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24/04/2021

Racing under lights at SMSP (video)

04/05/2020

How cycling clubs are hosting private races on Zwift

04/04/2020

Voodoo magic: a bizarre bike fit with Aaron Dunford of Fusion Peak

Ryan Miu with track bike after riding 100 laps with Bankstown Sports Cycling Club at Dunc Gray Velodrome
Cycling life Posted on12/03/202012/03/2020

I rode 100 laps of the velodrome. Here’s why you should, too.

After a few anxious rides on the track by myself, I tried the 100-lapper with Bankstown Sports Cycling Club.Read More

Bicycle racing at Sydney Dragway Eastern Creek
Race Courses Posted on05/02/202005/02/2020

Sydney Dragway, Eastern Creek

The acrid smell of traction compound fills the air, but it’s pedal-powered wheels, not nitros, that are racing at the dragstrip tonight. This is what you need to know about bicycle racing at the Sydney Dragway.Read More

Sunweb at Australian Road Race National Championships 2020
Pro Cycling Posted on13/01/202013/01/2020

The new rule you may have missed at Road Nationals

Until recently, any average cyclist could rub elbows with pros in an elite race. That’s changed, thanks to a new rule set down by Cycling Australia.Read More

Lexus of Blackburn Bay Classic Series (Bay Crits) 2019
Pro Cycling Posted on02/01/202005/01/2020

2020 Bay Crits Preview

The 2020 Australian summer of cycling opens with the traditional Bay Crits in Victoria. Can anyone beat the composite teams, or will Spratt, Hosking, Welsford & Co dominate the weekend?Read More

Torn meniscus of the left knee in an MRI
Cycling life Posted on24/12/201928/05/2020

Cycling with a torn meniscus

The MRI showed a tear of the lateral meniscus, and surgery wouldn’t help. So what next? Is it possible to return to cycling with a torn meniscus?Read More

Waratah Park cycling track, Sutherland
Race Courses Posted on26/11/201925/11/2019

Waratah Park Cycling Track, Sutherland

Waratah Park is the home base of cycling in the Sutherland Shire. It’s the Shire’s leafy, hilly answer to Heffron Park.Read More

Merckx bicycles on Retro Day 2019 with Randwick Cycling Club
Gear Posted on04/11/201904/11/2019

Millennial learns why people like old bikes: Randwick Retro Day

As a 90s kid and a racer, my idea of a bicycle is an aerodynamic carbon-fibre speed machine. That’s why I headed to Randwick CC’s Retro Day to find out why some people prefer slow, cumbersome vintage bikes over their sleek modern equivalents.Read More

Heffron Park Criterium Track - finish straight
Race Courses Posted on06/10/201906/10/2019

Heffron Park Criterium Track

No catalogue of Sydney bicycle racing would be complete without its spiritual home, Heffron Park. We find out what makes this course so iconic with help from one of its patrons, John Sunde.Read More

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Recent Posts

  • Racing under lights at SMSP (video)
  • How cycling clubs are hosting private races on Zwift
  • Voodoo magic: a bizarre bike fit with Aaron Dunford of Fusion Peak
  • I rode 100 laps of the velodrome. Here’s why you should, too.
  • Sydney Dragway, Eastern Creek
  • The new rule you may have missed at Road Nationals
  • 2020 Bay Crits Preview
  • Cycling with a torn meniscus
  • Waratah Park Cycling Track, Sutherland
  • Millennial learns why people like old bikes: Randwick Retro Day
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