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wocfics · 4 years

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Part 2

Arranged Marriage Series

Masterlist

KTH x Poc Reader

Warnings: Talk of a past miscarriage, LOTS of the fluff, smut.

Word Count: 4.4k+

Of course it was an accident, the fans would never intentionally hurt you and embarrass you like this right? Okay yeah, you were married to Taehyung but that news was around 3 months ago and they moved on? That’s what you wanted to tell yourself as you stood in the bathroom of your home, wiping the strawberry and mango flavored boba liquid from your face. You had the day off today, having to run a few errands like doctor's appointments and setting up something romantic for you and Taehyung for when he got out of practice later on. When you left from your appointment you wanted some boba and found a shop in town. You weren’t alone since Tae insisted on you bringing some sort of security with you just in case and you did.

The woman behind the counter was sweet, noticing who you were and even offered you a free drink to take home for Taehyung. You were standing off to the side, fixing your jacket since it was cold outside when you heard someone yelling off to the side. As soon as you turned you felt not one, not two, but three drinks being thrown in your direction from three very angry fans that were in high school once you noticed their uniforms. There was some in your hair, a good day to wear two braids at least and you got some in your eyes and all over the cream colored sweater and white pants you were wearing.

A few of the management team escorted you into the back where they gave you a towel to wipe your eyes before the security quickly escorted you out of the shop while speaking quickly on the phone to someone you figured was your husband. It was taking a while for you to process it all on your way back home, you wanted to have a nice dinner with your husband but you knew that had to wait until tomorrow night.

Deciding to just take a shower instead, you took out the two braids you had and turned on the shower, rubbing your face and letting the water hit your scalp. You could hear rummaging outside the bathroom door once you were finished in the shower, your hair wrapped up in a shirt and a towel around your body. Once the bathroom door was opened and you stepped into the bedroom, you saw Taehyung scrambling up from the bed and quickly walking over to you, placing his hands on either side of your face with fear in his eyes as he looked over you as if he was searching for any marks or a sign that you were hurt. You could see the flood of emotions on his face as he caressed both sides of your face before looking at you and pulling you into a hug, his arms squeezing you into his chest.

“Are you okay? They told me what happened on my lunch break.” He pulled away and looked at you again, leaning down some to place a soft kiss against your lips which you returned. You nodded and patted his chest as you pulled away to start getting dressed. “I’m okay, I just..didn’t see it coming at all. The owner and the other employees were very helpful. It was bound to happen someday Tae.” “No, it shouldn’t have happened at all. I have all three of their names and Big Hit will be sending a notice to their parents about their behaviors so that they can have the proper punishments.” He was beginning to get angry, you could see it all over his face as he started to undress himself.

“They’re your ARMY, of course they’d be upset that all of you have wives now. They just let their anger get to them is all. I don’t have any scratches, they didn’t attack me physically-” “Jagi, please. If they were the ARMY that I know, they wouldn’t have done that to you. They have to hold responsibility for what they did because it could have been worse. I need you to be safe and happy, okay? I’ll make sure to have some extra security around you when you decide to leave or you can just order whatever you need from here.” He wrapped a towel around his waist while you busied yourself with moisturizing your body and slipping on a pair of shorts and an oversize shirt before removing the shirt from your hair and began detangling. “I can’t stay inside everyday, I have to work as well. I’ll be more careful next time.”

You let him get into the shower while you placed two more braids into your hair to let it dry while you walked back into the living room area to grab your bags from earlier to put everything away. You took out some hamburger meat and sat it on the counter along with some seasoning and began forming patties while listening to some lofi hip hop. While the burgers were cooking, you took out your papers you had gotten from the doctor’s office and looked over them.

You both had been talking about wanting kids for a couple of weeks and you had to tell Taehyung about your past before you made any decisions. When you were in your previous relationship you were pregnant, three months to be exact and you were going to tell your fiance at the time until you walked in on him and your best friend at the time in your shared bed. The amount of stress and heartbreak caused you to miscarry and that added onto your heartbreak. When you told Taehyung, he knew it would be a tough decision for you but he understood that you needed some time. Of course you wanted children with him, but you needed to make sure your body was equipped for it once again. The doctors ran a few tests and asked a few questions and said that your results would come back in two weeks, which was why you were there today.

