Product review: Oakley Portal sunglasses – an intro
The Oakley Portal sunglasses caught my eye in the shop because of new styling but also as they have traits similar to the popular Sutro design.
Here is a quic...
Peaks Challenge: get ready – the big ride returns in 2024
The Bicycle Network’s ‘Peaks Challenge Falls Creek’ is on again next year (10 March 2024). Entries are now open for an event that brings cyclists together in a ...
Jeffrey Hoogland breaks ‘kilo’ world record: 1,000m in 55.433 seconds!
Records are there to be broken, at least that’s what Dutch rider Jeffrey Hoogland thought a little while ago when he set himself the ambitious target of beating the remarkable one-kilometre world record that has been owned by François Pervis for almo...
New Focus Izalco Max: bike review video series
Focus bikes recently unveiled the latest iteration of the popular Izalco Max bike. Find out more about the new road range from the German brand by watching a se...
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024: Rotterdam to Alpe d’Huez
The third edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will begin in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 12 August, the day after the finish of the Paris Olympics....
Tour de France 2024: route unveiled – Nice finish, no Paris next year
An Italian beginning and a time trial conclusion… these are two of the highlights of the first edition of the Tour de France that will not finish in Paris. These details were revealed well before the official launch of the route for the 111th edition...
Bowral Classic: a showcase of cycling in the NSW Southern Highlands
The Bowral Classic is one of a series of mass-participation cycling events organised by Yaffa Media.
For one weekend of the year, a rural community in NSW get...
Story of my ride: M7 Cycleway – safe cycling in Sydney’s western suburbs
In part two of the #StoryOfMyRide about exploring the bike path network in Sydney’s western suburbs, we consider the excellent M7 Cycleway. This is 40km of prot...
Story of my ride: Cycling from Sydney to Parramatta
With good conditions – both weather and traffic – my morning ride on a Sunday in Sydney became a journey of discovery. I went west, with a quest to get to the M7 cycleway…
This is part one of my story, riding from the city to Parramatta.
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Shimano’s faulty crank management – poor response to a big problem
Shimano Australia has issued a ‘Safety Inspection’ regarding an issue with certain cranks manufactured between June 2012 and June 2019. The problem was highligh...
