My interest in cycling is from three perspectives, commuting, endurance riding (Audax) and touring. I am now a regular commuter on Sir Lancelot (winter) and Froggie (summer) and I averaged 259 km a week in 2009.

My interest in touring is has now expand to both mountain bike touring as well as road touring, with my first road tourer completed in July 2009. I just don’t seem to get as many opportunities as I would like to get away touring.

I have also now completed my first Audax ride and look forward to expanding this aspect of my riding in 2010.

Touring Pages at Aushiker.com | Bicycling Resources | My Bike Fleet |

Touring @ Aushiker.com

• Perth to Geraldton – Completed July 2009
• Kep Track – Mundaring to Northam – Completed October 25, 2008
• Munda Biddi Trail – Mundaring to Collie – Completed this section April 2008.
• Siddings Rail Trail
• Touring Western Australia on a Bicycle – Links to tours of Western Australia.
• Waterous Trail – Completed the trail in October 2007.

Bicycling Resources

• Bike Pro – Reviews (and retailer) of components including reviews of components no longer made.
• Bike Maintenance – Summary page of links to various bike maintenance websites, articles and forum threads.
• Bicycling, Fitness and Health – The purpose of this posting is to draw together the resources out on the web that provide good advice on weight loss and riding and developing good bike fitness.

My Current Bike Fleet

• Look 555 – Purchased June 2008 from TBE Belmont – Now in service as my weekend warrior, summer commuter, training bike and brevet bike.
  • Maintenance history for the Look 555 can be found here.
• Julia – 08 Giant XTC 2 – Purchased in February 2008 from Kalamunda Cycles – My mountain bike and off-road tourer.
  • Maintenance history for the Giant XTC 2 can be found here.
• Sir Lancelot – 2009 Surly Long Haul Trucker – Purchased April 2009
  • Maintenance history for the Surly Long Haul Trucker can be found here

• Bob – 08 B0B Ibex Trailer – Purchased Purchased in February 2008 from Kalamunda Cycles – Used for on and off-road touring.
• Chase – 07 Giant CRX 1 – Purchased in July 2007 from Fleet Cycles – Now "retired" awaiting sale.
• Joe – 02 Boulder SE – Purchased from George’s Bikes in 2002, sold June 2008.
• Condor – Kojima Condor – Born from Nimm in Bicycle Network Australia – November 2007. Passed on in June 2008 as a spare parts frame to another Condor rider.
• Anon – 80’s steel framed roadie – Retrieved from a bring-out-the-dead in April 2008. Passed on in August 2009 to a good home.

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