Got knots and strains stretching can’t fix? Myotherapist Andrew Pell has self-massage techniques to target the common ones. Muscle tightness and discomfort is a regular problem for many people. This can result from long training rides, previous injuries, general fatigue, poor posture and, most commonly, being desk-bound during the week. Muscles often develop hypersensitive ‘knots’ called trigger points. Identifying
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Punctures are enough to leave anybody feeling flat, but as Iain Treloar demonstrates, it’s easy to get rolling again. There are three certainties in any bike rider’s life: death, taxes and punctures. Regrettably, Ride On can’t help much with the first two. Happily, we can help with the last one. From changing tubes to preventative measures to reduce the risk of punctures
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Bike theft on the rise The past six months has seen a spate of bike thefts in inner Melbourne. Victoria Police urge riders and bike shop owners to secure their bikes with sturdy locks (see Ride On‘s top locks here) and to
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There’s no question that cycling provides a great social experience, whether it be a small ride with a few friends or with a larger group that’s more organised. So what is the best way to approach the bunch ride? Bicycle Network ambassadors, Drapac Professional Cycling’s Jordan Kerby and Darren Lapthorne are here to help. 1.
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There’s more to the humble inner tube than meets the eye, writes Stephen Huntley. An inner tube seems like such a simple and straightforward bike part that very little is ever written or said about it. But it is an important component; there is more to the tube than meets the eye, and getting the right one for your bike
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The journey to independent riding isn’t necessarily as smooth and direct as the textbooks suggest. Simon Vincett charts the meandering course of reality. Recently I had the pleasure of riding with my boy through the park on his first outing without training wheels. I couldn’t get the smile off my face to watch him feeling
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Rule of the road With the number of bike riders on Victoria’s roads booming, the state government is conducting a review of the road rules with the aim to make the roads more accommodating for all users. They are
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At 101 years old, the Tour de France is still an event of immense beauty and suffering. This year’s race promises to be one of the most exciting in recent memory, writes Iain Treloar. Fields filled with sunflowers and jagged peaks scraping the sky rush by, as a technicolour peloton threads a tarmac ribbon through
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Bruce Hunt finds the bike the perfect vehicle to seek the ghosts of Western Australia’s faded goldfield towns. The mania for gold which ignited the explosion of population in Western Australia in the late nineteenth century must have been spectacular to live through. During my experience of the Northern Goldfields, I could sense the presence of
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Seeking a seaside getaway, Simon Vincett finds idyllic cycling on the Fraser Coast. Known for whale watching and access to Fraser Island, Hervey Bay deserves more credit as a destination in its own right. With approximately 40 kilometres of beaches, the Wide Bay area certainly shares some of the “outstanding natural universal values” for which
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