Race Day Recap: Balmoral Metropolitan Championships 2019
My Name is April | Brisbane Cycling Blog
by April
5y ago
Hello my friends! I’m back with another race day recap! The Balmoral Metropolitan Championships was on last weekend, and it was my first time competing in it. Last year, I had entered with every intention of showing up to the start line(s), but as we all know last year was not the year for me. Moving on… Balmoral Cycling Club, one of the most active racing clubs in Brisbane (and also chief of the hallowed Muzz – read about that here) hold a 2 day series every year called The Metropolitan Championships. This year the series took the form of a criterium on one day (held at hallowed Muzz ..read more
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Strava Route: My Favourite Climb on the Sunshine Coast
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by April
5y ago
I was first introduced to the amazing cycling through the Sunshine Coast Hinterland after I decided to enter the maiden voyage of the Sunshine Coast Velothon. I hadn’t been riding for very long but on a drunken whim one night I entered the three day fondo and set out to spend the next 11 months training as best I could to actually make it to the end. To prepare, Tim took me nearly every weekend for rides up on the Sunny Coast. This was his territory, he grew up on the coast and swore black and blue the riding up there was far better than anything Brisbane had to offer. With nothing but a ..read more
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Rapha Bib Comparison: Which Ones Are the Best?
My Name is April | Brisbane Cycling Blog
by April
5y ago
I seem to have established myself as some sort of authority when it comes to Rapha’s female cycling wear range. It probably has something to do with the fact that my entire cycling wardrobe is now 100% Rapha (unsponsored might I add, although I feel like I ought to get some sort of kickback for all this good publicity!). I can’t help it. The quality of their kit and also the colours are just perfect. I’m a sucker for a minimal, simplistic look and this company just nails it. They do, however, have quite a few different collections. They recently revamped their Brevet collection to now be ca ..read more
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Siroko Tech: An Updated Review
My Name is April | Brisbane Cycling Blog
by April
5y ago
In hindsight, this blog entry should have been posted a long time ago. This blog entry is an update to my blog entry of May 2018 in which I first reviewed Siroko sports sunglasses. Back then, at the time, I was happy with my purchase and didn’t expect much from a product that cost me less than I spend on coffee per month. I’d like to reiterate that I definitely was not gifted the Siroko glasses I currently own, nor was I commissioned to write the entry. I’ve explained in past blog entries why I refuse to do sponsored reviews which you can read about here and here. Some of the readers of ..read more
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I Finally Tried Zwift!
My Name is April | Brisbane Cycling Blog
by April
5y ago
Whether you’re an old hat or complete newbie to the cycling world, everyone has heard of Zwift. It was the revolution for indoor training. Before I properly researched it (and by that I mean open the website and read the front page) I vaguely knew that it was a virtual cycling program that connected to your smart trainer and enabled you to simulate courses/rides whilst staring at a little moving pixellated depiction of yourself. This didn’t particularly appeal to me for a number of reasons – I thought I would get distracted by the screen and not perform my efforts effectively, I felt like ..read more
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Pre/Post (Mid??) Ride Snack: Banana Choc Chip Slice
My Name is April | Brisbane Cycling Blog
by April
5y ago
I know, fam, it’s been a while since I’ve posted for you guys and I sincerely apologise for this. But, if I’m going to be honest, my bike training has been about as consistent as my posting on this blog…life has really gotten in the way a bit the past few weeks. And by life, I mean work. Anywho, I recently had the morning off before some surgery, and found myself with some time to spare! So I decided to film myself making one of my favourite snacks at the moment. I call it the completely original, uniquely named, banana choc chip slice. I’ve been eating it for breakfast before my rides s ..read more
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Race Day Recap: Sizzling Summer Series 2019 Rd 1
My Name is April | Brisbane Cycling Blog
by April
5y ago
It’s been a week, and I’ve only just swung around to writing this recap of my experience in the 2019 Sizzling Summer Series. Don’t hate me ‘cos you ain’t me – I got a life and bills to pay, mental exhaustion is a thing. The Sizzling Summer Series is a CQ-sanctioned  3 round criterium series here in Queensland that attracts visitors from all over the East Coast to compete. Competition is usually very fierce, and last year was supposed to be my first year of competing however I fell sick and missed all 3 races. The races are held 2 weeks apart from each other (so next weekend is round 2 ..read more
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Thank God for Rest Days
My Name is April | Brisbane Cycling Blog
by April
5y ago
I will be the first to admit that sometimes the thought of an upcoming hard session gets the better of me. My entire cycling journey has been a battle with my internal default mode of lazy. If you’ve spent the majority of your life in a state of laziness, then any sort of sport or physical activity will not come easily to you – but boy is it sweet when you overcome it, right? I’ve overcome my laziness plenty of times – I’ve raced in the rain on several occasions, raced in wind that if I hadn’t changed my front wheel would have sent me careening onto the side of the road and of course there ..read more
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Happy Birthday, MNIA!
My Name is April | Brisbane Cycling Blog
by April
5y ago
This year marks My Name is April’s 10 year anniversary. That’s right – my blog has been around for a decade. And before My Name is April was Gooberfied, and before Gooberfied was Serenity Musings. For as long as I can remember I found solace in writing words and projecting them out into the world via my own little corner of the internet. My name is April, 2010 (as far back as the wayback machine captured) This blog served as both a playground as I dabbled in what has now become a very fruitful career for me (coding), and also as an outlet for all my musings, opinions and everything ..read more
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