Diminishing returns?
Phew. A rest day. Time to catch our collective breath after what has surely been one of the most remarkable opening stanzas of the world’s most remarkable sporting event, certainly in living memory...
View ArticleThe truth is out there, isn’t it?
The post, below, is not about Alberto’s bike…merely inspired by the extraordinary sequence of events it triggered. In the past 36 hours, many have been openly wondering why the whole Contador ‘broken...
View ArticleRoadside Assistance
http://bicyclingaustralia.com.au/2014/07/roadside-assistance Please excuse the self promotion here. But this is a link to an important article that appears in the current issue of Bicycling Australia...
View ArticlePainful to watch
Few sports in the world love an underdog more than cycling. From a local club race or handicap to Monuments and Grand Tours, the odds are so firmly stacked in favour of the raging peloton and its...
View ArticleAustralian cycling performance of the year?
Regular contributor and follower of Carbon Addiction, Dennis, from Brisbane has brought to our attention surely one of the most remarkable Aussie cycling performances of 2014, completed recently in the...
View ArticleCyclists in drag
Such a bloody simple idea. A 100-yard drag race. We should organise an event like this. Be super interesting to see who comes out on top. The pocket rockets or the big boys? Roadie or fixie or MTB?...
View ArticleRide a bike, make a smoothie
Took the family up the road for the annual local Street Fair this morning. Amongst the usual assortment of overpriced rides, ‘chips on sticks’ and other sugary crap was something pretty clever I’d not...
View ArticleTerrible reception for world’s best cyclists
The fourth instalment of the USA Pro Challenge is currently taking place in Colorado. Whilst the scenery is undeniably magnificent one thing that’s been hard not to notice is the diabolically sketchy...
View ArticleWhat in the worlds?
This coming Sunday marks the start of the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain. To get you in the mood here are seven relatively useless pieces of World Championships trivia. 1) The...
View ArticleMusical bottles
The cycle of life for a bidon on a hot day is a fascinating thing. It’s no better demonstrated than last Saturday’s Grafton to Inverell Classic, where temperatures up on the Gibraltar range and beyond...
View ArticleCrikey! Who will he support now?
Back in 2007 Geoff Barrett was just an anonymous education consultant who, like the rest of us, enjoyed cycling in his spare time. But over the past seven years this likeable Western Australian has...
View ArticleTV cycling wars: Channel 9 versus Channel 7
It’s not quite over just yet, but it’s already been a fascinating summer of cycling in Australia. Plenty of great racing. Huge crowds. Painful crashes. And glorious wins. But arguably the most...
View ArticleTdF Week 1 : Report Card
Sky A+ Yellow jersey, solid time gains on all major GC rivals, no major incidents, what a difference a year makes. Looked steely in the team time trial. Looks like they have their 2012/13 mojo back....
View ArticleTwo-wheeled prize pigs
Oh, yes. They’ll be there alright. They’re always there. At least half a dozen in every grade. Without fail as soon as the prize pool swells beyond the usual $50 gift voucher they’ll emerge from the...
View ArticleGoodbye Summer, Hello Spring
And with that the latest Aussie road cycling summer has come to an end. As always there’s been no shortage of highlights and talking points. Top of our list were the epic rides by Jack Bobridge to...
View ArticleLions, salamis and small children
Great win overnight by BMC’s Greg Van Avermaert, outsprinting the reigning World Champion Peter Sagan for the win in the 2016 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. But even greater than his race is surely his prize…...
View ArticleRio Cycling TV Schedule (Oz times)
One week until the Rio Olympic Games begin. It’s a funny old time-zone for us back in Australia – at least if you’re working. There’s stuff happening in the early morning then also around lunchtime....
View ArticleNasty little bastards
It’s just over fortnight since I was fortunate enough to participate in the inaugural staging of the Bowral Classic – a 3,000-rider strong gran fondo in the beautiful Southern Highlands of NSW. While...
View ArticleThe end of burglars?
PRISM launches centralised racing platform, Buncheur, and it’s free. If there’s anything guaranteed to get up our nose, it’s burglars. If there’s anything guaranteed to get us excited, it’s club...
View ArticleOPINION: The short-sightedness of Australia’s Tokyo Track Obsession
Watching results filter through from the first two days of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin has been a somewhat frustrating experience. Yes, Australia picked up silver and...
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