Living in Melbourne you don't really ride hills let alone Alps so after being e-mailed by Jodie from Bright Boot Camps, I decided to fork over the money and head to them there hills to see if my legs could take the pain.

We received the following story from Rob who is participating in this years 1600k Brisbane to Townsville Smiling for Smiddy ride. He though our readers might be interested in knowing how intense a 400k training weekend can be, if so please read below.

Manuela has sent through some pictures of her trip to France during this years tour.

The tour group - Manni is the one in the Cycling-Inform kit!

Cycle Power is an intrepid fundraising initiative, combining the challenge of long distance cycling with a chance to make a tangible contribution to projects which give people with disability a fair go.

Cycle Power Vietnam is a 13 day, 540 km cycling challenge from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City departing 16th July 2011.

Joining Cycle Power Vietnam is Gary Connor, champion handcyclist, disability sport ambassador and paraplegic

Bike Futures 2010 - FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne: Thursday 14th – Friday 15th October 2010

As the growth of cycling for both transportation and recreation shows no sign of abating the need to cater for this growth has never been.

Bike Futures is the forum for national and local leaders, planners, designers and builders to unlock the solutions and plan the future of cycling in Australia.

This is an exciting and challenging time for cycling in Australia. Forward thinking communities across the globe are part of the bicycle revolution and Australia needs to embrace the challenge.

The two-day conference is presented by the Bicycle Network and hosted by Bicycle Victoria.

Winter 2010 Road Racing Calendar for Victoria metro clubs and CSV.

We were sent this article from Cameron Jackson which was published in the Leader Community Newspaper - report by Shaun Turton.

'Burning desire to help' - fire fighter turned charity cyclist.

We received this trip report from Lucinda and Andrew of there cycling holiday in Italy (click on the attachment for the story and pictures).

This is the second year Lucinda and Andrew have done this trip and  plan to do it again next year -  they have decided, when its warm in the Northern Hemisphere… cycle Italy…. When its warm in the southern hemisphere.. Bright.. and the Bright Boot Camp! There’s no “off season” for good mountain climbing!

It looks like a fantastic place to ride and I hope that one year we get to join them!

I received this via e-mail from a fellow Eastern Vets (EVCC) club member and thought that I would publish it. It you have a Shimano CN-7900 dura ace chain, it would be worth checking it before your next ride.

Riders under the Cycling-Inform Remote coaching had a great weekend of racing. Results were coming in all weekend from riders all around Australia. It's fantastic to see so many of them achieving their goals and being a part of their weekend of success. Here are some of the results from the weekend.