The bike in question is a 1988 Concorde, used by the legendary PDM team. The bike was purchased from The Bicycle Entrepreneur bike store in Perth, Western Australia. I was told by the owner/manager Dennis he had relationship with the team and that is how he acquired the bike. Based on some on the detail on the bike, such as the number holder and the...
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So in my day job I am Lessons Analyst. Part of this job is when things go wrong, to determine the root cause of the issue. One of simplest RCA methods is the 5 Whys. Basically you act like a 3 year old and keep asking why until you have exhausted all options, this usually happens after asking why 5 times. So lets look at...
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Well what sort of Lessons Practitioner would I be If I didn’t include some of report on my lessons learned from the IPWR. There are some general observations and a review of my equipment. If you have arrived here without reading the full story, I can recommend you do so first, otherwise it is a bit like watching the credits to a movie, without watching...
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The pressure in the race was now really ramping up. The climbs to come would be killers. It is hard to believe in hindsight it was only five days, five days of pain and probably five of the hardest days of my life. Day 13 Geelong to North Yallourn The day started well, I made good progress into Melbourne although getting on out Geelong on...
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Up until now racing had been quite relaxed, if you can call 300kms a day relaxed. The course was flat and navigation had not been an issue, let’s face it, for most of the race so far there had only been one road to follow. The tempo of the race was increasing, through Port Augusta and Adelaide I had leapt a number of riders and...
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