Author Archives: Tom Bammann

About Tom Bammann

Hi, I'm Tom. I like to blog. ~Tom Bammann~

Completing the 500km Festive Week Challenge

Continuing on from the last post, today I complete the Rapha 500km Festive Week Challenge. Sixth ride I got guilt tripped by my wife into spending time with her.  This is all part of the challenge that I talked about … Continue reading

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500km Festive Week Challenge

A week ago I clicked a button on Strava to accept a challenge – to ride 500km anywhere and everywhere around Adelaide, Australia, between the 23rd and 31st December 2011.  As if riding 500km within 8 days isn’t enough of … Continue reading

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Back in form

After a not particularly good race performance on Sunday, and a not so consistent training regime since our Queensland holiday broke my momentum, I’m pumped to get back into it and break my plateau of the last few weeks. Tonight … Continue reading

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Now THAT was an earthquake!

Ten minutes ago, at 2:24am (on 19th October) I woke up to what I thought was massive thump from Morven either jumping out of bed and slamming her feet on the floorboards, or tripping over in the dark, or knocking … Continue reading

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A while ago I learned of research and old trials to produce power from thorium.  I was quite surprised about the lack of global industry and global government support to develop the technology to a commercial scale.  I’m still not … Continue reading

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