Friend to Topgear , Katie is on mission to cycle across Europe on her own. If you have ever wondered what it would be like to take on a challenge like this then read on

Hello fine people,
Let me tell you how nice it is to finally be typing an email! I have just been granted the kindest gesture from a gorgeous young woman at the Tourist centre in Castellane. I finally arrived here at 6.15pm, having been riding all day since 8am this morning. All I want is a shower and somewhere to set-up my tent…I cannot believe it that of the 14 or so camping grounds available within the region, they are all booked out!
A man out the front tells me that French people are not that nice over the telephone or on the email, but if you converse with them face to face, they are most friendly. He suggests I should just turn up to one of the caravan parks and see if they will take me in… Great idea, but some are 12kms away in the direction I have just come, and I really cannot ride any further today!!!! I go to the Tabac store and try to find a map to continue my journey into Italy. After taking a few deep breaths to negotionate all the areas available, I find a map that will take me the rest of my journey into Croatia! This makes me happy, as I only quickly scribbled down my rough route from the map I sent to all of you up till todays destination while at a cafe yesterday morning, that only gave me 15mins of wi-fi. Since then, I have been in provincial France where the towns are so small there is no such thing as wi-fi.
So if my emails are few and far between, this is the reason. I have been composing my journey as I write- thinking of something for each person on this list. It is great to have each and everyone of you along with me on this journey.
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With some welcomed warm weather this week we are looking ahead to some great cycling events coming up soon.

Ausbike  Bike Show

On the back of Cadel’s amazing win at the Tour de France we have seen a heightened sense of excitiment about cycling in Australia! All the more reason to come along to Ausbike 2011 and be part of this fantastic event! Ausbike is Australia‘s premier bicycle expo and will this year be open for 2 pubilc days. If you have not already purchased your tickets then visit out website and order now.

Dates for Ausbike 2011

Saturday August 20th (10am-5pm) and Sunday 21st

(10am-5pm) are Public Days.

Monday 22nd is the Trade/Industry Only Day.

https://www.ausbike.com.au/page/melbourne-venue-dates-pricing

Cadels Yellow Jersey

Watch out for Tour de France winner Cadel Evans showing of his Yellow Jersey in Melbourne next Friday 12th August. Hopefully get a great showing of yellow to show our cities support.

Bupa Around the Bay is the ultimate one day cycling challenge organised by Bicycle Victoria and will this year be held on Sunday 16 October 2011. Bupa Around the Bay is Australia’s largest bike ride, with over 16,500 people participating last year.
Get in early to book your bike in for a service or clean up after winter.

Duathlon series , Run Ride Run.

Race 3 in the series 14th August 2011. At Somers.
https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?ID=4217

Forrest Mtb Event

26 and 27 November 2011. Multi day Mountain biking at it best. Must do for any body who likes sweet single track.
http://www.forrestfestival.com.au/

Melbourne Ironman.

Organisers plan to attract big names such as Craig Alexander to compete in Australia’s first metropolitan-area Ironman triathlon.
The World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), who run the Hawaiian Ironman, have unveiled an ambitious course in suburban Melbourne.
The inaugural Asia Pacific Ironman championship will be held on March 25 2012.

Well done to Cadel Evans who today took out the Tour de France , becoming the first Australian to do so. After two 2nd places Cadel stepped up to the number one position on the podium. This years Tour has been an amazing journey for all the riders, with so much drama for the entire 3 weeks of racing.

With the worlds best Grand Tour riders filling the top 10 places , makes Cadel’s result even more special. He has taken attacks from the best riders of his era and survived to take the  Yellow Jersey.

Well done to Cadel and all his BMC team. It sure is a great day for Australian sport.

YELL FOR CADEL!

You can register at this web address or click the Pic to go direct to site. http://www.specialized.com/tdfau

50% off all Shimano Shoes instock till the end of June.Good sizes available, so hurry in and grab a bargin.

A Dream, a Plan, a Purpose, a Reality ………. The story of the 2011 3DT .

The heading of this race report pretty much in one sentence sums up everything, It started as a dream, which lead to a plan, of how to build a team that would be so tight knit and so passionate about wanting to do well for each other that other teams would become envious. Things happen in everyone’s life’s all the time some good some not so, you meet people all the time in life again some good some not so, but the quality of people involved in this team are so strong and so determined that it has given everyone else a purpose to do the work required to stick to the plan. Now that plan, that purpose has made that dream a REALITY.

2011 3DT. After many months of planning and training, the time had come to put all that work to the test, nerves where high and so was the expectations as we all arrived at stage 1 in Lancefield for warm up and sign on… After a hour on the wind trainers a little ride on the course to test (more…)

Alberto Contador won the overall title of the 3 week grand tour. Holding on to the leaders Pink Jersey for the second half of the race , he never looked in trouble of loosing it. In yesterday’s time trail 5 Specialized bikes made up the top 10 places proving that Specialized Bikes lead the way for fast aero dynamic machines.

We have just landed the full range of Spcialized Test Saddles. Ever wondered what saddle is right for you.Come in and check out how we can get you more comfortable with your bike. Check out the link below to find out more.

http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/SBCTechPopup.jsp?pid=saddles_tech

Winter Workshop service packages

MTB dual suspension service see below….

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Looking out the window wondering if you short finger gloves are going to keep you warm. Get your self geared up for these cold days ahead. We have the latest Specialized Arm , leg and Knee warmers now in. Also head warmers shoe covers and rain jacket to keep you toasty this winter on the bike.