All of us cyclists are on our own journey through the sport and we’re all motivated by different things. For me, a big driver is the desire to improve, to get fitter, stronger and faster. A good hard go at the local benchmark climb, the 1 in 20, gives me a chance to see where I’m at and as I was reminded a week or two ago, setting a new best time is always a tremendous feeling.
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A closed multi-story carpark, 100 cyclists, food, drinks and music – it was a great night at the inaugural Secure Parking Carpark climb.
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The day after our Domestique 7 Peaks Ride at Mt. Buller, I headed out onto the famous MTB trails in the surrounding hills. My destination was the nearby peak of Mt. Stirling and while the mountain was only 10km away in a straight line, it was no mean feat to get there.
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The Domestique 7 Peaks Rides headed out to West Gippsland on Sunday to tackle one of Australia’s most feared climbs: Mt. Baw Baw. Several hundred riders came along, most of them doing Baw Baw for the first time. It was another stellar day climbing mountains with great people.
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January is the best month to be a road cycling fan in Australia’s southern states. The Bay Crits, Road Nationals, Tour Down Under, Cadel’s Race — it’s a veritable cornucopia of great local racing. And it’s not just the racing that makes these events so enjoyable, it’s the fact that it’s so easy to do some great rides of your own while at these races.
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For Australian cycling fans, January is just about the biggest month of the year. July is obviously huge due to the Tour de France, but if it’s great local racing you’re after, then you can’t go past the Aussie summer of cycling. It all started on January 1 with the Bay Crits and continued last […]
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While I’ve done less riding in 2015 than in previous years, I’ve had no shortage of memorable moments on the bike. In this post I look back at some of my favourite rides of 2015 and look ahead to the holiday season and 2016.
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I’ve climbed Mt. Donna Buang more times by bike than I care to remember but there’s one way up I’d never experienced, until now. At Sunday’s Vertical K event I ‘ran’ up the steep walking track to the summit of Donna while my brother Brendan rode up the main climb. The race was on.
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After many months of planning, the first-ever CyclingTips Giro della Donna was held last Sunday in perfect conditions. I was lucky enough to be able to do the ride while my CyclingTips colleagues were stuck working at the event village.
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The Domestique 7 Peaks Rides got underway on Sunday with a ride from Marysville to Lake Mountain in perfect cycling conditions. We’d expected a large crowd, but not nearly as big as the crowd that eventually did come along. A terrific start to the climbing season!
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18 months after our first bikepacking trip my mate Nick and I set off to Western Gippsland for three days of riding and adventure. Here are a whole host of photos and some words from the trip.
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Undoubtedly one of the most satisfying things about cycling is the ability to jump on your bike and explore the world. And as I found out last weekend, you needn’t travel too far from home to have that experience.
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