canberra is australian capitol territory

that means the white house, parlimant? congress, all that shiz is here in town, there is a big cycling community and lots of fast pros in town. like boulder or something.

i finally watched 24 solo , grams into this stuff, he rides 24 hr solo races, night rides, does track, 1 speeds, hes all over the place


this crazy bloke craig gordon,

gram says he lives around here somewhere and hasnt been the same since he won that race, he killed himself so hard for that win it ruined him 1.5 years later.

crazy,
eatough was in park city last august for the E100, he won in under 10 hrs or something, spannring was riding ahead of him for 5hrs and blew bad, didnt have enough energy to finish.
eatough treats the 100 miler with 18,000 vertical as a warm up. for longer days in the saddle. that guy is machine.


the trail systems here are all over in pine forests, 10 min ride from the house you can rip twisty 1 track, it just goes for as they say k's and k's.
if its early or dusk watch out for roos, they run all through the trees and smash into you.

oh ya if youre wondering why the aussies have good dh pros its cuz the trails here are not deer valley, straight dh with switch backs. this is why bikers get good, they have twisty trails to ride all over, close to town, that are so tight and turny, you ride that all day every day, then there you go.

giant rider, jared rando was out as we rode by, mid summer ridin for the norba dh. ya and they ride a lot, not some dh clown hiller usa style ridin lifts and droppin cliffs, complaining about pedaling courses and gettin blown off the back by real mtn bikers who pedal all day, then race 3-4 min dh courses.
















got in a few hours of the twisty trails and some urban assault, up some steep paved road to a tower and some inner city lakes, still cant comprehend the wrong side of the road driving. went to a museum,

ya wow, culture, im sophisticated.

maybe we might head east to the beach and ride some coastal trails.
3 hrs a day doesnt sound like a lot but riding this, my arms are tired. its not sitting a road bike spinning on smooth roads.

its warm and sunny, 80 yesterday