Equivalent to a mountain stage of the Tour de France, the annual Peaks Challenge is a 235km ride with 4000+ metres of climbing and a 13-hour deadline. Australia’s most revered annual cycling challenge, the 2025 event is on Sunday 9 March. Starting and finishing at Falls Creek and set across three of the Victorian high country’s most famous climbs, you’ll tackle
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Nearly 1,000 riders from across Australia enjoyed perfect conditions for the first Peaks Challenge Gold Coast. In near-perfect conditions, the pristine, sub-tropical rainforests of the Gold Coast hinterland proved the ultimate test for riders in Bicycle Network’s and Bicycle Queensland’s first Peaks Challenge Gold Coast. Despite frosty conditions, nearly 1,000 riders rolled up to the
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From pedaling primary schooler to passionate roadie and racer, Alison McCormack tells Melissa Heagney why she’s working to get more women riding. Name Alison McCormack Age 41 Member of Team Bicycle Network and St Kilda Cycling Club Job Head of Commercial and Visitor Services ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image). WHEN Alison McCormack was
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Team Bicycle Network’s Stefan Magat explores his firsts as he heads into this year’s Peaks Challenge. 2015 is a year filled with a number of firsts for me as an official “ elite roadie” – though I must admit, my career has been a very average one up until now. This weekend, I’ll be taking
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Margot McGovern speaks with Liz Joiner to find out how a keen commuter becomes a competitive racer. The first flush of warm weather often brings a surge of motivation. Many of us dream of riding further and faster. We set ambitious fitness goals for the end of summer and plan for early morning rides and
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Riders showed up tougher than ever to conquer Australia’s toughest bike ride. Simon Vincett reports from the finish line of the SCODY 3 Peaks Challenge 2014. In the best weather ever for the event, an impressively fit and well prepared bunch of riders assembled for the 2014 running of the Scody 3 Peaks Challenge. By thirteen
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More than 1,800 cyclists have signed up to take on Australia’s toughest bike ride this Sunday. Melissa Heagney gives you a preview. The descent at Falls Creek It’s early morning, still dark when you line up at the start in Falls Creek. Riders bustle around you, doing their last minute preparation – checking their bikes
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