Bicycle sizing is, to the uninitiated, a confusing blur of figures and angles. Iain Treloar shows you how to make sense of it all. What any bike rider seeks is the moment where the bike disappears—where any niggles evaporate into the ether, where body and machine are perfectly attuned, and where that elusive state of
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$49.95 For the owner, the theft of a bike is a distressing, often expensive and inconvenient experience—a reality that may well have been behind DataDot’s decision to expand their inventory into the bicycle market. DataDot was first developed 15 years ago for the automotive industry, as a means to help police identify stolen cars, counteract
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Getting caught in a flood was the last thing Peter Foot expected when he cycled South Australia’s Oodnadatta Track. The man is regarding us as if we are slightly deranged. “You’re mad,” he says flatly, as if it were an unequivocal truth. I try to think of a witty riposte. “Tell us something we don’t
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Indoor trainers may be loathed by many, but the latest technology makes them not just efficient, but fun as well. Lee Rodgers explains. The INDOOR TRAINER! First developed by Grand Inquisitor Torquemada in 1484 as an instrument of torture to force the heathen elements of Spanish society to give up their own ungodly beliefs and
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Alexander Miller assesses Australia’s chances for a green and gold rush in the cycling events of the 31st Olympiad. While August often means quiet nights at home in front of the heater with rain pelting down outside, this year we will get a couple of weeks of reprieve. From 5–21 August, for the duration of
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Stu Moysey puts an adventurous road bike from a local brand to the test. Photos: Paul Walker / Reid Since their humble 2009 beginnings, Reid has become a household name in Australian cycling—not always for the wrong reason. However, over the last 18 months, they’ve set out to reverse any prior misconceptions, placing an emphasis
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Like your body language says as much as your words in a conversation, your riding language —where you ride on the road—tells others what you’re doing. Simon Vincett suggests strategies for communicating to the traffic. Whether you are blessed with bountiful bike lanes or you have to mix it with the traffic for all your
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Road Frame Pack $150–$175 Top Tube Pack $65–$90 ‘Bikepacking’ is a new thing. Or rather, it’s a new name for a thing that people have been doing as long as bikes have been used for transport. It’s the current term for strapping your luggage onto your bike to carry it. The key distinction with bikepacking
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There’s nothing quite like the Tour de France. Iain Treloar runs you through the route, the riders and the romance of this iconic event. The Tour de France is a daily drama with an entire nation its stage, and a transfixed global audience. Now in its 103rd year, this venerable race has seen it all:
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Don’t crash—pack a flash. Simon Vincett casts some light on the business of being seen on a bike. No bike rider should be without lights at night or in low light conditions—not poor students, not food delivery riders, not school kids and no-one riding to work. Effective lights are essential (and legally required) to show
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