He carries one of the more recognisable surnames in Australian cycling. Last month 12-year-old Mitchell Neiwand wrote his own impressive chapter in a story that stretches all the way back to the late 19th Century when Alf Middleton, on the maternal side of the family, won the 1894 Austral Wheelrace on the hallowed turf of … More Riding his own story: 12-year old Mitchell Neiwand’s big day out
What? Endure for a Cure, 12-Hour Charity Ride When? 7am to 7pm, 20 October 2017 Where? Sydney Motor Sport Park (Northern Circuit) Organiser? Children’s Cancer Institute THE HEAVENS Mother Nature has a twisted sense of humour. Sydney hadn’t seen rain in well over 4 months. The weather was glorious the day before. It was sunny the … More The enduring beauty of suffering for charity
I get to speak to some pretty impressive people each year. But this guy might just take the biscuit. I wrote the following article for Bicycling Australia magazine earlier this year. It profiles a pretty incredible kiwi guy by the name of Jeremy Scott who a few years ago decided to ride home to New Zealand. From London. http://bicyclingaustralia.com.au/2014/06/hearten … More Hearten the #*&@ Up
Well, it’s 25th November, one month to Christmas. Which means another year has nearly passed Mr Claus. I’ve ridden as much as I can in 2013, certainly more than last year, and have really tried to be respectful at all times – or as a local lady called Clover likes to call it, ‘gracious.’ I’ve … More Dear Santa
As I write this, I’ve just returned from my final major training ride out to Brooklyn (north of Sydney) and back in preparation for the 2013 Zoo2Zoo charity event which starts at 5:30am next Friday at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo and, all going well, finishes 450km west in Dubbo, two-and-a-half days later. I’ve done a lot … More One week until Dubbo
As someone who’s about to do one himself, I know cyclists love a charity challenge as much as anyone. But today, October 7, one such challenge is taking place with a difference at the Holden Driving Centre on the Gold Coast. It’s not so much how far is being ridden, as how. A chaplain by the … More Going backwards to move the world forward
We all know bikes make the world a better place. Here’s a charity that thinks the same way…World Bicycle Relief. What a bloody great idea. http://worldbicyclerelief.org/
Let’s get this out of the way right up front. I’m no Audax rider. Typically, my average ride distance would be something in the vicinity of 50km, sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less. Work and family commitments permitting, I also try to ride a few Sportifs and Opens of 100km+ each year. In … More Great ride, great cause, great reason to sponsor your fave blogger!
Without going into the minutiae here, for a variety of reasons I’ve learned a thing or two about anxiety-related disorders and depression over the years. Which is why when I stumbled across the Zoo2Zoo ride listed in the current issue of Ride Cycling Review, I pretty much decided then and there to do it. Like … More Black dogs, giraffes and elephants
Last year, a British mate tipped me into the Fireflies: a group of advertising industry types who raise money for Leuka, a charity formed to support Research & Treatment of Leukaemia at the Hammersmith Hospital, London. Each year the Fireflies down their crayons and grab their bikes to traverse 1000+km across the Alps from Lake … More For those who suffer they ride
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