Eastern Creek Raceway Masters @ 15 Jan - Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels) before the start
Eastern Creek Raceway Masters @ 15 Jan - David Cooper (left) & Peter Verhoeven on the ECR start line
Eastern Creek Raceway Masters @ 15 Jan - Eric Dole & Ian Grant on the start line*
Eastern Creek Raceway Masters @ 15 Jan - Peter Verhoeven (left) and David Cooper
Eastern Creek Raceway Masters @ 15 Jan - Ian Grant giving it 100% as usual
Eastern Creek Raceway Masters @ 15 Jan - Eric Dole going super aero
Eastern Creek Raceway Masters @ 15 Jan - Eric Dole crosses the finish line
Eastern Creek Raceway Masters @ 15 Jan - David Cooper after the finish.
Eddy VerBust (left) with Kenny De Ketele (Belgian National Track Coach) wishing you a happy 2023. Eddy V has assisted several BiciSport riders in Belgium over the years.
Stew Campbell (BiciSport Happy Wheels) where life meets art
RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK
17 Jan
Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums @ 6pm
21 Jan
Illawarra Track Open
22 Jan
Heffron Park (Waratah Masters)
Sprint GP # 3 (Dunc Grey Velodrome)
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES
Tues 17 Jan
Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee
Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am
Thurs 19 Jan
Belgian Waffle Ride @ Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps
Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee
Sat 21 Jan
Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am
Teka Professional Cycling Team (Spain) - 1976-90
Cycling sponsorship in Europe was in the 1980’s totally addicted to kitchens, kitchens and more kitchens - be it Del Tongo, SCIC or Salvarani. Teka was more of the same in Spanish kitchens & baths, the groupsets Campagnolo & Mavic, framesets were Alan (Alan’s swayed more than the Eiffel Tower in Paris). Team manager was Jose Linares.
The Teka team was led by Marino Lejarreta who won the 1982 Tour of Spain. Marino was with Teka from 1980-82 and his best years were still to come at teams SEAT & ONCE. Other team mates were a classy lot but surprisingly the team wins were really a rarity. Eduardo Chozas (climber), Reimund Dietzen (all rounder), Noel Dejonckheere (Belgian sprinter - who passed away recently), Regis Clere (French all rounder), Mario Chiesa, Fred Echave and the English super sprinter Malcolm Elliott
Teka at the 1987 Tour de France (signing the Berlin Wall)
Malcolm Elliott (UK) takes a stage win at the Tour of Spain just ahead of Belgian Eddy Planckeart
The ‘new’ Alan frameset was certainly a magical design - it did look great. Clean lines and stunning lug work created a great looking bike. The trouble was both front fork and bottom bracket sway was chronic. Under heavy load (especially in the big chain wheel) the frameset bent seriously out of shape and this resulted in chronic chain drag on the front gear derailieur. The framesets looked stunning but they just didn’t really work (what a shame)
Patrick Beon (Teka) at the 1977 Tour de France