Bauer Bike - The Fixie

So i bought a bike frame of Trade Me, with the intentions of making it into a fixie.

So far I've taken the cable mounts off, taken the gear selector mounts off, pulled it apart ready for paint stripping, and had some stickers made up. Might put some progress photos up at some stage.

Not much of a blogger

I haven't been on here in a long while, so haven't have any updates to my blog. Last time I was here I was laid up with a broken collar bone.

Since then, the collar bone has healed nicely (sort of), I have a lump where the bone is broken, just as in the photo below, because the bone hasn't moved far enough back. But that's all good, a little sore sometimes, but the doctor says it should flatten out.

I also rode the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge. A 160km cycle race around Lake Taupo in the middle of the North Island, New Zealand. Website here. It was a horrible day for riding, very windy, trees falling over ... But I managed a time of 6hours and 3 minutes. I wanted to do under 6 hours, but I still have a time to beat next year!!

I have a GoProHD camera and a Garmin GPS aswell, so have been having a bit more fun out on my bike :)

The best news is Jocelyn and I are going to be parents in a months time :)

X-Ray from fall in Rotorua

Fracture mid shaft Right Clavicle.

Photos from Black Stump 2009

Photos of my right leg, after falling down a bank during the 2009 Black Stump race. The top hole is from the clip-less pedal, the bottom gouge is from the big chainring!

After a couple of days, both wounds became infected.

Rotorua Ride ... and a Hospital Visit

It was my birthday on the 4th of September, and had been looking forward to going to Rotorua, and riding with the Raglan MTB Club for the day. I arrived at the car park early and had an hour or so riding the lower tracks before the rest of the group were due at 11am.


We set off and rode Tahi, which then turned into The Dipper, I decided to go down the harder part, FAST!

So we decided to get back onto the road and head up to A-Trail, then Tickler, and then decide what the group would do, either go to the top, or carry on with the lower tracks ...


A-Trail was sweet! Nice and fast in parts and technical in the Hard sections. We regrouped just before Tickler started, and I went ahead first. The area arond Tickler has recently been felled, and the big drop has been taken out, you now go around a straighter Easy section.


I think this Easy Section is a lot faster and technical, as I overshot the corner.  Grabbing the brakes to halt my momentum, my weight shifted forward onto the front wheel and over I went. Next thing I knew, I was balancing on the edge of a 3 meter high bank, I was looking straight down over the edge!

I remember trying to unclip from my clipless pedals, and I was still holding onto the handle bars. I thought, if I could unclip, I could do a superman move and land on my feet or something ... I just went straight over the handle bars, straight down this bank, landing on my shoulder and back. My shoulder wasn't painfull, but definitely did not feel right. I might have broken my collar bone.


With the help of Dirk, Coralie and Merren from the Raglan MTB Club, we made it out of the forest. Dirk used Merren's long sleeve polyprop thermal to make a sling for my arm, and we walked out.

Lucky I was with a group this time, as I usually go to Rotorua on my own, Merren drove me to the Emergency Department at Rotorua Hospital. After a 4 hour wait the X-Ray confirmed my collar bone was broken!


I arived home bruised and battered, but still in one piece with a story to tell!

Starting to ramp up the training ...

Got the all clear from the physio to ramp up the training to an hour long ride, for 2 rides this week.

So starting tomorrow (Saturday) or Sunday, weather dependant because I don't have to go out, I'll go for an hour. Maybe 30 ks. And repeat Wednesday or Thursday.

Has been 6 1/2 weeks with injury, and 5 weeks till the Day Night Thriller 12 hour solo!!

Riding again ... slowly ...

I rode  to town on Saturday night for the Winter Series Prize giving, and back home, and went for another ride this afternoon. Knee feels much better, a little tingly, but definitely not sore!!!

It's been 5 ½ weeks since my big ride to Auckland, has been a while since I've had a good ride on the bike. I want to get out and do a nice big ride, but I should take it easy and work up to it again. Have physio again on Friday, so might go for another ride on Thursday afternoon.