Although you and Tae still didn’t have sex yet, you were so comfortable with each other. You could be naked in front of each other and you could tell how much he just wanted to jump on you but kept his composure and you couldn’t deny that you wanted to pounce on him every chance you got but you wanted to do it right. You needed the emotional connection with him first and that in itself worked out for the best.

Reading over the letter, you sighed since you couldn’t really understand what it said, reading Hangul was hard for you but speaking Korean was easier. Returning to the burgers on the stove, you flipped them and took out some buns, making a couple of burgers since you knew Tae had to be hungry with only just eating lunch. You felt hands snake around your waist and his chin rest on your shoulder as you turned off the stove. “I need you to read something for me. I don’t know what it says and I was going to keep it a secret until tonight but since some plans were shifted, I figured I’d just let you read it now.” You turned around in his arms and noticed he was shirtless. Handing him the paper, he took one hand away from your waist and read over the letter, soon removing the other one to hold the paper in both hands.

“What does it say? You know I can’t read it.” You were nervous now, because his facial expressions were all over the place before he looked at you, his eyes watering. He put the paper down and lifted you up so you were seated on the counter and kissed you, your hand immediately going to lock in his hair. His hands were all over your thighs before you pulled back and looked at him. “Everything is great. You can carry my babies now.”

Laughing between kisses, you stared up at him, your eyes getting watery as well. Even though you had only been together for three months, you wanted to be as open with him as possible, you wanted kids just as much as he did. He was the other half of you that you were looking for and he just so happened to be on the other side of the world. Of course you still had a lot to learn about each other, especially not knowing one another for that long. You knew there were going to be some arguments but being in the moment with him would be worth it. You could trust him.

“I still want to enjoy you, Tae, but if we just so happen to make a miracle happen I’m okay with that too.” As you spoke he wiped the stray tears that escaped your eyes and pressed his forehead into yours. “We’ll enjoy every part of it, that’s the fun in making a baby.”

His voice got deeper and you got chills. Bringing his lips down to yours again, you hummed into his mouth as his hands found purchase on your hips before sliding under your shirt and around to the lower part of your back. “We should...eat first.” You said between kisses until he rested his forehead against yours and pecked your lips once more before pulling away and grabbing the plate of burgers you made.

This was what both of you wanted, although you weren’t married for that long, you two wanted a family as soon as possible, especially with him being so busy all the time with the comeback. Soon there would be a tour which meant less time to be with each other, but you knew it would work out with the both of you. Even when he was at practice, he always texted you or called you during lunch break and even helped you in your studio when he had a day off.

Most of ARMY loved your artwork and you even had a page dedicated to just your work. Some bashing you because of obvious reasons but you always saw that there were more positive comments than negative.

Sitting across from Tae, you ate your burger, listening to him talk about the comeback and the new album that he was excited to drop very soon. He also talked about the award show that was coming up in two days which you totally forgot about. “Oh wait, I almost forgot.” You got out of your seat and walked into the kitchen, coming back with a boba tea you had in the fridge, slightly shaking it a little before handing it to Tae and kissing his forehead. “The woman behind the counter gave me a free one for you, she said it's from ARMY and it’s even purple.” You grinned and he took a sip before nodding and smiling at you. “Thank you, baby.” he finished eating his burgers while you cleaned the kitchen and put everything away.

You saw him engrossed in his phone while eating so you walked into the bedroom and decided to quickly clean up everything so you could set a mood. Although your day was partially ruined, you wanted the night to be as romantic as possible. Lighting a few candles, you placed them on the dresser and some small tealights on the nightstands. Pulling a small box from under the bed, you opened it and quickly changed into the lavender colored silk set and robe, took the braids out of your hair and fluffed it out quickly as you heard his footsteps coming towards the bedroom.

