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Contents 50 TRANSPORTS OF 8ic1J.cfe helmet feature DELIGHT Retliews 18 PHIL SOMERVILLE'S THe trishaws of Chiang 56 KELLY HELMETS Mai 5 7 PERSONAL BEST 20 BICYCLE HELMET 59 CALTEX BIKE RIDE 61 LOOK PEDALS SURVEY A preview of this year's Columns What to look for in head ride 5 WARREN SALOMON protection 8ic1J.cfe sport 7 JOHN DRUMMOND 25 HELMETS FOR KIDS 28 ROLLING BACK THE 10 PRO DEALERS Helmets for child riders YEARS le and Pear Vets 13 WRITE ON and passengers The App 17 THE WORLD AWHEEL Fat TIJ.res Tour 18 PHIL SOMERVILLE 44 SIMPSON DESERT 45 DON HATCHER CHALLENGE 63 NEW PRODUCTS Fat-tyre fanatics race 64 CLASSIFIEDS across the desert 65 CALENDAR Freewheellng is published six times a year in the months of January, March , May/ July, September and November. ISSN No: Ol56 4579. Editorial and Advertising Offices: Room 57 1rades Hall, cnr Dixon & Goulburn Sts., Sydney NSW Australia. Address all correspondence to: Freewheellng PO Box K26 , Haymarket NSW 2000 Australia. Tele­ phone (02) 264 8544. Publisher/ Editor: Warren Salomon. Administra­ tion and circulation: Marilyn Stivey. Layout and as­ sembly: Brett Cheshire. National Advertising Sales: David Turner Telephone (02) 913 1266 or (02) 264 EUROPEAN SEASON 8544. 47 THE 'fypesetting:Pavilion Press Set (02) 211 0252, Tour de France preview Everysize Typeart Service (02) 451 2579. Printing: Offset Alpine Pty Ltd Derby & Wetherill Sts, Silver­ water NSW Ph. (02) 647 1000. Distribution - Newsa­ gents: Gordon & Gotch Pty Ltd (02) 667 0466 or of­ fices in your state. Subscriptions and bicycle dealer distribution: Freewheeling Australia Publications 8ic1J.cle Transport and (02) 264 8544. Material in this publication may not be stored or reproduced in any form with out permission. Re­ Tratlef quests for permission should he directed to the Pub­ lisher. Editorial contributions including black and 33 SOUTHERN SEPARATION white prints or colour transparencies on all aspects the of cycling are welcomed. Send an enquiry or write John Brown crosses for guidelines. Freewheeling can not accept material previously published in other journals. Letters from USA by bike readers for the Write On column are always wel­ comed. 38 BIKE/RAIL PATRONS Copyright ©198iFreewheeling Australia Publica­ tions RIPPED OFF Security at rail stations Cover illustration by Brett Cheshire. Car­ toons this page by Phil Somerville. to be improved

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ER HAPS it's just a coincidence. Authority of Victoria has quietly circu­ So what if the Government passes Every time I become involved in a lated a document which proposes a compulsory helmet legislation? If the Pmajor review of the bicycle helmet timetable for compulsory helmet use to Police say they can't chase the little kids ma rket the issue of compulsory usage be introduced into that state by the be­ who won't wear their hard-hats t hen raises its ugly head. Coincidence or not gi nning of 1989. who will ? The boffins in the RTA have the Road Traffic Authority of Victoria is But it's more than that. It's a joke; a come up with a solution. They have curre ntly flying its compulsory helmet big joke. And the rule of law will be the suggested that the RTA's truck inspec­ kite in the li ghtest of breezes. As if they victim. The RTA proposal is seriously tors, parking police and school crossing haven't got better things to do. · fl awed and like the Victorian Parliament supervisors (the lolfypop people) be Don't get me wrong. I support helmet Social Development Committee's First involved in enforcement of the helmet wearing as a sensible safety precaution. report (which it hides behind) it glos­ law. I even think that motor vehicle passen­ ses over the vital issue of adequate en­ At present it is the people other than gers and drivers should wear them too forcement. the bicycle riders and their advocates as they are more at risk than bicycle The Social Development Committee who are most vocal in the call for com­ ride rs. But I draw the line when some rejected the Police argument that the pulsory helmet usage. It's a case of do as power hungry bureaucrat or pollie present low compliance with existing I say but not as I do , for the same homes-in on bicycle riders and threatens bicyc le laws might completely under­ people, as motor vehicle passengers and legal action if they won't protect their mine the entire scheme. In their submis­ drivers will not wear protective helmets heads with a suitable helmet. sion to the Social Development Com­ whi le using their cars. Imagine the com­ Why do they want to force cyclists to mittee the Police further cautioned that munity response if the same people cal­ wear helmets when the current persua­ their existing resource constraints will led for universal mandatory use of hel­ sive methods are working well? That's result in a relatively low level of enforce­ mets on all forms of road transport. not a rhetorical question; I simply can ment. For these people it's far easier to think not see why the current methods won't The politicians (and their bureaucra­ that if you push around a few bike riders continue to work. In the light of the tic advisors) have been so obsessed with and make them wear helmets you will spectacular increase in helmet use the the theory of the compulsion issue they empty the hospitals overnight. The trou­ move towards compul sion is a move to­ have yet to put their feet on the ground ble is that the hospitals will always be wards the darkness of totalitarian con­ and face this iss ue. full because the road environment has trol. Every day there are literally millions become worse because the Police have I find it hard to understand why they of cyclists in this country who routinely switched the ir law enforcement want to introduce compulsory use (if break the road laws . Bicycle lighting is priorities to back-up mandatory helmet they could) when the Government and the best example. In 1946/47 (when life legislation . industry helmet promotion campaigns was less complicated and a police of­ It's all a bit of a joke and I only hope of the past five years have had such a ficer's jQb was reasonably straight for­ the RTA can see this before they spend beneficial impact on helmet use. ward) 1350 bicyclists were prosecuted in too much taxpaye rs money on such an In Victoria, it seems, they have disco­ Victoria for the da ngerous and life impractical scheme. vered the secret of community persua­ threatening offence of riding without sion. Nowadays even little kids scream li ghts. In 1986 with more cyclists (and past me in their Stackhats and Sprinters. Police) than ever on the roads the In the smal l NE Victorian town of number of prosecutions is almost zero. Beechworth a few months ago I was Making cyclists ride with lights saves astounded to find myself caught up in not o nl y the lives of the riders them­ the afte r- school rush hour and almost selv es but the others injured as a result a ll the children I saw riding bicycles of their negligence. It's a good preven­ wore helmets. tive measure that wi ll save lives and Helmet use for Victorian primary avert accidents and deaths IF the appro­ school children jumped from 4.6% in priate laws ca n be enforced. The fact 1983 to 58.2% in 1986 and according to remains that in 1987 they can't. the Road Traffic Authority's same statis­ ti cs adult commuter usage rates are al­ most as high. Teenagers are resisting and so far only 18.3% of secondary school students are ---~ regul a r h e lm et wearers. However, the ~~ / . statistics do show that the persuasion campaigns are beginning to work and it is only a matter of time before helmet wearing becomes commonplace and thus more sociall y acceptable; even to teenagers. Given this background I find it abso­ lute ly incredible that the Road Traffic

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John Drummond WHEEL OF FORTUNE MAY TURN FOR AUSTRALIA AT THE WORLDS

HE HISTORY of self-propelled championship on the Highwheel were That the first official world champion land transport is one of considera­ recognised (by a medal) only sentimen­ should be an American was no surprise, T ble interest, far wider in scope tally in cycling circles and do not appear since few Europeans made the journey than is generally known. There is evi­ in the official records. There was not yet to Chicago in 1893. Yet , there were no dence in ancient Egyptian and Chinese an international controlling body for the complaints on the English side of the art that some form of two-wheeled con­ new sport, and in the 1880's there were Atlantic when the news came through veyance may have been in use even then at times half a dozen riders all claiming that both championships, at one and ten - the two wheels implying a rider to ba­ to be the one mile world champion. miles, had been won by Arthur Augus­ lance them. In 1882 the International Cycli st As­ tas Zimmerman. Whatever the truth of the first discov­ sociation was formed , their first task Racing cyclists knew the worth of ery, it was the beginning of the evolution being to organise official world cham­ "Zimmy" who , in 1892, had swept all of mobility by human means. pionships. By now the safety bicycle had opposition before hi s "twiddling " legs In 1871 James Starley, of Coventry, arrived. Pneumatic tyres too. The "Pen­ on a E uropean tour. It was during that England, put into production the fam­ nyfarthing" was no longer a serious ma­ tour that he won the one, five and fifty ous Ariel bicycle, his first high-wheeler chine for the racing cyclist. mile British championships. or penny-farthing machine. This version of the bicycle opened up long distance travel to the cyclist with a distance of 100 miles within a day being possible. Its popularity quickly spread throughout the civilised world, and it was with this machine that organised cycle racing began. The world's first cycle race took place on the last day of May, 1868. James Moore, an Englishman then 19 years of age, won that race in Paris on a Boneshaker weighing more than he did and made of wood and iron. The championships won during the next decade, including the first world

A A Zimmerman (USA) who won the first official Championship of the World in Chicago USA in 1893. Four-times world champion Sid Patterson at speed on the former Olympic Velodrome in Melbourne.

Freewheeling 7 Steele Bishop, the big West Australian, emu­ lated "Patto" in Switzerland in 1983. Photo: Ray Bowles. Gordon Johnson seen beating John Nichol­ son in one of their famous encounters in the late sixties and early seventies. Both were glamour (Australian) world sprint champ­ ions. Photo: Ray Bowles.

The following year (1894) the cham­ Spears was noted for his straight arm pionships were held in Antwerp. The style, which while unorthodox enabled to become the first world sprint champ­ one mile was won by A Lehr of Ger­ him to develop enormous power. ion since Bob Spears in 1920. It was un­ many, and the ten mile by J Eden of Hol­ A team of barnstorming Victorians ique as it was Johnson's first ride as a land . Road racing was not yet estab­ led by Sid Patterson and Keith Reynolds professional, and that was in 1970. lished . A 100 kilometre paced cham­ was to record much success in 1949-50. 1975 was to be the year of John pionship was held on the inaugural 1893 Patterson won the amateur sprint and Nicholson. He defeated the 1974 winner programme and again in 1894 and won Jack Hoobin was to annex the amateur Dane, Peder Pedersen two heats to one, by L Meintjes (South Africa) and W road race. in a controversial finish . Henie of Norway, respectively. Patterson was to win four world titles It was to be five years before an Aus­ By 1895 professionalism had arrived in total in the fifties . He startled the tralian again stood on the winners ros­ and championships for both categories cycling world by achieving the impossi­ trum. Brilliant Tasmanian six-day star, were held in Cologne over the estab­ ble in 1950. Favoured to retain his sprint Danny Clark, carried off the Rainbow lished distances. This format continued title the big Victorian was beaten out of Jersey in an exciting Keirin win in 1980. until 1921 when an amateur road time a place. Patterson grabbed the headlines Gary Sutton made it a double for Aus­ trial was added. It was changed to a mas­ in the sporting pages of the whole Euro­ tralia when he limped across the winners sed start in 1923 . pean press by announcing he would start line, after an horrific fall in the last A professional road race was added in in the individual pursuit. Every sporting sprint, to finish with a winning total in 1927 . An individual pursuit for both writer said it could not be done and Pat­ the amateur points championship. professional and amateur categories was terson would be humiliated. But against Clark successfully defended his added in 1946, an amateur teams track all predictions Patterson won. Keirin title in 1981 and almost made it pursuit and a road team time trial in Turning professional he repeated the two in a row when he just failed to hold 1962, a 1000 metre amateur time trial dose in Paris 1952 and again in Zurich in off the flying Swiss Urs Freuler in a real and a tandem sprint was included in 1953. While Patterson was performing blood-and-guts points race. 1966, with the tandem event being dis­ his miracle in Rocourt, Hoobin was stir­ In 1983, seven-times national profes­ continued in 1969. ring the cream of world road racing in sional pursuit champion Steele Bishop Women cyclists joined the world pro­ the French city of Mooralede. With no of Western Australia, won Australia's gramme in 1958 the events being a track manager, no helpers and certainly no next world ch11-mpionship when he emu­ sprint and 3000 metre pursuit, and a ballyhoo Hoobin dashed the dreams of lated the legendary Sid Patterson's win massed start road race . young champions the world over when in the same event on the same Zurich Today the world championships are a he got away with eleven of the top rid­ track 30 years before. complete cycling promotion, including a ers. In the charge to the finish line The foregoing is a creditable history professional Keirin championship, and a Hoobin was third, way out of it with 20 of Australia's contribution to the 94 year point score championship for both metres to go, suddenly he somehow old history of the world cycling cham­ categories of cyclists. The champions lifted himself with a tremendous heave, pionships, considering our isolation are regarded by the Union Cyclists Inter­ and the race was over. from the mainstream of sport. nationale (world controlling body) as Next win came in Copenhagen in 1956 Austria will host the 1987 track cham­ the highest accolade in cycle racing, when Graeme French of Tasmania won pionships on a 250 metre indoor track in except in an Olympic year when the the professional cyclists 100 km paced Vienna, and the road events at Villach Olympic Games winners are also re­ championship from defending champ­ Lake in Carinthia, from 31 August - 6th garded as the world champions. ion G. Timoner of Spain. The event September 1987. First Australian to win a world title which had a long and colourful history Since the Montreal Olympic Games was Robert (Bob) Spears of the New since 1895 was discontinued in 1969, and in 1976 the Eastern Bloc countries have South Wales country town of Dubbo. has since been replaced by the Keirin consistently produced a "New Breed" of Coming to Sydney in the heyday of Aus­ sprint. amateur cyclist with East Germany and tra Ii an track cycling Spears quickly "Johnson seizes the world crown", Russia being the pacesetters. There was maximised his form which culminated in was the headline in the English and Aus­ ample evidence at the Los Angeles winning the world professional sprint tralian sporting press when Gordon Olympic Games and the 1986 Colorado championship in Antwerp (Belgium) in Johnson of Victoria , defeated Italian Springs World Championships that Aus­ 1920. Sante Gaiardoni at Leicester, England, tralia was closing the gap on the track,

