Steve Jay's Page

If this isn't yet another example, proving it's too easy to get a driving licence, what is. Even allowing for youthful impulsiveness, somebody who would do this would have been flagged in basic psych profiling used in police and military recruiting tests.

And apparently another twit was booked for driving flat-out, going the wrong way down a one-way st, with 7 people in their car this morning, too. How many… Continue

Sunday looks like "Showers, clearing early," but just how early is early?

I've been planning to travel light. Light, long sleeves and legs, one spare tube, a tiny puncture repair kit, cable lock velcroed to handlebars, 4 bananas, 6 muesli bars. Now it looks like I need a rain coat, at least for some of the trip.

I might start off wearing a garbage bag...

Proper RTB training began for me this year once I'd got my move out of the way. Although I was living 15km out of town in Hobart (when I'd bought the Hobart place, my mum was worried I was "moving halfway to Launceston"), prep for the move to Melbourne and winter weather were cutting training days to about 2 a week. Once I hit August in Melbourne, I was pulling 4 commutes a week on the bike and living 15km from work, just like in Hobart.

Doing irregular shifts, I sometimes get short weeks alter… Continue