Category: General interest

  • A picture’s worth 1000 words

    As the old saying goes … that’s why we’ve set up a new photo gallery. Here you can find pictures from the 2008 and 2009 Autumn Festival Criteriums, among other things. Most of these were taken by Gary Sisson.

  • Back on deck!

    Well here we are again for another big year for Armidale Cycling Club. Happy new year to everyone – a lot of riders out and about at the moment which is good to see. Keep up the good work and remember that it’s just as much fun riding in winter as in Armidale as it…

  • Web site on holidays

    Hi folks – your correspondent will be on holidays until mid-January, so until then there will be no web updates. In the meantime, you might enjoy this previously unseen footage of events following the Mikkelsen farewell: And a few tricks Kirkie tells me he’ll be working on next year:Happy new year!

  • Racing on the Continent

    Currently racing with the Drapac Porsche team in Belgium, Peter McDonald is finding out just how tough the competition in European is. Nevertheless the team has notched up some impressive results, with Peter recently finishing second in the 170km GP Melle last Thursday, 10 July. With his team controlling the race, Peter broke away 10km…

  • Training and racing tips

    This article from the New York Times comes with some good advice on training and racing from pro rider Christian Vande Velde. Another source of good practical advice for riders like us is the RoadBikeRider web site. They publish a weekly newsletter which is worth subscribing to.