News Shorts - 1 January

Christmas 17 @ Hurstville Oval - David Browne & Ben Elliott

Christmas 17 @ Hurstville Oval - David Browne & Ben Elliott

Christmas 17 @ Hurstville Oval - Lise Benjamin

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS 

*  Sydney Christmas Carnivals @ 26-31 Dec - BiciSport had a good representation at the Christmas carnivals with Lise Benjamin, Ben Elliott & David Browne

*  National Road Championships (Ballarat) - Alex Simmons is set to be the Chief Commissaires race convoy driver during the Championships from January 3-7

BICISPORT HAPPY WHEELS TEAM 2018

*  There are two team spots still available for 2018. The team focus is the CyclingNSW country open road program from April through September. If you're interested please contact Mike O'Reilly via email at bicisport1@gmail.com  * 

RACING THIS WEEK

*  Jan 1 - HART Criterium St Ives (Manly CC)

*  Jan 3-7 - Cycling Australia National Road Championships (Ballarat, Vic)

*  Jan 5 - HART Criterium St Ives (Manly CC)

*  Jan 6 - Goulburn Track Open (CyclingNSW)

*  Jan 7 - Ourimbah University Criteriums (Central Coast), Heffron Park (Waratah Masters) 

BICISPORT TRAINING THIS WEEK

For further details contact 0417 403 244.  

*  Motor traffic conditions are much lighter from now until the end of January. Note the current roadworks at Forest Way (Forestville & Terrey Hills) and Military Rd Neutral Bay. 

*  Jan 4 - Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride @ 10.00am @ Spruce Goose Cafe Centennial Park 

*  Jan 6 -

• BiciSport Gruppetto @ 6.30am @ Warringah Mall Pittwater Rd Bus Stop, 
• Meadowbank Bridge @ 7.30am, 
• Piemonte Cafe (coffee only) @ 9.30am

*  Jan 7 -

• BiciSport Gruppetto @ 7.00am @ Cnr Pittwater Rd-Bungan St Mona Vale Roundabout, 
• Sydney Olympic Park @ Hill St Wharf @ 7.00am

Christmas 17 @ Hurstville Oval - Ben Elliott fires up the flouro S-Phyre shoes

National ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS - BALLARAT

Wednesday 3 Jan - Criteriums

• Criteriums – U19 (Men & Women), U23 Men, U23 / Elite Women, Elite Men
• Club Teams Championships

Thursday 4 Jan - Time Trials

• Time Trials - Para-cycling, U23 Men, U19 (Men & Women)

Friday 5 Jan - Time Trials & Road Races

• Time Trials - U23 / Elite Women, Elite Men, Road Races - Para-cycling
• Time Trial - Club Teams

Saturday 6 Jan - Road Races

• Road Races - U19 (Men & Women), U23 Men

Sunday 7 Jan - Road Races

• U23 / Elite Women + Elite Men

News Shorts - 25 December

BiciSport-Happy Wheels 18 - The new BiciSport Happy Wheels Team was launched at the Happy Wheels Christmas function at Waterloo on 22 December. Team members pictured (L to R) - William Peters, Stewart Campbell, Conor Tarlington, Ben Elliott, David Browne & Peter Budd (missing from the picture Mirielle Campbell, Rolly Delaytz & Patrick Conway). The team is supported by Laser glasses, Kask helmets and S-Phyre shoes with a focus on the 2018 Road Season

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

*  Dec 22 - Happy Wheels Waterloo Christmas Party - A good sized peloton enjoyed kind Happy Wheels hospitality and a great chance to present the new BiciSport Happy Wheels team.

RACING THIS WEEK

*  Dec 26 - HART Criterium, St Ives (Manly)

*  Dec 26-30 - Sydney Track Carnivals (DGV, Tempe, Hurstville, Lidcombe, DGV)

*  Dec 27-30 - Victorian Country Track Carnivals (Bendigo, Ballarat, Shepparton, Echuca)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

For further details contact 0417 403 244

*  Dec 27 - M7 Bikepath @ 5.00am @ Cnr Wallgrove Rd & Old Wallgrove Rd 

*  Dec 30

• BiciSport Gruppetto @ 6.30am @ Warringah Mall Pittwater Rd Bus Stop, 
• Meadowbank Bridge @ 7.30am, 
• Piemonte Cafe (coffee only) @ 9.30am

*  Dec 31

• Sydney Olympic Park @ Hill St Wharf @ 7.00am, 
• BiciSport Gruppetto @ 7.00am @ Cnr Pittwater Rd-Bungan St Mona Vale Roundabout, 
• M7 Bikepath @ 5.00am @ Cnr Wallgrove Rd & Old Wallgrove Rd

Long time BiciSport supporter Eddy Verbust wishes all BiciSport members a happy 2018. Eddy is on the Gent 6 Day organising committee and is pictured with event winners Kenny De Ketele & Moreno De Fauw.

