La Velocita

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 - Wayne Schwass

It makes me happy. Cycling is such an important part of my life for many reasons, its a great passion of mine. If I'm not thinking about my family I'm thinking about my next ride...

The Weekly Rider - Wayne Schwass

The Weekly Rider - Amy Tan

Amy Tan is the Weekly Rider! She loves riding, racing and has done some great fundraising for the One Girl charity through her #doitinadress campaign. She's a talker, and manages to find her way into most event photos and is a faithful member of SKCC. We talk to Amy about why she loves to ride.

The Weekly Rider - Amy Tan

The Weekly Rider - Amber Johnson

Amber Johnson is the Weekly Rider! She's a Lover of hypotheticals, riding her bike, a quality pun, lifting heavy things and having a laugh with good mates.

Amber is a strength and conditioning coach and owner at First Wave Fitness. She specialises in functional movement and is a contributor to Witsup.com

We talk to Amber about why she loves to ride...

The Weekly Rider - Amber Johnson

The Weekly Rider - Sam Gartner

Super Sam Speilberg is the Weekly Rider! At 42 and with two ridiculously good looking kids Sam is an Engineer working for the world’s largest construction materials company, he does so in order to fill in the time between what’s most important... riding and drinking coffee!

With the motto, “Remember, we are going to Hell and back so you better bring your sunscreen” it's clear he loves to ride.

The Weekly Rider - Sam Gartner

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 - 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 - Adam Dawson

Adam Dawson is the weekly rider!  He loves to ride and gets out to the Dandenong's for some climbing whenever possible... easier said than done with two children under three. So of course coffee is important to him.

The Weekly Rider - Adam Dawson

The Weekly Rider - Brodie Mai Chapman

Brodie Mai Chapman is the Weekly Rider! Brodie lives and breathes bikes and encompasses everything that the Weekly Rider is about. It's clear she loves any bike she can get her hands on and is willing to give anything a crack!

The Weekly Rider - Brodie Mai Chapman

The Weekly Rider - Rebecca Stephens

Rebecca Stephen's is the Weekly Rider! I caught up with Bec out on the roads of Victoria's Western District where she was preparing for the National Road Champs and the start of the VRS is February. 

The Weekly Rider - Rebecca Stephens

The Weekly Rider - Dave Edwards

Dave Edwards is the Weekly Rider! Regular Aussie battler, making his way through life with grit and tenacity. That and with a large mouth and lots of tattoos... We talk to Dave about why he loves to ride.

The Weekly Rider - Dave Edwards

The Weekly Rider - Glen O'Rourke

Glen O'Rourke is the Weekly Rider! He love's a challenge and manages to squeeze in family, work, his 'Bak Pocket' business and an extraordinary amount of riding. 

He covered 700km in 24 hours during the 'Oppy' this year and is looking to beat it in early 2016. We talk to Glen about why he loves to ride.

The Weekly Rider - Glen O'Rourke

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 - Chloe Baggs

Chloe Baggs is the La Velocita Weekly Rider. She's one of the up and coming female riders in Victoria and is quickly making a name for herself in cycling. 

We talk to Chloe about why she loves to ride.

The Weekly Rider - Chloe Baggs

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 - Brooke Tully

Brooke Tully is the Weekly Rider. Brooke is an Editor at BikeExchange and Outdoria. She’s so committed to her new bike that she does not store it with her other bikes… in case light affects it. 

The Weekly Rider - Brooke Tully

The Weekly Rider - Andy van Bergen

Andy van Bergen is the Weekly Rider! Cycling has a lot to thank Andy for... Hells 500, Everesting, Ol'Dirty, climbing, exploring, pushing new limits and of course his work at CyclingTips. 

We spoke with Andy about why he loves to ride.

The Weekly Rider - Andy van Bergen

The Weekly Rider - Lee Hollywood Turner

Lee Turner is the La Velocita Weekly Rider! Hollywood is a clear stand out in Melbourne Cycling, for more than one reason... Awesome kits, bright bikes, a cracking personality and as President of St Kilda Cycling Club, where he's taking the club places.

The Weekly Rider - Lee Hollywood Turner