Doing what I love. Credit: Pulse Photography
My name is Joel, and I am a cyclist currently living on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia.
I grew up in country Victoria where I began riding bikes at an early age and raced (mostly unsuccessfully) throughout my childhood and teenage years. After high school, I moved to Melbourne to pursue further studies and essentially gave up cycling for several years until an overseas cycling trek in Mongolia and China rekindled my love for riding bikes.
Since returning to Australia I have developed a passion – bordering on obsession – for riding, focussing on climbing and long-distance cycling. I have ridden in several hill-climb events, regularly attend Audax Australia rides and often ride with a local cycling group, Hells500.
For those of you who don’t know, audax-style rides are non-competitive, volunteer-run events (called “randonnees”) that cover distances ranging from 50km right up to 1200km+. With fairly relaxed time limits, the point of audax is not beating the competition, but challenging yourself and finding your own limits.
I decided to start this blog at the prompting of friends and family who thought people may be interested in some of the rides that I do.
My trip to Mongolia and China is blogged here.
A guest article I wrote for The Climbing Cyclist about the Great Southern Randonnee
Endless Revolutions 
Hi Joel,
I like this blog for few good reasons Joel.. Keep doing good work. ( it is helping us to know more about cycling, events and touring etc…)
I couldn’t get a chance to be in a ride with you since Warby -LM and – Achron way -donna ride last year.
I was reading your article about dirty gran fondo, and thinking of doing it. I got the right machine. Needed lot more training and prep. Are you planning of doing it this year?
cheers
Milinda
Hi Milinda,
The DGF is an amazing ride, it was so much fun. Its tough but very achievable and there are a couple of distance oprions too. I’m hoping I can go back this year and use the Aluboo.