Australia

The Weekly Rider - Belinda Heyward

Picking up cycling in retirement has seen her ride across South America, Norway and New Zealand just to name a few. Tough rides, unsupported in unforgiving conditions. 

The Weekly Rider - Belinda Heyward

The Weekly Rider - John Polson

He's the Co-Founder and Creative Director at Black Sheep Cycling. Fast forward to today and John is pushing Black Sheep Cycling to new highs with extended ranges and products. 

The Weekly Rider - John Polson

The Weekly Rider - Kate de Beer

Working in her dream job at Cycling Australia, Kate is the Program Director for She Rides, which is all about giving women the opportunity to rediscover the joy of riding bikes. 

The Weekly Rider - Kate de Beer

The Weekly Rider - Faz Zamani

Faz is a jack of all trades - lawyer, PhD candidate, university tutor, great hugger and peanut butter destroyer! Faz is one of those people that gets it all done... 

The Weekly Rider - Faz Zamani

The Weekly Rider - Jesse Carlsson

Jesse Carlsson is the WeeklyRider! He's a former BMX world champion, a theoretical physics PhD, private equity investor, Curve Cycling director and endurance cycling character that is able to push past physical and mental barriers that most of us can't even imagine.

The Weekly Rider - Jesse Carlsson

The Weekly Rider - Lana Adams

Lana Adams is the Weekly Rider! She's just joined La Velocita as our official Adelaide based photographer and works at cycling apparel store 'Cycle Closet' and is currently training for the Adelaide winter CX season... and of course, she loves to Ride.

The Weekly Rider - Lana Adams

The Weekly Rider - Sam Jeffries

Sam Jeffries is  the Weekly Rider! He's ridden from the MCG to Adelaide Oval via the Great Ocean Road in under 60 hours and finished the Peaks Challenge, Falls Creek in 24th, in time of 8:22 in the last couple of months. 

Sam describes himself as 'another middle-aged, lycra-clad cycling tragic' but we think that he's a Hells 500 powerhouse that squeezes cycling around his beloved Radelaide Hills, being GM of a digital marketing agency and family. Awesome.

The Weekly Rider - Sam Jeffries

The Weekly Rider - Ben de Riter

Ben de Riter is the weekly rider!  Standing 6'6" he’s an imposing figure, and this guy can ride!  Ben is a passionate cyclist who loves all things do with the bike whether it be his local climbs, cycling kits, taking pics on and off the bike, smashing out fast times or the coffee stops in-between.

The Weekly Rider - Ben de Riter

The Weekly Rider - Stu "The King" Verrier

We talk to the one and only King. The TKM founding father gives us an insight into his realm, his latest project 'TKM Ride Different' and of course, why he loves to ride.  

The Weekly Rider - Stu "The King" Verrier

The Weekly Rider - David McQuillen

David McQuillen is the La Velocita Weekly Rider! 

Founder & Chief Suffering Officer at The Sufferfest David is responsible for putting together some of the best stationary trainer videos in the business. We speak to David about why he loves to ride.

The Weekly Rider - David McQuillen

The Weekly Rider - Jeff Curtes

Jeff Curtes is the Weekly Rider. Professional photographer, Cyclocross racer for The Vanilla Workshop’s Speedvagen Family Racing, and newly appointed ‘all things Speedvagen’ here in Australia.

The Weekly Rider - Jeff Curtes

The Weekly Rider - Dylan Reynolds

Dylan Reynolds is the La Velocita Weekly Rider! Dylan is one of the directors of Ride and Seek Bike Tours, they specialise in bike tours with an historical angle. 

We talk to Dylan about why he loves to ride!

Photography - Philip Le Masurier

The Weekly Rider - Dylan Reynolds

The Weekly Rider - Kirra McDonald

Kirra McDonald is the Weekly Rider! Kirra lives and breaths cycling.  She's out most days on one of several awesome bikes and competing at weekends.  Kirra is one to watch, showing some great recent form, winning her way up through the ranks. 

The Weekly Rider - Kirra McDonald

The weekly rider - Dan Yates

Dan Yates is the weekly rider.  Dan cut his teeth as a bike courier on the streets of London and Perth. Day or night, if Dan is going anywhere, he's on the bike, taking the route less ridden. 

The weekly rider - Dan Yates

The weekly rider - Kevin Barry

Today we are talking to Kevin Barry. you'll find him out on early on his bike most days of the week, riding out of Melbourne's inner north-west with the 'Napier Park Riders' club.  

He's got a true passion for riding along with a taste for top end Pinarellos.  One thing that is clear from our talk with Kevin is that he loves to ride!

The weekly rider - Kevin Barry

The weekly rider - Ashley Bleeker

Today we are talking to Ash Bleeker AKA 'The Hairy Eagle'.  Part of the Melbourne based The Kings Men cycling club, The Hairy Eagle never gives anything less than 200% and appears to be constantly excited about anything remotely bike related.

The weekly rider - Ashley Bleeker