Maiden Voyage – Pats First Cycle Adventure - Part 2

April 6th, 2007

Some searching questions about cycle touring – Ever itched to mount your bike and pedal into the wide blue yonder for a few days – but not sure where to start? Pat is about to try his first self-sufficient tour – test his endurance and test his gear.

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2007 MTBA Australian MTB Marathon Championships

April 6th, 2007

ENTRIES NOW OPEN
Entries are now open for the Maxxis Coffs Mountain Marathon to be held at Pine Creek Forest, Bonville, Coffs Harbour on 1st July.

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Cross Dressing Cyclists Arrested in Central Tablelands

March 15th, 2007

berghaus_07_5.jpgWell perhaps not quite but it’s safe to say that never before and probably never again will Australian mountain biking see so many men and women in lingerie on bikes. Lipstick was everywhere, cleats found a home on stilettos and visits to the Transylvanian Tarts at Checkpoint 15, ensured liberal applications of make up for all who stayed long enough. Once again the Polaris raised (or lowered) the bar whichever way you looked at it.

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Australian bicycle sales hits nearly 1.3 million for 2006

January 4th, 2007

It was a good year for bicycle sales in last year. Australian bike sales hit a new record of almost 1.3 million while car sales declined from the previous year. This means bicycles have extended their sales lead over cars for 2006.

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2007 Great Tasmanian Bike Ride™

December 18th, 2006
February 10, 2007 8:00 amtoFebruary 18, 2007 4:00 pm

In the previous Great Tasmanian Bike Ride, riders hammered down the east coast of Tasmania, one hundred kilometers at a time. This time, Bicycle Victoria aim’s for riders to be nonchalant tourists and new-experience junkies. From the pre-Ride campsite, in the heart of the Launceston Festival, to the welcoming honk of geese at pipers Brook vineyard, your challenge will be how many sights, sounds and sensations you can pack in every day as you tour to Hobart.

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2007 VAUDE Highland Fling named as Australian MTB Marathon Championships

December 12th, 2006

After another successful running of the Fling in Nov 06 with 1,100 riders enjoying a fun but very challenging course across the Southern Highlands of NSW, the organizers, Wild Horizons, are pleased to announce that the 2007 event on 11 November will act as the 2007 Australian MTB Marathon Championships. But this year there will be no twists!

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Keen Adventure Race, Great Ocean Road – Entries Open !!!

November 27th, 2006
March 13, 2007toMarch 17, 2007

The inaugural Keen Adventure Race on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, will be held from 13-17 March, 2007. The course traverses the length of the Great Ocean Road in Victoria’s South West, starting at Bay Of Islands and finishing at Torquay.

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NSW Big Ride 2007 – “Tour de Mid North Coast”

November 26th, 2006
March 17, 2007toMarch 25, 2007

The 2007 NSW Big Bike Ride will be like nothing you have ever done before! For the first time the event will start and finish in Taree on the NSW north coast. This is a bike ride over nine days visiting eight towns, covering 500kms of forest and coastal riding.

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2006 VAUDE Highland Fling another great success

November 16th, 2006

1100 mountain bikers were up for a Fling and enjoyed warm and generally cloudy conditions for the second running of the VAUDE Highland Fling MTB Marathon in the Southern Highlands of NSW last weekend.

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Sydney to the Gong MS Bike Ride 06

September 16th, 2006

It’s Australia’s premier one day bike ride and one of the most scenic sporting events this country has to offer. On Sunday 5 November you can pedal your place into cycling history by joining the 25th anniversary Portfolio Partners MS Sydney to the Gong Bike Ride.

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