Bicycling Australia

INTERNATIONAL CYCLING PHOTOGRAPHER BEARDY McBeard focuses on one of his favourite Australian climbs: Jacobs Ladder in Ben Lomond National Park in Tasmania. What is it about switchbacks that captivates us as cyclists? There are few examples of these m

FIVE YEARS AGO, AT OUR FIRST Bowral Classic Gran Fondo event in 2016, less than 5% of the 3,000+ riders were female. It was glaringly obvious something needed to be done, and we immediately set out to make changes in how we communicate and encourage

THE RISE OF ZWIFT AND INDOOR training has been nothing short of stratospheric over the past year; all we need now is autocorrect to stop changing it to swift and I would be very happy! I have just opened up Zwift for today to count the number of race

SOOTHING, REFRESHING, REWARDING. No, I’m not talking about cresting the top of a climb and starting to bomb down the other side, but arriving home from a big day at work to find the latest copy of a favourite print publication in the mailbox. While

INDOOR TRAINING AND THE USE of smart trainers would have to be one of the fastest-growing sectors of the sport, with platforms such as Zwift, Fulgaz and Rouvy seeing a huge uptake over the past few years. Already booming before COVID, 2020 saw an eve

GRAVEL RIDING—IT’S ALL THE RAGE AT THE moment. Gravel bikes are versatile. A gravel bike on the road is at worst a slightly sluggish road bike, whereas a road bike on the gravel is an incident waiting to happen (even if that incident is only a pinch

A MILLION MOJITOS MAY SOUND more like the boast of a long-established bar on a tropical island resort. Alas no, it’s not the lime, mint and rum refresher we’re talking about here, but the legendary helmet from Italian manufacturer Kask. The Mojito 3

NOW PERMANENTLY RESIDING on the coffee table, this heavy-duty recovery device has had daily use over the four weeks since being purchased. Percussive therapy is gaining popularity due to its ability to help restore tired muscles, relieve lactic acid

WHEELSET WEIGHT: 1515g FINISH: Gloss Carbon TYPE: Tubeless Ready Carbon Clincher RIM TYPE: Carbon RIM DEPTH: 21mm INTERNAL WIDTH: 24mm EXTERNAL WIDTH: 28mm SPOKES: Sapim Straight Pull SPOKE PATTERN: 28 / 3X NIPPLE TYPE: DT External Alloy FR

IN A VERY SHORT TIME, E-BIKES have gone from a fringe product to mainstream. On the mountain bike side of things, I see a few in every race I enter—I’ll admit to a bit of envy when I see one easily ride up a slope steep enough where all of us on stan

About a year ago, my uncle, a confessed connoisseur of all things European—including bicycles—asked me to take care of his beloved 9-speed Colnago Tecnos when he packed up his life and embarked upon an extended trip overseas. A magnificent machine in

WHO? GIRLRIDEMEL WHERE? MELBOURNE, VICTORIA DISTANCE OF THE LOOP? 26KM AVERAGE SPEED? 24KM START LOCATION? ADMIRAL HO CHENG, ABBOTSFORD FINISH LOCATION? 8 MURRAY ST, ABBOTSFORD DAY EVERY FRIDAY START TIME? 6.15 AM SHARP THE GIRLRIDE MELBOURNE

IN AUSTRALIA, THERE ARE approximately 485 AusCycling registered clubs spread right across the country. The state-by-state breakdown is ACT 10, NSW 137, NT 11, QLD 94, SA 30, TAS, 20, VIC 125 and WA 58. Of course, I am biased as I’ve been a member of

ITALIAN GIANTS PINARELLO KNOW a thing or two about designing world-beating super bikes, with multiple Grand Tour victories and numerous stage wins to their name thanks to their heralded Dogma brand. And so it comes as no surprise that the latest inc

“I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO TRAIN or race at the required level that is needed for the WorldTour.” It’s what Cameron Meyer, five years ago in June 2016, said in a statement from his then team, Dimension Data for Qhubeka. Citing personal reasons, he asked

MY FIRST SIGHTING OF BONT shoes was many years ago when, racing at the local velodrome, two speedskaters turned cyclists were experimenting with prototype Bont cycling shoes. That they were speedskaters makes a lot of sense, because Bont’s first busi

‘MOVING FORWARD’. No, we’re not using a political slogan here, but talking about Xplova—a smaller player in the cycling technology market. The ‘Xplova’ stems from ‘explore’ and Spanish word ‘va’ which translates to ‘explore and move forward’. And it

WHAT STARTED WITH A CYCLING KIT FROM HER DAD as a 14th birthday gift rapidly morphed into an impressive career as an athlete, with the Australian Institute of Sport and corporates taking notice to send Carlee around the world and pitted with and agai

MIDFOOT CLEAT POSITIONING, how can it help? Cleat position, in terms of fore-aft placement of the cleat relative to the rider’s foot, is one of the least understood biomechanical components of a rider’s position. In years gone by, the centre of the c

VERSATILE. DURABLE, light, and strong. The EYRES Safety Eyewear 702-Razor Collection is designed to offer an unobtrusive wrap around frame with a modern look for perfect vision. Its sleek design is constructed using durable polycarbonate and offers a

Driving a new Isuzu D-Max provided by Isuzu Australia, we had a Polygon Siskui D7 MTB on board along with a 3T Exploro gravel bike. Light years ahead of the harsh and rigid ride of their forebears, dual cab utes have evolved markedly over the past de

PREMIUM QUALITY GRAVEL wheels with a 24mm internal width—we test the Easton EC70AX wheelset. Long gone are the days of fitting heavy-duty tyres to a set of road rims for that weekend gravel grind, most major tyre manufacturers now have multiple grave

IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE WE WERE SO comparatively close to Sydney; yes we were over the hills, but not so far away. Just over 70km from Australia’s biggest city, the gravel road was pretty well ours and ours alone. Leaving the CBD around 8 am, in less