The guys over at Knog kindly sent Peloton Café some Blinder lights to be reviewed. Normally when I’m looking for lights I look for the smallest/lightest one I can get my hands on. So the Blinder Road 400 & Blinder Road R70 looked to be heavy and bulky in the photos I saw online. Once…
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Box Altitude – Altitude Training System final review
After being out of the tent for 9 days, I started the last 2 week block of Altitude training leading into the Grafton to Inverell. The Second time around was much easier adjusting to sleeping inside the tent and I was back into the swing of it within 1 nights sleep. After some more discussions…
Inaugural ‘Bowral Classic’ Gran Fondo Announced
Later this year the main street of Bowral will come alive to the sounds of cyclists clipping into their pedals, switching on their Garmins, latching up their helmet straps and rolling out for one of the most exciting cycling events in Australia.The Bowral Classic ?Bicycling Australia’s inaugural Bowral Classic event is a Gran Fondo style…
Nutrition: The Perfect Guilt-Free Ice Cream Alternative For Cyclists?
Like most people I?m a sucker for good ice cream, always have been and always thought I would be. But hurtling towards 50 and trying the remain as bike-fit as possible, the shocking reality is that regular ice cream is one of those little luxuries that many of us have to go without. Until now.…
Insole Based Power Meter Company Team With Cylance Pro Cycling
Cylance Pro Cycling has joined forces with RPM2, a medical device company that has created the world?s first footbed power meter. The footbed, which was originally designed for lower limb physical therapy and diabetic foot neuropathy, soon found a new home in the endurance sports community. ?We saw a unique niche for a remote, wearable…
The Sufferfest – Nine Hammers Video Review
By Ben Norden My wife first introduced me to The Sufferfest one cold winter evening. We were training for a long course triathlon that year and it was a miserable winter. This particular evening I walked to the garage and she was on the ergo with a laptop mounted several metres in front of her.…
A Visit To The Baum Factory
Baum custom build titanium and steel bikes out of it’s Geelong factory in Victoria.? The team, lead by owner, founder and master frame-builder Darren Baum have established a reputation for building award winning frames since its establishment in 1996.? Ben Norden writes about his recent visit to Baum headquarters. What struck me first about the…
8 Steps To Completing A Gran Fondo
By Alex Wohler ? @alwohler Have you got a Gran Fondo coming up? Let me help you with?8 simple steps to get you through! **Disclaimer: I?m not a dietitian?& have no study behind what I am writing. I am merely writing this based on personal experience & knowledge.? Follow these basic steps as a guideline…
Review: Bycle Ride Tracker
At Peloton Cafe we like cycling and we like technology which is why we agreed to review Melbourne cyclist Matt Berg’s new cycling app – Bycle (an unpaid review, before you ask!). The app fills a current hole in the app market which caters to live riding, meaning you can watch someone’s ride in…
Race Day – A Documentary
In 2003, filmmaker Jamie Paolinetti?s gritty cycling drama The Hard Road was released to the world. The film won numerous awards, including being named ?Top 5 Documentary of the Year? by DVD talk. Now, ten years later, amidst cycling?s post apocalyptic Lance Armstrong remains, Jamie and teammates from The Hard Road attempt to mentor cycling’s…