Cycling

After six years of providing the readers of the Bendigo Weekly with a cycling column, Eddie Barkla has decided to call it a day. He has managed to combine his love of cycling, and all those involved, with a love for spreading the word of God. Here, Eddie reflects and what has made his column suc..

TWENTY years is a long time for anything in today’s society with the pace of change that we experience. It would be wonderful to have been asking the organisers back in 1993 at Bicycle Victoria, as it was known, then as to how successful the Around the Bay in a Day event could possibly beco..

By Helen Cronin Nothing gets a rail trail fan as excited as a new trail to explore, and the longest trail in Victoria is now complete. The Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail (www.victorianrailtrails.com.au) runs an enticing 134km from Tallarook to Alexandra and Mansfield. It was only fi..

No painter’s brush, nor poet’s pen, in justice to her fame, has ever reached half high enough, to write a mother’s name. – Author Unknown. Mother’s Day – a special day to remember we all have much to be thankful for to our mothers and their tireless work and ac..

By BEN CAMERON The umpire in charge of the Bendigo Thunder and North Ballarat Victorian Women’s Football League clash in which the visitors walked off with three minutes left on the clock, has said the game was played “hard but fair”. Controversy surrounds the match played at K..

Researching this year’s ANZAC Day article has taken me into history pages that I had not been exposed to before, and I thank God for peace. Officers and men for the Australian Cyclist Companies were found from volunteers from existing units and from reinforcements. On March 11 1916, HQ 1..

LA TROBE University Bendigo Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities director John Martin is about to embark on a study of Canadian communities, travelling by bicycle. John is an avid cyclist and has cycled in many places across the world. He takes a very keen interest in their culture and inf..

Last week marked another amazing week in the world of cycling, with Melbourne playing host to the UCI World Track Titles. What a sensational preview of the potential for the Australian Cycling Team in their individual and team quests for 2012 London Olympic Games. For those who watched the TV c..

You might well ask what does Easter and cycling have in common? For my thinking there is much that can be pondered on. The Easter icons signify this special time in our calendar. The hot cross bun is a taste not known any other time of the year, the mixed fruits and spices that, when warmed..

A common fear among cyclists (most would think that it is falling off, which is part of the truth), is that their actions may well cause someone else to fall off and be injured. There are many other fears that riders can suffer from particularly new comers to the cycling scene. Fear of corneri..

Cyclists generally have a desire to measure performance and development to prepare for an event or just to ensure they are sustaining fitness levels. Recently the cycling community was offered a unique opportunity to undertake some different testing through the La Trobe University Exercise Physio..

Friday, March 23 is the National Ride2School day when Australian students grab their wheels and ride to school, creating one of Australia’s largest celebrations of active participation. It is anticipated more than 140,000 Australian kids at 1000 primary and secondary schools will participat..

Bendigo Cycling Club’s inaugural Café Roubaix Summer Series wound up last Sunday, with Tim Hucker bolting to the top of the Symes Motors A Grade aggregate at the very last moment and when it mattered most to claim the series win. The consistent Nick Gates won the Hume & Iser B Gra..

The Bendigo and District Cycling Club has many family names that created pillars within the club with just as many names that helped create a tapestry of character and colour. Many of these were brothers in arms and the following list is certainly not exhaustive. Frank, Harry and Tony McCaig f..

THE Bendigo and District Cycling Club will hold a reunion on March 13. Like most Aussie gatherings there is a language known only to the members, such as nicknames for events and training tracks such as “the goose neck”, “the turdie”, “the ball biter”, “..

The final round of the spectacularly successful café Roubaix summer series will be staged this weekend at Mayfair Park. Darren Lapthorne, although absent due to professional commitments in the Tour de Langkawi, (which he led after five stages before slipping back), is still favoured to w..

Organisers expected last Saturday’s 35km Central Victorian Veterans Cycling Club handicap at Woodstock to be down on numbers due to the large contingent of members racing in the Dookie Handicap on Sunday, and the extreme heat. However, 23 stalwarts turned up to test their skills on the home ..

MORE than 90 riders lined up in three grades for last Sunday’s Café Roubaix Summer Series cycling action at Mayfair Park. In the Ronde Gloves C Grade contest, Tom Floyd won an enthralling race over series leader Mat Runnalls and Michael Smythe. The trio have been the most consistent a..

Bendigo bike riding groups range from serious, competitive groups to informal, recreational groups who regularly ride for the exercise and friendship. The HashBrown HasBeens started more 20 years ago with three or four riders and now has nine regulars who meet for a weekly ride. The name is a d..

FORMER national road race champion Darren Lapthorne’s seemingly relentless march towards the inaugural Symes Motors A Grade Café Roubaix title continued last weekend. The biggest story to emerge from the Sunday morning criterium racing at Mayfair Park has been the overwhelming popular..