Shane Perkins on WADA ruling regarding Russian athletes
WADA announced overnight that Russia would be banned from sports events for four years, including the Olympics in Tokyo. Shane Perkins switched nationalities, f...
A year without Paul Sherwen: cycling sounds different now
A year ago today many in the cycling community lost a friend. Paul Sherwen passed away in Uganda on 2 December 2018 and our sport changed a little. If nothing e...
Phone detection cameras to be used on NSW roads
Starting on Sunday 1 December 2019, NSW drivers risk being fined in a new scheme introduced in an attempt to minimise phone use by drivers while in control of a vehicle. No call, message or alert is important enough for it to be the caus...
Cycling holiday: ‘Terra Bici’, Emilia Romagna
It’s never too early to plan a cycling holiday. Vaughan McVilly explains a trip from earlier this year, while already thinking about a return to Italy next May....
Story of my bike: Focus Izalco (2019) – Rob Arnold
Early in 2019, the Focus Izalco Max was relaunched with a complete design overhaul.
Rob Arnold got one of the new frames and built it up with SRAM’s new Force...
Story of my bike: Kenevans with inspiration from Dario Pegoretti
Keith Bremner has been riding long enough to know how down tube shifters work. He appreciates quality workmanship, old-school style, and an aesthetic pioneered by Dario Pegoretti. Keith explains the story of his bike… – By Keith Bremner ...
Matthew Glaetzer explains his thyroid cancer treatment
In part two of a series on men’s health, RIDE Media talks with a world champion who has recently been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Matthew Glaetzer recognises...
Movember (part 1): catalyst for talking about problems
Movember is less about facial hair than it is about looking for solutions to problems that are faced by men every day.
(This is part one of a series about men’...
Story of my bike: 3T Strada by Todd Hammond
This attention-grabbing bike (for right and wrong reasons) has been ridden by Todd Hammond for 13 months. He offers an overview of what he likes about it. “It’s a bit of a mongrel of a mix of components: a Shimano XTR derailleur… a SRAM ...
AusCycling update: 16 NSW clubs vote for EGM
At the end of October, Cycling NSW announced that it would “cast a ‘no’ vote on behalf of NSW in response to the current AusCycling motions”. The result of a po...
PARAPHERNALIA
Sam Bennett to race aluminium Specialized frame in Down Under Classic
There was a flurry of additional activity in the Deceuninck-Quickstep workshop on Sunday morning.Although the team’s bikes have been pr...
Lotto Soudal: disc brakes for all bikes in 2020
The topic of disc brake use in the pro peloton provided plenty of reasons for debate not too long ago. In 2020, however, they are everywhere...
Story of my bike: Focus Izalco (2019) – Rob Arnold
Early in 2019, the Focus Izalco Max was relaunched with a complete design overhaul.
Rob Arnold got one of the new frames and built it up w...