MTB
The SKCC Kit Races MTB In Switzerland
October 17, 2011SKCC’S Tim Tyler headed for Switzerland in August to compete in the Eiger Bike Challenge.Part of the Swiss Bike Marathon series the Eiger Bike Challenge with it’s 1,500 participants is one of the five main MTB events in Switzerland and offers three distances, 25km, 55km & 88km. Tim opted for the 55km event with it’s…
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The Day The Big Hitters Came Out To Play
October 11, 2011The SKCC crit season started off on fantastic note with massive fields across all grades and some heavy hitters coming out to race A Grade. The weather after days of rain cleared and showed us some beautiful rays of sunshine. The atmosphere was electric, the crowds were huge and the mood was joyous with everyone…
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SKCC Mountain Bikers At The “You Yangs Yowie” – 15 Oct
October 11, 2011Saturday 15th of October is the “You Yangs Yowie” solo endurance mountain bike event run by The Geelong Mountain Bike Club. This is a great event with a choice of 3 distance options, either 33, 66 or 99km and all within a one hour drive from the centre of Melbourne. This is the first in a…
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Northern Combine Road Champs – Women’s Race
October 4, 2011A sunny day greeted us at Broadford on Saturday. Sadly the wind was not our friend, the shape of the course ensuring we would be facing a head or crosswind for most of the race with the only relief being a short stretch at the beginning of each lap!SKCC members were very well represented, making…
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Velo Vendredi Is Back – Friday 7 Oct
October 3, 2011Spring is in the air and SKCC is inviting you to join us to celebrate the opening 2011/12 crit season. Come and have a coffee on us this Friday at Rush Cafe at Total Rush, Richmond. Located inside the Total Rush bike shop, 100m from Richmond train station, Simon and his team at Rush Café, deliver…
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Big Day, Big Ride At The Amy Gillet Gran Fondo
September 27, 2011Picture: Anthony Seipolt lines up at the start of the inaugural Amy's Gran FondoIt’s natural for every rider to wake up and look either at the weather radar on their phone, or out the window. This was no different for Sunday’s Amy Gillet Gran Fondo. Earlier on in the week, the forecast was for a…
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Stuart Tripp Gets 6th At The Worlds
September 15, 2011SKCC’s very own Stuart Tripp finished 6th in this week’s World Hand Cycling TT in Denmark.Stuart said “It was a hard day in the office today! A challenging, technical, wind affected course. I went out a little too hard too early, a bit of a problem of mine. In my defence it was a slight…
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SKCC Committee for 2011-12
September 15, 2011The committee! (LtR back) John Kelly, Matt Pieterse, Adrian Vlok, Rick Horvat, Peter Hood.(LtR front) Alex Johnstone, Yvonne Dolphin, Robbie Moore, Gaelene Snelling, Lee Turner,Lisa Flaherty, Gavin Bryant, Anthony Seipolt. (Term: Sept 2011 - Aug 2012)Last week SKCC held its AGM at the Urban in St Kilda where over 30 members came along to hear…
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SKCC (World) Road Champs – Race Report
September 3, 2011Crisp and fine conditions greeted a record 81 competitors (60 Men, 1 Junior and 20 Women) at Woodend for the SKCC (World) Road Cycling Club Championships. The 24.77km 'big mans' course was probably going to favour the 'small guys' as a brisk westerly wind picked up just as proceedings kicked off at 10am. The wind…
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Peloton Ball – Winners And Grinners
September 3, 2011There were lots of lucky boys and girls who walked away from the Peloton ball with goodies. The full list of winners and grinners is below. We would like to say a big thankyou to the club's sponsors and everybody who donated prizes. You can see all the pictures from the night at the SKCC gallery…
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