Max has completed his 100k ride

Well Done Max that stout is well deserved

No ridiculous car journeys Malmo Sweden

Very intersting video I dont think our forward looking council would be interested in this idea???

No ridiculous car trips from Martin Lang on Vimeo.

How to velomobile

What a great video I can only say again how much would like one of these awesonne machines.It also shows how cycling infrastructure is done well in other countries and how educated car drivers are to cyclists. Even cyclists in strange bicycles!!

Some more photos from Denes Koppio ride

Splashing through a puddle.



Max up the hill.



Great shot of Mary



One of Dene



Leonie

Some extra photos from Koppio

Max and Mary rode a different route to the rest of us. Mary has sent me some of her photos to show Max cresting the hill on their ride.
Well Done Max!


Max

Max cresting the hill.

Spectacular Canola

Wattle is out in full flower

Old Man Yakka bush

Dene's Koppio trip stage 2

Well what a perfect ride. Dene has done another superb job of scouting out a route and liasing with the local landowners to gain access for us. Thanks Deno. Eight of us set out on Dene's ride with two others Mary and Max taking a different route. The day was one of the best weather wise we have had for over three months. What a interesting ride we had. Lots of hill climbing on cockies back tracks. The crops look magnificant after all the rain we have had. The canola is a picture that defies description with fields of yellow stretching to the horizon. Arriving back at the old Koppio school site Kingsley has once again prepared a beautiful feast for us to munch out on. Kiwi you missed out on a great ride.


Spectacular views


Nigel

All of us in front of the awesome Canola crops

Max and Mary and Raelene


Vista from the highest point of the ride.



Climbing the hill




Kingsley's outstanding feast



Jo



Deno briefing us at the start of the ride



Dene overlooking the countryside



Brenton doing a Colonel Light




Waiting at the gate.


Going down from the top of the hill

Climbing the hill

Panarama at the heighest point.

Bicycle trailer for sale

You may have the chance to find someone interested in our bicycle trailer.

we bought this trailer new in darwin and used it for our water supply while travelling down the stuart highway. the trailer has two wheels, is connected to one side of the bike frame and even with heavy weights and downhills it is easy and safe to cycle.

we would like to sell the trailer for approx. 150 AUS$. people interested can contact us via email: nicoleandtobias@googlemail.com
or
mobile: 0429-291457
thank you very much for your help!!

greetings,
nicole and tobias

http://www.streetfilms-cargo-bikes-in-copenhagen/

Copenhagen Cargo Bikes from Streetfilms on Vimeo.

Great video from streetfilms that gives a great view of the daily life in Copenhagen and how bikes can be used for most things in an urban setting.

Kiwi's Sisters in Adelaide in the 50s

Kiwi's sisters way back in the late 50s in Adelaide.
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Sharyn & Gloria on bike

Perfect night for my commute home!

What a magnificant ride home from work.
Beats sitting in a steel cage going to and from work.
I am happy we are seeing the start of Spring.

Nyroca weekend ride.

A few photos from Kiwi to wet your appetite I will post a story when someone that was there writes one.

Ride Report Grand Slam No 4 - 150 k leg

On Sunday 22nd August the weather was kind enough to the riders participating in the Grand Slam Series. We left the Arteyria at 7.30 am and rode to the end of the bitumen at Sleaford, and back into town to the end of the boat ramp at Billy Lights Point. From there we travelled into the Marina in front of the fishing business areas for coffee and sustenance from the trailer. Kingsley had prepared morning tea and we were met by Lana and Pete who were giving their support to the riders for 60 kilometres.
Dene and met us at the top of Western Approach Road and a group of 7 riders continued to enjoy the morning ride.At the Cummins turnoff, Lana and Pete wished us well and turned back to Port Lincoln. Fay Daniels joined us with her support vehicle. This was good as we all felt that the traffic was more considerate to us from that point.
The wind was beginning to raise its head, just a little, and we soon had a turn off the highway into Coffin Bay to protect us from the slight wind we had with the trees each side of the road.At Coffin Bay we rode through into the National Park for a couple of kilometres to make sure we had completed 103kilometres before lunch.
Back at the house where we had lunch, Kingsley had again surpassed his role and had a warm chicken and salad lunch with warm bread and tea and coffee to follow.We were sufficiently restored after a bit of a rest and soon back on the bikes to complete the ride into Port Lincoln for yet another coffee.
All done, Mary and Nigel John and Raelene had completed the 150 kilometre ride and Dene had completed the 100 kilometre Mini Slam.We all felt very pleased with the way we cycled and in all, the performance of the traffic was considerate. Weather wise it was a great day,as we haven't had many good days for cycling since!

