Recent content by Clayton

Certainly buying the powder and mixing your own Gatorade is a cost effective solution. This way you can mix to suit your taste as I find the premixed bottles way to sweet.

I was riding at the Superdrome in Adelaide to keep fit over winter but there was so many crashes that I was worried I may end up being injured the whole of spring/summer! It is a really great velodrome with awesome facilities though.

Very good point. There was a good article on this in the latest 'Ride' magazine. Well worth a read.

I love my Ultegra SL. Smooth as silk at a great price. Its great when you ride with the guys that are used to hearing clunk, whirr and click all the time because they don't hear me stealth shifting as I blow by them :D but seriously folks what I saved on the groupset I spent upgrading to better...

What would be the cost of setting yourself up to build and maintain your own wheels? Surely you could buy a set from a master wheel builder made to suit your needs and it would be better value for money than setting yourself up. I know I am not much of a DIY guy so if I built a set I would be...

As with many other sports the global nature of competition and the sponsor wanting value for money leads to tough decisions having to be made about who appears where. The sponsors are very strong these days and can make huge demands on teams that are not always in the best interest of the team...

I know George Hincapie has made this a real focus this year and I think he believes it is now or never. He is such a great guy I would love to see him win it.

My top three are a good quality protein, Acetyl L Carnitine to keep the fat burning and Gen Tec's Thermo Fuel to fully power workouts. You can probably work out from this that I am a Clydesdale but I love being strong and don't really want to get my weight too low at the expense of power.

I certainly agree with all thats been listed so far especially the core work. I like to do heavy leg sets early in the week and taper towards the weekend to give time to recover for a couple of long hilly rides on the weekend. Deep squats, leg extensions, leg curls, leg press and calf raises. I...