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New post on Ride Happy: Tour of Geelong

Just letting you know that there is a new post on the new Ride Happy site (http://www.ridehappy.com.au/) - I'm trying to use that one rather than this one as I can do more fun things with a .com.au site. So if you haven't bookmarked it, GET IN!
Thanks guys for following - and hope you enjoy the new site even more.

Ride Happy
Lisa

Lisa's Mum does Cadel's PR

Hi guys - new post up on http://www.ridehappy.com.au/ - Following the success of the 'Yell for Cadel' campaign, Lisa's Mum goes through Cadel's lesser-known PR campaigns. Enjoy.

On a personal note, my rehab is progressing and I'm hoping to be back racing in a couple of weeks. Fingers and toes crossed and double-crossed!

Lisa's Mum presents: How to survive a conversation with a Tour tragic

Hi guys - new RideHappy.com.au post up here about How to Survive a Conversation with a Tour Tragic.

Check out the crazy antics of a French media car in stage 9 - causing one of the most unnecessary crashes I've seen in a long time.

Carly Hibberd tragically killed in Italy

I've just woken up to this horrible news. Some days I hate cycling. There's a bit more on the main Ride Happy page: http://www.ridehappy.com.au/.

Rest in peace mate.

New bike setup, Le Tour time and Aussies at the Giro Donne

It's been a big week. The highlight for me was waking up on Sunday to discover that Aussie Shara Gillow was leading the Giro Donne (women's Giro d'Italia) with Sharon Laws in 2nd. Both of these chicks are awesome riders, physiological freaks and hard workers, and it's great to see their hard work paying off. Very well deserved. Today they are in 4th and 5th GC with Marianne Vos back to her winning ways (ok, if an Aussie could lose to anyone, it'd be Vos. I'm ok with that.) There is a lot of the Giro to go though so anything can happen... and to see Shara and Sharon in such good form is a great sign for their GC prospects.

Second big event was the Tour de France kicking off on Saturday. What a cracking start. I think everyone (myself included) thought it'd be a big yawn with Contador dominating everything, but the 2 crashes in stage 1 put paid to that. Contador is now almost 2 minutes down after stage 2's TTT and he will have to pull something incredible out of the bag to claw that back. Anything's possible now in the Tour and that's what makes it so exciting. Unfortunately I picked Contador on my TdF tipping team and it looks like I'm doomed!

Third big event (well, for me, anyway) was flying to Adelaide to get a bike fit done with Brian Hayes at AIS track. It was awesome to go home, even if only for 20 hours! and Brian has made some changes to my bike setup which I am HOPING will eliminate my hip pain. Things went well on a bunch ride on Saturday with TE which was encouraging. It is early days yet and I should know over the next couple of weeks how my body is responding to the new position.

Phew! Lots of words. Sorry guys. More pictures and fun things on http://www.ridehappy.com.au/ - including Lisa's Mum's long-awaited commentary on the Tour de France!

Ride Happy

More pictures from Adelaide

Hi guys - there are some more pictures up on http://www.ridehappy.com.au/ (my new site) from people's childhood photo albums in Adelaide, courtesy of local site Adelaide Cyclists. They really brought a smile to my face. Hope you enjoy them too.
Ride Happy.