid further behind my goal distance of 270km per day. Yes it was hot yesterday...
Trans Am Bike Race Day 4 Report
I was up and at em' early, before 5 am. My daily distances had been plummeting from a solid 329km on Day 1, to a decent 243km on Day 2 to a paltry 187km on Day 3. My daily average was 253km which was...
Trans Am Bike Race Day 3 Report
I was up at 5:45am, a little later than planned but I really needed the sleep. My body definitely felt the almost 600km in the legs...
Trans Am Bike Race Day 2 Report
A promising and extremely enjoyable day 1, how would day 2 turn out?...
Trans Am Bike Race Day 1 Report
The day had finally arrived. 2 years of dreaming and 10 months of training and planning. Time to take a step, rather a pedal stroke into the great unknown. Time to kick off the adventure of a lifetime. Lets get it on...
Introducing Team Croker
The Trans Am is only 4 days away! I fly out to Portland very early tomorrow morning but before I do so I feel compelled to thank some very dear people who have made it all possible. Yep this is very much a team effort...
5 Lessons Learnt From ‘Crush The Commonwealth’
The weekend just past I attempted the 620 kilometer (385 mile) bike race from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, which was to serve as a dress rehearsal for the Trans Am. I say attempted as 460 kilometers in my rear derailleur pretty much exploded thus ending my...
How Training For The Trans Am Has Changed Me
I started training for the 2017 Trans America Bike Race 5 days after having The Snip mid September last year. I was secretly hoping Melissa would let the subsequent substantial time in the saddle take care of business ‘naturally’ but alas it wasn’t to be....
The Making Of a MAMIL: My Journey Back Into Cycling
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...
What is a MAMIL?
MAMIL is an acronym for Middle Aged Man (or Men) in Lycra, a term that is used particularly in Australia and the UK to describe a middle-aged man who rides a bike whilst adorned in lycra (aka Spandex). It is a term mostly used by...