In one of the biggest upsets in road cycling, Aussie Cadel Evans wins the rainbow Jersey in Switzerland only 3km from his European home. Evans made up for a disappointing Tour de France by winning the biggest race in cycling. Maybe it was the fact that he had a great team around him this time in that he had the best of the Australian riders in his corner. Riders like Stuart O’Grady and Michael Rodgers and Simon Gerrans [ who finished 10th]. Evans is the first Australian to win the the World Road champs. He will now get to wear the Rainbow jersey for the next year and also at the next world champs in Geelong.
Email to a friend September 28th, 2009
September Sale now on. Huge savings on 2009 models instore now!. We must make way for new 2010 models that are arriving. Come on down and grab a Bargin.
Email to a friend September 11th, 2009
Cadel Evans last night got the leaders jersey after the first real test in the Tour of Spain [ Vuelta Espana}. Cadel finished 4th in the first Mountain top finish. This is a great result after not performing at his best at the Tour de France. Check race details on Cycling news
Email to a friend September 7th, 2009
Who said 29er’s were for tall dudes on wide open trails!
Check the photo of American Willow Koerber taking bronze at 52 seconds behind the race winner on her 29er
. The Stomlo course provide a very technical course for the world best Mountain bike riders.
Great conditions over the weekend for all the racers.
Race photos now in the gallery page and race report to come.
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Email to a friend September 6th, 2009
TIM’S FUNDRAISING FOR HEARTKIDS
My wife Virginia and I recently had our second child, a beautiful little boy Lucas Jay who was born on 2nd July. When Virginia was 20 weeks pregnant we found out that Lucas had a heart condition called Transposition of the Great Arteries and would need open heart surgery soon after birth. The following 4 ½ months were obviously a pretty scary time for us as we waited for Lucas to arrive. HeartKids were a great support to us during this time. They were there for us with much needed information, advice and support. Our story is actually a fantastic one and although Lucas did have open heart surgery when he was just 5 days old, he is now fixed, has had an amazing recovery and should not require any further surgery. Mikayla just adores him and we are all just so thankful to have him home and healthy. Most heart kids are not this lucky and require numerous surgeries and have ongoing issues which is why we want to do what we can to help (more…)
Email to a friend August 14th, 2009
In the coming weeks we will have new 2010 model bikes arriving instore. Allready we have had a couple of models come in in small numbers.Drop by and check these out or grab a bargin on the current 2009 model bikes.
2010 Avanti Giro
2010 Avanti Blade 3.o
2010 Avanti Atomic
Email to a friend August 5th, 2009
See instore now . All road bikes reduced while the Tour de France is on.
Email to a friend July 6th, 2009
Great day had by all at today’s Mountain bike 6 hour race at Forest today. Forest is fast becoming the place to ride for Victorians. Its lush trials in the Otway rangers have to be riden.
Todays race ran over a 12km course of beautifull flowing single track. The bearms on this track are amazing , they just throw you from left to right with amazing power.
5 Topgear riders took on the challange of of the solo catorgory. Peter ,Garreth ,Nick ,Carsten , Avner and Bryce all rode well.
The stars of the show were our girls pairs team who rode strongly into 3rd place. Great work Bec and Lucinda for taking on the challenge today and also collecting a cash prize.
Gareth’s race report
Fun in the Forrest
Forrest held their first 6 hour enduro last month promising big things from their 6 hour Championship event. This was my first attempt at a solo 6 hour enduro and therefore some careful planning had been done (more…)
Email to a friend July 6th, 2009
A race report from Greg who competed in the Geo Quest at Forster NSW in the weekend…..
Well we finished, 32.5 hours (8.30am Saturday to 5pm Sunday). Commenced in the Barrington Tops, high in the great dividing range and about 3 degrees.
Started with 6km bush bash to pick up 3 checkpoints. Took us 2hr 13 min, bashing through dense scrub (lantana) and up and down a river. Hands and arms cut and scratched, feet always wet from multiple river crossings.
Then off on a 25k mountain bike, and I mean mountain! I believe it was about 900m at the summit. This was a slog with many instances of pushing the bike, but what a great descend. Through private properties with only the hint of a track, all the time navigating to pick up checkpoints. 2hr 45m. There was one crap bit, one the descent down a steep ridgeline with no track and an awesome view the rider in front of me kept going through fresh cow pats. Needless to say when riding about 2 metres behind I could not avoid the spray. The outcome was smelly and didn’t taste the best. (more…)
Email to a friend June 9th, 2009
- The Specialized duo of world champion Christoph Sauser and U23 World Cup leader Burry Stander will debut the SRAM XX group here in Houffalize. According to Stander and team mechanics, the group has a number of benefits
* lighter than previous components, with the rear cogset all one piece (except for the top / largest cog)
* a rear derailleur that will handle up to a 36 tooth cog, allowing riders to run a 2×9 system, for further weight reduction
* completely redesigned shift / brake levers (more…)
Email to a friend May 3rd, 2009
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