8 Freewheeling but our failures continue in road racing. cesco Moser's world hour record dis­ time of 63 . 26 on the board for the There is no way part time amateurs, tance of 51.151 set in the thin air of kilometre title, with current world kilo without international experience, can Mexico City in 1984 . Ekimov holds the champion, Jens Glocklich of East Ger­ match Europe's full time amateurs. amateur hour record distance of 49 .672 . many, still to ride. Perhaps the acceptance of cycling into Obviously the Russian Federation Vinnecombe's split on the first lap was the Australian Institute of Sport will expect Ekimov to retain his title in Vie­ slow, he picked it up on the second, the change that. nna. But as the Italians would say : "The third was his fastest , finishing at a top While it is unwise to make predictions opera is not over until the fat lady speed of 62.946 , almost 1 second behind at world level most would agree that sings." race leader and world record holder, Dean Woods, Martin Vinnecombe and Number three in the world in 1985 , Maik Malchow. Danny Clark would represent Austral­ Martin Vinnecombe revelled in the thin Jens Glocklich was the cynosure of all ia's best chance of success. These three air of 6000 feet above sea level "Seven eyes as he prepared to defend his title. It riders are all proven world class, experi­ Eleven" Velodrome in Colorado Springs was not his night. The champion started enced, talented, and above all tempera­ to become number two kilometre man. strong the first lap 22 .31, second in mentally suited for the occasion. Vinnecombe, the third last seed had 41.52 , rolling home in 63.067 thus per­ Dean Woods lost his chance of win­ to trial faster than Curt Hartnett of mitting Vinnecombe to clincli silver. ning the 1986 world individual title Canada if he was to retain his world rat­ Danny Clark was edged out of the through inexperience and less back-up ing, for the Canadian had the 2nd fastest professional Keirin by some of the support when opposed to Russian·Guin­ tautas Umaris when he misjudged the Russian's endurance in the first pursuit semi-final. Trailing the Australian by 3.10 seconds at the conclusion of the 7th lap, the Soviet pursuer gradually im­ No other bike light with proved his position to cross the finish line in unison with Woods. The electron­ ic timing system gave the Russian the all of these features verdict by two tenths of a second. Conforms to British Standard BS 3648 - the recognised Vlatcheslav Ekimov demolished East world standard for bicycle lights. German Bernd Dittert in the second semi to make the contest for gold and • Easy Universal silver an all Soviet affair. Mounting fits any Woods competed in a ride off for the place, any bike Bronze with Dittert which he won nar­ • PowPrful beams seen rowly in a controlled ride. The irony for from every direction. Dean Woods was that his time in the semi-final was actually nine seconds • Constant Light Output faster than the ultimate winner Ekomov. regardless of speed The Russians have the greatest re­ spect for the pursuit ability of the Aus­ • Wide range of Batteries tralian, and evidently expect him and suit all riding needs Ekomov to provide the spectacle of the • Proven 1987 championships in Vienna. This is Performance demonstrated by the announcement that the young Russian is to attack Fran- • Lightweight • Positive non-slip switch Annandale N.S.W. • Weather-poof design 5 5 Safety considerations indlcte that the most impor­ • Impact-proof plastic - 2 tant role of bicycle lighting is to ensure that you are no corrosion. no rust 1 seen by other road users. WONDER LITES have a unique design which en­ • Simply remove sures constant powerful beams front and rear, visi­ for use as a ble from all angles. The versatile clamp fittings with handy torch ball & socket joints ensure that you can quickly and g ~ easily affix your WONDER LITES at any convenient • Attractive slim lines location, then adjust and lock them at any angle .. ~\)Ofrl( · There's a wide range of WONDER batteries to suit all riding habits from the casual rider thro.fgh to the ~ long rides of day-in, day-out training. d::... <::y✓

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Freewheeling 9 biggest names in track cycling at Col­ off on amateur riders is enormous with a orado Springs, but the smaller track in number one licence quickly won. Vienna will suit his battling style and the Australia has a flood of amateur rid­ six-day s uperstar m easures up a real ers at present in Europe in°cluding top chance for Australia. bracket cyclists Eddie Salas, Andrew Meanwhile, Gary Neiwand, who was Logan, Clayton Stevenson, Scott Sun­ in doubt fo llowing a bout of glandular derland and Stephen Fairless to name fever is to join the team, but will have to but a few. An Australian road team is to wait for Seoul to get his chance. Mike be announced before the world titles. BERRETTO BICYCLES Victor has been added to the Australian But don't expect too much. The massed BRISBANE squad, probably to race in the 50km start championship (both professional championship. But the biggest and amateur) is pretty much a lucky bag 724 GYMPIE ROAD, points CHERMSIDE 4032 blow of all is the return to Australia of anyway. But, run the UCI way it be­ Wayne McCarney, who following an op­ comes so haphazard that there remains (07) 359 4923 eration to relieve a restrictive knee ac­ only the guts of the riders to admire with EXPERIENCE THE LUXU RY a special regard for the man who estab­ AND INDIVIDUAL tion, left with the team for early training EXCE LLENCE OF A HAND­ in Italy and has since returned with simi­ lishes a winning break (as did Uwe Am­ MADE BERRETTO BICYCLE lar problems developing in the other pler of East Germany in the amateur RACING, TOURING, TRI- knee. category last year) or the one who ATHALONS, OR JUST SELF Australian coach , Charlie Walsh, places himself in a position to win in a INDULGENCE aware of the necessity of laying the sprint finish , (as did Moreno Argentin PARTS • ACCESSORIES • basics of a new Australian track pursuit of Italy, who won the professional cham­ CLOTHING • REPAIRS SEND S.A.E. FOR PRICE LIST ON team in Austria, if we are to retain our pionship at Colorado Springs). FRAMES Olympic teams pursuit title in Seoul May be, only may be, it wi ll be differ­ next year, has requested a replacement ent in Austria this August. But consider­ BRISBANE'S BIGGEST for McCarney. ing the championships have been going RANGE OF BICYCLES, As for our chances in the road cham­ on for nigh on a century, one has only to PARTS, ACCESSORIES & pionships , in the amateur road team look at the greats that have triumphed CLOTHING time trial they are nil. to realise that the sport of cycling would * TRIATHLON - RACING The teams from the Eastern Bloc be the poorer if they had not happened. BIKES * MOUNTAIN BIKES * countries will have been chosen and in BMX's * !l/:g BEST RANGE - BEST VALUE training. The continentals are in a differ­ Danny Clark (left) and Gary Sutton join to ent league. In Europe amateurs and annihilate the opposition in the Australian professionals mostly ride the same Professional Madison Championship. Clark •IGBI~ events, including the big stage races, if was a former world keirin champion and Sut­ 2938 PACIFIC HWY. they are invited and can find a sponsor ton a world points champ. Photo: Ray UNDERWOOD, QUEENSLAND on a club basis. Consequently the rub Bowles. (07) 341 7 444 "JUST NEAR THE BIG GUN" Only 1 2 minutes from the city

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GALLERY OF SPORT sweeping and overlooks two important WIMP DEBATE factors with regards to more efficient Congratulations to John Drummond on bicycle load carrying in the third world. Alan Parker has abused his privileged his excellent and accurate column on the In India for example 80 percent of the position as your guest columnist legendary Australo-American cyclistAJf population live in villages and not in Freewheelingissue 41 to slander the ef­ Goullet Freewheeling 41. His achieve­ cities. These villages, many of which are forts of the Bicycle Institute of New ments surely rank with those of the very poor, rely on animal power and South Wales and I would appreciate the greatest of all competitive cyclists. That bicycle power to haul their crops and opportunity to respond to the points he Goullet himself is such a bright, gentle­ produce around. has raised. manly person only adds to his stature. Tourists in Asia usually only notice Firstly, the Push On articles to which Unfortunately, one small mistake the flamboyant use of the tricycle and Alan objected do NOT reflect the Bicy­ needs to be corrected: Goullet was in­ rickshaw in the towns and cities. But cle Institute policy and this was made ducted into the Sport Australia Hall of outside of these areas, in the fields and quite clear when the articles were pub­ Fame, which is a roll of sporting honour villages, one rarely sees a tricycle in use lished. Secondly, BINSW did not invent administered by the Confederation of because once off the asphalt it easily the term "wimp" to describe riders who Australian Sport. A computerised listing becomes bogged and cannot negotiate prefer bike paths to roads, nor does it of all inductees into the Hall of Fame narrow rural tracks. During the mon­ share the view that bikeway enthusiasts takes up a small space in the $3 million soon season much of rural Asia becomes are wimps. Thirdly, BINSW agrees that Australian Gallery of Sport which Mr a quagmire and any vehicle with more the support of such enthusiasts is Drummond mistakenly confused with than two wheels in the fields has prob­ needed to help achieve a fair deal for all the Hall of Fame, and which is a much lems. cyclists in general and no where in The more ambitious enterprise. Wimp Debate articles does it state other­ It seems to me that under such condi­ The Gallery of Sport is Australia's wise. wheelbase only multi-sport museum. It collects and tions the potential for a long such as the Ho Chi Minh is It should be noted that the opposing displays material relating to 20 different work bike A long wheelbase work bike points of view contained in The Wimp sports - one of which of course is cycl­ enormous. can also carry loads and rural produce Debate were entirely those of the au­ ing. along narrow paths where wider vehi­ thors and not of the Institute. Their in­ I would like to invite readers to contri­ cles with three or four wheels cannot go. clusion in Push On was in line with bute to our collection - which already BINSW's long held view that Push On is includes objects relating to such cyclists Presently, loads are hauled around a forum for views on all aspects of cycl­ as Opperman, Patterson, Gibaud, Milli­ these areas by standard length roadster ing. ken, Vic Browne, Jack Hoobin, Ian bikes loaded to their limits. Often they Browne and Tony Marchant - by con­ are so overloaded that they can only be The Geelong Bike Plan taught all tacting us if they have any objects or pushed as there is no room left for the cycling advocates that bikeways should information which relates to the history rider. The introduction of long wheel­ not be viewed as the be all and end all of of Australian competitive cycling. base work bikes could help to solve this bike planning. Nor should they be au­ I also invite readers to visit the Gal­ problem and ease the burden for mil­ tomatically discounted as unworthy of lery, which is at the front of the Mem­ lions of the world's poorest people. attention. bers' Entrance of the Melbourne Cric­ In Asian towns and cities a longer Alan Parker, as one who was involved ket Ground and open to the public from wheelbase work bike could also replace in the Geelong Plan and its various off­ 10 am - 4 pm Wednesdays to Sundays a proportion of the cargo tricycles due spring, should be aware that the greatest inclusive. We welcome readers' re­ to its longer range capability. , \s your benefits accrue to cyclists when a ba­ sponses and suggestions. recent article The Pedicabs Come To lanced approach is taken to planning. Town (issue 41) made quite clear, tricy­ While significant improvements to cyc­ Rimlloawau cles do not have a large operating lists' safety can be achieved by simple Cantor/Researdier Aastnliu Gallery of Sport POBm:115 radius. They are useful for shuttling modifications to the existing road sys­ East Melboanle 3002 Voctoria people and goods back and forth within tem, bikeways will always be needed to defined ares such as city centres, beyond supplement and complement these mea­ which they bring diminishing returns. sures. This was made quite clear in an HO CHI MIN BIKE editorial comment accompanying one of This is the key to the potential useful­ to bear that Freewheel­ the articles. I was delighted ness of a longer wheelbase bicycle. It ing received a considerable number of has a larger operating radius than a tricy­ Contrary to Alan Parker's assertions, enquiries concerning the Ho Chi Minh cle and can haul goods a greater dis­ BINSW represents the interests of all long wheel base work bike. If nothing tance for less energy expenditure. cyclists, not only those who choose to else it demonstrates that some riders Why use three wheels when two will ride on roads. perceive a need for a such a bike and do the job? hopefully manufacturers may eventually Unlike Alan Parker, BINSW does not see the potential market for machines of waste its talents by jumping at every this nature. opportunity to attack others in the cycl­ So far four Ho Chi Minbs are in oper­ ing movement. I would be grateful if letter and set the ation, and they require no more mainte­ More inmnnation on Ian Grayson's remarka­ you would publish this nance than a normal bicycle. I was how­ ble lo• g w•eel base bike will appear i• record straight. ever dismayed by some of AJan Parker's Frttwmli•1 later i• ,-:,,ear. DcHt-)'Olll!ldf comments in Write On, Freewheeling 41. obtained by se• clia,: womn,: pla• s can still be Kassell~ His assertion that, "In Asia Ian's pro­ $I.SO in postage stamps to dais magazine at VottPreside• t totype bas little going for it", is too PO Box K26, Haymarket NSW 2000. Ed. Bicycle Institute or NSW

Freewheeling IJ MORE ON WIMPS . (i ncreasing the chance of head on colli­ cation; in the case of Push On it is the sion) , ill surfaced (i ncreasing the chance Bicycle Institute of NSW. I fear that your guest columnist, Alan of loss of control) and ill lit (increasing After reading all of the Push On arti­ His Parker, has lost his sense of humour. the chance of collision at night). In the cles in question I am left with the feeling should outburst came from Why Wimps context of the US data and my own ex­ that the overall presentation was terribly not ride Bicycles, Push On, Aug/Sept '86 perie nce, my own wimpish characteris­ confusing. I would contend that it is and he found support for his views ti cs say, "Ride on the road, mate!" NOT the job of the journal of a politi­ in , Why the Pope Never Met Stalin, Push John Dwyer cally active special interest group to pre­ On, Feb/Mar '87). Significantly, he does Summer Hill NSW sent conflicting views in the interest of not quote from the accompanying arti­ " providing a forum for views on all as­ cles, Why We Need Wimps , and How Sta­ pects of cycling". My belief is that it IS s a magazine publisher I find it lin Would Build Bikeways, from Push the job of such organisations to present tiresome to read the inscription On, Aug/Sept '86 and Feb/March '86 re­ to their members and the wider reader­ are not neces­ spectively. A "Views expressed ship a clear statement of the policies of the publisher", on the Some selective quoting a ppea rs to sarily those of that group. have happened, and it is disappointing contents pages of many of the publica­ BINSW to see someone of Alan Parker's s tand­ tions that cross my desk. I know that lfit is indeed the policy of the I would contend ing associated with this practice. · legally it doesn't matter. If I let some­ to present a forum then is contrary to its prim­ Push On's editor seems to have a bet­ thing slip through then it is me who is that such a policy them in ter grasp of the situation , however. He dragged off to court. It is my responsibil­ ary aims and must work against acknowledges Richard Lucy's view that ity to check everything that is printed in its dealings with Government. increased bike path availability and my publication. Regardless of the form of words used usage would possibly increase BINSW's The practice of hiding behind such in any disclaimer it chooses to print the political strength but points out that, disclaimers is most common with the Bicycle Institute of NSW can not avoid " overseas experience has shown that journals published by community the fact that what ever is published in bikeways do not necessarily increase groups. They mistakenly believe that their publication, Push On, is seen by safety for cyclists .. . ". The Complete they have to make such statements to Government and the community at Book of Bicycle Commuting by John protect their committee members and large as an utterance of that organisa­ Allen and Effective Cycling by John staff from legal action but office bearers tion. Forester assess bikepaths as being 2.6 (including the editors of those journals) Some people unfairly compare times more dangerous than roads, based are usually only liable to the amount of Freewheeling to Push On but for me on US data. their membership dues if the incorpo­ there is no comparison. As a national I have commuted extensively in Syd­ rated association is ever sued. bicycling magazine my aim is to service ney and have ridde n o n Canberra's In Freewheeling's case it is I who is those people in the community who bikepaths. The bikepaths can be narrow responsible for the content of the publi- enjoy riding their bikes; I do not have a

