We must’ve really settled into the land of the laid back. “It’ll be alright, “we said setting off on our weekend bike ride. “It won’t hit for a few hours”. What? A few years back, we would’ve been battoning down the hatches and sitting on the sofa with cushions taped to our heads. As [...]
A few bumps and scrapes is a small price to pay for an epic experience. That’s what I told myself sat in Adelaide airport on my saddlesore ass admiring my swollen toe and cut chins after cycling one of Australia’s great bike trails – the longest in Australia according to Bike South Australia. From the deep [...]
I got a few strange looks when I said I was going to cycle the height of Everest in a week. And that was from seasoned cyclists who didn’t know I have an arthritic spine. Well I don’t blame the doubters. I questioned myself. It was tough and my infected big toe keeps reminding me [...]
Could I think of a challenge to do in Brisbane for National Pain Week to support people in chronic pain? “I’ll cycle the height of Everest,” said my runaway mouth. It popped out faster than a fizz propelled cork and in an instant another Chronic Adventures challenge was thrust forth into my own little [...]
I gulped hard in the nippy predawn darkness to overcome my nerves while desperately scanning the start line for another bike like mine. I was in the domain of club racing enthusiasts with corporate sponsored lycra and bikes which cost more than a car. This was no place for an arthritic on a flat bar bike. [...]
We couldn’t understand why our bikes were stopping on a steep decline. Had the brakes developed a mind of their own? Was the earth’s gravitational force shifting? Maybe we were being sucked into another time through an invisible wormhole? Time to put our imaginations away. We were being introduced to the ‘calmer’ East Coast wind with a [...]
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