Strade Bianche has come and gone, epic landscapes, hard racing and of course dirt and gravel. Cancellara made it three in another amazing display of talent.
Following from this event, I spoke with Damian Hancock from A’qto Cycling about his experience riding many of the same roads while riding L’Eroica.
Looking for a different ride? Looking for adventure? Looking for roads where you’ll be lucky to see a car or another cyclist….
Then it’s time to head east to Gippsland and experience some of the best riding that Victoria has to offer.
Billed as 'not just another bike ride' the Audax Alpine Classic offers a range of eight rides from 60km to the new epic 320km monster.
Time flies and Christmas is here! Here at La Velocita, we love Christmas and it may sound a little cliché but what better way to celebrate than to get out and ride Christmas Hills just before Christmas.
Warburton, Sunday November 22nd 7:30am, perfect conditions for the inaugural Giro della Donna Gran Fondo. I was really looking forward to what promised to be one of the most spectacular cycling routes in Australia.
On Sunday 20 September riders headed to Warburton to take on the Climbing Cyclist’s latest incarnation of the ‘Dirty Dozen’. La Velocita was on hand to witness the mayhem.
The 2015 Dirty Dozen is on the 20 September 2015 in Warburton. In its fourth year this awesome event is sure to present some challenging climbing to those that take it on.
La Velocita’s Brendan Edwards spoke with one of the founders of the Australian Dirty Dozen, David Blom to get an insight into what makes it so special.
There are two roads that lead to the summit of Mount Donna Buang, and Brendan Edwards recently headed out to the Yarra Valley to climb the lesser known of the two roads through the stunning Don Valley.
We speak with Ian Michelson that took on all the peaks in the ‘7 Peaks’ Challenge in under 24 hours. 172km of riding, 8,139 vertical metres of climbing and over 700km of driving...
Matthew Wearne has launched 'Ride from Poverty' and is now tackling an Everest attempt in Kenya's Rift Valley to raise awareness for the work performed by The One Heart Foundation.
We spoke to Matthew about his challenge.
It’s a big weekend in Victorian cycling with the Northern Suburbs Three Day Tour starting on Saturday morning and running through to Monday.
With a great weekend of racing ahead we preview the four stages.
The Great Ocean Road Classic is a handicapped team pursuit time trial. Rules are very simple - work as a team and finish as a team, all riders need to work together and finish as one.
La Velocita's Aaron Mulkearns tells us what the 'GORC' is all about.
Photography provided by the Great Ocean Road Cycling Club
Alpine Classic - 200km. 4am start. Sunrise from the top of Mount Buffalo. What could be better?
La Velocita's Kirra McDonald writes about her experience of this awesome ride held in Bright in Victoria's High Country.
The Rapha Festive 500 is done. We've clocked up the k's and hopefully so have you! La Velocita's Aaron Mulkearns reports on his experience of getting through this awesome Strava challenge.
Fitz's Challenge is a long standing ride, celebrating it's 27th year in 2014. It is organised by Audax Australia and Pedal Power Canberra Region as a participation event. It's a cracking ride, with multiple distances from 50km to 255km that takes you from just outside Canberra south through the ACT.
Last weekend we headed up to Dunkeld at the southern end of the amazing Grampians National Park. We were there to take part in the second running of Dunkeld WheelFun. This participation ride offers rides for all types of riders including distance of 22km, 60km and 90km. The rides all start and finish in the centre of Dunkeld.
We are heading for Hamilton, a three and a half hour drive from Melbourne in the beautiful western district of Victoria to ride with some of the crew from Hamilton Cycling Club (HCC).
This week we bring you the first in a series of rides in Melbourne's Dandenong Ranges. An epic playground for all cyclists just an hour from Melbourne.
This ride in Melbourne's awesome Dandenong Ranges is bang on 60km with 1,590m of climbing and takes in some great climbs, descents. The ride starts and finishes at the Basin, just to the east of where the hills start providing you with the option to drive and ride or ride from home to the start point.
This week we bring you part two of our Far North Queensland series of rides. This time we are heading inland and into the hills for a pretty special ride from Port Douglas to Julatten return.
All up this is a 70km ride that is great to do early in the morning before returning to Port Douglas for a good coffee and a chill out out day by the pool or on the beach.
