Bicycling Australia

IN THE HEART OF EVERY CYCLING ENTHUSIAST THERE’S A DEEP DESIRE for safer roads, more considerate and aware drivers, and better infrastructure that truly suits our needs. Across Australia, cycling has become more than a mode of transport; it's a way o

AS POLITICIANS KEEP TELLING us we must get bigger as a nation it made me think ... are we getting a better quality of life? Let’s think about this one as Australia is growing fast and I'm not sure our infrastructure is keeping pace. More than 350,000

SPEAKING WITH MARNE FECHNER FOR THE FIRST time, she comes across as many things. Confident and approachable. Strategic and pragmatic. Driven and not easily perturbed. Over the course of our enlightening hour-long discussion, it also becomes clear the

Lightweight, soft, and with outstanding moisture transfer, this is Cinettica’s ‘Classic Base layer’. Like all Cinettica gear it can be purchased at 99 Bikes stores and www.99bikes.com.au Nothing beats Australian-based Cinettica’s Classic base layer,

IT'S A 30-KILOMETRE ODYSSEY THROUGH THE picturesque high country, a winding road that begins in the quaint hamlet of Harrietville and ascends to the lofty heights of Mount Hotham, Australia's very own rooftop. Starting at a modest 510 metres above se

HERE AT BICYCLING AUSTRALIA WE LOVE HEARING feedback from the next generation of cyclists excited to receive their next Issue in the mail, but seldom do they actually feature in the magazine. One of our readers, Constantine Gibson, is a rare breed -

IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR EDITOR’S CONFIDENCE IN YOU WHEN HE SIGNS YOU up for one of Italy’s hardest Sportive, three weeks before the event. “You know people usually train a few months for this?” I gasped at the route profile as I received the invitat

MANSFIELD IN VICTORIA IS ONE of those rare Australian towns that seems to offer absolutely everything to the keen and enthusiastic cyclist. From world-class mountain biking at nearby Mt Buller, to some of the nation’s best gravel (with a multitude of

AROUND EIGHT YEARS AGO, I rolled out for my first ride using a rudimentary Beta version of Zwift. Filled with more glitches and bugs than actual riders, it was certainly interesting – but mostly just a novelty that made time on the trainer a little l

I’VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO TEST out the Nimbl Ultimate road shoes over the past few months. These amazingly light and aesthetic shoes are handmade in Italy and don’t come cheap (the RRP in Australia is $799), but the more I ride these shoes, the more

THE TRUTH IS, WOMEN ARE NOT just smaller men. Looking stylish and good aside, we do actually want our kits to be comfortable and suitable to our anatomy. Big brands are still not getting it, often taking the ‘pink it and shrink it’ approach, so I loo

HERE AT BICYCLING AUSTRALIA Magazine we love nothing more than than getting an invite, hatching a plan, or simply scratching that regularly reoccurring travel itch. But invariably with each trip, the first thoughts are “which bike will we take and ho

WHEN IT COMES TO BICYCLING Australia Magazine reviews, the new bikes we test tend to fall into one or two, and occasionally three, categories. Road, all-road or gravel. The nautical blue alloy offering we have here certainly breaks the mould, the bea

I REMEMBER… LIKE AN OLD codger remembering the war with mates at the nursing home … looking back to the glory days. For me, it was the Vitus 979 decked out in full Campy Nuovo Record that took six months of saving and daily trips to Clarence St. Cycl

THIS ONE COMES FROM THE heart. Why? Because rather than just another fabulous top-spec test bike to ‘roll, review and return’, this is my new forever bike. Paid from my own hip pocket. Still very much in my personal possession and likely to be so for

I HAVE BEEN WRITING ABOUT professional road cycling for 23 years, watching for another decade more. In that time I’ve seen an awful lot, good and bad, but I can’t remember a team ever winning all three Grand Tours in one season, let alone with three

ALISON MCCORMACK TOOK THE reins of Bicycle Network just over 12 months ago, following a gruelling selection process that drew more than 80 applicants and lasted many months. She is the organisation’s first female CEO and fills the role held by Craig