Spain day 3 – Man down
Officially for the PRO's on the Vuelta today was a rest day... Given I am still as fresh as a Wellington Southerly, there was no rest going down at DN Spanish HQ. For today, Gu-Tee had an 80km ride from the hot...
Spain day 2 – Riding chainless
At last! The day I have been waiting for, my first ride in another new country, it was time to get up and hit the roads of Spain, or more correctly, the roads of the Vuelta! Day one of riding saw us ride 4km's ...
Spain day 1 – 30 Seconds…
Yes, that's how long it takes for your well laid out travel plans to unravel quicker than a Labour Party (that applies to NZ and Australia now it seems) and I got stung twice today on that front.
I'm debatin...
Everybody else is racing…
Thank f*ck rest week is almost over... Oddly, this is the longest period I have had off a bike in two years! So I am probably more than due for a break of a week, but by Thursday I was starting to get quite itc...
The extended countdown
Well... What an extremely boring but busy week... I am so used to traveling with my bike now that it turns out there is little left to prepare for Spain and as such, its been a grind through shithouse little jo...
Going fully mobile
Rain, with a healthy dose of lightening, has obviously hampered any riding efforts this week.. Not that its a huge concern as its time to catch up on some rest. More pressing matters have also taken centre stag...
Mission briefing: Spain and the Vuelta!
I haven't been that good at building suspense or keeping the next leg of the Dirty Nomad World Cycling Tour a secret, so its time to unveil it in all its glory. Next stop:
Spain for the Vuelta a Espana!
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Rest & Relocation week – Plus a Dirty Video
Yes, a very odd combo... But what this week has in store here at Dirty Nomad HQ. First, the Rest part:
I don't think that I really recovered properly from the effort at Nationals a week ago and felt tired al...
Genting Highlands part 2 – Lets not polish a turd
I began to outline yesterday in part 1 that I was less than thrilled with the mini mission into Malaysia to ride Genting Highlands... I've had a chance to reflect on it some more and its time to stand back as I...
Genting Highlands part 1 – Truly weird…
With yesterday devoted to honoring the legend of the iHawk, I’m a day behind on the Genting Mini mission update. I have alluded already to what I’ve found here so far, so lets jump cleat first into the weirdnes...