Saturday, September 25, 2010

Local Newspaper Famous

CH has escaped the mundaneness of everyday existence and fled south for the 'Tour of the Murray River' for the past week. Our daily phone contact, which is squeezed in between stages, bicycle maintenance, eating and sleeping (not much time left over once you fit all of this into a day) allows me to hear CH whinge about how sore he is and how exhausted he is, but underneath it all he is truly happy.

Today the phone call was to share exciting news, with CH ringing to tell me his photo had made it into the local paper. I assumed it was for cycling and asked what stage it was from? CH responds, with enthusiasm .........'No, it wasn't for cycling. It was a photo of me smashing down a Vanilla Slice at the Great Australian Vanilla Slice competition!!!!'
Of course, if he doesn't get in the paper for cycling, eating is his next favourite hobby

This clever little town of Ouyen has organised the event to coincide with a flood of cyclists hitting town, as bakers from all across Australia battle for the title of Best Vanilla Slice in the country. I am sure CH was only too happy to oblige in doing some taste testing.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

The Michaelangelo

In a desperate attempt to create a little more space in our house, for the constant flow of visitors that filter through our front door, we are trying to congregate all of the bikes in one common area. Of course, when you assemble them all together you have a little 'wow' moment when you realise just how many bikes two poeple can own! So in creating clever storage solutions, CH brought home this bike rack - 'The Michaelangelo'.



Once assembled, and safely nestling two fixies, CH stands back to admire his handywork, and says - 'You know why it's called Michaelangelo storage? Because it's carefully holding works of art'.


The works of art






New Additions and Battles Won!

Many Apologies for the lack of posts over the past few weeks! Life has been slightly hectic, hence my extremely neglectful behaviour towards the blog!

Since I last posted, we have welcomed yet another bike into our ever growing fleet. This spunky commuter has been faithfully getting me to work each day for the past few weeks. I uptraded my old commuter bike for this fabulous bike adn it feels amazing to ride! I finally have panniers - which means I have rid my journey of a great bulky backpack!! So, with no backpack on and this super new, super light (well - it's light compared to what I ride - I know CH will debate this and proclaim - 'It's heavy!') fabulous bike, I feel like I practically fly to work and back - It feels so easy now!


I have also finally won the battle of cool! After much debate, CH finally admitted defeat and surprised me with this fabulous new seat for Old Red. Goodbye Flame seat! Hello Funk!