Have your say in our community!

Thursday 16th September, Level 1 City of Port Lincoln Council Chamber, Port Lincoln 7pm. To attend you must register. Visit www.dtei.sa.gov.au/roadsafety/forums or call 1300 357 316. It is an initiative of Road Safety Advisory Council responsible for recommending road safety solutions to the Minister for Road Safety and the Govt. of SA.
It starts off with Can you imagine a future where no deaths or serious injuries occur on our roads?
Come along and join in on the conversation, share your thoughts and explore what you and your community can contribute to help shape the future of road safety in SA. Together we can make our roads safer!!
We would like to see several of our members register their interest and attend. You are not required to speak or contribute, just listen.

Cycling Copenhagen, Through North American Eyes

Street films has made this awesome film about Copenhagen
http://www.streetfilms.org/cycling-copenhagen-through-north-american-eyes/



Port Lincoln is a long, long , long way from this.

Final report on outcome KONA MAWSON MTB MARATHON RIDE

Sylvia Dansie and Mike Stockdale represented Port Lincoln at this inaugural event held earlier his month. The 360 km ride started at Blinman in the Flinders Ranges and followed the Mawson Bike trail to Melrose. It could be completed over 4 days in stages (75 riders) or straight through in pairs (48 riders).
Karin Laherstorfer had trained for this event with Sylvia, but was unable to ride after slipping over and tearing a hamstring just 9 days prior. Fortunately Mike was able to ride at short notice and team ’Hot Eyre’ made the Start line on June 11th.
The Mawson Trail is comprised of fire tracks, station tracks, a little single track, gravel roads and linking sections of sealed road.




The straight through duo ride was won by champion rider Chris Jongerwaard and partner Brett Anderson in 14 hours 9 minutes with 3 other duo male teams finishing in under 15 hours. Of the 24 teams (16 male, 3 female & 5 mixed), 5 were unable to finish mainly due to exhaustion.
Sylvia and Mike took 27 hours 55 minutes finishing ahead of two other duo teams in open competition. They took a 1.5 hour stop at the Hawker check point (after 12 hours) for warm food and shower, and then 2 hours at Quorn including a 1 hour nap.
“Hot Eyre’ average moving speed was 18.3 kph, with14.3 kph overall.
Energy expenditure was approximately 10,000 calories.
Phil Dansie provided team support and was a very welcome sight along the way.
Spectacular scenery awed riders, especially between Blinman and Rawnsley Bluff,.
Team ‘Hot Eyre’ had one puncture and just on dark, was briefly blocked by six or so large, horned bulls that thankfully gave way.
The ride was very challenging due to its length, scores of gully & creek crossings and a 14 hour long night. Good lights were essential.

Cycling in Germany and France with Raelene.

Four intrepid cyclists met at the airport on a Friday morning in May and embarked on a trip of a lifetime for some of them. We were met by Mary and Alan at the airport so that we had a group of 6 cyclists who were all on folding bikes. These proved to be extremely satisfactory for touring, as well as travelling on the plane. We were given better luggage allowance for these bikes. We landed in Frankfurt, in Germany, assembled the bikes, and loaded our luggage onto them and away we cycled through a Beech forest and eventually made our way 30km to Mainz.

We had a beautiful camp ground to stay at, so put up the tent and left our gear, and shopped for the food for the next few days and settled in. We were allowing 4 days here to look around and get all that we needed. By the time we took off to start the "real trip" we were well accustomed to the bikes and cycling on the right hand side of the road.

