I have the luxury of a job that involves doing what I love – taking people cycling, but life is quickly ebbing towards a cycling career where training is done when I can find the time (a.k.a. ‘living in the real world’). I’ve always been a fan of fitting training into a commute to work… Read More
Being seen on the bike
It’s well past that time of year for the white and red lights of winter cycling fairyland to come out so I wanted to reinforce their importance. As cyclists we have a legal and moral responsibility to be seen while not only riding at night but also during poor visibility – sun strike at sunset… Read More
A modern miracle of medicine and the human body
As a cycle coach I have recently witnessed a miracle of modern medicine and the human body’s tenacity to recover. I started coaching ‘MC’ late 2010, while he struggled to fit in the amount of desired training due to the ubiquitous obstacles known as ‘life-commitments’, MCs heart was always into ‘hard’ training and he maintained… Read More
The demise of Pure Black Racing
Well not completely done and dusted (and I wouldn’t be surprised if they sprung up again, in force), the wheels have begun to fall off what has been ironically a stellar debut year. Here is my perspective on PBR… I’ve had the benefit of being able to get close to the brains behind this… Read More
How to do a Time trial (without a power meter)
View my stats, in particular the heart rate graph to see how I kept my heart rate constant (but at an small increasing rate) from the start of the TT (around 40mins of riding time) until maximum of 200 (that might be a bit dubious) at completion (around 1hour 30mins). Hover over red line on… Read More
Cycling Paraphenalia
I love the deep South – World’s fastest Indian
Oreti Beach
Tugging at the emotion of all New Zealanders
One day my advertising will be this good!
Greg Phillipson’s travels
Greg Phillipson, advid cyclist and cycle coachee of Odlin Cycle Coaching is leaving for Italy tomorrow for a 10-day cycle tour. Watch this space as he updates on his travels. Lucky Bastard!
John’s thoughts on how to stay dry when you’ve just got to ride
I have just arrived at work, 50 minutes into the southerly, heavy rain most of the way, but virtually dry on arrival. Basic protection is shower cap over helmet, peaked cap under the helmet to keep rain off the glasses and hail off my face, waterproof top, waterproof gloves, waterproof ¾ overtrou. I’m using plastic… Read More