Standing by the bed, you waited for him to open the door, a smile on your face as you watched him take in everything. “Wow…” He scanned the room before his eyes landed on you and raked over your body. You walked over to him and grabbed his hands, placing them around your waist before leaning up and capturing his lips with yours. His grip tightened, pulling you flush against his chest, his tongue prodding into your mouth to seek yours out. You moaned from it, letting him back you up until you felt the bed behind you. Quickly hopping up onto it, you pulled him with you, laying back and letting him rest between your legs, your hips already bucking into his as his lips moved down to your neck, his hands sliding under your thighs and kneading the flesh there.

It was easy for him to turn you on, especially with the way his hands were roaming all over your body. “Take this off…” He sat up to slide the robe off of you, kissing your shoulder as the fabric slid down your arms, leaving you in the bra and panties. Biting your lip, you watched him watch you, looking over every inch of you as if he was taking a mental picture. You sat up, pulling his face down to you, connecting your lip once again. This time, you kissed with hunger, nipping at his bottom lip as he unhooked your bra and tossed it to the corner of the room knowing you’d have to look for it later.

You could feel your panties sticking to you and as if he knew it, he slid his hand between the both of you as he laid you back down and began rubbing slow circles through your panties, groaning from how wet you already were. Your breath caught in your throat when he moved your panties to the side and rubbed tight circles on your clit, your legs moving apart more from this action. “Please…” You begged and looked up at him as he stared down at you, licking his lips and grinning. “You want me already, baby?” You quickly nodded and pushed your panties down, doing the same with his shorts and it didn’t surprise you that he had nothing on underneath.

His cock sprang free, slapping his stomach and already leaking from the tip. Sliding between your folds, he made sure to get himself nice and wet, both of you looking down at your actions before he slowly slid into you. The stretch burned a little and you let out a deep breath until he bottomed out and groaned at how tight you were. You bucked your hips up again, your arms going around his shoulders as he began to slowly thrust into you, both of you moaning at the same time at the feeling of finally being connected after waiting for so long. His head dropped into the junction of your neck and shoulder, kissing and nipping at the flesh there as he continued to pump in and out of you, your head turning to give him more of your neck.

Your body quickly heated up, your eyebrows knitting together as your head tossed back when he began moving his hips faster. Moving your hands across his back, you stared up at him, locking eyes with him as he pecked your lips a few times before moving his head down to suck one of your nipples into his mouth, lapping at it, hearing moans leave your lips. He switched to the other one, making sure to give them both attention.

Moving his lips back up to your neck and biting at your jaw, he placed both hands on either side of your body and began thrusting faster into you, his pelvis slapping into the underside of your thigh which each thrust. “Oh God...Tae, please.” You groaned, your hands moving down to his hips, pushing him in harder. Taking advantage of the position, you moved your hands down to squeeze his ass, which caused him to bite and suck on your neck and nip at your earlobe. “You’re gonna be nice and pregnant for me, jagi?” He breathed into your ear. “I can’t wait to see you swollen with my baby inside of you, baby.” Your eyes rolling in your head from his words, his hands finding yours and pinning them above your head, fingers locked together.

“Fuck...I’m coming.” you moaned, his grunts turning into moans as his hips stuttered, feeling himself reach his climax as well. Your vision blurred for a few seconds as your body trembled from your orgasm, Tae following right behind you, a few pants leaving him before he released inside of you in thick spurts, pressing his hips into you so none would leak out. He slowed his hips, turning your face to kiss you once again, sloppy and lots of tongue. Once he released your hands you pushed his hair away from his face.

Your chest was still rising quickly, trying to catch your breath while pushing some of your curls from your sticky forehead. He pulled out of you and you could feel some of his release leaking out of you which made you close your legs, grabbing a pillow and sliding it under your hips. You read somewhere that this helps when trying to get pregnant and although you two were young, you knew you were more than capable of having a baby, just one for now.

“Are you okay?” He asked, kissing your shoulder and then your cheek, as you nodded and looked at him. “Perfect.” You whispered, caressing his cheek. You two did this lot, stare at each other, taking in every detail. He had some sweat sticking to his face and so did you, you sighed and looked around the room. “Actually, can you blow out the candles? They’re making it really hot in here.” You giggled and he stood up quickly, going around to each one and blowing it out before coming back to join you on the bed. After a few minutes, you moved the pillow from under you and slid under the blankets with him, resting your head on his chest and looking up at him. “I love you.” you spoke quietly, pushing his hair back and wiping some of the sweat that was still lingering on his forehead.

