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5 Reasons I Do Not Race
Sarah Hammond is a fixture in the Melbourne cycling scene. An endurance rider, Hammond is a serial everester (someone who has completed m...

Climb for Nepal wrap-up: tired legs turn into helping hands
The Climb for Nepal, where riders were asked to raise money while ascending the height of Mt Everest in June, has finished but the task i...

Jesse Carlsson races to victory in the Trans Am
Over the past couple weeks Melbourne's Jesse Carlsson has been racing from west to east across the USA, taking part in the brutally hard ...

Miles and miles: what it takes to attempt the year record
The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in some of the historical world cycling records. The pro riders have been lining up...

10,000km in a month: the story of Bruce Berkeley
If everything goes to plan, Bruce Berkeley will soon hold the Guinness World Record for the greatest distance ever ridden in a month. He ...

Attempting the Oppy 24-Hour Record
On Saturday 15 March, CyclingTips' resident historian Craig Fry was part of a team that attempted the Australian Audax Flèche Opperman 24...

Riding the Festive 500 in one go
The Festive 500 is a Strava-based challenge that sees riders attempt to cover 500km between Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. It takes mos...

Take a Walk on the WildSide
Hayden Kerr takes a trip down to Tasmania to talk about the recent adventures he encountered during his first Wildside mountain biking ra...

Paris-Brest-Paris & the Twenty-Four
A couple weeks ago I made a trip to London to visit Rapha for a few days. There were many fascinating people who I got to meet face to fa...

The Intensity Trap
We all know someone who thinks that if a ride doesn't hurt, it's a waste of time. He never goes for an easy ride and is always half-wheel...
Chamois Cream
A bad set of knicks can all of a sudden turn into a bearable set of knicks if you just add a bit of chamois cream. Even if you own a set...

Getting The Most Out Of Your Speedometer
A reader sent me a very good question a few weeks back that I've been looking forward to posting. Luckily I tracked down an old pro very...