News Shorts - 18 December

Heffron Park @ December 12 - Rolly Delaytz (Happy Wheels-BiciSport) took a fine B grade win

BiciSport Christmas Ride 17 - Poor weather only tempted the most hardy to venture out to Akuna Bay

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

*  Heffron Park @ 12 December - Rolly Delaytz took a fine B grade win

*  BiciSport Christmas Ride @ 17 December - Considering how poor the weather was at Terrey Hills it was a surprise anybody fronted, but a hardy peloton dodged the thunderstorms for what ended up to be a nice ride on relatively dry roads.

RACING THIS WEEK

*  Dec 24 - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

Happy WhEELS CHRISTMAS DRINKs on FRIDAY 22 DECEMBER @ 5pm

       Computa hosts Christmas Drinks at Happy Wheels Waterloo from 5pm. All Welcome.

BICISPORT LAUNCHES TWO NEW NORTHSIDE TRAINING RIDES

*  BiciSport has introduced two new northside training rides from next weekend -

*  The Saturday ride departs 6.30am from the Warringah Mall Bus Shelter on Pittwater Rd (goes north to Mona Vale & Terrey Hills via McCarrs Creek Rd).

*  The Sunday ride departs from Mona Vale shops @ 7.00am from the corner of Bungan Street & the Pittwater Rd Roundabout. Coffee is back at Bungan Street. 

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

For further details contact 0417 403 244

*  Dec 21 - M7 Bikepath @ 7.30am @ Glenwood

*  Dec 22 (Fri) - Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride @ 10am @ Spruce Goose Cafe Centennial Park 

*  Dec 23 - BiciSport Gruppetto @ 6.30am @ Warringah Mall Pittwater Rd Bus Stop, Meadowbank Bridge @ 7.30am, Piemonte Cafe (coffee only) @ 9.30am,

*  Dec 24 - Sydney Olympic Park @ Hill St Wharf @ 7.00am, BiciSport Gruppetto @ 7.00am @ Cnr Pittwater Rd-Bungan St Mona Vale Roundabout, M7 Bikepath @ 6am @ BP Service Centre @ Cnr Wallgrove Rd & Old Wallgrove Rd

Retro 69 - The all conquering Faema team from the 1969 Tour de France with Eddy Merckx far left

News Shorts - 11 December

Mike Smith at DGV set a new National record for the flying 200m of 10.783secs

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS - SMITH BREAKS NATIONAL RECORD

*  Sprint Series Round 2 @ DGV @ December 2 - Mike Smith (BiciSport Master) cracked a personal best of 10.783secs for the flying 200m in the M4 category at DGV on December 2. This was a new National record. Damien Bottero is climbing the Sprint result sheets and will be in fine form come the Masters Track Nationals in late February.

*  BiciSport Derny Restoration Project - By the end of December - five of the eight dernys will be restored to their former glory (that doesn't mean they work, but at least they look presentable) as the restoration project nears completion. A big thankyou to John Crouchley.     

The BiciSport Christmas Ride is on Sunday 17 December. Departing from the Piemonte Cafe carpark at Terrey Hills at 8.00am for the Akuna Bay Loop. Coffee is back at Piemonte Cafe from 9.30am. All welcome.

RACING THIS WEEK

*  Dec 16 - Bowral Track Open (Southern Highlands), Austral Wheelrace (Melbourne)

*  Dec 17 - Southern Hemisphere Cup (Waratah Masters), Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney), Shimano Criterium Series (St Kilda, Vic) 

CYCLING NSW 2018 OPEN ROAD CALENDAR POSTED

*  The 2018 CyclingNSW Open Road calendar was released last week and all events are now listed in the Calendar Section of this website. The comprehensive BiciSport 2018 calendar also carries Cycling Australia NRS events and all cyclosportives.