“I love you, more.” He rubbed your back, leaning down to kiss you once more before looking up at the ceiling. You watched as he slowly blinked, seeing the sleepiness wash over him.

The next few days were busy for the both of you, going over what you would be wearing to this award show and choosing the right accessories for it. You loved art but also loved fashion, something you and Taehyung also had in common. You’d find yourself taking some of his shirts to style them with your other clothes, he didn’t mind one bit, always telling you how cute you looked drowning in his over sized button ups.

You were able to do your own hair for the show, keeping the long twists you always did. Your dress, a purple silk ruched dress with an open back and matching long robe-like jacket. You paired it with silver block heel pumps, the neck was open and you wore a silver choker and earrings. Your dress was a little on the short side, stopping mid thigh but as long as you were able to move around without any slips you’d be fine. You had a thin liner and a tinted pink lip, shifting your weight back and forth as you and the other ladies waited for the boys.

“Let me look at you.” Taehyung came up behind you, causing you to jump a little and turn around to look at him, taking in his black suit with purple details and silk purple shirt underneath. He scanned over your body, twirling you around with one hand and placing a kiss on the side of your neck since he didn’t want to ruin your makeup. Everyone huddled into the vehicle and arrived in a timely manner.

The carpet looks were stunning, you were looking at other idols as you guys walked to each set of photographers. Taehyung fixed your jacket, making sure it looked good in the photos that you two took together and as a group. You even took photos with the wives, knowing that some people wanted group shots and individual shots of all of you.

The show was nothing like you’ve seen before, the yelling and cheering of fans behind you, of course some were not so nice but you ignored them and continued to watch your husband on stage, mesmerized by his performance and how ethereal he looked up there. You were so proud of the group, earning their awards and putting on their best performance, you were even happy to witness the experience.

After the show ended, the after party came and you didn’t mind it one bit. Tae kept you at his side the entire night, letting you meet his cast members and friends from the movie he’d done, Hwarang. You only drank one glass of wine the entire night until Taehyung glanced at his phone and saw that the boys were ready to go. You quickly said goodbye to his friends and got into the car, already feeling the events of today hit you. In your own little bubble, you and Taehyung whispered about the night to each other on the way back, getting dropped off at your place and going inside.

Taking off your heels as soon as you walked inside, you sighed heavily and turned around to Tae, wrapping your arms around his neck. “We should take a bath together, I’ll run some water and meet you there?” You asked, pressing a few kisses to lips now that you were alone. As infatuated as you two were with each other, you mostly held hands in public, you didn’t want others seeing into the little world you two had going on. Taehyung was big on privacy when it came to relationships and even more now that he was married and you couldn’t blame him. He hummed against your lips, removing the light jacket you had on and staring at your dress once more. “Let me take a few pictures of you first.” He held up a finger and kicked off his shoes, jogging into the room and coming back with his camera, he pressed a button and held it up, watching as you were taking off your earrings and turned to look at him, seeing the flash go off and giggling.

“I wasn’t ready yet.” You laughed, him capturing another photo of you. “Off guard pictures are the prettiest. It’s in the moment, jagiya.” You smiled and nodded, playing with your twists as he snapped photos. You turned around and looked at him over your shoulder, relaxing your face as he took a few more pictures before putting the camera down. “Go and get the bath ready.” He grabbed your hand and kissed the back of it.

You loved the tub you had, big enough for the both of you and the water was hot enough as you added bubbles. You removed your makeup beforehand, tied your hair up on top of your head and stripped before stepping into the hot bath, sighing heavily at the warmth it brought to your body. With your back leaned against the back of the tub, you closed your eyes for a second before opening them, hearing Tae step into the bathtub with you and sit across from you.

