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racing Posted onApril 24, 2021September 23, 2024

Racing under lights at SMSP (video)

It’s been a while since my last post, since I’ve been busy promoting grassroots cycling in my real job with Cycling NSW. But I just […] Read More

features Posted onMay 3, 2020September 23, 2024

How to host private races on Zwift

Like every other sport, local bike racing has been halted by COVID-19. Since sporting competitions were banned in late March, cycling clubs in Australia have […] Read More

reviews Posted onApril 4, 2020September 23, 2024

A bizarre bike fit with Aaron Dunford

When I first arrived at Aaron Dunford’s bike-fitting studio, I thought I was in the wrong place. I’d driven into a quiet residential street in […] Read More

cycling life Posted onMarch 11, 2020September 23, 2024

What it’s like riding 100 laps of the velodrome

Last year, I tried track cycling for the first time. Since then, I’ve ridden the track only a handful of times, and always alone. That […] Read More

race courses Posted onFebruary 5, 2020September 23, 2024

Bicycle racing at Sydney Dragway, Eastern Creek

When you ride your first lap at Sydney Dragway, the smell stands out the most. It’s a chemical pungency that fills the nostrils, though it’s […] Read More

race courses Posted onNovember 25, 2019September 23, 2024

Waratah Park Cycling Track, Sutherland

Waratah Park is the home base of cycling in the Sutherland Shire. The dedicated off-road track hosts racing and training all year round, but it’s […] Read More

gear Posted onNovember 4, 2019September 23, 2024

Randwick Retro Day: Millennial learns about old bikes

Close your eyes and imagine a road bike. What are you picturing? I’m a 90s kid who started watching cycling in 2009, so in my […] Read More

race courses Posted onOctober 6, 2019September 23, 2024

Guide to Racing Heffron Park Criterium Track

No catalogue of Sydney bicycle racing would be complete without its spiritual home, Heffron Park. Over many decades, Heffron’s concrete surface has been kissed by […] Read More

features Posted onAugust 24, 2019

How country racing is different from city racing

Last week, I found myself crawling along a deserted road in south-western NSW. My legs were barely turning the cranks and not another soul was […] Read More

features Posted onAugust 9, 2019

Does Scratch Always Win? NSW Handicap Race Analysis

The country handicap is an Aussie institution. It’s a race born of wide geography and sparse population; a race of practicality. Not enough entrants to […] Read More

race courses Posted onAugust 2, 2019

NSW Team Time Trial course preview – Singleton

After seven years in Nowra, the NSW Team Time Trial Championships have moved to Singleton for at least the next three years. Here’s a quick […] Read More

features Posted onJuly 27, 2019

Tour de France cancellation shows it’s hard to run a bike race

Many cycling fans, myself included, are disappointed about the dramatic cancellation of yesterday’s Tour de France Stage 19 from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Tignes. This year’s Tour […] Read More

roads Posted onJuly 16, 2019

Guide to cycling the Waterfall Hill climb

The descent from Waterfall train station is a gateway into Royal National Park. When cycling the other way, however, Waterfall Hill whisks you from a […] Read More

race courses Posted onJune 26, 2019

Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith

A versatile multi-sport venue, Penrith’s Regatta Centre hosts cycling races around its Olympic rowing lake. Here’s our guide to the home of the “bike path […] Read More

cycling life Posted onJune 19, 2019

Why road cyclists should try the track at a velodrome

My office is literally inside a velodrome, so you’d think I would have tried the track much sooner. As it stands, it took 12 months […] Read More

gear Posted onMay 30, 2019

What to check on your bike before your next race

My last two races ended prematurely. A fortnight ago at Penrith’s Regatta Centre, I’d sat in the bunch and conserved energy for the first ninety-five […] Read More

race courses Posted onMay 8, 2019

Race Guide: Beaumont Road, Mount Kuring-Gai

Northern Sydney Cycling Club has been racing at Beaumont Road for 30 years. Here are the key features of the race they call “Beauie Worlds”. […] Read More

race courses Posted onApril 17, 2019

Race Guide: Dunc Gray Criterium Track (Louisa Reserve)

Louisa Reserve Criterium Track is a short, off-road criterium circuit located next to Dunc Gray Velodrome in Bass Hill, Sydney. Summary Very short circuit Flowing, […] Read More

racing Posted onApril 1, 2019

Road Cycling: Why You Should Start Racing

“Tourists and locals are watching from sidewalk cafés. Non-racers. The emptiness of those lives shocks me.” Tim Krabbé – The Rider (1978) I bought my […] Read More

features Posted onMarch 21, 2019

What it takes to live-tweet a cycling race

At the Bathurst Cycling Classic, Cycling NSW published live updates of the B2B Elite Wave, together with photos and videos, on its Twitter, Facebook and […] Read More

features Posted onMarch 13, 2019

Finley Moutter’s first NSW Elite Track Championships

If you just looked at the results sheet from last weekend’s NSW Elite Track Championships, you wouldn’t think much of Finley Moutter. Slowest in the […] Read More

cycling life Posted onMarch 6, 2019

Where I ride when I don’t feel like riding

Picture this: you’ve got the day off work, no plans in your diary, the sun is shining and you’ve got the house to yourself. Perfect […] Read More

racing Posted onFebruary 27, 2019

5 Lessons from the NSW U15-U17 Track Championships

I don’t often write about track cycling, but there’s a close connection between junior track racing and the road. If you look at Australia’s current […] Read More

reviews Posted onFebruary 20, 2019

Review: Zilfer Phone Wallet

Overview Zilfer is the brainchild of Sydney couple Dan and Kat Bessant. Dan happens to be an active member of my home club, Parramatta CC, […] Read More

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