BICISPORT TRAINING THIS WEEK

*  Dec 11 - DGV Track Training @ 2.00pm with John Crouchley

*  Dec 13 - M7 Cyclepath Walgrove Rd @ 6.00am @ BP Wallgrove Rd

*  Dec 14 - Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride @ Centennial Park Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am

*  Dec 15 - School Term Ends - traffic is lighter until late January,  M7 Cyclepath Wallgrove Rd @ 6.00am @ BP Wallgrove Rd

*  Dec 16 - Meadowbank Bridge @ 7.30am, Piemonte Cafe (coffee only) from 9.30am

*  Dec 17 - BiciSport Christmas Ride from Piemonte Cafe Terrey Hills carpark @ 8.00am

Ghent Velodrome Belgium from the early 1970's - A nice black & white pic of David Allan (Melbourne) leading Eddy Merckx with Graeme Gilmore (Tasmania) just to the right of Eddy. 

News Shorts - 4 December

Derny 17 - John Crouchley & Graham Cockerton at DGV last week track testing the new 4 stroke derny. The revamped derny easily reached 65kph.

Etape 17 - Chris Froome at the post event presentation

Etape 17

Etape 17 - Across the top of the Dalgety Climb at Beloki and it was bleak in driving rain & heavy fog

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

*  Etape Jindabyne @ 2 December - The Etape 17 was greeted with poor weather for the 6.30am start from Thredbo and changes to the course were needed due to the conditions. Tom Green & James Thornton (both BiciSport Masters) were finishers, and Tom finished 6th in his age category.

*  Tour of Bright @ 1-3 December - Adverse weather sweeping the Alpine region forced a rare event cancellation. 

*  BiciSport Christmas Ride @ Sunday 17 December - Departs from the Piemonte Cafe carpark @ 8.00am and headed for the Akuna Bay loop. Returning to Piemonte Cafe at 9.30am. All welcome.

RACING THIS WEEK

*  Dec 5-10 - Melbourne Six Day (Melbourne, DISC Velodrome)

*  Dec 5 - Heffron Park Criteriums

*  Dec 7 - Waratah Park Criteriums (Sutherland)

*  Dec 8 - NSW Track Championships (DGV)

*  Dec 10 - West Head Road Race (Manly), Western Sydney Dragway (Waratah Masters), Ourimbah Uni Super Criterium (Central Coast)  

BICISPORT TRAINING THIS WEEK

*  Dec 6 - DGV Track with John Crouchley @ 2.00pm

*  Dec 7 - Distinguished Gentlemens Ride @ Centennial Park Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am

*  Dec 9 - Meadowbank Bridge @ 7.30am, Piemonte Cafe (coffee only) @ 9.30am   

*  Dec 10 - Beaumont Rd, Mt Ku Ring Gai @ 8.30am (local laps).

BICISPORT DERNY PROJECT

*  Derny Restoration Project - Work is continuing by the BiciSport restoration team led by John Crouchley. Challenges ... there have been a few. Not least of which has been the very cause of the original problem being the 'impossible to start' two stroke engine, more so with crusty old two stroke engines that haven't been started for more than 10 years. Options included (a) using a new two stroke synthetic petrol (but rebuilding the current engines was deemed way too costly) or (b) going 'electric' but this was discounted when it was discovered the derny simply wouldn't go fast enough to be meaningful for training purposes. Finally, after months of head scratching it was decided to go the four stroke engine option. A new four stroke engine was sourced from China, the old two stroke engine removed and the new engine installed. A recent DGV track test at Bass Hill some 3 months ago showed up pretty quickly that the new four stroke engine has "under geared" and the derny was still too slow. Again, back to the drawing board (and a nearby Taren Point mechanic) saw new drive cogs fitted and the revised gearing was track tested at DGV last week with BiciSport Master Graham Cockerton in tow (see picture above). After some 14 months of endless tinkering, matched by a modest budgetary outlay, the BiciSport restoration team are finally go with derny #1.       

Derny 17 and Bordeaux Paris 1970 - Each professional rider chased their individual derny machine for the last 300 kilometres of the Bordeaux Paris Classic (total Bordeaux Paris distance was over 600 kilometres). The derny partially obscured on the right of this picture is a spare if either of the two lead dernys suffered a mechanical failure.  

Gent 6 Day in Belgium - before memories fade one last action picture from the Kuipe Velodrome with the rider nearly horizontal on the super steep velodrome bankings pitched against the tiny 166 metre laps.