“I want to show you something. I have a surprise for you.” He pulled you closer, your legs on either side of his body. What did he have up his sleeve? “Close your eyes.” He whispered and you did just that. Keeping your hands on the sides of the tub until he told you to open them and what you saw shocked you. You couldn’t believe what you were looking at as he held open a small box for you. A box that held an emerald cut sapphire ring with white gold diamonds surrounding it. It sparkled against the light and you looked at Tae, already on the verge of tears.

“I know when we first got together, we had no idea what the other would be like. I know it’s been only a couple of months but I feel like I’ve known you for a long time, Y/N. If I had known you before, I wouldn't have been prepared but it took me a while to find something that I know you’d love. I know we’re already married but I want others to know how serious I am, more importantly, I want you to know how important you are to me. Kim Y/N, will you wear this ring for me? As a symbol of our marriage?” He asked. Blinking a few times, the non stop tears flowing, you stared at him before looking down at the ring again and nodding. His boxy smiled made an appearance as he took the ring out of the box, putting it on the floor next to the tub and sliding the ring onto your left ring finger.

“This is so beautiful, even without it I’d be okay with anything, ring or not...wow.” You stared at the ring on your finger before wrapping your arms around him and pressing a kiss to his lips. “I love it and I love you, Kim Taehyung.” He kept his hands on your lower back, rubbing your noses together before kissing you again.

It was a very long time until you two decided to get out of the now freezing cold bath. Half of the water was outside of the tub during the passionate moment you two shared together but once you both were dressed for bed, you cleaned up the water on the floor before sliding into bed together. Staring at the ring, you didn’t realize how big it was, it was huge! Taking it off your finger, you placed it on the nightstand and turned off the light, wrapping yourself up in Tae once again to go to bed.

“One more thing, Y/N, before you go to bed.” He looked down at you in the dark and you hummed, your eyes closed but you were awake. “I’ve arranged some activities for us next week, since I’ll have the week off. Just a few things I’ve wanted to do with you.” You opened your eyes. “What kind of activities?” You asked. He grinned. “It’s a surprise. I want to surprise you, especially since you’ve had to adjust so much while being here. I want to take you to where I grew up, but I won’t tell you anymore than that.”

“Okay, I’m both excited and nervous.” You let out a breathy laugh and kissed his chest. “I can’t wait. Goodnight, Tae.” You mumbled. He pulled the blanket up a little more over you and kissed the top of your head.

“Goodnight, Y/N..”

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cyclinglegs · 7 years

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Jeez, where has the year gone. Almost halfway through February and I’m just getting around to my first posting for the year. Nothing wrong, just struggling with Lifes lethargy. Had a great holiday, just bumming around, a bit of this a bit of that. Riding the hills, drinking and eating in the Barossa, the Vale, the Hills and at home. Entertaining, being entertained, sleeping, just what holidays should be about.

Oh, and following a little bike race in Adelaide that is the same age as my daughter. Hard to believe that a young Stuart O’Grady won the TdU back in 1999.

As usual, the Adelaide weather played a little have with the tour, something over 42 degC on the opening stage to the Barossa played havoc with the cyclotourists who were hoping to take a casual ride to the Barossa, it was hell out there. Its been bloody hot today as well, topping 42 deg in Adelaide, with the high 30’s forecast for a few more days.

So I keep on wondering why anyone in their right mind would ever come to Adelaide to cycle.

The weather can be insufferable in the summer.

The beach rides are bleak and boring

2015, Tour Down Under, tappa 04 Glenelg – Mount Barker, Sellicks Hill

The are hardly any hills, and those are flat and too far away from the the city

The roads in the hills are so busy you wouldn’t bother risking your life on them

The city lacks culture

Adelaide is good for wine, but the local brews are crap

Adelaide is boring, nothing ever happens

It really is a wretched place to come with your bike

So why come to Adelaide and ride? Really, why, you’ve got to be off your rockers.

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Indian Pacific

By now you probably would have heard about that insane bike ride across Australia. The Indian Pacific Wheel Race. This is a solo, single-stage, unsupported, 5,500km road cycling race ocean-to-ocean across Australia.

