Machinery for sustainable agriculture! My new ag. bike…
Is this the mountain bike for fundamentalist roadies? Off to test my theory in practice
Two great events define my choice of Thor Hushovd as my number one favourite cyclist. His escape in the mountains on Stage 17 of the 2009 Tour de France and his 2010 World Road Racing Championship. An easy character to admire!
The Mt Everest garbage dump. A dump of contempt from the egocentric hill climbing mountain conquerors who would be better served to conquer their own egos instead. I recall the response of a Tibetan Buddhist monk to the apparent challenge of climbing the world’s highest mountain: ‘why?’
This sums things up pretty well for us book lovers! From the Weekend Australian, April 17 2010
The Borg. The Car-Borg! My vision of how those-who-drive-cars look behind all that tinted windscreen glass…
A river in silty flood. 1000m straight down below the Wollomombi Falls in the Eastern Falls of the astonishing Oxley Wild Rivers National Park. My favourite river. My favourite place on this earth.
A design statement of sustainability! Cycling meets the artistry of wood; organic resilience. This is the Waldmeister. A statement that connects with what we know and yet, with nothing that’s actually familiar. A statement of difference that unfolds through the sustainability message of cycling. A sign for the times!
a bike for when the tar runs out… The new Pinarello Cross CX Carbon. A bargain for the price (30% of the cost of a Pinarello Prince carbon) and a masterpiece of form merging with function
Another family photo: my Pinarellos
