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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Entries are now open for the Maxxis Coffs Mountain Marathon to be held at Pine Creek Forest, Bonville, Coffs Harbour on 1st July.
Well 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.
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.
| February 10, 2007 8:00 am | to | February 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.
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!
| March 13, 2007 | to | March 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.
| March 17, 2007 | to | March 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.
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.
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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