Features

 Riding a winner

By Sally Dillon

The buzz of bike wheels is turning into the hum of commerce across Australia as the growing interest in cycling brings in tourist dollars. 
The Tour Down Under is rolling into South Australia for the 12th time in January, bringing with it hundreds of thousands of tourists - and millions of their dollars. The event is a shining example of the enormous potential of cycle tourism to generate income for Australian communities.

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Features

  Return to the fold

Chris Hill

Folding bikes often get a bad rap. Largely seen as the geeky equivalent of the recumbent bicycle, they're consigned in people's minds to the decks of ocean liners or to the acts of circus show

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Ride Guide | One Hour

The Great Parks, Sydney, NSW

Australian Cyclist

Skill level: easy
Fitness required: moderate
Duration: one hour

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Test

  Simple Joys

Steve Taylor

There are two versions of the Fuente Pure, the version with the top-tube, generally considered a man's bike, and the version without the top-tube, the ladies'. I got the ladies' to test. Now, you have to realise that I'm very much a red-blooded male and I regret to say I'm heavily influenced by self-image. So you can imagine the rather pathetic and childish quandary that I had put myself into.

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My Ride

A world away

Muriel Reddy

Muriel Reddy reflects on the rich experience of the Great Victorian Bike Ride, when 5000 cyclists braved rain and terrain to become a large and happy family.

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