This is why we love to ride bicycles in Wellington City

Here's my partner, Alofa, on a typical mountain bike ride through the South Coast of Wellington, beginning from our Brooklyn home.

What a great life!

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Here are my latest mountain bike race results

Genetically modified cyclist rides
past during pointless warmup routine

Two weekends ago, I made a quick foray to NSW, Australia to do the Husky 100km mountain bike race.  While the course was better suited to the bigger Roadies, I was surprised to finish about 18.5 minutes ahead of the next veteran cyclist.  I left the race thinking I had finished in 2nd place!  My brain was tired.

How to take years of life off
an expensive bike!

And here are some photos of me in action on my Merida Mountain Bike.

I am 58 years old in a couple of months and getting faster on a mountain bike with each month.  I am now officially faster on a bike than at 30 years of age when competing in road races and multisports triathlons.

Post race: On an island, soaking up the
sun, while the World rushes by

Just to give you an idea of how much of an improvement there has been: Last November I raced an 80 km MTB event, finishing in 2nd place in the 50-60 age group in a time of 5:20min.  The winner was about 20 minutes ahead.  This most recent MTB race was 100km which I completed in 5hrs 20 min and over 18 min ahead of the younger 2nd place getter.

What really blew me away was how good I felt the day after: No sore muscles at all other than a slightly tweaked left ankle.  This was the longest MTB race I have ever done and would have expected to be sore for several days from all the rattling from going over rocks, tree trunks and so on; but there was nothing other than a sore ankle.  Unheard of!

I put this resurgence of energy and good health down to the benefits of destressing my lifestyle, regular deep tissue massage and evidence based nutrition going by the results of annual hair tissue mineral analyses.

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Product safety test: 3M Eyewear

When I recommend any product for sale on my website such as the 3M Safety Eyewear for high risk activities like mountain biking, my reputation is on the line: I stand behind my products.  Hence the following product test.
Note: Please do not try this at home.  The following test was conducted under controlled conditions by a highly skilled professional.
The Test: Ride at speed down a narrow bush track, look down at your gears, gently kiss a tree, gracefully fall head first over the bike to land face first on a jagged rock.
Tip from the Experts: These matters are best kept to yourself: If conscious, look around quickly to see if anybody witnessed your fall from biking grace.  If not, then get quickly to your feet and pretend to be adjusting your bike seat while buckled over it with pain, just in case somebody passes by. 
The Results: Bloodied but no broken facial bones and eye still intact - only the perfect imprint of the 3M Eyewear, a little claret for dramatic effect, severely bruised Ego and a headache.  No breakage of the glasses but left with extensive scratching - but who cares about that when the glasses are less than $20!  So, into the bin and replaced by a fresh pair.
Conclusions:

1. 3M Safety Eyewear is a highly effective low cost way to protect the eyes and surrounding tissues from serious damage.
2. When riding a bike, don the appropriate safety gear and look where you are going!

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Ouch! Here is one of my favourite Photos from the 2006 Commonwealth Games

A police bike chase gone wrong - Ouch!
Fortunately, other than a few grazes, a battered ego and a badly bruised collarbone, there was no serious damage.

Feel free to copy this image and pass onto your friends.