The race starts on 18 March 2017 at 6:00am in Fremantle, Western Australia and finishes at the Sydney Opera House whenever the rider gets there. The clock does not stop. There is no prize money. Total distance is around 5,300km, with something like 33,500m VAM. Sweet mother of Lord they cant be serious. I cramped up a few weekends back riding consecutive centuries. I cant start to imagine what this will be like.

Riders will travel on the Eyre Highway, a 1675km long road that takes two days in a car, across the flat and takes approximately two days to cross cross the Nullarbor Plain which includes a 150 km section of completely straight road. Riders will need to watch out for Kangaroos, emu’s, wombats and even camels, of which there are an estimated 100,000 lining the Eyre Highway calling the Nullarbor Plain home.

On the up side, the route passes through the rolling hills of the Clare and Barossa Valleys before hitting the Adelaide Hills. Riders will then travel across SA down to the Great Ocean Road before heading up to the Australian Alps and the Blue Mountains before hitting Sydney

Entries will be open until the total number of registrations again reaches 100, or until 12 March 2017. See here for the roster of riders. https://www.indianpacificwheelrace.com/2017roster

Have a close look, to the best of my knowledge, there are at least 2 South Australians riding, Sam Jeffries and James Raison.

Sam is using this ride as an opportunity to raise funds for the WCH. From Sams Go the Mo fundraising page

Sam and I (Becky) are hoping to heaps of money to buy bikes for the Adelaide Women’s & Children’s Hospital Rehabilitation Department. “Oh yes . . . why?”

Well let me explain . . .

Our funny, happy and beautiful 8 year old daughter, Hannah, had a terrible accident in 2016, it’s only thanks to the skill, dedication and kindness of the WCH neurologists, doctors, nurses, OT’s, Physio’s, Speech Therapists, Psychologists, Health Assistants and all other staff that we have her back, at home, smiling and healthy again.

Hannah was in PICU for 3 weeks in April 2016. The PICU doctors and nurses were incredible and she received round the clock care. When she woke from the coma she was unable to walk or talk, the injury had damaged her very badly and she needed to learn to walk, swallow, speak, and control her movements again. However, despite everything that she needed to re-learn she remained (mostly) cheerful and positive.

Hannah spent months in the Rehabilitation Unit at the WCH, the kindness and support of the staff there is something that we can never repay. They have given us our lovely daughter back and we can never thank the WCH enough.

Hannah’s dad, Sam, is an awesome cyclist and in March 2017 is racing from Freemantle to Sydney, non-stop and unsupported. He is taking part in the Indian Pacific Wheel Race, a crazy ‘Cannon-ball Run’ style race which careers across Australia durning March and April. If he avoids rogue Aussie wildlife and survives living off meat pies for a month he should reach the Pacific Ocean after 5,500kms of pretty much non-stop riding.

We would love it if you could support his ride and help us donate funds to the WCH Rehabilitation team to buy bikes for children like Hannah. After being in PICU Hannah was on a ward for a long time. When she was able to get on a bike as part of her rehab and go outside she felt like she was really getting better. After being stuck on a ward for so long to get outside in the fresh air and ride a bike was brilliant for her.

What we want is to help other children, like Hannah, have as much fun as she did whilst they’re working so hard to recover from illness or injury.

The WCH would like to buy 2 bikes, one for younger children and one for older kids. They would also like a scooter and some safety accessories, helmets and training wheels.

If we can smash our (very optimistic) target the WCH would also like to buy a FES (Function Electrical Stimulation) bike.

This incredible bit of kit gets kids with paralysis moving again. As you can imagine it’s pretty expensive but if we all chucked in $20 then it will only take 1,500 of us to buy one (as you can see they are VERY expensive).

Sam would like to thank Adelaide’s Cycle Closet for their fantastic sponsorship for this ride, thanks to them Sam has a terrific POC helmet, glasses and Gore Apparel kit. Which look cool AF.

Please, jump onto the “Go the Mo” fundraising page here GtM and open your wallet.

Good luck Sam and James. We’ll be following you closely and cheering the two of you on from the sidelines.

