Bicycling Australia

Riding Out Lockdowns

IT’S BEEN QUITE A RISE FOR AUSTRALIA’S #1 VIRTUAL cycling club, WMZ. After only taking its first tentative steps back in April 2020, it today boasts more than 550 active members and recently won the inaugural AusCycling Club Esports NationalSeries, held over four rounds on Zwift. Peter Maniaty caught up with WMZ Co-Founder, Brett McMurtrie, to get the backstory.

BICYCLING AUSTRLIA: BRETT, TODAY WMZ IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST VIRTUAL CYCLING CLUBS IN AUSTRALIA. HOW DID IT ALL COME ABOUT? BRETT MCMURTRIE: Like a lot of cycling clubs, in April last year our normal Sunday morning racing was cancelled due to COVID-19. I was pretty disappointed as I always loved this time with my cycling friends and knew it was also

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