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BIKE EXPO FOR SYDNEY number of projects to directly involve the community including an innovative Freewheeling magazine will join forty scheme by a Lions Club to promote bicy­ other exhibitors when Bike Expo comes cle safety through schools. to Sydney this August. The Arts and The aim of the semi nar was to encour­ Crafts pavi lion at the Showgrounds will age the local counci ls and community come alive as over 300 bicycles and groups throughout the state to become thousands of bicycle accessories go on involved in the provision of facilities for display for a three day period. NSW bicycle users. The conference was The southern hemisphere's largest a big success and was attended by 90 bicycle show will open on Friday August delegates from across the state. 14 and close on the following Sunday (16th) . There are lots of prizes to be won by visitors on each of the three days and S-LA ESTOG O admission is free. After much inaction the NSW Depart­ The Retail Cycle Traders Australia ment of Main Roads has agreed to com­ Bike of the Year Awards will be held in mence to removal of notorious S-lane conjunction with Expo. The category road treatments on its roads in the Par­ winners will be announced at the com­ ramatta division. mencement of the exhibition and will be While S-lanes have been highly suc­ identified by their award sashes through­ cessful in improving the rate of flow of out the show. motor vehicles on major arterial roads Bring your friends and family and they have been a disaster for bicycle come and say hello to the Freewheeling riders. Cyclists using the arterial roads staff at stand 33 opposite the Repco marked wi th the S-lanes suddenly find stand to the right inside the main entr­ that their kerbside lane has merged into ance. the footpath and they are forced into a lane of fast moving through traffic. The Over th e Easter break this year the Bicycle NSW LOCAL COMMUNITY CONFERENCE lanes have been in use in NSW for well Institute of NSW held one of its first major over 18 mont hs and the move by the bicycle rallies in the southern highlands town The State Bicycle Committee of NSW DMR marks a real breakthrough for of Bowral. The Great East Australian Rally recently hosted a seminar for local gov­ better known as GEAR was the brain child of bicycle riders. Ru ssell Moore w ho also organises one of ernment representatives and commun­ Following consultations with the State ity groups to stimulate involvement in Australia's longest running century rides in Bicycle Committee the DMR an­ Gree n Valley e ach spring. Though the bicycle safety at a grass roots level. The nounced that it will now modify a seminar was held in Sydney over two weather turned foul for the first few days the number oF existing S-lanes to include a 150 participants all enjoyed themselves and of impor­ days and highlighted a number metre-wide through-lane for bicyclists. took part in a seri es of well organised rides tant initiatives currently underway in The Department also said the it would based on a central campsite. Russell and his the community. consider cyclists needs in fut ure prior to small band of helpers deserve a big hooray for together a wide The seminar brought the install ation of new S-lanes. gi ving bicycle touring the kind of events it range of professions including en­ needs. With th e s uccess of GEAR '87 next gineers, community workers, recreation year's event should attract riders from further officers, town planners, teachers and TRANS TEXAS RIDE afield. Our picture shows one of the lucky police officers. The program detailed a The third Trans Texas Bicycle Tour will GEAR riders splashing through a ford on one wind its way across the USA's biggest of the many day rides. state this October. The Tour will depart State Bicycle of NSW Chairm an R oger El Paso, Texas on the 4th and wi ll cover Secretary Hogan (centre) and his staff SBC the entire 1078 mile (what's that in with baggage and sag trucks catering for Bob Ritchie (right) and SBC Behavioural Co­ groups of 45 riders. ordinator D avid Martin at the o pening ses­ kilometres folks?) finishing in Orange on the 24th. The ride is fu ll y supported The Trans Texas Trail runs from the sion of the Seminar. New Mexico border to Louisiana a nd uses scenic back roads. Bicyclists may choose to ride the e ntire trail or a o ne­ week section . Ri ders will average 100 km per day and wi ll have two rest d ays in between trail sections. The group will camp primarily but also use motels a nd some special overnight accommodation in gym nasiums and a h isto rical park . Some meals will be cooked by the group but most will be taken at cafes along the way. No fees have been advised but fu ll information can be obtained from: Trans Texas Trail, cl- Lawrence Wa lker, 1057 1/ 2 Nueces , Austi n , Texas 78701 USA. Telephone (512) 474 2714.

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ELMET WEARING makes ing energy by its own destruction you days is towards a helmet that exposes good sense. Even though bicy­ must always replace your helmet once it the ears and the lower part of the neck. H cle riding is less dangerous than has received a significant impact. To keep this type of helmet securely on driving or travelling in a motor vehicle One further advantage of EPS over the wearers head extra strapping to the the risk of sustaining serious head dam­ other materials is its extreme lightness rear of the helmet is needed. These nape age from a fall or collision while riding is an important factor in reducing wearer straps generally need to be adjusted to greater than any other type of injury. A fatigue. Though other materials have suit the wearer. Non-adjustable nape recent West Australian study found that been tried (such as closed cell straps often result in a helmet that will head injuries account for 85 percent of polyurethane) EPS continues to out per­ tip forward on the wearers head if the all bicyclist fatalities. form all other materials. helmet sits up high. The correct strap The fact that cyclists seem more Apart from protecting the wearer's adjustment should be undertaken when prone to serious head injury (59% com­ head from abrasion the shell must buying a helmet so that a good fit is pared to 26% in motorcyclists) is the spread, diffuse and deflect the impact. achieved from the beginning of the hel­ reason certain groups within the com­ For this reason the shell must withstand mets useful life. munity have been calling for Govern­ sharp impacts ( often concentrated in a ment legislation to make their use com­ small location) without caving-in. VENTILATION pulsory. Compared to motorcycle helmets the In this segment of our helmet feature weight factor is more important to bicyc­ NFORTUNATELY all helmets we take a look at the state of head pro­ lists. Consequently materials such as are hot in summer. Some are hot­ tection available to the Australian cycl­ fibreglass (which is very strong) are not Uter than others. In winter the ing public. The following section deals suitable for bicycling helmet shells be­ cool helmets can also become uncom­ with the broader issues of helmet use. cause of their excessive weight. The cur­ fortably cold but it is easier to keep air rent trend is towards special types of out of a helmet to keep the head warm T HAS been almost two years since high-strength lightweight plastics such than to bring air in to cool it down. we conducted our last comprehen­ as Polycarbonate (Lexan is a trade A well ventilated helmet should allow sive helmet survey. Since that time a name) or Acrylonitrile Butadiene air to enter the helmet cool the scalp I and exhaust through the back or bot­ number of new helmets have come on to Styrene (ABS) and other similar com­ the market and a few have been with­ pounds. tom. There are some areas of the scalp drawn. Though there are well over A well-designed bicycle helmet that need cooling more than others. At twenty different models to choose from , should protect your head in a fall. It present there has been little scientific in our latest study we have decided to be should also be comfortable to wear. To research done on the subject of heat selective and review only those which do both these things its retention system dissipation from the head but any bike conform to the basic requirements for or strapping should hold the helmet sec­ rider will tell you that an overheated effective head protection: helmets must urely in position at all times. The strap­ head can impair concentration and take have hard shells; they must have a ping should also be adjustable to allow the enjoyment and safety out of cycling. shock-absorbing expanded polystyrene for different head shapes. Helmets that perform well in all cli­ inner lining; they must have an ad­ Whereas a motorcyclist helmet does mates and weather conditions are a rar­ equate strapping and fitting system ; and not need to be ventilated the bike riders' ity; what may be comfortable in the they must attempt to provide some form does. Cycling is often a sweaty activity Queensland summer may not be as good of ventilation. and a helmet with poor ventilation can in a Melbourne winter. Before looking at the individual hel­ often make you hot. Most helmets have Helmet types which use removable met details we recommend you read the holes in their shells and liner to allow air fitting pads usually have enough room following explanatory information. We in. For a helmet to offer effective venti­ with the pads removed to fit a woolen suggest you consider this carefully be­ lation it also must allow for air to flow cap as a liner for winter riding. Perhaps fore you make your final decision. through the helmet across the wearer's this is the answer to the winter problems head and out through other holes. of a few but most cycling is done in the warmer months and buyers should al­ HOW HELMETS WORK ways look for a helmet that's designed HE MAIN reason for wearing a FITTING make the head cool. helmet is to prevent or minimise EVER BUY a helmet with out Allied to the problem of ventilation is Thead injury in the event of an acci­ fitting it first. It is important that that of sweat control. Helmets in sum­ dent. Of course accidents can happen at N the helmet fit you securely and mer can be messy things to wear. Sweat any time or place and this can mean that comfortably. If it feels too tight then it naturally forms in any area not properly your head can hit the pavement from a will probably be irritating to wear for ventilated (generally where the padding height of about two metres. To work more than a few minutes. If it feels too comes into contact with the skin) . Hel­ effectively a helmet has to do at least loose then you run the risk of it falling mets makers that use sponge pads in two things: protect the head from abra­ off your head in a fall . their products claim that the sponge is sion (minor) and absorb the impact There are many different types of fit­ able to absorb most of the sweat but from the fall (major). ting systems. This is important as not all they don't say what happens when the The most important part of a helmet heads are the same shape. Sometimes pads fill up. Generally it has to fall is the polystyrene liner. It's the job of the one brand will fit better than another. somewhere and the object of good hel­ liner to absorb the energy from the im­ Some models fit oval shaped heads bet­ met design should be to keep it out of pact of the fall. Expanded polystyrene ter than round ones. If your head is an the eyes. (EPS) is the material most commonly odd shape you may find that those hel­ used as it will crush on impact and cush­ mets which have removable and replace­ ion the blow. EPS is used widely in in­ able sizing pads in varying thicknesses PERFORMANCE STANDARDS dustry and in the home as it is also a will give you the best fit. PRESENT the Australian Stan­ good insulator. However, there are dif­ Helmets that sit further down on the dards Association's AS 2063 .2 is fering grades of hardness and the one head require less strapping to hold them Arhe only official test of a helmet's used must not be too soft (it will com­ in place. Compare a full face motorcycle effectiveness in this country. The Stan­ press too easily) or too hard (it will dam­ helmet which only has a chin strap. The dard consists of a list of design require­ age the head). As EPS works by absorb- design trend for bicycling helmets nowa- ments and a series of a tests laid down

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by the Association to evaluate the per­ met's ability to protect the wearer from a protect yourself from injury so you formance of helmets designed specifi­ direct blow to the outer shell that will be should consider its performance and fit cally for bicycling use. The current stan­ used by the legislators to restrict the sale before you put a price on your head. dard is currently under review and when of sub-standard helmets before AS In recent years the Victorian and completed it should offer one of the best 2063.2 is completed. NSW state governments have intro­ duced helmet subsidy schemes during sets of requirements for helmet design Apart from the Australian AS 2063.2 the pre-Christmas period. In Victoria in the world. there are other performance standards this scheme ( which offers the purchaser The completed standard is expected in other parts of the world. In the USA $5.00 or $10.00 back if they buy an ap­ to break important new ground and set there are two: the American National proved brand helmet) has been credited down requirements for adequate venti­ Standards Institute ANSI Z90.4 and the with the big increase in the numbers of lation - a current weakness with all of Snell Memorial Foundation Bicycle Hel­ school children wearing helmets. In the existing standards both at home and met Safety Standard. The ANSI Z90.4 is three years usage rates have jumped overseas. regarded as a minimum standard. from 4.6% to 58.2% of all primary Many people think that the Standards Though the new Snell Standard (the for school bicycle riders. Both governments Association which sets the standards Snell Memorial Foundation primarily . intend to run similar schemes later in manufacture also approves the helmets tests motorcycle helmets) is more de­ This is not the case. Manufacturers sub­ manding than Z90.4 it is still considered the year. mit their helmets to an independent test­ by some Australian experts to be less performs the ing company which then ·stringent in its requirements than AS CHOOSING AHELMET physical tests on their equipment. As 2063.2. HE PERFORMANCE of a hel­ safety equipment must have rigid qual­ met should be your first consider­ ity control samples from production PRICE ation. SAA approval is a clear in­ batches are regularly submitted for test. T dication that the helmet will function ef­ There are many who say that this adds to HE PRESENT wide range of the eventual cost but this practice is prices is in part due to the low fectively. considered necessary to ensure that the T value of the Australian Dollar FITTING AND RETENTION. For a standard is maintained on a continuing compared to other currencies. Helmets helmet to work at all it must fit you basis. as safety items are not subject to sales properly. You should never buy a helmet A number of tests, such as the 'energy tax or import duty. When considering without first trying it on for size. If the attenuation test', are common to each the cost of a helmet it is important to retailer does not have your size don't Standard. It is this basic test of the hel- realise that you are buying something to settle for a larger fit. If you have made

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Price: $75.00 Price: $127. 00 Price: $86.00 Weight (grams): 462 Weight (grams): 465 Weight (grams): 494 Shell material: ABS plastic Shell material: Co-polymer plasti c Shell material: Co-polymer plastic Liner material: Expanded polystyre ne Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Fitting method: Adhesive fixed sponge pads faced Fitting method: Bell ows style fixed side a nd rear Fitting method: Velcro fastened sponge pads/sweat with soft materi al. Four thicknesses of pads pads. Sweat absorbing brow pad. 2 she ll sizes. pad. Four thicknesses of adhesive backed sponge suppli ed with single shell size. Tested to: ANSI 290.4 pads suppli ed with each shell size. Tested to: ANSI 290.4 Retention: Fully adjustable nylon straps. Clip Tested to: ANSI 290.4 and Snell Foundati on Retention: Nylon webbing straps, partial buckle faste ner. Straps fit close to head for low Retention: Nylon webbing straps, Q/R buckle , adjustment of nape straps, Q/R ny lon buckle. wind noise and drag. L, Ventilation: Two large front adjustable nape straps Ventilation: 4 large slots front , 4 large slots rear openings wi th channeling in liner to ex haust ai r Ventilation: 9 forward facing and 3 rear facing vents Coolness: E through two large ex haust outlets. Coolness: G Sizes: I shell size, 56-59 Coolness: G Sizes: 2 shell sizes, S(54-58); L(59-62) Size range: F Sizes: 2 shell sizes, S(54-58), L(59-62 Size range: G Sweat control: - Size range: G Sweat control: Removable sponge brow pad Colours: White, black Sweat control: Removable sweat pad Colours: White Accessories: - Colours: Grey, white, blue Accessories: Polycarbonate (Lexan) visor Manufacturer: Kaj ima C hemical Co Japan Accessories: Dayli ght visor included Manufacturer: Bell Helmets Inc USA Wholesale supplier: T I Industries Pty Ltd Manufacturer: Bell Helmets Inc USA Wholesale supplier: Hanl ey Trading Pty Ltd Phone: (03) 316 0666 Wholesale supplier: Hanley Trading Pty Ltd Phone: (02) 666 9633 Phone: (02) 666 9633

up your mind on a certain brand and model try another retailer if you can not get your correct size. Remember, yo u are buying safety equipment and second best is not good enough. Make sure the straps a re properly adjusted and will hold the helmet firmly on your head. VENTILATION. This is very impor­ tant if you li ve in an area with long hot summers. Not so important fo r Tasm a­ nians. COMPARATIVE WEIGHTS INGRAMS Bell VI-Pro 401 Yetta Corsa 435 Bell Windjammer Avinir .... . 462 Bell Stratos 465 Price: $59. 95 Atom 488 Weight (grams): 494 Bell V-1 Pro Bell Windjammer 494 Shell material: Co-polymer pl astic Bell To urlite 494 Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Price: $75.00 Weight (grams): 401 Aus- Hat 498 Fitting method: 4 sets of non-removable sponge Shell material: Co-polymer plastic Brancale SP4 509 fitting pads with soft material facing supplied with Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Safety Rider 515 each shell size. Fitting method: 4 sets of velcro fastened sponge Zap Cap 515 Tested to: ANSI 290.4 sizing pads supplied with each shell size. Apollo Daylyte 524 Retention: Nylon webbing straps, Q/R buckle, Tested to: ANSI 290.4 Snell Foundation Davies Craig Hartop 524 some adjustment is possible o n nape straps. Retention: Nylon webbing harness, fully adjustable Safe n Sound G uardian 540 Ventilation: 6 small slots front , 4 small slots rear. strapping, Q/R buckle Pro Sport .. 543 Flow channels in liner. Ventilation: 4 large vents fron t, 4 large vents rear Rosebank Stack hat .. ... 573 Coolness: G Coolness: E Gemray 323 ... . 635 Sizes: 2 shell sizes, S(55-58); L(59-62) Sizes: 3 shell sizes, XS(52-54), S/M(55-59) L(60-63) ~ eights c: helmets given above and in individual Size range: G Size range: E reviews are for 58 cm (M) size helmets with stan­ Sweat control: Non-removable sponge pad Sweatband: Removable sweat pad dard fi ttings. Colours: White, black Colours: Black, white, yellow Manulilcturer: Bell Helmets Inc USA Manufacturer: Bell Helmets Inc USA Ratings: E =Excell ent ; G = Good; F = Fai r; Wholesale supplier: Hanl ey Trading Pty Ltd Wholesaler: Hanl ey Trading Pty Ltd P = Poor. Phone: (02) 666 9633 Phone: (02) 666 9633

