Bicycling Australia

LET’S FACE IT, IT’S NOT EVERYDAY THE EYES OF THE CYCLING WORLD are firmly fixed upon Australia. One of the most significant opportunities for all aspects of cycling in Oz, an estimated 300+million people from right around the world are expected to wa

Component company ENVE have expanded their bike range to two offerings – their new frameset has recently been released and is named the ‘Melee’. A slick looking aero offering, the frames feature geometry optimised for 27 to 32mm tyres and space for u

I PERSONALLY LOVE THE INTERACTION OF GOING TO a caravan park (or a concierge desk occasionally) and getting the little map that the local person behind the counter scratches their recommendations onto, with hot tips for places to go, things to do, an

FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN HISTORY – AND the second occasion in the southern hemisphere – Australia will host a road world championships. One time Wollongong local Anthony Tan previews what should be a most memorable war at the Worlds. Until the pan

IT WASN’T MEANT TO FINISH LIKE THIS, SLUMPED AGAINST A BARRIER THREE kilometres from the summit of one of cycling’s most iconic and storied climbs, a summit that was not only meant to mark the end of the race, but bring the curtain down on a week of

BE IT INTERVAL TRAINING TO increase VO2 max or dietary intake of carbohydrates versus proteins, there is literature and coaching guidance accessible to many. Most also appreciate the gains to be made through aerodynamic refinements, however, the scie

SIMPLE, STYLISH AND straightforward could succinctly describe the Supernova sunglasses from Koo. Unashamedly Italian, Koo is the eyewear arm of Kask, one of the world’s most established and respected helmet companies. Koo burst onto the scene around

“HOW GOOD IS THAT BIKE rack?!” exclaimed the excited barista at the Brisbane cafe. Taken somewhat by surprise by his enthusiasm, I had spotted the side-by-side Steadyracks from out the front and made a beeline for them with the bike. “Just fold the b

I KNOW IT’S NOT POSSIBLE RIGHT, I can hear you loud and clear. But the elephant in the room during the recent month of men’s and women’s Tour de France coverage would have to be the rider we thought time forgot. You know, the guy who claimed seven To

NOWADAYS THEY’RE OWNED BY a Milanese private equity fund. But Vittoria’s cycling heritage runs deep, producing high performance road tyres since the early 1950s. In 2022 their rubber is trusted by no less than six UCI World Tour men’s teams, with the

FOUNDED IN 1996 AND OWNED by Selle Royal, Fizik spent the first two decades of its existence creating some of the world’s finest – and bestselling – saddles. It still does, of course. However, it’s also increasingly responsible for producing some of

GREAT TO SPEAK WITH YOU HARRY – TELL US WHAT ARE YOU DRIVING AND WHAT TWO RACKS YOU HAVE ON YOUR VEHICLE? I’m driving a Peugeot 4008 with my newly installed Rhino Rack Hybrid Bike Carrier racks. I was so sick of jamming my bikes in the back of the c

SLIPPING CARBON FIBER seatposts have become the bane of cyclists in recent years, although in truth the phenomenon of those perches slowly sinking is nothing new. Way before carbon fiber, or even aluminium, came around it was commonplace for new stee

IN TODAY’S SWIRLING SEA OF similarity, radical frame geometry changes are guaranteed to draw plenty of attention. This, of course, is exactly what happened when the all-new Generation 7 2023 Trek Madone SLR first broke cover at the Critérium du Dauph

WELL THEY – NEW ZEALAND based bike company Chapter 2 in this case – may well have been dreaming when the design brief for their TOA was first conceived. Basically the bike we are testing today is a slick, sleek and modernised update to the company’s

A COUPLE OF ISSUES BACK I wrote an article about the “10 Things that p*ss me off in the bunch”. It was well received but I don’t want to sound like a grumpy, old, disgruntled man so I thought it was only fair that I would write about the things that

COMPLETE GAME CHANGER, OR a natural progression from the man-powered machine that has been with us for the past 140 years, when the first chain-driven bike arrived? To be honest, I actually felt a bit fraudulent going into a shop that sold electric b

AS AN AVID READER OFBicycling Australia Magazine for many, many years, I’ve always been confident of one aspect with each and every edition. And that, as I’m sure you will understand, is the inclusion of one or two road bikes in these ‘Test Lab’ revi

THE MODERN ERA OF CYCLING has arrived. Well, actually, it came with Team Sky in 2010, who brought in the philosophy of “marginal gains” as team principal Dave Brailsford coined it. Their primary focus was to win the Tour de France with a British ride