Ride On Magazine, Bicycle Network’s much-loved publication, is making a comeback. Relaunching in early 2025, Ride On will return as a quarterly print edition and e-zine. Ride On began in the mid-1970s when it started as Pedal Power Victoria, a 20-page newsletter. It evolved into an 84-page national glossy and became Australia’s most
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Three sisters, three generations of enthusiasts over the years, and close to 50 Great Vic bike rides. That’s the story of Noelene, Leslie and Rhonda who Ride On spoke with at the start of the 2024 Great Vic at Albury in late November. For four decades, the Great Victorian Bike Ride has been an enduring
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Australia’s biggest cycling event the Santos Tour Down Under is closing in fast and in January 2025 celebrates its 25th anniversary. Held in Adelaide and surrounds from January 16 to 26, the milestone 25th event is not just a bike race but a festival that brings together fans, bike riders, and communities for ten days
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Orange, in New South Wales’ Central West region, is going mad for cycling. Local enthusiast and advocate David Waddell takes us on a tour of what’s on offer. Heaving myself out of the saddle to climb the last 50m stretch of the Pinnacle on a midday ride with mates I couldn’t help but reflect how
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Away from the beaten tourist-track, Sulawesi offers mountainous terrain, lush foliage and all the ingredients for an amazing cycling trip. Colin Freestone shares his experiences gained from 15 years exploring the island. Sulawesi, that spidery, mountainous Indonesian island just north of Bali, is superb for cycling. It’s way off the beaten tourist tracks of Bali
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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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More than a century after the box bike was first conceived, what improvements can still be made? Riese & Müller find innovations, discovers Simon Vincett. The car manufacturer Audi may have nabbed the term already but “Vorsprung durch Technik” could equally apply to German bicycle brand Riese & Müller, because “Progress through engineering” aptly describes
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The Dookie Rail Trail is a short trail that is perfect for families. Jason Watts is our guide. Way back in 1994, a little known punk band called Green Day released an album titled ‘Dookie’. One of the songs on the album was called ‘Welcome to paradise’. Now I’m not sure if Green Day have
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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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For health, happiness, the good of the environment and your finances, everything points to the bicycle, as David Van Bergen explains. A wise colleague once stated that life’s greatest moments were achieved by enjoying the little things. Enjoying the warmth of the sun as it radiates down on a clear crisp morning is one
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