Freewheeling 23 8,ancale SP 4 GemralJ 323 Guardian

Price: $75 .00 Price: $45 .00 Price: $49.00 Weight (grams): 509 Weight (grams): 635 Weight (grams): 540 SheU material: Polycarbonate plastic (Lexan) Shell material: ABS plastic Shell material: ABS plastic Liner material: Ex panded polystyrene Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Fitting method: Covered sponge padding Fitting method: Nylon covered sponge lining Fitting method: Four sets of velcro fastened sizing Tested to: ANSI Z90.4 Tested to: AS 2063.2 pads in different thicknesses supplied with each Retention: Nylon webbing straps Q/R nylon Retention: Nylon webbing straps, D ring buckle shell size. buckle. Some adjustment of nape straps. Ventilation: 10 small front and 2 small rear vents Tested to: AS 2063.2 Ventilation: 9 front facing and 4 rear facing small Coolness: F Retention: Nylon webbing straps, nape straps slots Sizes: Single sizes onl y, XS(53/54); S(55/56) ; adjustable, metal D-ring fastening Coolness: G M(57/58); L(59/60) Ventilation: 7 front and 4 rear facing medium vents Sizes: Single sizes onl y, 54 56 58 60 62 cm Size range: F Coolness: G Size range: F Sweat control: Non-removable padding Sizes: 3 shell sizes, S(51 -54); M(55-58) ; L(59-62) Sweat control: Non removable padding Colours: White, ye ll ow, pink. Size range: E Colours: Manufacturer: Kin Yong Lung Industri al Co Taiwan Sweat control: Removable sponge pad Accessories: None Wholesale supplier: Mcgray Pty Ltd Colours: Yellow Manufacturer: Phone: (03) 311 0656 Manufacturer: Safe n Sound Pty Ltd Australia Wholesale supplier: K WThompson Pt y Ltd Wholesale supplier: Safe n Sound Pty Ltd Phone: (07) 522 903 Phone: (03) 357 2311

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Price: $39.00 Price: $39.00 Price: $49 .00 Weight (grams): 524 Weight (grams): 543 Weight (grams): 573 Shell material: Xenoy plastic Shell materi al: ABS plastic Shell material: Valox PBT polyester plastic Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Fitting method: Non adjusting thin padded liner Fitting method: 2 sets of non-removable sponge Fitting method: Nylon covered sponge lining Tested to: AS 2063 . 2 pads supplied with each shell size . Tested to: AS 2063.2 Retention: Nylon webbing straps, adjustable nape Tested to: AS 2063 .2 Retention: Nylon webbing straps, D-ring buckle straps, Fastex Q/R buckle. Retention: Nylon webbing straps, metal D-ring Ventilation: 4 sets of 3 small slots front , 2 sets of 3 Ventilation: 3 front vents and 3 rear vents. Some air buckle, adj ustable nape straps. small slots rear s front , 1 small slot rear. duct channeling in polystyrene liner Ventilation: 9 small slot Coolness: F Coolness: F Coolness: F Sizes: Single sizes only, 54 , 56, 59. S(53/54) , M(55/56) , Sizes: Single sizes onl y. 50, 53 , 57. 60 Sizes: Single sizes onl y, Size range: F Size range: F L(57/58) Sweat control: Padding absorbs Sweat control: Non removable liner Size range: F Colours: White, yellow, pink. ovable sponge pad Colours: White , Ye ll ow, Red . Black, Hot pink Sweat control: Non-rem Accessories: Peak available Manufacturer: Davies Craig Pty Ltd Colours: White Manufacturer: Rosebank Products Pty Ltd Kin Yong Lung Industrial Co Taiwan Wholesale supplier: Stewart Plastics Pty Ltd Manufacturer: Australia Bicycle Company Phone: (03) 729 7933 Wholesale supplier: Repco Wholesale supplier: Rosebank Products Pty Ltd Phone: (03) 568 0211 Phone: (03) 703 1000

24 Freewheeling SafetlJ Rider

Price: $29. 95 Weight (grams): 515 Shell material: ABS plastic Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Htting method: Non removable sponge pads Tested to: AS 2063.2 Retention: Nylon webbing straps, single 0-clamp buckle. Ventilation: 4 sets of 3 small slots front, 4 sets of 2 small slots rear. Coolness: F Sizes: Single sizes only, 52, 54 , 56 , 58 , 60. Size range: F Sweat control: Non removable sponge pad Colours: Yellow, white Manufacturer: Kuan Chen Mfg Co Taiwan Wholesale supplier: TI Industries Pty Ltd Phone: (03) 316 0666 tional mass of a conventional hard-shell Zap Cap helmet would be too much for the child's HELMETS FOR neck. This helmet is the same helmet as the Safety Rider All the Australian manufacturers but market under a different name through chain make hard shell helmets for the child stores. KIDS rider. Most of this class of helmet falls within the range of 48 - 55 centimetres. Often this type of helmet is a scaled­ l3ic1Jcle safetlJ down version of the adult model. The exception is the Atom which is actually a Five helmet makers cater for child different design offering additional pro­ riders and passengers. tection to the ears and lower neck. Typically kids helmets are available in a number of colours and fancy decals. H E GROWING numbers of All the advice and guidelines applying school age children wearing hel­ generally to adults helmets should be T mets has encouraged a number of applied to the purchase of a helmet for manufacturers to make helmets in small your child. sizes. Children have deceptively large heads. Even babies have head sizes far larger in proportion to Adults. It is not A11oflo Da1Jf1Jte until the teenage years that a child's body begins to catch up with the size of Price: $59 .00 C!etta Corsa their head. James, the five year-old who Weight (grams): 524 participated in our photo sessions had a Shell material: ABS plastic Price: $85.00 Liner material: Expanded polystyrene beads with Weight (grams): 435 head size comparible with a young thin ABS cover Shell material: Polycarbonate plastic (Lexan) adult. Htting method: Adjustable plastic head band Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Kids helmets fall into two classes: harness Fitting method: 4 sets of varying thickness adhesive helmets for child passengers - infants Tested to: AS 2063.2 side and rear pads supplied with each shell size. Retention: Nylon webbing straps, Fastex Q/R Tested to: ANSI Z90.4 and pre-schoolers; and helmets for child buckle, adjustable nape straps. Retention: Nylon webbing straps, adj ustable nape riders. Ventilation: Mounting harness allows air through straps, Q/R buckle. Of the former there is only one type flow Ventilation: 4 large slots front , 4 medium slots rear. available: the L'il Bell Shell. It is a low Coolness: G Coolness: E Sizes: 1 shell size ( 48-53) Sizes: 2 shell sizes, S(54-57), L(58-6I) mass expanded polystyrene shell with a Size range: G Size range: G soft nylon harness and foam padding. Sweat control: Thin removable pad Sweat control: Removable padded sweat band The surface of the 'shell' is coated with a Colours: White , yellow Colours: Yellow, white, black thin film of polyurethane to seal its sur­ Accessories: None Manufacturer: Yetta Inc Italy Manufacturer: Prolyte Industries Ltd New Zealand Wholesale supplier: Repco Bicycle Company face from dirt and grease. It is the only Wholesale supplier: Apollo Bicycle Co Phone: (03) 568 0211 helmet to use on babies where the addi- Phone: (02) 487 1900

Freewheeling 25 Atom Aus-Hat Befl l 'ifl Befl Sheff

Price: $45.00 Price: $50.00 Price: $49 .00 Weight (grams): 382 Weight (grams): 483 Weight (grms): 252 Shell material: ABS plastic Shell material: ABS plastic Shell material: None polystyrene Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Liner material: Expanded Liner material: Expanded polystyrene le (velcro) sponge pads fitting method: Removable (velcro) sponge pads fitting method: Removab fitting method: Velcro fastened sponge sizing pads with soft cloth. Three thicknesses of sizing faced wi th toweling material. At least two pad faced Tested to: ANSI 290.4 shell size. thickness supplied with each shell size. pad suppli ed with each Retention: Nylon webbing straps nylon buckle Tested to: AS 2063.2 Tested to: AS 2063.2 Ventilation: None Retention: Nylon webbing straps. Adjustable nape Retention: Nylon webbing straps, Fastex Q/R Coolness: Not meant for rider buckle, adjustable nape straps. straps. Fastex Q/R buckle. Sizes: 2 shell sizes S( 45-48) , M( 49-52) Ventilation: 5 slots front, 3 slots rear, air flow Ventilation: 8 slots forward, 4 slots rearward. Size range: E Coolness: G channels in liner. Sweat control: Pads absorb Sizes: 2 shell sizes, S(47-52), M(52-55) Coolness: G Colours: Size range: E Sizes: 1 shell size, XS( 49-53) Accessories: None Sweat control: Removable toweling/sponge Size range: E Manufacturer: Bell Helmets Inc USA Colours: white, yellow, red, pink, blue and black. Sweat control: - Wholesale supplier: Hanley Trading Pty Ltd Colours: White, Yellow Accessories: Peak available Phone: (02) 666 9633 Manufacturer: Scott Aspen Helmet Australia Accessories: Visor avai lable Cap Co Wholesale supplier: Atom Imports Pty Ltd Manufacturer: Albion Hat & Hat & Cap Co Pty Ltd Phone: (02) 550 1655 Wholesale supplier: Albion Phone: (02) 698 8344 ALL WHITE NOW! ~(W~s00£W:THE by Albion [§l AUSTRALIA • Now available In white with blue trim and red reflectlve stickers (also gold with green trim & stickers) • Now In 4 sizes: XS - to fit 49cm x 53cm S - to fit 52cm x 56cm M - to fit 55cm x 59cm L - to fit 58cm x 62cm PLUS COMFORT PADDING • LIGHTWEIGHT & COOL

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Guardian Sprinter Rosebank Stackhat

Price: $52.00 Price: $49 .00 Weight (grams): 476 Weight (grams): 510 Shell material: ABS plastic Shell material: Valox PBT polyester plastic Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Liner material: Expanded polystyrene Fitting method: Four sets of velcro fastened sizing Fitting meth od: Nylon covered sponge lining ~ pads in different thicknesses supplied with each Tested to: AS 2063.2 THE.FREEDOM shell size. Retention: Nylon webbing straps, D-ring buckle MACHINE Tested to: AS 2063.2 Ve ntilation: 4 sets of 3 small slots front, 2 sets of 3 Retention: Nylon webbing straps, nape straps small slots rear DREAM MACHINES adjustable, metal D-ring fastening Coolness: F Ventilation: 7 front and 4 rear facing medium vents Sizes: Single sizes only, 50, 52. Family-Touring-Triathlon Cooln ess: G Size range: F Sizes: 2 shell sizes, S(51-54); M(55-58) Sweat control: Padding absorbs Specialist Size ra nge: E Colours: White, yellow, pink. Accessories & expert Sweat control: Removable sponge pad Accessories: Peak available Colours: Yellow Manufacturer: Rosebank Products Pty Ltd repairs. Manufacturer: Safe n Sound Pty Ltd Australia Australia 401 Ch•pel St, South Yana Wholesale supplier: Safe n Sound Pty Ltd Wholesale supplier: Rosebank Products Pty Ltd VIC 3141 Ph: 241 5014 Phone: (03) 357 2311 Phone: (03) 703 1000 AHELMET FOR EVERY HEAD If everybody was the same, own individual styles. You are racers, colors, sizes and features . There 's things would be a lot less hectic at tourers, joy riders. You are speed a look, a function, a price for Bell. We could put out one generic demons and slow-pokes; triathletes everyone. helmet. And call it a day. The way and weekend sightseers. You have Don 't let one-brand most helmet companies do it. One different cycling needs, tastes, and helmets cramp your style. style, one price, one size, fits all. budgets. Exercise your freedom of choice. Too bad if you don 't like the col or. At Bell we give you the And take your pick from the But we'd be bored out of our Choice. Six ANSI-rated ------fu llest line of bicycle gourds putting out a one-dimensional styles to choose from helmets in the world. product. Luckily, all cyclists were in a startling array of At Bell variety not created equal. You ride different is the ride of life. ways for different reasons . In your WHEN~ V ER YOU R I DE .... L4 ROLLING BACK THE YEARS

Bic1Jclin9 sport

Veteran cyclists roll back the years as they roll through the gears.

by JOHN DRUMMOND

HICH EVER way you look at sport goes no further than the box or the Australia's longest cycling sidelines. W race, for riders of any age the Just as clearly it demonstrated that Apple & Pear 3800 kilometres Brisbane the two age division winners, Doug to Adelaide Vets Tour clearly had a mes­ Holly 53 of Adelaide, and Ken Woollard sage for Norm What's-his-name (Aus­ 59 of Melbourne, deserved their suc­ tralia's archetypal television sports cess, for both won end to end. Ken watcher) and the many thousands of Woollard won 45 stages, and Doug sedentary adults whose participation in Holly won 14.

28 Freewheeling •· The Apple and Pear Vets put on speed through coastal NSW during their epic Bris­ bane to Adelaide tour. Doug Holly defeats Ken Woolard, Brian Roberts and Eddie Goodwin (and another obscured rider) to win one of his 14 stages.

Breakaway wins were recorded by Ken Martin 57 of Sydney and Dick Campton 50 of Launceston but probably the best such win was Doug Kingsford 71 in the Nagambie to Seymour stage. At that point Doug, the oldest rider in the race, took advantage of negative riding by the younger competitors to suddenly tear away just four kilometres from the finish crossing the line 1.37 minutes clear of the sprinting bunch.

Just as deservedly; the West Austral­ ian team of John Smith 60 (captain) . Peter Parent 57 (SA late substitute) , Brian Roberts 51 and Carl Strickland 63 , comprised the best all round combi­ nation in the event, and thoroughly mer­ ited their Teams' Section win.

A look at race statistics indicates that the success of the Apple & Pear promo­ tion was not only satisfying to the spon­ sors (Apple & Pear Corporation) but given the age of the participants the competition and dedication, it was ex­ traordinary.

The statistics of the tour race are pro­ digious. Competitively cycling 3,800 kilometres in 71 stages over 31 days con­ secutively in 124 odd hours, by cyclists aged from 50 to 71 years, is quite stag­ gering. But the fact that 27 of the origi­ nal 28 starters finished in Adelaide is stupendous.

The average time for the 31 days straight racing was 30 km/h and com­ pares favourably with the 9 day 1420 km professional Sun Tour of Victoria aver­ age of 37 km/h, or the 11 day 1705 km amateur Commonwealth Bank Tour av­ erage of 41 km/h. Considering the differ­ ences in the courses, the number of con­ secutive racing days and the wide gap in the age of the contestants the event was a remarkable achievement. Every tour cyclist will tell that the secret of successful stage racing is the fitness required to sustain a recovery rate sufficient to come up fresh for each stage. Yet , in Australia's longest stage race ever the veteran cyclists sustained

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Len Hammond (left), John Smith (centre) and Ken Woolard (right) leading a group in a criterium.

The Apple & Pear Vets field as they passed their way through Big River country in NSW.

