Journal
The Joy and Pain of the Team Pursuit
Published 5 Feb 2017
The team pursuit is my favourite track event, nothing matches the excitement that comes from travelling at such high speeds inches from the wheel. When it goes well it feels like being part of the perfect cycling machine.
UCI Masters Track Cycling World Championships 2016 Report
Published 1 Nov 2016
I did not have the best build up to the UCI Masters Track Cycling World Championships 2016. A week of diarrhoea and stomach cramps isn't what you want as you try and build form for a major event. It proved to be a week of highs and lows.
Command Query Separation with ASP.NET MVC
Published 21 Apr 2015
I have been struggling for some time to find an application architecture for ASP.NET MVC that both respects SOLID principles and is also quick and simple to use. Is the command query pattern the answer?
Bont Vaypor Plus Review
Published 10 Feb 2015
Bont seem to be the Marmite of cycling shoes. They have a distinct design philosophy and promise customisable fit through heat mouldable carbon construction. This is a report on my experiences with their top end road shoe.
Garmin Edge 510 for Power Meters Review
Published 31 Dec 2014
There are numerous reviews of the 510 but they do not really cover using it with a power meter, and an SRM in particular. Recent firmware updates have addressed the ability to stop auto zero offset and have added some really useful metrics that are incredibly useful in training.
SimpleDatastore
Published 1 Oct 2014
For quick projects I wanted a lightweight persistence solution that had no reliance on a relational database. There are options out there but I wanted something even quicker so I created SimpleDatastore. It uses attributes on domain entities to control persistence and stores the data in XML or JSON files.