Jon Miller maps out three classic flat training rides that will help get you in shape for any season. Riding on long flat stretches helps you build up aerobic capacity, improve your speed, increase stamina, and develop your riding style and rhythm. Test yourself on these three classic flat training rides; you’ll find them an ideal
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Wheel Women‘s Tina McCarthy looks at the essentials you need for your week in another world. I was taking a shower on the RACV Great Victorian Bike Ride when I realised that I’d got myself into a slippery situation. I just wanted to sink into the silvery, stainless steel channel and get washed away with the
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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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Professional cyclist, Le Tour de France rider and RACV Great Victorian Bike Ride ambassador Simon Clarke tells Melissa Heagney about his lifelong passion for the two wheels. Photographs: courtesy of Orica GreenEDGE Name: Simon Clarke Age: 28 Occupation: Professional cyclist Bike: Scott Addict For serious road cyclists, the tracks,
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Bicycle Network CEO Craig Richards is in Adelaide for the Velo-city Global 2014 conference this week and reporting daily highlights here on the Ride On blog. See his summary from Thursday. I didn’t make it to the conference until mid-morning. No, it wasn’t a debut hangover for this non-drinker, just taking advantage of the rare chance for discussions with other bike
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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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The Geelong Showground was awash today with gleeful, proud and slightly weary riders as the Great Vic rolled into its last finish site for this year. They could afford to be proud because they’d just completed 610km of riding, having pedalled all the way from South Australia! But before the hugs, high fives and the
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Riders had a couple of good reasons to hit the road early today: scenery that confirmed that riding in this region is truly “unmissable” and road closures for two key sections of the day’s ride. And hit the road early they did, doing a great job of clearing out of the campsite in Birregurra by 8.30am
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What a welcome the riders got in Birregurra from the local primary school – so much warmer than today’s weather on the RACV Great Victorian Bike Ride! The riders started off day seven’s trek from Gellibrand to Birregurra (81 km) in damp conditions. But, despite the wet weather, spirits remained high. The spectacular views of
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