Category: Guest posts

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Guest post: Tour of Bright 2012

Last weekend hundreds of cyclists descended on the alpine town of Bright for one of Victoria's most popular and most prestigious amateur bike races -- the Tour of Bright. While most of the attention was focused on men's and women's A grade, there's far more to the Tour of Bright than the pointy end of the top grades. In this guest post Josh Goodall documents the lead-up to his first Tour of Bright and how the weekend eventually unfolded. Read more “Guest post: Tour of Bright 2012”
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Guest post: Mt. Gambier to Melbourne in one day (436km)

Earlier this year, Dougie Hunt completed a 300km solo ride that had many of us in Team eQuipo tranQuilo shaking our heads in disbelief. So when he started sending out invites for a single-day ride from Mt. Gambier to Melbourne -- the best part of 440km -- there weren't too many takers. I knew Dougie was tough but this challenge, I thought, had to be beyond him (and most humans really). I should have known better. This is the story of one truly epic solo ride, as told by the Grinderman himself. Read more “Guest post: Mt. Gambier to Melbourne in one day (436km)”
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Guest post: From Sydney to Melbourne in 5 days

Riding 200km in a day is a great effort on its own, let alone averaging 200km+ a day for five days. A couple weeks ago, Dougie 'Grinderman' Hunt and Matt 'Fletch' Fletcher set off from Sydney with the aim of getting back to Melbourne -- via a 1,100km coastal route -- in five days. This is the story of their journey, as told by Dougie, with photos from both he and Fletch. Read more “Guest post: From Sydney to Melbourne in 5 days”