We had a very well planned tour, in that we started off beside the Rhine River, on canal paths, and bike ways, for several days, and gradually we wound our way up the hills into the hillside villages and started to experience real countryside. The language had changed for starters; - not German now but French, in the morning its "Morgen" in Germany but "Bon Jour" in French, so out came the language phrase books!
We enjoyed shopping at the local super marche and there were loads of different ones, and the people who recognised that we weren't local, tried to help and were very friendly. The different experiences made us really appreciate our own group dynamics and we looked out for each other all the time.

We visited historic places as we rode along and met up with another couple for a week and enjoyed their skills with language and bike riding very much, - I am hoping that they will come to Australia and we can cycle together again.

As we approached the Alps we realised that we had ridden into some fitness and this would help us when we needed it. Several of the hills made Australia look flat! We were now prepared for Alp D'Huez, the big hill that the Tour de France riders do most every year, - except this one! Alp d’Huez is 1,860m, 14 kilometres long and has 21 corners (where you can catch your breath) as the degree of climb is 10% for almost all the climb!

I very much enjoyed the scenery and the opportunity to meet new people. We rode the whole distance from Frankfurt to Bourg D'Oisons (south of Grenoble) and our total distance was 1,465km. In 5 weeks away, that isn't a big average, but it is not easy to ride a loaded bike in that terrain all day long. We were trying to be into camp by 3-30pm so that we had the tents up before the rain came at 4pm. It is so beautiful and green in Europe even in summer and we had no wind to speak of, and it wasn't cold. I would love to go back again next year!

I have loads of photos to remind me about the trip away though so that may have to do the job!

Cheers Raelene
Editors "I will get some photos from Raelene to add to this story"

Young Jax has his first run on the Trike

Sorry for the lack of posts lately but I have been busy becoming a Grandpa.
My Dad Bob in Adelaide has also been a bit crook so updating the website has moved down the priority list a bit. However things a back on track so hopefully I can get a lot more riding in as well as regular updates of the Blog.

Inaugural Kona Mawson Marathon Ride

Hi Peninsula Pedallers
Karen & I are now entered in the Inaugural Kona Mawson Marathon Ride as a Straight Through Duo Pair. 367 km from Blinman to Melrose starting at 0730 Friday June 11th. Cut off Finish time is 5:30pm Saturday. Phil is our official support crew.
We are team ‘Hot Eyre’.
Having completed our longest training ride last Sunday of 10.25 hours we are now tapering for the big day & night! We are equipped with GPS navigation, hydropacks, Perpetuem liquid nutrition, electrolytes, mobile phone, emergency tarpaulin, spare tire, 2 spare tubes, tools, matches, first aid gear, LED lights, Buff headwear, weather proof clothing & changes & cans of ‘V’. Hope that covers it!
Cheers Sylvia

Late Update

Karin slipped & tore a hammy on Wednesday while mopping a floor so is out of action for a while! Mike Stockdale will ride instead so a Port Lincoln team should get to the start line next Friday

MTB ride out to national park.

Absolutely Magnificent day. After cancelling the kayak portion of the day due to the bad weather forecast we were presented with one of those special days just made for cycling. No wind, nice temperature and lovely scenery. Six of us headed out with Jim joining us for the first time on a MTB ride. We rode out along the trail till the National park were we did a figure of eight suggested by our ride planner Dene who is now recovering nicely. Some sweet riding along some overgrown paths and trails led to some superb spots along the shore of Proper bay with lots of photos taken. A climb up the hill from the entrance led us to a very rocky hill and descent with Jim handling the challenge with ease. Leonie was a bit more careful not to come a gutser on the rocky trail. This was followed by a return ride along the Parnkalla trail returning to Del Giornos for a coffee. Finally we returned to Arteyria gallery for a sausage sizzle for lunch made by Ross' Folk music group.

On the way out to the National Park



Two of the Ladies by the bay.



The view across the bay.








Mary


Jo


Jim



Climbing a hill in the National Park


Jim and Jo having a drink stop.