Monstrosity Hoodies

by Mark Ferguson

I love when Chain Reac­tion send me emails try­ing to sell stuff. I res­ist with all my might but DAMN THEM for mak­ing my bank account empty — and Wiggle! Today though was dif­fer­ent.. Not only does the drink taste like shit, but I wouldn’t wear one of these wretched jack­ets even if I was suffering […]

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NOT To Wear Your Sunglasses">How NOT To Wear Your Sunglasses

by Mark Ferguson

It won’t come as a sur­prise to you, that after rid­ing the Amy Gil­lett Gran Fondo on Sunday and the Gen­ov­ese Kinglake Ride last week, there were some — let us say — begin­ners, amongst the crowd. A com­mon trend, besides hel­mets being worn back­wards, on the side of heads — in many cases resem­bling a […]

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Amy Gillett Gran Fondo

by Mark Ferguson

A toast, to the good humans involved in mak­ing the Amy Gil­lett Gran Fondo such a great event yes­ter­day on Australia’s majestic Great Ocean Road. Mamasan nature also came to the party, dish­ing out an accept­able degree of sun­light and wind — a far cry from her effort last week at the fin­ger tingling, sleet and hail […]

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Go Now! — Tomorrow is Too Late

by Mark Ferguson

We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomor­row is today. We are con­fron­ted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfold­ing conun­drum of life and his­tory, there is such a thing as being too late. Pro­cras­tin­a­tion is the thief of time, Life often leaves us stand­ing bare, naked and dejec­ted with lost oppor­tun­ity. The tide […]

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Riding Early

by Mark Ferguson

Endorphins, endorphins, endorphins! My morn­ing has been a suc­ces­sion of cheezy grins, clash­ing latte’s and telling tall stor­ies about what races and epic moun­tain rides I’m going to enter. It’s amaz­ing how actu­ally get­ting out of bed and train­ing motiv­ates you. I say tall stor­ies because you and I both know things will be dif­fer­ent later when […]

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