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( ·-Y J Ara AUSTRALIAN MADE Because it is important that a helmet be correctly fitted, ATOM is available only through bicycle shops and sports stores. Enquiries to: ATOM, 75a Burrows Road, Alexandria NSW 2015. (02) 550 1655 JO Freewheeling the effort for 31 days. Little wonder that their younger amateur and professional the race end welcome crowd at compatriots. Lenswood, just out of Adelaide, was in So, the message in all of this for excess of 5000. armchair Norm and all who think they That doyen of Australian cycling Sir are "over the hill" the over 50 year-old Hubert Opperman OBE bestowed his Vets cycle tour is living proof that given patronage to give the race national normal good health yo u are only as old status, and it attracted a huge volume of as you think you are. media interest with a minimum of three and often four TV channels covering the race at rr:ajor centres like Brisbane, Syd­ Doug Holly, 53, the South Australian fire ney, Melbourne and at the finish at fighter who triumphed in the 1986 Geeveston Lenswood. (TAS) to Brisbane Apple & Pear Vets Tour When I witnessed the intensity of the and again in the 1987 event is pictured here finish of the Buladelah-Newcastle stage with the oldest competitor Doug Kingston, at Newcastle's Kooragang Island, won 71, and Sir Hubert Opperman. by Brian Scheid on a big gear I was under no illusion of the seriousness of the competition and wondered how many would arrive in Adelaide. The competitors showed their keen­ ness right from the start in Queensland when they rode over the dreaded "Toll bar" climb in 33 degrees of heat. Here Adelaide fireman Doug Holly 53 crossed the line at the top of the hor­ rendous climb 1 minute 27 seconds ahead of second placed, former Games representative, John Laws 56 (also of Adelaide). The tough conditions were to con­ tinue over the remainder of the highway We've put years of interspersed course. Just when every­ one thought the most difficult parts of experience & the race were behind, on the final day between Murray Bridge and Nairne expertise into (KOM stage) ferocious headwinds of between 60 and 80 kph were encoun­ our business tered resulting in only 11 riders finishing the stage. - the business of At one point, riders were down to 12 km/h in low gears. giving cyclists Even if there is never another Apple & Pear Vets Tour the veteran riders have indicated, that despite their advancing everything they need years, they too are just as competitive as ... TRY US. you won't be disappointed.

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Luigino Stocco of Bundaberg about to be attended by first aid officer Jack Boothey of Adelaide after Stocco crashed in the FOR CYCLING Strathmerton stage finish.

Free wheeling JI EXAS, DESPITE a few days of rain and some spartan accommo­ T dation , was good to us and sur­ prisingly its great expanse had ended far too soon. Louisiana, however, rekindled the excitement for here we were to re­ ndezvous with two friends we met back ST IVES at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The plan was to arrive in New Orleans in time for the Jazz Festival. BICYCLE CENTRE Frosty and Kevin weren't too keen to take the detour to New Orleans. The American half of our band of coast to 237 Mona Vale Road, St Ives coast adventurers preferred to cycle on slowly and wait at Waynesboro, Missis­ sippi, in four day's time. We all wrote the date and venue in our diaries. Mike and Ph: 449 8289 I reasoned that the jazz festival must be nothing new to them but maybe they didn't want to steal our dancing partners. Ever since the Grand Canyon Proud to be sponsor of Werner Michael had a fixation on New Orleans. (Wally) Wahlrab, Australia's best In the morning after our fabulous frolic at the Mardi Gras he confirmed what I MTB rider was secretly prepared for all along. Mar­ garet, one of our hosts, would be show­ ing Michael a lot more of New Orleans. So I wished him well and agreed to keep • 1985-86 Australian Champ in contact via the mail. • 1986 Victorian Champ Back on the road my priorities fo­ cused on reuniting with the remainder • 1987 NSW Champ of the Atlantic bound team. I met Frosty in 1984 during his cycling adventures down-under. We had become very close "Wally" Wohlrab rides and recommends friends and corresponded for a year to plan this joint adventure. A tempting week in New Orleans couldn't over­ shadow my initial purpose. We had ag­ reed to rendezvous on Wednesday and barring a broken leg this Aussie would be there. Over the next three days I rode as if John KITCHEN Mountain Bikes possessed. My 24 hours cultural enrich­ ment had me refocused on the bitumen knowing my legs could pay the price. * Werner Wohlrab Replica 600 kilometres in three days was only slightly more than we were averaging MTB available for order NOW over this undulating countryside. Road­ side retailers confirmed that my team Price $1520.00 was just under a day ahead. After mixing with the multitudes at (Now you've got no excuse to come second) the jazz festival the solitude of cycling was refreshing. It is powerful to share the rhythm of swaying crowds and the musical vibrations which stir the soul; it We stock MT Racing, Centurion, Repco, is moving to be swept along by the New Haro and Diamond Back bikes. Orleans atmosphere. Yet it is naturally pleasant to return to basics: alone, on a bicycle , monitoring a map and planning the route ahead. Special of the month IRC Racer X-1 As a Ione touring cyclist you attract a tyres (the original lmobby) only $25 each. lot of attention and can be offered much hospitality. On the first day in Nachez, the oldest city of the Mississippi, I was QUALITY ROAD RACING, TOURING AND MOUNTAIN BIKES-TOTALLY HAD MADE the guest of the Blanch family. The next F~ ~•;,::~ EXCLUSIVE TO: 0,s. day Mr Ben Castle, the sports editor of ~cZ,.% ST IVES BICYCLE CENTRE ~~:~~* the Brookhaven Leader in Mississippi -:;;..,,,.,,,,,.,~ 237 Mona Vale Rd., St Ives NSW 2075 (02) 449 8289 ~ ,::. ::: invited me home and featured an article -:,,,,::_,~,$" A BICYCLE IS ONLY AS GOOD AS IT IS ASSEMBLED ~:.::::;<"" on the dilemma of a kangaroo trying to catch two eagles on bicycles. On the eoasttoeoast

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JOHN BROWN completes his trans-America bicycle odyssey third day the Ross fam il y who farm cat­ around here most of the morning. I was profit for the second night in succession. fis h invited me to morning tea and a afraid they were waiting to demolish our It appeared the Waynesboro rendezv­ refreshing swim in their dam. That night all-you-can-eat-for-$3 .50 lunch but for­ ous had been misinterpreted. A I was the guest of the Monticell o camp­ tunately they left on bicycles at 10 .30 thousand thoughts were buzzing ing complex on the Pearl River. am. Never seen bikes like those; fl ags through my mind . Had these guys I rode into Waynesboro just as the sun fl apping everywhere and lo aded like doubted my word? Had some new fac­ was setting. Willpower and single-min­ trucks they were. They friends of tors forced them on? There was one sure dedness had kept me on target. An en­ yours?" questioned the lady. way to find out. quiry directed me to "The Sizzler", the "Not today they're not! " I mumbled only salad bar in town. I couldn't see any as I paid fo r a salad bar ticket. How other bikes so I parked my cycle walked could those guys confuse our deal? This It is essential that touring teams have insi de. " I bet those Ya nks are hiding was Way nesboro and it was Wednesday. an emergency plan in case of unforseen somewhere" , I reassured myself. I fe lt Could they have possibly meant wait problems. I dialled the emergency uneasy as I enquired about the eagles. until Wednesday rathe r then wait on phone number. I rang three times that "Never seen anyone eat as much as Wednesday? I felt sick . But not too sick night without contacting Frosty's those boys. In fact they were waiting to ensure that this restaurant made no brother, Howard. My morning phone-in

Freewheeling 33 was again unanswered. No matter how toes. My bike shorts were chafing me so ronment. I call it smelling flowers. Un­ upsetting, I needed an answer. As they badly that I had to pedal in Speedos. fortunately I had barely smelt a blade of were still a day ahead I needed an early Despite new cycling gloves my ulna grass since New Orleans. I questioned start to catch up. nerve problem was returning with the my priorities. The decision to "catch the We usually pedalled at the same speed pins and needles sensation now ever eagles" or "smell the flowers" was a de­ so I needed to spend more time on the present in both hands. My isolation ap­ cisive dilemma. bike . I hoped they didn't think I had peared to highlight what were previ­ "Hey it's too hot out there for a bicy­ slipped past them . I didn't want a one ously regarded as trivial irritations. But cle. Come in and cool down son," in­ thousand kilometre game of chasings. I was determined to make it as long as vited° the southern drawl. The fruit stall Also phone calls at every opportunity the bike held together. My replacement proprietor turned the sprinklers toward were robbing me of valuable time. I de­ derailleur was playing up and the buckle me so that I could take a footpath cided to cycle each precious morsel of in my back wheel was increasing daily. A shower. daylight and restrict the phoning to the tip for cycle tourists: don't share the "That feels better. Thanks a lot. I evening. tools if your group splits. don't suppose you saw two crazy fools For some reason today felt tough. Lit­ A prerequisite to a successful cycle like me pass by yesterday?", I spluttered tl e problems were aggravating me. The tour is a flexible itinerary. Never pass between facefulls of refreshing spray. sole of my left touring shoe snapped in opportunities to talk with the people "Can't deny any of that", agreed the half and the pedal pressure numbed my and experience the energy of the envi- storekeeper. "Those boys flew past like it was life and death. Bicycle riding in Alabama is crazy any time of the year. The way those boys were moving denied them any claim to sanity," ruled the worldly storekeeper. "Do you recall the time of this tragedy? ," I gulped after swallowing a mouthful of speeding droplets. "A little later than now because it was somewhat cooler. In fact it was ap­ proaching lock up time, so it was at least three hours later", he recalled. That was the encouragement I needed. I was gaining on those unstopp­ able fools. This fool was going to keep it that way. So despite my physical prob­ lems and mechanical irritations I pedal­ led off into a century of humidity and temperature, greedy for miles. I was temporarily chilled by the thought that DAVE SCOTT, FIVE TIME these guys may think I was in front of them. If either of us reached the Atlan­ IRONMAN, IS FAST AND TOUGH. tic ununited it would be so disappoint­ ing. At this pace the ocean was less than a week away. SO IS HIS HELMET. I pedalled into darkness and reached Dave Scott, triathlon ace and five time US lranman needs ta maintain the city of Evergreen. After dinner I his competitive edge. That's why he wears an Avenir helmet. dialled the familiar Michigan number. A venir helmets are mighty tough, with an immensely strong outer shell Howard was home! I felt saved but the and impact resistant inner liner. But unlike conventional helmets the A venir others hadn't phoned since Waynesboro has been uniquely engineered ta sit lower with less frontal mass and drag. because they thought I stayed on in Sa if you want that competitive edge, slip an an A venir helmet Louisiana. My message left with How­ at your specialist bicycle dealer today. ard was concise, "Stop or die! " Even if Frosty didn't phone in I figured my dawn to dusk cadence would draw me level in a couple of days. By mid-morning I had another 100 kilometres behind me and looking for another 150. Although my physical state was on automatic pilot there were deprived elements within me begging me to be nourished. Latest information had me only five hours behind. Somehow I had to get a message to those guys to stop and wait. I flagged down interstate truckies; I in­ formed the highway patrol and I stop­ ped Tommy Wood . Tommy thought I wanted a lift. He pulled down the tail gate on his pick-up truck so I could slip AVENIA HELMETS ARE ANOTHER PREMI UM the bike in . I explained how I couldn't CYCLING ACCESSORY EXCLUSIVELY SUPPLI ED "'l AVENIR AND RECOMM ENDED BY MALVERN STA R. AHEAD OF THE REST hreak the journey coast to coast. Tommy was so taken by my predicament that he promised to drive along Highway 84 until he found my friends. "I'm just driv-

34 Freewheeling ing around anyways. There is no way day I found it impossible to pedal slowly empty bottle with Atlantic Ocean. For they will get to Enterprise before me." without feeling tired. We mechanically 5000 kilometres this empty vessel was . That afternoon I parked my bicycle in persevered deeper into Georgia as our clinking against its full Pacific counter­ a conspicuous place on a high bridge minds wandered through the eight states part, waiting to taste the Atlantic. Every and paused for a swim and a shady behind us. Tonight was to be our last kilometre felt like an individual unit. lunch . I was enjoying a tomato sandwich night on the road. Jekyll Island is the home of mil­ when my name echoed through the deep We camped at the Waycross fair­ lionaires. In the early 1900's one sixth of canyon. " Hello , John Brown," was the grounds. It was a special night with a the world's wealth belonged to people eerie call. campfire, billy tea, spuds in the coals, living or owning property on Jekyll Is­ "ls that you Tommy?" I jovially re­ damper and toasted marshmallows. land. I could see why. The warm cli­ turned the echo. Tommy brought re­ With the trip all but completed, a blend mate, waterways and tropical scenery freshments but no news of the invisible of nostalgia, relief and fulfillment per­ presented this paradise as an ideal riders. A storekeeper had sighted the vaded our mood. Around the campfire venue for those with abundant time and pedal pushers just before Enterprise. we all expressed our thoughts openly on money. Tommy drove an extra 50 kilometres tape. Our tapes are an uncut diary and Today we felt the richest people on without a glimpse of either of them. The coupled with our journals a nd photos Jekyll Island . Tropical blossoms deco­ eagles were certainly flying low or were reproduce the aroma of every flower rated the manicured parklands as we they nesting? Scrambled eggs were on along the way. Sometimes during dinner inched our way to the beach. We ven­ the menu when I caught up. we would listen to a tape of an earlier tured from the shade of magnificent That afternoon I rode 140 kilometres experience. What a vivid recall of a sen­ foliage to park our bikes on the open and reached Dothan just on dark. At a timental journey for those who push the beach in a triangle of unity. I took my restaurant i rang Howard and he was pedals. It took a long while for all of us sealed bottle of Pacific water in my left home. The boys now had my message to have our say that night. hand and undid the screw top of the and said that they were looking forward The morning 100 kilometres to empty Atlantic bottle with my right as to stopping or dying in Columbia just Brunswick Harbour took forever. I was slowly the three of us walked into the across the Georgia State line. anxious to see Jekyll Island and fill my Atlantic Ocean, clothes and all. The eagles were only 20 kilometres away. I rejoiced with Howard and danced my way into the servery. How I enjoyed that meal. My disposition felt injected with that missing sparkle. I was suddenly befriended by Clarence and Joy Manly. They insisted on paying for my meal, put me up for the night and gave me the red carpet treatment! I had cycled 1000 kilometres solo through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Georgia and my cycling partners were waiting tomorrow. The timing was close to the wire. After Geor­ gia there was nothing except the Atlan­ tic . I had no intention of swimming after those guys. l couldn't miss Frosty's and Kevin's bike flags hanging loose in the early morning Georgia stillness. The eagles were perched beside their loaded bikes on the steps of the first gas station in town . I nonchalantly parked my bike were it belonged. Silently and purposefully I sat beside my mates. " Don't suppose you guys have seen two puny Yanks pedal­ ling toward the Atlantic?," l carefully remarked without looking at either per­ son . "That depends on why you want DURABILITY, PRECISION, LIGHTWEIGHI ALL THAT YOU NEED them?," smiled Frosty, unable to hide FOR YOUR BICYCLE. IT'S HERE . . . IT'S HATTA his pent up emotions. I stood up trying to look mean as I Available from all leading faced the equally hopeless actors. We REPCO CYCLE DEALERS - burst into laughter as a spontaneous dive fl attened them on the steps. "Tell 'em I'm gonna hug 'em to death", I yel­ led. We joked, accused , understood and rolled around the bowsers while some motorists looked on. We chatted the whole day on the bikes and were still exchanging thoughts around a dining table in Albany that night. We were only two days from the HEAD OFFICE - 25 HAMILTON ST HUNTINGDALE, VICTORIA. AUSTRALIA coast but I felt unwound already. Next

