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The Wiggle Bendigo Belter 2012

We're all familiar with the popular and well-established recreational challenge rides in Victoria: Around the Bay in a Day, Amy's Gran Fondo, the Audax Alpine Classic ... and so on. But one ride you mightnt've heard of is Wiggle's Bendigo Belter ... and with good reason: Sunday's running of the event was the first Belter ever in Australia and the marketing around the event was minimal. Read more “The Wiggle Bendigo Belter 2012”
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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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7 Peaks Domestique Series ride #2: Mt. Baw Baw

Few hills in Victoria inspire fear quite like Mt. Baw Baw. Sure, reports of it being the hardest sealed road climb in Australia might be overblown -- this is supposedly harder -- but it's still a climb that will make you suffer for almost every metre. So when Andy van Bergen and I plotted out the dates for our 7 Peaks Domestique Series and put Mt. Baw Baw so close to the start, we probably weren't expecting more than 20 people to turn up. We needn't have worried. Read more “7 Peaks Domestique Series ride #2: Mt. Baw Baw”
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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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The warm-up is done, now bring on Mt. Baw Baw!

If I had to nominate the 7 Peaks climb I'm most looking forward to riding this spring/summer, it would have to be Mt. Baw Baw. It's probably the hardest of the 7 climbs, but there's something about the ridiculous, unrelenting gradients that has great appeal. Of course, there's also the awesome ride between Noojee and the climb to look forward to -- in fact, that's probably up there with the best roads I've ever cycled. Read more “The warm-up is done, now bring on Mt. Baw Baw!”
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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”