Bicycling Australia

IN THE JULY / AUGUST 2017 edition long-time Bicycling Australia journalist Peter Maniaty interviewed legendary Tasmanian cyclist Brian Mansell. Sadly, Mr Mansell passed away late last year. We recently received the following letter from Mr Mansell’s

Lightweight or aero? You don’t have to choose. The Ventum NS1 shatters the notion that a road bike can be either lightweight or aerodynamic. Every element of the Ventum NS1 has been optimised for maximum aerodynamic performance. And yet, fully-config

For the past six months Bicycling Australia have enjoyed the pleasure and convenience of having a VenturePod in our storeroom. It has housed many bikes, a crazy amount of gear, and very quickly become a goto, day-to-day part of life here at BA HQ. Th

The big one! This high-powered light turns night into day. It’s a rugged and well-built light that features an aluminium housing, top quality LEDs, a fully (submersible!) waterproof design and removable action camera style mount. The Dayblazer weighs

THAT’S THE OFFICIAL WORD FROM CANCER COUNCIL Australia National Skin Cancer Committee Chair Heather Walker who says, being tightly woven, lycra can actually help protect skin from the UV rays which can damage skin, alter DNA and lead to skin cancers

Skin cancer. It was never going to happen to me. I had olive skin, not fair like my parents. And I wore sunscreen. On my face. On my arms and legs as an adult. Well, maybe sometimes. I didn’t really need it all the time, unless it was super hot, did

NOWADAYS, IT’S A BIT POINTLESS TO ASSESS whether any of the three Grand Tours favours time triallists or climbers. To reach the final podium you need to be able to do both – unless there are no time trials or just a short prologue to begin proceeding

CANBERRA IS A LONG WAY FROM BELGRADE. WHILE there are few Australian electoral boundaries to worry about in the Serbian capital, both cities loom large for Antony Green in 2019. One for his work as Australia’s pre-eminent psephologist. The other for

THE INAUGURAL NOOSA CLASSIC SURPRISED US ALL with a torrential mid-ride downpour of epic proportions – it was the region’s first significant rain in 90 days; the region’s farmers loved it, and the riders revelled in the conditions. Determination, cam

SPEND A FEW DAYS IN THE DREAM REGION OF BRIGHT in north eastern Victoria, and you will soon realise that you’re in Australian cycling heartland. It’s the type of place where you could easily spin an arrow or a bottle and let the random direction dict

FOR THIS LITTLE REGION, ROAD RIDING has always been strong; the place seems to breed solid and capable riders. There is no singular reason for this but is a mix of factors: the great loops in nearly every direction you roll out of town; a rich histor

MOUNT LOFTY IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. NOR IS Corkscrew Road. Yet surveying the topography of Girona in north-eastern Spain, it’s hard not to be reminded of Adelaide. In pretty much every direction you’re flanked by hills and mountains. Beautiful to look

2011 was a funny old year – the Arab Spring was threatening to change the face of the Middle East, the world was battling a catastrophic debt crisis… and Cadel Evans was atop the podium on the Champs-Elysées as the first Australian winner of the Tour

IT IS DISTINCTLY POSSIBLE THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT sense of bias to my starry-eyed romanticising on the sheer awesomeness of North Wales. Yet, in all honestly, I have to say that the affection and admiration I have for my long-time and former homeland

As long as you avoid the main trunk roads and busy “A” roads as much as possible it really is hard to go wrong when looking for great riding here. Prime northern areas include the following: The Berwyns (northeast, between Oswestry and Bala). Here ar

THE UNITED STATES IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. I DOUBT IT would appear at the top, or even top five, of many people’s lists of ‘must visit’ cycling destinations, and yet it is home to mountain ranges and cols that dwarf anything that can be found in Europe ma

LIGHTER, WITH LESS MOVING parts and more efficient, Rotor engineers say their new 13T 1x hydraulic drivetrain offers a ‘simplified and performance-optimised shifting experience’. Rotor say the 1x13 is a lightweight and robust groupset that benefits f

UNDER TIGHT SECURITY IT MADE its cameo appearance at the Tour Down Under in January – being used by the Trek-Segafredo men’s and women’s teams, the groupsets were closely guarded by team staff. Key components were masked with black tape, and details

TIME HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1987; founded by Roland Cattin, they created the Time pedal that took the world of professional cycling by storm during the late 80s and early 90s. For a decade it was hard to find a Tour De France winner not using Time pe

“NICE BIKE … HOW ARE YOU enjoying it?,” the random stranger asked, as I was wheeling the new steed through the centre of the city in peak hour crowds. “Not sure mate …” I quickly replied, thinking ‘who is this weirdo?’ “Is that the Rere or the Tere?”

JULIE GARDNER ONLY RODE A bike once when she was young. She crashed and didn’t bother trying again until she was 49 years old – a chance meeting in a train hooked her up with a cycling coach who not only got her riding, but also racing In March, the

FIRST YEAR ELITE, 22-YEAR OLD Dylan Sunderland, certainly falls into the latter category. A proud country boy from a proud cycling family, the Inverell local first appeared on the NRS radar back in 2014. He’s claimed numerous domestic honours since t

“ONE IN FIVE AUSTRALIAN drivers admits to cyclist road rage, survey finds” read the headline in The Guardian last November. The survey of almost 2000 motorists, conducted by Ford Australia, found that hostility towards cyclists was “highest among peo