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DUGGAN 583 2854 CLIFTON HILL MELBOURNE BICYCLE CENTRE 489 5569 COBRAM ARTAVILLA EMPORIUM (058) 72 1726 COBURG SPURWAY CYCLES 386 2930 CROYDON SOUTH GOLDCROSS CYCLES 723 2427 DANOENONG IAN BROWN CYCLES 791 3439, BICYCLE SUPERSTORE 794 6588 DONCASTER EASTTOP GEAR CYCLES 848 9295 ECHUCA IVOR LAWTON CYCLES (054) 82 3597 EPPING THE BICYCLE DEPOT 401 3938 FERNTREE GULLY FERNTREE GULLY CYCLES 758 7514 FOREST HILL RAYS BICYCLE CENTRE 877 2311 FOOTSCRAY RAYS BICYCLE CENTRE 68 1385 FRANKSTON PEDAL POWER 783 4787 GEELONG NORTH BIKE POWER (052) 77 0870 GLEN WAVERLEY GLEN WAVERLEY CYCLES 560 2178 GREENSBOROUGH DIAMOND VALLEY CYCLES 435 1158 HASTINGS PEDAL POWER (059) 79 1776 HAWTHORN LAWRENCIA CYCLES 818 2850 HAWTHORN EAST JUNCTION CYCLES 882 4985 HIGHm TERRY HAMMOND BICYCLES 555 8263 IVANHOE IVANHOE CYCLE WORKS 49 5209 KEILOR EAST CENTREWAY CYCLES 336 2239 KERANG BLACKMORE & WOOD (054) 52 1316 KNOX CITY THE CYCLE CENTRE LAVERTON WESTGATE SPORTS 369 1298 MAFFRA ALEXANDER CYCLES & SPORTS (051) 47 2442 MALVERN EAST ACTION CYCLES 5721306 MIDDLE BRIGHTON BRIGHTON CYCLES 592 5454 MILDURA SUE & PETER HODGSON CYCLES (050) 23 6041 MOE VALLEYTOY HOUSE (051) 27 2797 MOUNT WAVERLEY WILFS CYCLERY 543 3293 MYRTLEFORO SAM'S SPORTING CENTRE (057) 52 1023 PRAHRAN MELBOURNE BICYCLE CENTRE 529 3752 PRESTON RAYS BICYCLE CENTRE 478 2064 RINGWOOD THE BICYCLE WORKSHOP 879 2883 SALE SALE CYCLE CENTRE (051) 441477 SEYMOUR SEYMOUR SPORTS (057) 92 3699 SHEPPARTON MIKERON SPORTS (058) 21 2934 SUNBURY SUNBURY CAR SHOP 744 2598 SWAN HILL LES O'HALLORAN SPORTS (050) 32 3042 TOOTGAROOK FREEWHEELING CYCLES (059) 85 3232 TRARALGON KENNEDYS HARDWARE (051) 74 2233, SPIKES BIKES (051) 74 1997 WANGARATTA WOODS CYCLE CENTRE (057) 21 5299 WARRAGUL ACTIVE OUTDOOR SPORTS (051) 23 1944 WARRNAMBOOL DEGRANDl'S SPORTSGOODS (055) 62 2325 WERRIBEE SPORTSGALDRE 741 6841 WOOONGA J.A. MATTHEWS (060) 24 1257 YARRAWONGA YARRAWONGA SPORTS (057) 44 1951 QUEENSLAND: ALSTONVILLE CYCLES 28 5345 ANNERLEY BURTS CYCLE SERVICE 391 2474 AYR CUTTER SPORTS DEPOT 83 2239 BEENLEIGH BEEN LEIGH CYCLES 287 3588 BLACKWATER THREE JAYS SPORTS 82 5054 BOOVAL BOOVAL TOYWORLD 82 4066 BRISBANE LIFECYCLE 262 6888 BUNDABERG SWIFTS CYCLES 71 4111 BURANDA QUALITY CYCLES 393 1342 BURLEIGH HEADS BURLEIGH BICYCLE WORLD 35 6518 CAIRNS TRINITY CYCLES 51 6380, MANUNDA CYCLES 53 4894 CALOUNDRA SUNSHINE COAST CYCLES 91 6141 CHERMSIDE BERRETTO BICYCLES 359 4923 CLONTARF LEADER CYCLES 284 1333 COOPAROO CAVES OF COOPAROO 397 2941 ENOGGERA A CYCLE INN 355 4536 GLADSTONE SNEDDS CYCLES 57 7926 GOROONVALE PYRAMID CYCLES 56 1070 GYMPIE OLYMPIA CYCLES 82 1895 INOOOROOPILIY THE BICYCLE SPECIALISTS 378 4887 INGHAM WONDERLAND TOYS 76 1888 INNISFAIL INNISFAIL CYCLE & SPORTS 61 1416 IPSWICH JOHNSON CYCLES 202 4208 KAWANA WATERS KAWANA CYCLES 44 3433 LUTWYCHE TOM WALLACE CYCLES 857 1685 MACKAY MACKAYTOYWORLD 57 5178 MAREEBA EDDLESTON MOTORS 921517 MAROOCHYDORE MULGA BILl'.S CYCLES 43 3184 MARYBOROUGH TARRANTS PTY LTD. 22 2999 MIAMI MIKES BIKES 35 8799 MOUNT ISA CURLY DANN SPORTS 43 3691 MURWILLUMBAH MURWILLUMBAH CYCLE WORKS 721368 NAMBOUR NAM BOUR FUNTASTIC 411669, TURN BULLS SPORTS 41 2013 NERANG NERANG BICYCLE WORLD 96 3432 OXLEY OXLEY CYCLES 379 8862 PALM BEACH PALM BEACH CYCLES 34 3172 REDCLIFFE REDCLIFFE CYCLES 203 4851 ROCKHAMPTON ALLENSTOWN CYCLES 271249, THOMMO'S BIKES 28 5342, WHITE'S TOYLAND 27 5033 SOUTHPORT CYCLE & SURF INN 32 2874, BURLEIGH BICYCLES 32 9811 STRATHPINE STRATHPINE CYCLES 205 2447 TOOWOOMBA BRIAN PAGE CYCLES 38 2242, KEV OLSEN CYCLES 32 2942 TOWNSVILLE CYCLE CITY 71 5800, TOYWORLD TOWNSVILLE 79 0277 UNDERWOOD THE BIG BIKE SHOP 341 7444 WOODRIDGETHE BICYCLE SPECIALISTS 209 5488 WYNUMM BAYSIDE CYCLES 393 5107, GLENN'S CYCLES 396 1594 WESTERN AUSTRALIA: '\ ALBANY YOUR BIKE & MOPED DEALER 41 6844 ARMADALE ARMADALE CYCLE WORLD 399 3370 BALCATTA BALCATTA BIKES 344 1656 BELMONT BELVIDERE CYCLES 277 3677, THE BICYCLE ENTREPRENEUR 277 9181 BUNBURY FITZROYS BUNBURY 21 8600 BUSSELTON BUSSELTON AUTO PARTS 52 2887 CANNINGTON OLIVERS CYCLELAND 458 7716, SWAN CYCLE MART 458 8302 CLAREMONT AVOCET CYCLES 384 8365 COMO BICYCLE WORLD 445 3443 EAST FREMANTLE OLIVERS CYCLELAND 3391415, THE CYCLEMAN 3391520 FREMANTLE MERCER CYCLES 335 9536 GERALDTON ELMAC CYCLES 21 3279 GOSNELLJET CYCLES 398 2359 INGLEWOOD STIRLING CYCLES 271 5394 INNALOO MORRIS BIKES AND SPORTS 446 4446 KALAMUNDA KALAMUNDA CYCLES 293 2115 KALGOORLIE HANNAN STREET CYCLES 21 2467, JOHNSTON CYCLES 211157 MANDURAH CYCLES MANDURAH 35 6490, PUSH 'N' PEDAL 35 5662 MAYLANDS SPEEDLITE CYCLES 2711493 MIRRABOOKA CRYSTAL CYCLES 349 4777 MORLEY WARD CYCLES 276 5181 MUNDARING CYCLE CARE 295 2042 MYAREE NORTH LAKE BIKE & SPORTS 330 6628 NEWMAN RONS BIKE SHOP 75 2008 NOLLAMARA GEORGES BIKES 344 2393 NORTHAM NORTHAM CYCLES 622 2005 NORTH PERTH NORTH PERTH CYCLEMART 444 3483, PAL CYCLES 328 7253 PADBURY PADBURY BIKE SHOP 401 6877 PARABURDOO ASHBURTON INDUSTRIES 89 5226 PORT HEDLAND HEDLAND CYCLES 73 1304 ROCKINGHAM AN DYS BIKE & SPORTS CENTRE 27 4060, ROCKINGHAM CYCLES 27 4457 SAFETY BAY SAFETY BAY BIKE & BOAT SHOP 27 4846 VICTORIA PARK THE PARK CYCLE SHOP 361 4172 WANGARAJOHNS BIKE SHOP 409 8224 WEMBLEY CAMBRIDGE CYCLES 387 3708 WILLffiON BURRENDAH BIKES 332 3698, WILLETTON CYCLE CITY 57 7614 SOUTH AUSTRALIA: ADELAIDE SUPER ELLIOTS 223 3946, STANDISH CYCLES 212 3363 BRIGHTON KELLERS CYCLES 296 8861 BROADVIEW BROADVIEW CYCLES 261 2222 CLEARVIEW CYCLELAND 262 4288 COLONNADES STANDISH CYCLES 384 4704 OERNANCOURT DERNANCOURT CYCLES 336 7806 GLENELG HOLDFAST CYCLES 294 4537 INGLEFARM TRAK CYCLES 265 0357 KILBURN J.T. CYCLES 260 6678 KILKENNY J.T. CYCLES 268 6404 KLEMZIG STANDISH CYCLES 261 1696 MOUNT BARKER ALDGATE CYCLES MOUNT GAMBIER BRUCE DOWDELLS CYCLES 25 2953 MILE END STANDISH CYCLES 43 5435 OAKLANDS PARK STANDISH CYCLES 296 2376 POORAKA DISCOUNT CYCLES 260 4365 PORT PIRIE WELLINGTON CYCLES 32 1219 PROSPECT ADELAIDE CYCLERY 344 6353 ST. AGNES ST. AGNES CYCLES 264 7888 SALISBURY J.T. CYCLES 250 7100, J.T. CYCLES 258 4074 STIRLING ALDGATE CYCLES 339 5954 TEA TREE PLAZA TRAK CYCLES 264 6001 TOO RAK GARDENS BURNSIDE CYCLES 31 0313 TORRENSVILLE J.T. CYCLES 43 9914 UNLEY STANDISH CYCLES 271 9733 WARRADALE BERNIE JONES CYCLES 296 9652 WESTLAKES STANDISH CYCLES 356 5492 WOODVILLE J.T. CYCLES 268 2019 WHYALLA U PEDAL CYCLES 45 8476 TASMANIA: DEVONPORT NOEL VON BIBRA (004) 24 7778 LAUNCESTON KEVIN McBAIN CYCLES (003) 31 9414 NORTHERN TERRITORY: DARWIN ROSSETTOS SPORTS CENTRE 81 4436 CASUARINA SPORTSMART 27 5518

Freewheeling J7 BIKE/RAIL PATRONS RIPPED OFF

BictJcle transportation

Melbourne's rail network faces a further loss of patrons if bike theft is not stopped. by ALAN A PARKER

38 Freewheeling BOUT 4,500 cyclists have had their bicycles stolen from rail­ ~OO F PAN EL way stations in metropolitan A MOO K lUPPOR T------­ Melbourne since 1980. The impact of ENO PA NEL this massive theft on patronage has been LO(Kl UIE LDl AMO OMll DIA devastating. In 1981 an annual survey by UAR D£m rnRou,Hm, L CAA IW5 TO WITH ~TANO the Metropolitan Rail Transport Author­ ATTA()( BY 24 " BDL' CUil~ ! ity, Metrail , revealed that 2,200 rail pat­ rons used bicycles to get to the station .,. but there are only 900 bike-rail patrons f0"1E ASSt"1SlY MM!: Flo)~ lMM Pml£D !'£cc CUANWEl left today. ______mTIDNS .TUROu,k,,Qf the 1975 to 1981 trend of increasing If PW TIC WAffD 5T££L 5Hil patronage had continued there would fO R ROO F! fQO PA NELS have been at least 3,500 bike-rail pat­ COMM ON ! RAJ[ PHSIIN• rons today with the potential for even greater increases in the future. Instead 760 bicycles were stolen in 1986 and an­ -All PAR Tl £XCEPT ROO F .ANDtNO PAUHl 1!) 5f lWT other 400 will be stolen before the first 011 W VANIS[O of new breed of locking devices are in­ stalled. lCALf1:40 VIEW OF BACK WA LL WITl1 2 LAOIE5 BICYC LE'l The reason for the thefts is that the 1m TOmtm mi: DOOllOC~ supervised lock-up rooms and racks on fOR 5 $ TO(6Ml!1U rw. LOCK l ro bE m~m w~rn station platforms, provided before 1970, l£11UIRl'UPARf LOm rn Br have been systematically removed and Kfl'T mR Drm. cyclists condemned to put their bicycles off the platform where professional thieves prefer them to be. Since 1975 3,000 useless racks have been provided, mostly in places convenient for a profes­ ( sional thief using bolt cutters to load up his getaway vehicle out of sight of sta­ tion staff. :::ct:'J :f;',_."'-'-L-Ll: r Since 1980 there has been an annual increase in bicycle sales of 88 .5% per year and over 100,000 more Melbour­ l ·----=--.u nians are using bicycles for exercise, commuting, shopping and recreation, lOtt llUElb l tllAIN. but not to ride to the stations. The reason for this is simple: most potential LOCK UP CAGE bike-rail users have been scared away DESIGN BY a &Im UUNC VE'lTICAlly_ 2 HO~IZGNTAL ON aAC K WAL L because of fear of theft. A.PARKER ~ g1mm OK IUU IOf rKD WALL5 The problem of vandalism to bicycles was dealt with in the report but is going to be ignored by incompetent engineers It is good that this Minister now wants that bike-rail patronage growth rates responsible for implementing the re­ to put bikes back on the p latforms, but can increase at a much higher level than port. This comes as no surprise because he has not provided the fu nds for instal­ the 8.5% annual growth rate for bicycle over the last ten years cycling organisa­ ling proper lock-up facilities on the fifty sales. The current 6.5% decline in bike­ tions have given three Transport Minis­ fu ll y-staffed stations that need them. A rail usage since 1981 is due almost en­ ter's the facts about theft and no action handful of bicycle lockers and chains tirely to uncontrolled theft and van­ has been taken. attached to fence posts is all that cyclists dalism arising out of past incompetence, It seems logical that the theft victims will get. as is graphically illustrated in the accom­ are not going to be selling rail travel to panying chart. their friends. Neither are the similar HAT the new MTA report does number of patrons who have had their show is that the most practical bicycles severely vandalised. The sub­ W means of increasing rail pat­ liminal message the cycling community ronage is to exploit the b icycle boom is getting, is don't bother with the train; and encourage some of the 85% of Mel­ just drive to work. bournians who li ve beyond convenient The new Hicycle Facilities Report com­ walking distance of a station to ride a .. missioned by the Metropolitan Trans­ bicycle to the station. T his has been ~ 100 0 port Authority (MTA) and carried out done successfully in Japan where met­

