Initiatives, research and events where bicycles create positive social change
Yesterday I returned from another awesome trip to Cairns for a UCI World Cup round. This time, it was the UCI World Cup – Round 2 Cairns 2016 and it has been 2 years since the last time this event has been in Australia. Of course, we took our bikes with us on our ‘family holiday’ …
Being an open and inquisitive researcher means I attend a wide range of SIGs, workshops and seminars. I’m open to lots of new ideas. Recently, I went to a feminist research group where a PhD candidate presented their work. The presentation gave me much to think about – and below is a 100-word worlding I …
I love cycling and grew up sailing as a kid. When I lived in Sydney, I was invited out on a swanky yacht to watch the start of the Sydney to Hobart race – it was awesome! I currently live on Morton Bay in Brisbane and the Queensland Royal Yacht Club is just down the …
Continue reading “The Kiwi Cyclors America’s Cup Catamaran.”
Hooray!! UCI World Cup starts this weekend! I love the UCI World Cup events – in particular, the DH. It is my favourite annual race. Much to the delight of Southern Hemisphere riders, Cairns has been included on the DH and XC schedule for the last couple of years. For me, that has meant an …
First full single speed around the world. In the last couple of days, a German long-distance cyclist, completed a full circumnavigation of the world. This makes Markus Stitz, the first to (unofficially) single speed around the world! He averaged 96.5kms per day, to complete the 33796 kms journey in 12 months. Many riders undertake cycling trips of varying durations, …
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This week saw a very sobering Enduro announcement. Internationally, MTB riders have galvanised behind Enduro World Series (EWS) racer and Specialized athlete Jared Graves, who this week announced he had just found out he has a brain tumour. This was completely unexpected for all (including Graves) as only days previously, he was racing an EWS …
For the last fortnight (April 4-15th), the Commonwealth Games (GC2018) has been on at the Gold Coast. The Gold Coast is only 1 hour away from Brisbane, so it is an opportune time to go see some world class cycling! Australia has 36 riders in various cycling events for the GC2018. There were many cycling …
Following on from the last post looking at where to get cool, original, and good quality bike t-shirts, this post is looking at some that I have already seen out and about. This has inspired me to start an Instagram photo collection called #biketshirtchampion. Like most other rider, bikes are very central in my life. As …
Ryan de La Rue – The Coming of a Champion I was delighted to see that yesterday Pinkbike featured the below video of Ryan De La Rue (aka Muffin) and Wyn Masters on their main page video feed. I know Ryan from back in the day racing Gravity Enduro in Victoria and have seen him …
Continue reading “Wyn Masters and Muffin take on Tassie Tracks”
For my first post for 2017, I am keen to revisit one of the main reasons why I started this blog – which was as an adjunct to my PhD bicycle research and to help disseminate interesting academic research on bikes and cycling. So I am super excited about the research presented in this post, as this …