Stu Moysey tries this carbon racer targeted at the budget savvy roadie who doesn’t want to compromise on performance. Reid Cycles have undergone something of a renaissance over the past year, slowly shedding their perception as a budget brand with the release of well-received mountain- and road-bikes. Their road bikes have always been sharply priced, to
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Euan Pennington explains how to buy a modern vintage bike. Melbourne is a cycling city; there’s a vibrant MTB culture, roadies cruise the hinterland willy-nilly, and the urban centre plays host to town bikes, cargo bikes and hipsters on fixies. Less well known is the fact that just north of the city is a builder
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Iain Treloar reflects on a lifetime spent riding up the same hill. Up at the reservoir, the golden hills roll down to the sea. The air is hot and arid, and other than the distant howl of a truck’s engine brakes as it descends the Main South Road, it’s peaceful. A breeze sends a shiver
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Iain Treloar finds perfection in the imperfection of this titanium road bike. Some bikes are coldly logical perfection, a flawless frame married to a faultless spec. On these bikes, you don’t have to work to appreciate them – they lay their cards on the table and communicate their intentions clearly, leaving you in no doubt
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Tom McQuillan chats to Team Kenyan Riders Downunder assistant directeur sportif Simon Blake and team founder Nick Leong about this unique pro cycling team. Among all the teams on the Australian and Asian domestic racing circuits, there are perhaps none as distinctive as Team Kenyan Riders Downunder. The team’s riders come from Kenya, Australia and New Zealand
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Michael Haynes reports on a grassroots, bike-powered movement to stimulate cycling in Perth. Picking up on the concept of a previous ride, Brew2Brew, which started with coffee and ended with beer, urban planner Giles Graham initiated Brew2Brew 2. He was inspired by his experience at VeloCity Global 2016 and designed a ride from Northbridge to Fremantle. Taking in high quality shared
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Calum MacKintosh recounts a journey of incredible highs and crushing lows on an unlikely bike. Dear Mum and Dad, I know you are both busy with your lives so I’ll save you some time. The start of this article is pretty boring, and I’m almost positive that you’ll be asleep after the first couple of
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Euan Pennington puts a budget-friendly fun machine to the test. Plus bikes are the latest in off-road cycling developments, offering wider rims and bigger tyres than a standard mountain bike. Simplistically, they aim for the grip and capability of a fatbike (minus some of its handling quirks), coupled with the handling and agility of a
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Simon Vincett talks smart bike security and then takes the tools to the best bike locks to find just how much protection they really offer. Like a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, the security of your bike is only as good as the best opportunity it offers a would-be thief. Did
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The stand-out health and wellbeing benefits for employees of riding to work make it a goal worth pursuing for companies. Simon Vincett reports some inspiring examples. “Rather than being a health service that waited for people to become affected by illness, disease and injury, about five years ago our organisation decided it wanted to get
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