Don Glasson and Alan ropolitan rail systems have acquired ~ by consultants p over two million new bike-rail patrons, 5 00 Parker recommends that thief and van­ .,"',. suburbs, in the past ~ dal resistant lock-up cages, and/or bicy­ mostly in the outer :, z cle lockers, be provided on over 100 10 years. 197576 11 78 79 8 0 S I 8 2 &I FI • 85 8G 87 8 8 89 90 stations but the Minister, when he an­ There has also been a 20 % annual YEAR nounced his plans to the press, only growth in bike-rail patrons on the promised to let cyclists park their bikes Munich rail system since secure bicycle Melbourne Bike/Rail Users - Parked Bicy­ on the platforms of 23 stations on a six facilities have been provided. This cles and Theft. months trial basis. proves that the problem is soluble and

Freewhee/ing 19 If vandali sm and theft had been brought under control in 1981, current usage wo ul d have been around 3,500 with the prospect of 10,000 bike-rail patrons by the earl y 1990's

WHO RIDES TO THE STATION A survey of 289 bike rail users revealed that most bike-rail users are male and commute to work or educational institu­ tions. Onl y one fifth of those who com­ pleted the questionnaire were fe male and nearl y half of these were of school age. A greater number but smaller per­ centage of male bike-rail travellers were of school age (21 % ) ; 36% of the men were 25 to 39 years old and 25% were over 40 years old . About one third of all respondents were fu ll time students (30%) and most of the others ( 62 % ) were in fu ll time employment. T he main reasons for choosing to cycle to a station are speed, conveni­ The survey revealed a massive prob­ A bicycle parking lot at a Japanese railway ence, cheapness and health . Walking is lem of both theft and vandalism. Eigh­ station where the theft rate is a fifth of that in the most common alternative mode for teen percent of cyclists had a bike stolen Victoria. bike/rail patrons when they don't cycle and 44% had a bike vandalised at a sta­ to the station . T he surveyed cyclists tion in the past year. Forty four percent suggested the fo ll owing improvements: thought it likely, or very likely, that their • Undercover/sheltered facilities (39%) bikes would be stolen in the coming had been cycling to the station fo r more • Individual lock up facili ties/private year. than five years and 20% had been cycl­ lockers (17%) There was fo und to be a hard core of ing to the stati on fo r less than a year. • Visible faci lities (visible to staff) regul ar users and a high turnover of new Distances travelled varied from a few (15%) users. Just over a quarter of the cyclists hundred metres to over five kilometres

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40 Freewheeling more favourably than cars and is but very few cyclists travelled less than cle compares E much more convenient than trains or buses. one kilometre and nearly one half -" This chart uses a Dutch rail station to illus­ or 3 i!: 31------+------t---!! ( 48 % ) said that they travelled 2 Cl trate the point as Australian data is not avail­ kilometres. § able. Note that the average speed in km/hr is ~ 21------t-c= ,M-'~ '.J_- - --+---+-t-----i that iii shown against the average trip length and ... in terms of both time and speed the bicycle :(C K)O fw~;;.;;;:~=_;~~-,~~~=UAPANJ ~89 7 1 performs well as a means of access. I­ ~ 1 I---A"'1"-~--• WALK 4km/hr - "'80 I "'w >"' Effec tive ITravel' Speed• 0 _J___ J__.:; fr::::om~ho.::;m.:;;e:..:t:"-0 .:::bo::•c.;rd:'::ing"'-'-'tr.;..ai~n .< 0 ~:._....1.... _ ~ 60 - 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 TIME MINUTES HE Bicycle Facilities Report DIAGONAL= AVERAGE ACCESS TRIP TIME potential HORZONTAL = AVERAGE STATION WAITING TIME clearly establishes the T of bike-rail travel to reduce the When considering the potential for access number of long urban car trips and thus trips to change from car to bike it is important reduce noise and air pollution, road con­ into account the time taken to park a to take gestion and fuel consumption. How­ 3 6 car and the time spent waiting for the train . BICYCLE TRIP LENGTH km What is important is the total time from leav­ ever, further research is necessary to ing home to getting on the train and the bicy- estimate the market size. Railway Bicycle Access.

The distance travelled by bike rail users in other countries is remarkably similar and the Metrail user sample falls in the middle range in an average posi­ ULTRA tion. Is seems reasonable to assume that incentives to encourage bike-rail usage TOUGH will be similar in all these countries. However, theft rates do vary between countries and this would seem to have a significant effect on the growth rate of bike-rail usage. Indeed the bicycle theft rate in Australia per 100,000 population is five times higher than it is in Japan.

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Freewheeling 41 BICYCLE STORAGE FACILITY DESIGN • The design and si ting of facilities • Where a platform does not have suit­ ANDSITING must be geared to minimising theft and able or sufficient fence posts, leaning vandalism, with weather protection as a rails should be installed in the short­ Bicycle facilities are not throw-away high but secondary priority. Conveni­ term to provide secure storage. They items. They must be designed to last at ence and ease of use are important should be equipped with hardened least fifteen years and to take into ac­ criteria but should not be achieved at through chains and lock-shields. count predictable improvements to the the expense of security. It seems unlikely that increasing bicy­ professional thieves' tools of trade. You cle sales will be translated into increas­ do not design to cope with yesterday's ing bike-rail usage unless the most cru­ theft problem, but to cope with thieves • Facilities should be sited on plat­ cial recommendation for the develop­ who may in the future be using new forms , preferably on the Up (serving ment of a batch produced low cost 'lock­ super-hard cutting devices and battery trains to the city) platform , and in a up' cage is implemented by the MTA. operated power tools. The best way to location capable of surveillance. The use of platform fence posts to beat professional thieves is to recognise lock bikes is a short term solution that that there are "professionals" who are • Bicycle lockers provide security from does not deal with the worsening prob­ likely to be more adept at using new theft and vandalism and protection from lem of vandalism. At the time of writing technology for thieving than engineers the weather. Unless purchased in very Metrail engineers still had not produced worki1Jg in a bureaucratic environment large numbers they can cost in the order working drawings of the modular lock­ are in combatting thievery. of $1,000 installed, however the cost of a up cage, or developed and improved Briefly the new report recommends car space can be of this order too if land bicycle lockers and this writer was told that: costs are included and considerably that this work will not be done. The at­ • After the Christmas period there will more at inner and middle suburban sta­ titude of Metrail senior management be an influx of new bicycles at stations tions where higher land va lues apply. appears to be that this report will be and a cheap but secure facility is re­ (Note that there is also the option of forgotten the next time there is a quired so that a large number of stations letting private operators lease lockers to ministerial reshuffle and the present can very quickly be equipped with stor­ patrons as is the current practice in Syd­ Minister moves on. age equipment on the platform which is ney). It is very obvious that bureaucratic secure against the professional thief and tokenism is what cyclists will actually get the decline in bike/rail travel can be in the way of facilities and there will be halted. A fence post lock up is recom­ • To rapidly and economicall y address no serious attempt to come to grips with mended which has hardened through the problems of theft and vandalism the either the problem of bicycle theft or chains resistant to 24" bolt cutters and a use of an enclosed cage to accommodate with vandalism . In the managerial lock-shield to protect the hasp of the ten bikes is recommended. This pro­ merry go round of perpetual reorganisa­ cyclist's padlock from bolt cutters. A vides a cheaper form of storage than a tion of the rail system, the needs of rail leafleting program will assist users to locker but can still provide protection patrons ·come way down on the bureauc­ use these devises properly. from theft, vandalism and rain. rats li st of priorities. MELBOURNE

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he Simpson Desert, the driest and THE WINNER of the Friends Provident wait for the sweep vehicle". The sweep toughest of Australia's unforgiving Simpson Desert Cycle Challenge, Peter Han­ followed the last rider and collected Jag­ Red Centre, has yet to be con­ sen of Canberra, puts on pace as he crests one gers; it became known as "The Grim T of the many low sand ridges that crossed the Reaper". quered by bicycle. route No one rider has yet succeeded in mak­ Hans Tholstrup, born in Denmark, ing the west-east crossing to Birdsville once set out to travel around the world, from South Australia on an ATB. The the eastern mainland States. To be part of and found Australia so much to his liking first organised attempt to subdue one of the Challenge each paid a $300 entry fee, that he stayed. The first Australian to the last bastions of unpedalled Australia which covered catering, water supplies (at make a round-the-world solo flight, and was made over Easter this year with the $3 per litre), medical back-up and the of­ also to cros the Simpson on foot, alone. Simpson Desert Cycle Challenge. Thirty ficials. Hans based the planning for the Cycle riders from all over Australia took up the Two riders, fames Layton of Coffs Challenge on an earlier BMX relay cross­ Challenge, organised by well-known Harbour and Mark Higley of Sydney, ac­ ing in 1982. Riders lined up in the dawn adventurer Hans Tholstup, and spon­ tually pedalled the 2500 kilometres to the light in their colourful road-tops, sunburn sored by Caltex and Friends Provident western-most sand dune of the Simpson. cream and floppy hats, and roared off at Life insurance. Birdsville was 370 kilom(!tres to the east. 7.30 am over the first of more than 1,300 Thirty entrants, and in most cases their Hans brought everyone together for a sand dunes. support crews, made their way to a lonely pre-start lecture on what he called "my The contestants themselves covered spot called Alka Seltzer Bore, by way of private sand pit". "This desert is unforgiv­ the spectrum of cycling experience from Oodnadatta, for the Saturday morning ing", Hans warned. "If you run out of semi-professional to rank novice. At one ~tart. The cvclists involved came from an· water or feel you can't make it, stop and end, riders like Phil McDonald of Vic-

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They didn't always succeed. One straight track, a wash-out, the next dune. toria, holder of several penny-farthing en­ sweep. who did very well was Leon (The No two were exactly alike. durance records. Peter Hansen of novice Fish) Fisher, of Wudinna in South The Challenge also ran into problems Canberra, 30, sponsored by Spokesman . "Fish" had never been in a on the first day. In the 1982 BMX cross­ Cycles, with five years' expereince in Australia or even touring ride in his ing, the light racing BMX's with young amateur racing. Reg McVilly, another competitive life, but ran in the top three: "Difficult to teenage riders had been able to stay on Victorian, the wiry holder of the with anyone else, when you live 260 top of the hard wind-crust of sand most of Melbourne-Adelaide-Melbourne record. ride kilometres from Port Augusta", he the time. The heavier ATB's with adults But some were in it simply so they observed. on board broke through and wallowed; could say, "I cycled in the Simpson The Challenge followed the Red Road, some walked up to 10 kilometres. A sand­ Desert". Anne-Liese Aumuller, aged 63, a track ploughed by oil drillers in the trap snared three back-up four-wheel of Adelaide, and fellow South Aussie l 960's. The cyclists bored across the flats drives in succession; beyond the after­ Arthur Conway were conducting an between each dune, laboured in granny noon water stop, steep 30 metre dunes equally intense battle to reach the water­ gears up to the crest, then slighered down with overhung crests, mocking any at­ stops, half-way through each 50 the far side under brakes. The view from tempts to continue. Hans accepted a ma­ kilometre morning or 70 kilometre after­ the top was the same each time, but dif­ jority consensus to car-life riders around noon section, or just to stay ahead of the ferent: low scrub, red sand, the dead- this section. "People have just realised the SPOKES CYCLES 89 Railway St, CORRIMAL, N.S.W. (042) 84 3434

Freewheeling 4S after a Simpson Desert consits of sand", he com­ by the simple method of letting off a There was an award of trophies mented bitterly. shotgun in the middle of the camp. charity lunch down at the community handed The Desert had clearly won the Various requirements dictated a finish centre, but no certificates were Simpson Challenge; the race to Birdsville, in Birdsville at lunchtime on Tuesday. To out as originally planned: the did the however, was still very much on. With a achieve this, Hans and the other had not been beaten. What be back back-track to the main Rig Road and a organisers decided to go for a final 180 cyclists think of it all? "Great. I'll earned 180 kilometre car trip the cyclists went kilometre car-lift off the Rig Road and next year", said "Fish" over a well on. Peter Hansen established a handy onto the Birdsville (Inside) Track. Peter Four-X. Spud of the catering corps called Hansen: lead early, and widened it on the long flat Hansen at this time ahd a clear I ½ hour it "God's Own Country". Peter st one and sections encountered heading south and lead over second place, where Phil "Really great, except for the la the short, east. Phil McDonald, running second, did McDonald and Fish were only minutes a half miles", a reference to just better on the dunes and preferred them, apart in overall times. almsot cobbled section of gibbers but few riders agreed with him. Further back in the field, the two before the town. was Some people had expected drifting youngest competitors, 13 year old relay And Hans Tholstrup? "This ride a Saharan-like dunes, and had found semi­ riders Tim Woolnough and Mark Trowell unique. No-one's ever tried running in permanent ones with bushes and grass. of Sydney were among the dozen who bike race through a desert anywhere ­ The cyclists as usual found the wildlife. completed all the stages. The finish line in the world before" he said. "It was a learn Dingoes were curious by day and night at Birdsville was strung across the road from ing experience for all of us. Next year, the world short distances; camels, less into scaveng­ one corner of the famous pub. The local we'll have riders from all over was clear­ ing, stayed well clear. The location of a kids soon latched on to what was happen­ coming to the Simpson." Hans had been stopped cyclists or a stop could be told by ing, though the denizens of the bar took a ly disappointed that the cyclists the column of hawks lazily circling in the more phlegmatic approach, at least until unable or unwilling to make the con­ the im­ thermals. Temperatures rose into the low everyone converged on the bar after­ tinuous crossing, but accepted was 30's in the afternoons. Snakes: the Dugite wards. possibility of it the way the ride hiccups and Simpson Desert Fierce Snakes were The first cyclist appeared at 11.10, 70 originally planned. Despite a few support occasionally seen, but usually made off minutes after the massed start, a hazy on the first day, the mobile and quickly. speck far down past the end of Birdsville's organisation settled down quickly trip. Salt lakes forced circuitous detours on main street out on the gibber flats. It was ran smoothly for the rest of the Simpson the third day. Some riders short-cutted Reg McVilly, streaming with sweat but The sublte grandeur of the riders and across them, but most were wary of get­ obviously very pleased to be first rider in. left an impression on all the mid­ ting bogged. The catering crew, John, Peter Hansen was next, followed surpris­ crew as deep as the silence under the the Alex and Spud, kept all competitors well ingly by Fish, who pipped Phil day sun. And a nagging mystery: can bicycle? fed for the duration. They also woke McDonald for overall second by just five desert really be conquered by .. . everyone up early on the final morning minutes. There's only one way to find out

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The European scene

JOHN DRUMMOND looks at the 1987 European race season and WARREN SALOMON previews local hero Phil Anderson's chances in the Tour de France. UROPE'S THIRD largest Tour ye ll ow jersey by a comfortable 42 sec­ competitor in all areas of stage racing by of Spain turned into a triumph for onds. dominating all the way. E Colombian Luis He rrera, who With three stages to the finish in Mad­ It was a tremendous victory by Elliott became the first non-European to win rid , Kelly was set to win his first major who never surrendered the yellow jersey the Spanish Tour. It was a popular win national tour when forced to withdraw that he won after the opening prologue. that h ad the Colombians back home unable to sit sq uarely in the saddle by a Soviet cyclist Alexandra Zinovev was danci ng in the streets. Following his badly placed seat boil. Ke lly stopped second overall and Pierre Le Bigaut of victory Herrera presented hi s winning riding shortly after the co mmencement France, was third . It was later an­ jersey to his country's president. of the fourth last stage. Hoping for a nounced that a test after the final stage, Herrera was the top climber in the miracle, the race doctor had lanced the which the Frenchman won, revealed 1985 Tour de France and a stage winner boil in a desperate bid to keep Kelly in caffeine, a " proscribed substance" in the 1984 Tour, and the win augured the race. under UCI regulations. Bigaut was well for his 1987 top Tour bid. The 30th Engli sh Milk Race ended by fined £500, suspended for one month Meanwhile, professional cycling's offi­ the Thames on Saturday 13th June after and relegated to a placing outside the cial number one, Sean Kelly suffered, 13 days and 1100 mil es of power pedal- top 20 overall. the g reatest disappointment of his bril­ 1i ng by British professional Malcolm liant career when he was forced to aban­ E lliott. Well known in Australia as a The decision to open the long time don the Tour whilst wearing the leaders road sprinter Elliott emerged as a tough British stage race to four professional

