Getting a fix… in San Luis.
After suffering debilitating withdrawal for a few weeks, I thought my symptoms could be controlled… just to clarify, I’m talking about my addiction to cycling. Yes, I wanted to ride but over the course of those weeks I had managed to stop being restless and irritable without my bike. I had even gone to… the gym! What a sight it must have been, all 63kg of me wandering aimlessly around... [Read more]
On the other side of the Pacific…
The season has begun and it doesn’t take long for the drama of cycling to unfold: crashes, sprints, unexpected wins, gallant solo efforts, new team colours… The Tour Down Under has had it all so far in just a few stages and for this member of the RIDE team, 2012 has been the first edition of the race since 2009 that I have not been in Adelaide. After three consecutive years, January was... [Read more]
Tour Down Under - the 2012 season begins
January sees the start of the WorldTour calendar and RIDE Media is right in the thick of the action in Adelaide. During the course of the week we are shooting all the most interesting product (as well all the teams bikes) catching up with riders for a coffee or two, and of course discussing the year ahead with the key figures of the sport we love! You’ll see a full wrap up of the race and all... [Read more]
Considering the disciplines…
The 2012 UCI track world championships will be contested at Melbourne’s Hisense Arena from 4-8 April. In the next issue of RIDE Cycling Review, we look back at the history of the Madison and preview the worlds. Here is the full transcript of a recent interview with multiple world champion Cameron Meyer. By Rob Arnold Leigh Howard and Cameron Meyer during the world championships in Holland... [Read more]
Shane Perkins: Recollections of a keirin…
On the day Shane Perkins returned from Apeldoorn, Holland, after winning the keirin world championships in March this year, RIDE spoke with him about the experience. Alas, the interview never made it to print. With 110 days to go before the 2012 championships commence, we’ve decided to delve into the archives and get some insight from this charismatic rider who will be a favourite for the rainbow... [Read more]
Nothing to cringe about…
Once in a while one gets given an opportunity, a chance to catch a little glimpse – an insight – into the lives of others. In the instance of the evening of 10 December 2011, I could call it ‘my job’ or I could call it ‘enjoyable’. By Rob Arnold Often I write about cycling. I publish a magazine called RIDE Cycling Review. This is the first time I’ve offered a ‘Blog’ to Cycling... [Read more]
RIDE Gift Ideas
While thinking what to give the cyclist you know may have caused anxiety attacks in the past, this year it’s easy - at RIDE Cycling Review we’ve got great gift ideas right here on the site. Here is a run-down of what is available to purchase. Subscriptions Why not send them the gift that keeps giving? The four issues of a RIDE one-year subscription amounts to around 2.7kg of cycling goodness... [Read more]
RIDE Issue #54 Launch Party
Start with a brand new issue of RIDE, combine a mix of readers, contributors and sponsors together, then finally add the General Manager of Australia’s first ProTour team, Shayne Bannan – that was the first RIDE ‘Issue Launch’. Held on Wednesday 7 December at 3 Weeds in Rozelle, the event brought together a wide variety of people with a shared passion: cycling. As proof that cycling... [Read more]
RIDE Cycling Review – Digital Edition
“I ride. You ride. We all ride. It’s that simple.” In 1998 RIDE Cycling Review’s first issue was published and with these words Rob Arnold, publishing editor, introduced the magazine. After more than ten years and in the midst of production of the 55th Issue of RIDE, it is fitting that a digital edition of the magazine is now available for purchase. RIDE is a quarterly publication... [Read more]
A Cycling Tenor: Why David Corcoran Rides
David Corcoran – Why RIDE #54 Who says the arts and sport don’t mix? Surely that’s just a myth. Opera Australia’s principal tenor has recently discovered the joy of cycling and all its related benefits. He insists he’s not an advocate – nor a sportsman anymore – but he’s become one by default. In RIDE #54, David Corcoran explains how cycling has become a part of his life. Here... [Read more]
RIDE Prints
Flick through the pages of any edition of RIDE and you can see images that have defined the sport. Moments of triumph and despair, the attacks that marked the champion and spectacular collapses, all captured through the lens. Now RIDE is very proud to be able to give you the opportunity to purchase prints of these timeless photographs from our contributing photographers including Yuzuru Sunada, James... [Read more]
Nathan Haas - The end-of-season success…
This is a follow-up from another debutant columnist, Nathan Haas. The Genesys Wealth Advisers team member offers his take on Australia’s National Road Series (NRS) in RIDE #54 which goes on sale this week. His first article for RIDE begins on p.110, but this piece offers some insight into how he came to be part of the WorldTour and what he expects from 2012 and beyond. Steele von Hoff, Anthony... [Read more]
Michael Hepburn - Rounding out 2011…
In RIDE #54 (volume 04, 2011) we welcome Michael Hepburn as a columnist. Titled ‘Summary of a Full Season’, he reviews the journey from pre-season training camp through to September… but stops short of the events of the Tour de l’Avenir and world championships which took place after he submitted his yarn. The young man is a former world record holder in the (3,000m) pursuit. He is the... [Read more]
RIDE #54 (volume 04, 2011) - Editorial & Contents
I remember in what was effectively my ‘audition’ for the role that actually gave me a career in cycling, Phill Bates asked me what I liked about the sport. I didn’t pretend I knew more than I did. Full of admiration I confessed: “I just can’t believe what these athletes do.” Back in 1991, I related it to being able to ride a stage of his race from Grafton to Coffs Harbour so quickly. At... [Read more]
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