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November 2024

Meet the cargo bike that other riders will envy

When it comes to storage capacity, Tern’s Orox is more like a small car than an electric bicycle.

  • John Davidson

October 2024

Pushing cargo in the City of London.

How cargo bikes are replacing courier vans (and fixing congestion)

They are delivering blood samples for hospitals and documents for law firms, doing more of the heavy lifting that makes London tick.

  • Laura Laker
Arc de Triomphe in Paris with a big French flag under it

Paris is fast becoming a dream city for cyclists

Already the home of the Tour de France, Paris has taken on a new character as an amateur cyclist’s city – and it’s a great way to see the place.

  • Michael Bleby

September 2024

Grace Brown

Amazing Grace Brown won’t ride back on retirement call

The Olympic champion became the first woman to win both the Olympic Games and world time trial titles in the same year

  • Ian Chadband

This cargo e-bike is pretty flawless, except for one piece of lunacy

You’d never know the Riese & Müller Multicharger Mixte is a tank of a bike, until you have to get it going uphill from a standing start.

  • John Davidson
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August 2024

Matthew Richardson took silver behind Harrie Levreyson.

Richardson wins silver in sprint at track cycling

Australia’s Matthew Richardson was unable to match Dutch legend Harrie Lavreyson, who successfully defended his Olympic gold medal from Tokyo.

  • Roger Vaughan
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his New Zealand counterpart, Chris Luxon, in Sydney last year.

Albanese brushes off sledge from New Zealand PM

Anthony Albanese responds to NZ joke about Australian intelligence; No plans to change state’s public service WFH policy; How Australia’s great Olympic golden day unfolded. Follow live updates.

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  • Natasha Rudra and Lucy Slade
Australia won gold on Wednesday morning (AEST) in the men’s pursuit team.

Australia snatches cycling gold as Brits suffer last-minute disaster

The great sports rivalry between Australia and Britain was on full display as the Aussie men’s pursuit track cycling team won gold for the first time in two decades.

  • Zoe Samios
Social worker Erica Beard running in the Gold Coast Marathon

Three tests that prove you’re exercising too hard

It sounds counterintuitive, but dialling down the intensity of your workouts could help you get faster and burn more fat.

  • Euan Black
Saya Sakakibara is a gold medallist.

Sakakibara roars to gold in BMX after Tokyo horror crash

Saya Sakakibara stormed to the gold medal in the BMX race, just three years after suffering a horror crash in Tokyo.

  • Ian Chadband

July 2024

Grace Brown won Australia’s first gold medal of the Paris Games – winning the women’s individual time trial on road cycling.

Grace Brown cycles to time trial gold over treacherous Paris streets

Grace Brown, who only began cycling as a 23-year-old, mastered the conditions to win by more than a minute.

  • Roger Vaughan
Mark Cavendish celebrates after crossing the finish line to win a record 35th Tour de France.

Cavendish breaks record with 35th Tour de France stage win

The 39-year-old British athlete sprinted for the win in the fifth stage of the Tour, breaking Eddy Merckx’s near five-decade record.

June 2024

We loved the Cube e-bike (but also couldn’t stand it)

Depending on your family status, Cube’s new Longtail cargo bike is either a ute or a people mover.

  • John Davidson

May 2024

Charles Hughes, who partook in the Hawaiian Ride for Youth cycling event in March.

How this geologist got hooked on cycling later in life

“Join a club!” enthuses Delta Lithium’s Charles Hughes. Then, practise a lot before undertaking an 800-kilometre charity ride.

  • Life & Leisure
Ian Olson with his existing $15,000 Pinarello Dogma F10.

This CEO owns six bikes, and has his eye on another – worth $24k

Pointerra3D boss Ian Olson knows his family has good reason to lament the lack of space in the garage. But cycling is a big part of his life.

  • Life & Leisure
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April 2024

Sam Budiselik, managing director of Cash Converters, with one of his two road bikes.

Why this exec wants to ride with Elon Musk in Western Australia

Cash Converters boss Sam Budiselik loves cycling, but only in his home state. He’s also a fan of the world’s third-richest man.

  • Life & Leisure
Melbourne hosts Lime scooters, unlike Sydney where it has had to learn to operate bikes.

IPO hopeful Lime avoids share bike graveyard

The company says Sydney and Melbourne are among its most profitable cities as it eyes resurrecting its aborted plans to go public.

  • Nick Bonyhady

March 2024

AFR SYDNEY. Reporter: Michael Bleby. Photo shows, Macquarie Connect CEO Mark Ames pictured with Event manager Dickon Boyles commutes on an ebike from home in Mosman to work in Macquarie Park, a hilly trip he says he couldn’t make on conventional bike. He started riding the ebike after a subsidised pilot program organised by Macquarie Connect. Photo by Peter Rae. Monday 11 December, 2023

Employers need to gear up on staff e-bikes

Cycling accounts for about 1 per cent of Australian work commutes. New carbon accounting requirements and a bid to get staff back in the office could change that.

  • Michael Bleby

January 2024

Leaving your middle-aged life behind for a year can be both exhilarating and exhausting.

‘Midlife gap year was the best year of our lives’

A year-long holiday around the world transformed their outlook and their careers, say 40-something couple.

  • Danielle Richardson
Winner Stephen Williams (left) and Australian competitor Simon Clarke celebrate after the Tour Down Under.

First-timer wins gruelling Tour Down Under

Welshman Stevie Williams has won the cycling tournament on his first try, becoming the first European to take the crown in a decade.

  • Roger Vaughan

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