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MTB Skills Days – Cape to Cape MTB

Cape to Cape MTB in conjunction with Avanti Plus Cannington are running a series of Skills Days in the lead up to the 2010 Cape to Cape MTB event.  The skills sessions cost $30.00 for a half day of coaching by MTB State Competitor and Coach Mike Thorman.  The schedule is as follows:   Sunday [...]

The Power of Touring on a Bicycle

Whilst Ernest Hemingway is talking of bicycling these words are very much as relevance to hiking.  Having recently completed a tour from Esperance to Perth and then a week or so later driving some of the same route, I can really relate to these words.  The experience on the bicycle is so different and so [...]

Life on the Road – Week 15

The purpose of this series of posting is to summarise my week on the bike and exercising in general.  My week runs from Thursday to Friday, so Week 15 for 2010 is from April 9, 2010 through to April 15, 2010.  Date Exercise Comments Totals for the Week Total Bike Kilometres:   406 km for the [...]

Munda Biddi Trail User Survey

If  you have used the Mundi Biddi mountain bike trail in the past four weeks the Mundi Biddi Trail Foundation would like to know about your experience. This survey will only take a few minutes to complete and is representative of only the person completing the form, so please answer for yourself only. Your answers [...]

Bicycle Touring and Hiking (Bushwalking) Gear List

Having recently my second end to end of the Cape to Cape Track and my second major bicycle tour I felt it was a good time to revise and list my equipment list for bushwalks and bicycle touring.  This list as provided here is based on a eight day road based tour from Esperance to [...]