Further details here https://www.indianpacificwheelrace.com/

Or you could take the train which runs twice weekly from Perth to Sydney and takes 3 nights to cover the 4352km journey. For riders trying to do the old sneaky and jumop aboard, the signposted train stations are in Cook, Adelaide and Broken Hill, so not much chance there to skip ahead.

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Rider of the Week – George Fuller

I have know George for a little over a year now, but left for a work stint in New York before we could get out for a ride together.

I managed to catch up with George recently, this is his story.

I am 38 years of age and grew up in country Australia in a small town called Gundagai. I have always been into cycling in one form or another, mostly mountain biking but in recent years I have done more road riding. An accomplishment that I am proud of is the Three Peaks Challenge in Falls creek a couple of years back, just getting under the cut-off of 13hrs. I also did a small Europe tour with a friend a few years back where we put road tires on our mountain bikes and road around a few countries, an experience that every cyclist that like to travel should embark on. I have always wanted to follow the Tour de France and maybe with a bit of planning, it is something that will happen one day…

What first got you started in cycling?

I have always been interested in sport and grew up with bicycles and motorbikes, so it always felt natural to have a bike.

How many bikes do you own and what is your main go to bike?

I have two bikes, one road and one mountain bike. Both are Merida.

What bike do you covet?

I like trials bikes and dual suspension mountain bike with long travel suspension. I don’t have any specific bike that I need to have.

How do you store your bikes?

Leaning up against a wall in the living room.

Do you do all your own maintenance or do you use a LBS? If so, which one?

I tend to do all my minor maintenance and anything major I would take it to a shop.

You’ve been in New York for a while now, have you formed an opinion of the differences between New York and Sydney riders?

I couldn’t say that there are any defining features that I have discovered about New York riders in comparison to Sydney riders. I have noticed that New York drivers are a bit more mental than Sydney drivers, which may cross over into the cycling community

What do you love about cycling?

The simplicity and freedom that you feel when riding. I really enjoy riding on open country roads as you get to see the world at a better pace than whizzing by at 100km per hour in a car. I also like the challenge of hill riding, really pushing myself to get to the top. Riding on the flat tends to bore me a little.

What annoys most about cycling?

Saddle soreness. I consider myself a recreational rider and it can be quite some time between rides.

Have you had any crashes?

Nothing major. I had a small crash which was my own fault turning into a road way that had tram rail grooves. My wheels got jammed in the rail groove and down I went.

Other than yourself, who is your favourite cyclist?

Anyone Australian that is riding in the Tour de France

If you could have dinner with 3 people from the cycling world, who would they be and why?

I guess, Lance Armstrong would be the first that comes to mind. I would probably ask him about doping in sport. As for the 2nd and the 3rd persons, anyone that would like to be part of that conversation.

What are your craziest/fondest cycling memories?

My craziest would be riding in France and not understanding the road rules. My friend and I were escorted from a major freeway in France, being loaded into the back of a van and taken to the nearest regional road. This ruined our planned trip by adding more time than we had allowed for in the trip from the port of Le Havre into Paris.

What is your favourite post ride coffee spot, and what would you normally buy as a treat?

Any place that looks like they make good coffee. I tend eat anything as I justify that I am burning lots of calories.

If you could, where you you like to go on a cycling holiday?

I would probably go back to Europe, not sure where though.

What is your favourite local training route?

I ride around Prospect Park in Brooklyn which is only a few minutes from my house.

What is the biggest cycling lie you have told a partner?

Haven’t told one yet.

What would you like for your next birthday?

A new set of cycling shoes, the one’s which you mold to your feet.

Is there anything else you feel like talking about?

Having moved to New York, I am now starting to look for riding challenges, whether that be a mountain ride or a road endurance event. Something challenging!

Thanks George, have a great one and speak soon.

Thanks for your patience at the start of Giros 100th celebration, have a safe year and speak to you again in a few weeks.

till next time

tight spokes

iPib

Oh, FYI, Cycling in Adelaide is not Shite – it is the bees knees.

Cycling in Adelaide is Shite Jeez, where has the year gone. Almost halfway through February and I'm just getting around to my first posting for the year.

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