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BYO podium girls

If the local podium ladies dont cut the mustard… just import your own! Nicola & Brooke showed to cheer on the old guy. The photo also shows the truth of the effort put into getting to the podium!

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Trust your Garmin??

I always thought it was weird when Jess and I would do the same ride and our Garmin/Polar gizmos would say that I burned significantly more calories than she did. Jess said it was probably because I was bigger, male, and had a larger muscle mass. I was happy with that since it meant that […]

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Enjoying some spoils

While in France I was able to join a local cycling club in Sorezè. I’ve tried to do well for them in several events up till now but every time there has been one excuse or another… crashes, missing the break etc. Feeling a little stronger of late I decided to head out with the […]

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Showing the Belgium young guns how it’s done

As two of our 3FIDI members, Cath & Craig, recently finished their Euro stint, they handed over the Belgium representation to our Kiwi member Karl. In the last two years Karl has been competing in a big event called the BKRC Challenge, organised by the Royal Brussels Kayak Club. In the organisers words this challenge […]

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Haute Route Triple Crown – Piglet!

After 21 days of climbing – Dolomites, French Alps and Pyrenees – Paul Hamblett has secured the inaugural Haute Route Triple Crown. Along the way he’s spent plenty of time on the podium – his 1st place on Stage 1 of the Pyrenees was particularly impressive.  With 14 days already in his legs – he […]

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More Race Craziness from Danang

Yesterday the Danang Sport Cycle Club held a mountain bike race up Son Tra, a lovely forested mountain right in the city. It’s a worthy opponent – equivalent to about 3 Ainslies, with some steep pinches (Strava says 23% at the top – I was having trouble turning the 28 over). I don’t have an […]

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Regard la Lac

Trois amis set out for le lac George ce Matin, here we find them regarding la scene glorieuse…. taient les autres Fidis? A rusty one was spotted returning from the scene, we can only hope he also enjoyed the vue atmosphrique superbement……!

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Piglett’s on FIRE

In 2013, Stacie and I were in a “team” – 3fidiProCycling – in the HauteRoute Alps in company with Paul Hamblett (aka Piglett).  Despite only having had a little over 6 months of training on the bike, Paul easily outperformed his teammates – who limped into the end of each stage to find Paul – […]

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