Cyclist Australia

Where do you sit on the change spectrum? Some people love anything new; others hate change, like the reader who told us that featuring disc brakes meant we were in league with the Devil. Here at Cyclist, most of us are somewhere about halfway along t

Editor Adam Scroggy Assistant Editor Jack Lynch Creative Director Stephanie Goh Designer Joe Ferrara Ad Coordinator Yang Zhou Contributors Patrik Lundin, Joe Laverick, Nick Christian, Augustus Farmer, Emma Cole, Stephan Floss, Angus Sung, Pete Muir,

Cyclist: Matt, you’ve been at Shimano Australia since 1996. Which part, or product, has changed the game the most for road riders in the past three decades? Matt Bazzano: That’s a long time – but reflecting, time has passed very quickly! Standouts ar

68.8 Kilometres ridden 901m Metres climbed 2 creek crossings 0 mm of rain despite threatening clouds 1 encounter with a man in red pyjamas 9 coffees 3 ciders and a few beers drunk ■

Just a 90-minute drive north of Melbourne along the Calder Highway, Castlemaine is equally accessible on the bike-friendly Bendigo to Melbourne “V-Line” train line, which leaves from Southern Cross Train Station in the centre of Melbourne. The same t

‘The Tour de France was much more of a draw than the Olympics [happening at the same time in Los Angeles] and I was so pleased that I got the opportunity to do it. The spectators were buzzed up, and they wanted to help us. We were all just amateurs,

First Women’s Tour de France, (organised by Jean Leulliot) Tour de France Féminin (organised by Société du Tour de France, later known as ASO) Tour de L’Aude Féminin (organised by Jean and Anne-Marie Thomas) Tour de la Communauté Européene Economique

‘It isn’t like the Tour de France – there isn’t a podium and no one is celebrating at the finish with champagne. It’s a bit different. To be honest, sometimes the best finish is just hanging out with the event organisers and then getting a good sleep

What Gravel Tour du Mont Blanc When 2-4 September 2022 Where Megève, France, and Courmayeur, Italy Event options: • GTMB full distance 200km+ distance, 8,500m of ascent • Two-person relay Megève to Courmayeur (89km, 3,490m); Courmayeur to Megève (127

Hours and minutes it took Nicolas Roux to complete the 338km (8,500m of climbing) course of the Tour du Mont Blanc in record time Number of times Nicolas Roux has won the Etape du Tour Number of countries visited by the Gravel Tour du Mont Blanc Numb

The bike riding gods were smiling on the nearly 1,800 riders who signed up to tackle Australia’s toughest one-day cycling challenge earlier this month, with perfect weather all weekend at Peaks Challenge Falls Creek 2022. On the 13th running of Peaks