Espresso Cyclist

With the World Championships behind us, cyclists enjoy a beer and a pizza. What are you up to?

First of all, I owe you all an apology. I’ve been offline, mainly due to work. Neglecting my writing. Fingers crossed, that’s all about to change, as I drive to rebuild the community that’s supported Espresso Cyclist over the coming months.

If you can all bare with my limited time, and hence at times terrible grammar and spelling, then I’ll do my very best to get back to regular writing.

In South…

Learning from past mistakes, I set about ensuring my preparation for the 2017 installment of the Tour de Barelang (AKA, Batam 6 Bridges) was stronger than past years. One of the challenges to being somewhat of a ‘newbie’ amongst the South East Asian peloton, is I don’t have years of experience at the regions races. Many of my fellow competitors arrive at races knowing their way around the race…

No Place for Tropical Blood

Living in tropical Singapore was never good preparation for the 2017 Edition of the Baw Baw Classic. At the start line, a reduced Masters C peloton (down to 22 from 30) shivered in anticipation of the challenge that lay ahead; 104km and 3800 metres of ascents. I met a guy that’s completed the race 14 times; learnt that you can’t race in Victoria without a rear light from the commissaire. Thank…

Luca in the Jungle

Over the weekend, I took my four-year-old son Luka to the jungles of Sumatra to visit Hotel Orangutan. It’s been a long overdue trip as some father-son time has been lacking in our household due to my crazy travel schedule. Luka is a crazy little character, and he’s fun to travel the world with. He’s full of enthusiasm and a natural explorer. He’s one of the bravest cute little kids I know.

It’s…

A UCI Surprise in Bintan

Over the weekend was the 2017 running of Tour de Bintan, In its 7th year, the event is Asia’s premier cycling challenge and attracts over 1100 cyclists from all around Asia. Bintan is easily accessible from Singapore or Jakarta. Making it a regional favourite. I was returning for my 2nd attempt at the hit out in the heat. In 2016, while wearing the grey and pink of Rapha RCC a faced a challenging…

Downloading Workouts for Zwift

You will notice a .zwo file attached to your workouts… To use the custom workout file, click the link on the paperclip on the workout and save the .zwo file to your computer’s /Documents/Zwift/Workouts directory. Now when you start up Zwift you will see the workout under the Custom Workouts category in the workout picker. And remember, the custom Zwift workouts are here: Then: For those using…

Don’t try this at home

In recent months my travel schedule for work has grown. Seems every week I’ll spend multiple days abroad. Over the past year I’ve been good at taking my bike and ensuring I can train while on the road, but for some reason I found that a challenge in the past couple of months. The world of corporate travel can be a slipping slope if you don’t look after yourself, and I found myself paying the…

So here I am, on the 30th day of my 100-day fitness redemption. The first 30 days was not easy, it’s been a battle; getting myself just back in the routine of regular rides, setting the alarm at 4:25 AM, and trying to sleep after night rides with West Coast Riders. My training volume over the past 30 days has continued to grow, and the optimization of my overall fitness has definitely improved.

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