Month: June 2016

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If I say Face Painting and 1700km’s of Cycling…what comes to mind?

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There’s 1700 kilometres in front of our 58 riders and 20 crew, ready for a truly epic Smiddy Challenge!
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ADELAIDE TO ULURU – UP THE GUTS ODYSSEY 2016
DAY 1 – ADELAIDE TO CLARE

Distance: 183.28 km’s
Average: 22.4 km/h
Max Speed: 58.5 km/h
Climbing: 1501 metres
Descending: 1155 metres
Riding time: 8hr 10min
Temp Min: Minus 9 degrees
Temp Max: 12 degrees
Wind: Crosswind with plenty of sidewise rain
Road Kill by: 1 Cat, 1 lamb, 1 Rabbit and 1 padlock!
Windmills: 6 and 2 dead windmills (frame only – very sad!)
White horses: 3 live ones and 3 on a gate

Day 1 of any Smiddy ride is a game of pot luck. If the dice turns up a great day you can count your lucky stars. When the dice are not on your side then the alternative is downright scary and it happened today. The forecast was for rain and crosswinds and good old Mother Nature delivered in abundance...continue reading

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Tips Video

A chicken an Egg a Bike a Hill and a theory

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Kids Video

Kids going fast…don’t be dikuwis

Also while we are on the parent love kids cycling theme

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Cyclists Ride Series

It’s all about the people and your community

BWA a Western Australian Window on Freedom and Fun

Just ask Shane

“I have only just started cycling 2 months prior to this event and was my first 97k although it was tough i really enjoyed myself thanks to my bro jimmy who paced me am excited to be apart of this family and look forward to the next one thanks BWA your awesome.
Shane Epiha
Ps was stoked to make it onto the front of the news letter”

Jump2 BWA’s CycloSportif Series

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Yanchep another Sportif Success story in Western Australia, thanks to the BWA Community

What a great turn out for a nice Sunday morning ride around Yanchep. Best of luck to all participants!#seriousfun #CSYanchep — with Barbara Stuart andLouise Hains at Yanchep Sports & Social Club.

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The Hard Men of WA …aye Shane!

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Focus

Swan Valley CycloSportif has the X Factor

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The 2016 series features three events held at picturesque locations in Perth metropolitan area and regional locations. Each of the courses offer their own challenges from the winding coastal roads of Yanchep to the circuit course of the Swan Valley. With a mix of fast corners, long straights and undulating terrain, there really is something for every rider.

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One Million Metres From Brissie to Sydney

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‘Million Mtetres for MND’ Website

Facebook MND Facebook Page 

Article from Hello Main Beach (Day 1)

RideGC’s Gold Coast Cycling Central [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]“A great article in the Brisbane Times about the ride. Thanks to everyone that contributed to make this happen.”

The Million Metres for MND, a 49-person bike ride that will set off from Brisbane on Sunday and arrive in Sydney next Sunday, was set up to pay tribute to two men diagnosed with MND, Scott Sullivan and Ian Davis, who challenged themselves to ride the same distance in 2013.
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MND and Me Foundation supporters will kick start their ride on Sunday. Photo: Robert Shakespeare
Ian Davis was 33 when he was first diagnosed with MND in 2011, a progressive, terminal neurological disease that causes the nerve cells that control muscles that enable us to move, speak, breathe and swallow to degenerate and die…[Continue Reading…]

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A bike ride from Brisbane to Sydney for motor neurone disease will not only raise awareness, but will also add to the memories of three young children whose parents have struggled with the fatal disease.

The Million Metres for MND, a 49-person bike ride that will set off from Brisbane on Sunday and arrive in Sydney next Sunday, was set up to pay tribute to two men diagnosed with MND, Scott Sullivan and Ian Davis, who challenged themselves to ride the same distance in 2013.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The MND and Me Foundation Limited is a not for profit organisation that was formed to raise awareness of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and its’ impact in the community. We saw the desperate need to assist people living with MND and their families to maintain their independence and quality of life for as long as possible. The Foundation intends to contribute financially toward research into finding a cure, but until one is found, our major objectives are to ensure those who have to live with this terrible disease and their families are supported by the Foundation both in financial and non-financial ways.

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“A great article in the Brisbane Times about the ride. Thanks to everyone that contributed to make this happen.”
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/mnd-and-mes-brisbane-to-sydney-ride-to-raise-awareness-for-fatal-disease-20160520-gp0fy5.html

A bike ride from Brisbane to Sydney for motor neurone disease will not only raise awareness, but will also add to the memories of three young children whose parents have struggled with the fatal disease.

The Million Metres for MND, a 49-person bike ride that will set off from Brisbane on Sunday and arrive in Sydney next Sunday, was set up to pay tribute to two men diagnosed with MND, Scott Sullivan and Ian Davis, who challenged themselves to ride the same distance in 2013.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Also read the excitement of Day 1 as they breeze through the Gold Coast

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Holiday Video

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London Edinburgh London – Official Documentary

London Edinburgh London follows a group of cyclists from around the world on a remarkable feat of endurance. Join their ride up the length of Britain – from London to Edinburgh and back again – in under five days. Travelling over 1400km, a continuous distance far further than most of them had ever ridden before, our unlikely and eccentric heroes are not only tested physically but face the mental challenge, “can I push myself further, can I go one more day?”.
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What makes a human being WANT to ride a bike?

What makes a human being WANT to ride a bike?

By Chris Alomes

Thats a question that I have been wanting to answer for quite some time now.  What is it that makes a cyclist cycle?  Does the answer lay within a text book?  Is it in your head?

I think the answer is, I just don’t know!  Lets examine it for a moment, there are reasons people ride a bike, but is that reason the real answer?

Heres my spin on the question!  Hehe, cycling joke, “spin”..  Anyway, lets take a look at myself, I am a 50 year old male (almost) a little overweight at 150kg, and I ride a bike!  I don’t ride solely at the track (Nerang Cycle Centre, 1 Hope St, Nerang), nor do I stick to riding along the flats, I do really enjoy riding up those hills, like Springbrook and Beechmont.

This morning I got myself kitted up and left home around 4:45 am and headed off to give Springbrook some attention, its been about a month since I last rode up there, this time with the intention of riding down the goat track (I think its Pine Creek Road), wow, the next time I ride down that road it’s gonna be fun and fast!!!!

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The peace and quiet on top of Little Springers

The thing that impressed on me the most was the solitude and the peace that I experienced once I got out into the climb itself, instead of beating myself up and smashing my body and bike up the hill to get that KOM, I just took my time and cruised up taking it all in, that fresh air the sounds of nature, that beauty we all seem to miss while we drive off to work somewhere on the Gold Coast, getting stuck in traffic, taking 45 minutes to get from Southport to Nerang.

Peace and quiet, the only thing I missed on this mornings ride was the hustle and bustle, and god it felt nice!  Cycling clears my head, or rather fills it with ideas, I seem to get a certain clarity while I am out riding, I guess its just me on a bike for a couple of hours with not much more to do than sweat and push my weight along at a decent speed.  Do you have moments or hours where you can get into your own head and solve all the problems of the world?  I know I do.

For me, I think just being outside, in the great outdoors taking in that fresh air and nature is what urges me to want to ride a bike!  What about you??

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