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Surviving the AIS women’s selection camp

November 13, 2013

The AIS women’s road cycling selection camp has attracted plenty of attention in recent years for being brutally tough and unforgiving, due largely to the fact it’s based on military special forces boot camps. Tess Fabry went along to this year’s camp, held over the past nine days, and filed this report.

Is Gerry Ryan the right man for the Cycling Australia presidency?

November 12, 2013

Cycling Australia announced yesterday that Gerry Ryan, one of Australia’s most successful businessmen and the owner of GreenEDGE Cycling, has been elected as the national body’s president. Few would question Mr. Ryan’s commitment to and the support he’s provided for Australian cycling in the past 20 years. But is he the right man for the […]

Four hours on the rivet: the 2013 Taiwan KOM Challenge

November 11, 2013

Nestled in the heart of Taiwan is the mighty Wuling Mountain, an intimidating peak which tops out at a staggering 3,275m above the Pacific Ocean. With an elevation gain of more than 3,500m the road from the city of Hualien to the summit of Wuling Mountain is the perfect battleground for one of the hardest […]

The Bike Lane: The Spring Hot Lap Carnival

November 8, 2013

Welcome to episode five of The Bike Lane’s third season. With Matt Keenan laying on the beach in Noosa this week, we welcome former women’s Giro stage winner Rebecca Dicello as our co-host with Scott McGory in the hot seat. In this edition we fly the Canadian flag at half mast and talk about Ryder […]

Test riding the new Shimano disc brakes … in Hawaii

November 7, 2013

While some of us are stuck in the office here in Melbourne, CyclingTips’ newest employee Andy van Bergen is over on the Hawaiian island of Maui for a Shimano media camp to experience the company’s new Ultegra road groupset, including their much anticipated disc brakes. Andy filed this report after testing the new disc brakes […]

Changing landscapes in cycling media

November 6, 2013

The internet has changed our lives in ways we never could have expected, mostly for the better. And as we all know, it’s also had a dramatic effect on the media, and more relevantly for this website, on cycling media. In this article we look at the effects the internet, social media and the rise […]

The Bike Lane: Ins and outs, highlights and lowlights

October 31, 2013

Welcome to episode 4 of the third season of The Bike Lane. In this edition we consider the good and bad of next year’s Tour de France route, we put your questions to Australian Belkin pro David Tanner, we take a look at the battle for supremacy in the women’s National Road Series (and consider […]

Call to arms: Join the CyclingTips team this Movember #MoVelo

October 30, 2013

November is fast approaching and here at CyclingTips we’re preparing for a month of moustache-laden goodness as we grow mo’s in support of Movember. And we aren’t just ‘tashing up ourselves – our goal is to make cycling Movember’s largest sporting network in the world. But we cannot do it without your help.

CTech October Product Picks

October 29, 2013

This month’s edition of CTech Product Picks is jam-packed full of exciting cycling-related bits and pieces, including bike maintenance gear, clothing, books, posters, cycling-safe headphones and more. If you’ve got any experience with the products featured below, please let us know by leaving a comment.

10 forgettable moments from the 2013 season

October 28, 2013

Last week we brought you 20 highlights from the 2013 pro racing season. But of course this season also had its fair share of moments that made us cringe, sigh or shake our heads in disappointment. Here are 10 of those moments.