Nice win by Bettini and a courageous Silver by that Portugese dude. Awesome performance! I was relieved to see that Backsteadt is actually bigger than I am, meaning of course, I have the potential to be a champ

Gold! Gold! Gold! In the womans' road race. Fell asleep with 30mins to go - just don't have the late night stamina that I used to. Hoorah for replays.

Oh, hey, I just came back from a super nice ride all you Melbourne folk. I live in Kensington right, so I went directly North up Ascot Vale rd until it hits Sommerton Rd - a truck hell, but at least it has a bike lane. From there, its a long hall East to Yarrambat / Diamond Creek ( beautiful part of the world ) before heading south through Eltham and Templestowe. Before long you hit Westerfolds park where you turn West, scoot past The Heide gallery ( if you haven't been there, you're a heathen and must be killed ), through North Balwyn, Kew, Studley Park Rd, Johnson St....then around the Zoo and back home. 75 lovely kms through hill and dale.

My legs hate me right now. There are some bastard hills out that way.

Anyone done any nice Melbin rides recently ( ones that don't involve Beach Rd.) ?