Definitions of “extreme” include “exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected.”  For most people… the idea of completing a triathlon fits that definition.  However for a certain, shall we say “unique” (crazy) demographic in our midst, such a task is nothing more than a challenge that needs to be conquered.  And, for an even smaller group,…

CharterMason Giant Racing (Powered by Brennan IT) have returned from the first round of the National Road Series in Western Australia on a high having posted the team’s best ever results. From the opening prologue on Thursday night, where newly crowned Australian Eliminator MTB Champion Paul van der Ploeg took the win, it was clear…

The Northern Combine bring you Will Walker, and SKCC's Helen Kelly and Carley McKay for a Juniors' training program with a difference!Helen Kelly, member of the 2005 and 2006 Australian UCI World Road Championship Team, and Carley McKay, winner of the 2013 Women’s Tour of the Murray, will be joining Will Walker on 11 April 2015 at…

How do you feel about Everesting Little Joe with some Everesting legends? Read on, for details from SKCC's Reese Masita, who will be helping out! Everesting started right here in Melbourne and is a phenomenon that has rippled through the cycling community and gone international. It is shrouded in secrecy as the Everesters guard their…

Kell O'Brien is a great kid and a rising superstar: on the track, on the road, at the crits! Now he's gunning for the Junior Worlds in Kazakhstan, and he needs your help! We want him to focus on training and see if he can do himself and his club proud in Astana, Kazakhstan from the…

SKCC's own Lizzie Georgeson rolled down to the Albert Park Primary School last Friday to fly the flag for two wheels, and to speak with the juniors about cycling and how wonderful it is! She obviously made an awesome impression, judging by the note from the school:Thank you both again so much for coming to…

Ash Abdou is a long-time SKCC member, as well as Director of Learning (Years 6-8) at St Michael's Grammar School in St Kilda. You'll normally see him at the Crits or on Beach Road in his black and green TFM kit. He is taking on a special challenge - the Lilyroo Ride - in memory of Lily, the…

  Last Sunday, competition in the Total Rush Teams Points Series Championship continued to heat up in anticipation of the final of the series to be held on the 29th of March 2015. There were some new teams coming into the competition, with Hawthorn Cycling Club giving Fondo Racing a run for their money in Women's C. Fondo…

It was great to see so many enthusiastic cyclists at the recent Ridewiser SKCC Club Pro 'D' Grade Training Ride (CPTR) last Saturday at Sassafras. Whilst I am lucky to be part of these rides as a Ridewiser On-Road Instructor nowadays, my cycling journey actually started in E Grade 3 years ago attending Ridewiser ROAD RIDES just like…

The SKCC Albert Park Grand Prix Kermesse for Sunday March 8 at the Albert Park Lake F1 GP Circuit is GO, GO,GO!!!    It's a longer (4.2km) course than our usual crits, and on a hot-dog format with 2.1 kilometres in between each hair-pin turn, which should test the legs as you accelerate out of the…