Freewheeling 47 teams was a wise one, despite a selec­ Television" company). Elliott's team bad judgement and not in the best in­ tion bungle that left the highly rated ANC-Halfords have also had some terest of the renewed growth of public Raleigh-Banana team on the sidelines major success during it's continental acceptance of British professional cycl­ whilst a team which included some near forays this year. ANC-Halfords recently ing. Most of the team members would veterans represented the Great Britain returned a contract to the Tour de Fr­ not know what it is like to ride a col, nor Professional Cyclists Association. ance organisers along with half of the have they got the experience or the The exasperation of team structuring £33,000 entry fee. A start in the famous maturity to handle a 250 kilometre stage did little to endear pro-cycling to its Tour is now proposed for the victorious with four cols and come up fresh the sponsors and no doubt the Milk Race ANC-Halfords who finally broke the next day and the one after that. organisers will think twice about en­ Russian domination of the British Milk Elliott, who looks like developing trusting team selection to outsiders in fu­ Race. into Britain's best road professional ture. Not any team is able to start in the since the late Tom Simpson (who won Tour de France, the returning of a con­ the world road championship in 1965) the risk of being completely de­ Not on!~ was the Milk Race a triumph tract does not necessarily mean a team is runs for the winner, professional Malcolm in , it has to be accepted. I believe the moralised by the enormity of the Tour be left Elliott, but also for British cycling. This British would be accepted on the basis de France, particularly should he was shown by the crowds who flocked to of their performances on the continent without team support. A long slow ap­ ~ondon to ~itness the spectacle of the and their second place in the Milk Race. proach through the Continent's minor final stage with its finish line on Water­ However, a combination of the two Hal­ tours would be a more sound approach . loo Bridge closed to traffic for the whole ford teams that rode in the Milk Race for ANC-Halfords and Malcolm Elliott who day. British cycling demonstrated what w~rnld be a formidable team in any tour, Stephen Roche, the Irish cyclist to is possible with consensus replacing divi­ with the exception of the Tour de will lead the Carrera Team in its bid sion . (Australia - please note.) France. win the Tour de France, slashed his way Malcolm Elliott, 26, apparently has British ANC-Halfords team have back to the top of the world professional ?eveloped into a more complete cyclist earned the respect for their early season cycling scene after a lack lustre season in the current surge of British profes­ continental one day classics and Milk last year. Riding in the early season sional cycling sparked off by Alan Race success. But they are not yet ready Swiss Tour de Romandie Roche rode Rushton (the man behind the "Sport for for the French Tour. A start would be with all his former power to clinch the Tour with a two-stage win on the final day. That was a portend for the future when he rode into the history books to become the first English speaking cyclist to win the Giro d'ltalia. Scotland's Robert Millar was second NAGUS/ overall, he also took out the Giro King of the Mountain title. 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"the most effective use of intake air of any He has two sons, Loren, 2, and Mathew pump", and delivered better measureable six months. They are now living in the performance than did more expensive less United States with their American versatile pumps. ' mother. Phil's chances of success don't look COST. good in this climber's tour, and will LOW depend very much on .how his traumas . You won't find a better performing, have left his physical and mental capac­ lighter frame pump for anything like ity. Nagusi's price, so check out the superb As this issue goes to press the world's Nagusi range at your specialist bicycle toughest sporting contests about to com­ dealer today and see the Nagusi difference. mence in West Berlin. Since that time it will have taken the 216 (mostly profes­ sional) cyclists of the 24 nine-man teams over 4000 kilometres of flat , undulating and mountainous country, on one of the toughest courses ever. During the three weeks of the Tour everything in France will stop at one time or another for cycling.

48 Freewhee/ing Not only does the spin off for the ment of the season. Last year he was his six Tours and up until his injury­ stage and race winners go on for the forced to withdraw from the early races prone season last year was placed in the following weeks, but this epic race gen­ of the long European season because of top ten each time. He stands a good erates big winnings for advertisers, an arthritic condition . He recovered chance this year but will need all the caterers, hotel-keepers, entertainers sufficiently to complete the big Tour but team support he can muster and trouble and other entrepreneurs to the tune of couldn't play a leading role in his free first week. an estimated 45 million dollars. Panasonic team's fortunes. Following the German capital hosting Following that injury and his 39th THE TOUR ON 1V of the Prologue time trail, two stages placing in the Tour Phil confounded his will be held in Germany before the race critics by finishing the season in a blaze AUSSIE CYCLING fans usually have a crosses into France from Stuttgart to of glory winning the Creteil-Chaville, rough time of it trying to track down Strasbourg. There are 27 climbs in the the New York CitiTour, finishing third in coverage of the major European cycling Pyrenees and Alps. The principle climb the Coors Classic (behind Hinault and events. By far the best coverage in re­ in the Pyrenees is from Pau to the moun­ Lemond) and third in the Tour of Lom­ cent years of cycle racing has been the tain top finish at Luz-Ardiden. The rid­ bardy. American CBS network's Tour de ers will have to climb four mountains France coverage. This year the Nine •· before the finish. At the start of the season the Direc­ Network will be showing a weekly re­ On the way to the Alps they climb the teur Sportif of his Dutch Panasonic view of the Tour on its Saturday Wide dreaded Mont-Ventoux, where Britian's team , Peter Post, announced that Phil World of Sports program. The CBS 1965 world champion Tom Simpson, col­ would be the team's leader for the com­ coverage is obviously biased towards the lapsed and died in one of three indi­ ing season. However, as seasoned Tour­ US riders but its minor deficiencies are vidual time trials. The four days in the watchers will know the team leader at easily overlooked due to the high qual­ Alps include the difficult L'Alpe D'Huez the start of a major stage race isn't al­ ity of its camera work and overall pre­ finish after four climbs. Next day fea­ ways the team leader at the finish. In the sentation. For Tour watchers it's a must. tures the Col du Galibier - the highest year before his switch to the Panasonics, The three other commercial networks point of the race at over 8000 feet - on Phil had to suffer the humiliation of expressed little interest in the Tour. SBS the way to the second toughest moun­ being demoted to the role of supporting and the ABC occasionally run brief re­ tain finish, at La Plagne. The final al­ rider in the French Peugeot team during ports of a few major races but this year pine climb comes three days from Paris the Tour de France. One of his team, a they have not made arrangements for when the survivors will ascend six moun­ Frenchman, had made a daring break so race coverage. What could change tains. The final haul is the Col de Joux the French team manager told the Au­ everything is the possibility of a Phil Plane before the stage finish in Morzine. ssie rider that his job then was to sup­ Anderson win. In this eventuality the This could truly be called a climbers port the new team leader. Ten network said that their news crew in tour and measures up as one of the most Phil Anderson has shown in all of his London would be able to respond open in recent times. previous Tours that he is not a quitter. quickly and would provide news cover­ Following the retirement of five times He has managed to finish every one of age of the race. winner Bernard Hinault, and the with­ drawal of last year's winner American ' \_, •\ Greg Lemond, due to a shooting acci­ dent, there is no outstanding entrant, but the Colombians are outstanding mountain climbers and therefore the i. Set same taa ones to watch. PHIL'S LUCKY wperient:e! With over 25 years cumulativi, ex­ SEVENTH? bicycle touring experience in .... · . i6 c~un-t"tit!s worldwide, Chrt!;tie .@fi:· ou~ 4pfor th~ adventure ' . •~"":..r"-111i:':1111m _ cf TANDEM EXPERTS Anderson knows what it is like to suffer ·ss Burwood Rd Hawtfiorn VIC J 1.22 a debilitating injury at the commence- "!C ' ';' ;; l>bQne '(l}~)"-819'•ol l

Freewh,;,ling 49 THE TRICYCLES OF CHIANG MAI Top and centre: Passenger tricycles in this northern city are brightly decorated with hand-painted embossed steel symbols. Bot­ tom: Apart from hauling tourists and local residents Thai trishaws do a lot of delivery work which sometimes includes taking ten little piggies to market. Colour photography by Alan Parker.

SO Freewheeling TRANSPORTS OF DELIGHT

BictJ,cle transportation

Pedicabs are being phased out all over Asia but in Thailand their art survives.

by ALAN A PARKER

JFE is full of unexpected sur­ employed local artists to individually prises when you travel in Asia. It decorate their vehicles, but the practice L is often the little things that give seems to be dying out as countries mod­ the most pleasure. One of the pleasant ernise. The Thai pedicab's only conces­ surprises of a recent 6 week holiday in sion to modernity that I found was the Thailand was the discovery of some sup­ use of 6 volt motorcycle batteries to erb Iy decorated passenger carrying power arrays of small lights, only some tricycles known locally as samlors of which can be seen in the photo­ (pedicabs) in the second largest Thai graphs. city of Chiangmai 800 Kilometres north There used to be several thousand west of Bangkok. pedicabs in the capital city of Bangkok, In Melbourne, in Hawaii and on the but they were banned from the centre west coast of the USA modern passen­ and middle suburbs and now only a ger carrying tricycles exist and they are small number operate in the outer sub­ called pedicabs. The Thai pedicabs are urbs. If car oriented planners get their old style Asian machines with leaf way thi,s might happen in other cities springs, heavy weight chromium plated too. With increasing prosperity traffic tubing and Japanese band brakes. They conditions in and around Bangkok have could not be used easily in Melbourne grown more hazardous and the pedicabs because it would be impossible to climb may become an extinct form of trans­ hills without gears. There is however no port. such problem in the dead flat city of A terrible precedent was set in Asia Chiangmai. when 70,000 freight tricycles and pedicabs were banned from the streets are not the most effi­ Thai pedicabs of Jakarta, thus depriving lots of people cient machines to operate but they are a of their jobs. joy to ride in and a visual delight. I sus­ Fortunately in Chiangmai the pedicab pect that the kind of decoration used on is very popular with tourists for trips of art form in Asia, not pedicabs is a dying less than 3 kilometres and it is to be but for trucks and only for pedicabs hoped that some of these lovely ma­ buses as well. chines will continue to operate. When I travelled through Asia eigh­ Modernity also has a negative effect teen years ago truck and bus drivers on pedicab drivers and sadly only a

Free wheeling SI minority still have the pride in their ma­ whirly ones fixed to front fork reinforc­ riage decorations but they doubtless chines and the motivation to pay for the ing rods come complete with a forged have a meaning given the deeply religi­ 'best quality decorative finish . steel decal of a horses head which is ous nature of Thai society. Given the very flat terrain in then hand painted. In total the decora­ Thai pedicabs are very easy to handle Chiangmai, the pedicab operators re­ tive hardware weighs about 5 kilograms in the slow speed heavy traffic. Many move the rod type brakes without re­ but this does not bother the drivers at very local streets ban the use of motor moving the hand levers and use a band all. The main shell of the carriage is cars and the pedicab drivers make a brake on the right hand side rear wheel. made of formed plywood and if not great deal of use of the back lanes. Cars To counteract the effect of overweight painted usually has a natural teak sur­ seem to find it difficult to filter through western tourists leaning backwards, the face finish. The swingdown hood pro­ those back streets that they are allowed lightweight Thai drivers mount their vides protection from the rain. to use, but pedicabs are small enough to saddles well forward on a curved seat Many of the designs such as one de­ take advantage of them so that the one pillar. The riding style is very upright picting a monkey god were originally way street system does not bother them and varies according to the height of the added to provide the passengers and the very much. driver as pedicab frames come in one drivers with spiritual protection. Most The pedicabs are converted into gen­ ·size only. Thais practice Buddhism and most eral freight movers when they get old so The decorative chrome plated steel homes have spirit houses for protection. that they have a very long and useful life rods come in a variety of arrays. Curly I am unsure of the symbolism of the car- of about 20 years. I did not manage to locate any transport planning study of pedicabs in Thailand and I suspect that the new car oriented elite does not take them seriously. Considering the large contribution so ...you're after. .. that pedicabs have made to the efficient operation of the public transport sys­ Biopace, suntour, Tange, Look, Ross Hi-Tech, Corsa tem , it seems a shame that the role of Record, Oakley, Nagaoka, 600EX SIS, Minoura, pedicabs does not appear to have been recognised in Thailand. In Bangkok the sugino, OGK, Blackburn, Vittoria, Benotto, pedicab could have continued to superbe Pro, Dia-compe, Aztec, Silca, Spence, flourish and could have contributed to a campagnolo, Ambrosio, Cyclone 700, Vlug, Araya, reduction in the "hellish din" of the traf­ , Books, Ashhi, S.R. , Castelli, fic had it not been for western style traf­ DT competition, Mavic fic engineering influences. Bangkok Fiamme, lscaselle, Shimano, MSS, xc 9000, traffic management schemes have not Mathauser, Barrett, Roto, Tour '86, Sedis, Wolber, only made the operation of pedicabs Clothing, Piping Hot, xc-sport, Dura Ace, Troxel, impossible but have made it one of the worst cities in the world for bicycle rid­ campitello, Giramondo, Vitus, Clement, Panasonic, ing. Tacx, Winner Pro, Triomphe, Karrimor, Apollo, The only example of sensible plan­ Belle, Solle, Reynolds, Columbus, Sprint, Rex, ning for pedicabs I found is on the Nakhon Ping Bridge in Chiangmai Accushift 3000 & 5000, Proatb, XT Deare, Cinelli, where the footpaths have been turned Kusuki, Nitto, Bierecci, Delta, M.S.R., Brancale, into protected bike lanes for bicycles Kryptonite, Winning, Tomaselli, Specialized, and pedicabs and a new wooden foot­ Berec, path provided by cantilevering it from Panaracer, Magturbo, Cobra, wonderlight, the concrete structure. It is to be hoped Byka, union Halogen, Sanyo, Saiko, Cat-Eye, that a proper bikeplan will be done for Triflow, Hite-Rite, superlube Grease, Mirrycle, Chiangmai which would prevent the Esge, Eclipse, campro, caribee, Ukai, Sherpa, Thai pedicabs from becoming an extinct transport species. Chiangmai is Thai­ Showa, Victory, Keywin, Pro-Ace, Primus, Zafal, land's most interesting city and should F.I.R., Italia, San Marco, Rolls, Avocet, Turbo, be seen from the seat of a pedicab to Brookes, Adidas, Sidi, Binda, Christophe, I.R.C., appreciate the good things. Indeed the good things of the past are being re­ Richetti, Mutsuboshi, Ground control, Weinmann, newed and only the best of urban inno­ Merlin, Ritchey, Michelin, Solar II, Shogun, Matex vations are being introduced. Fitness Monitor or Wilderness Panniers or For all would-be Asian travellers I would put Chiangmai on the top of the Gore-Tex Rainwear. list of places to go. I can guarantee you wi ll find it full of pleasant surprises, AT THE BEST PRICES IN THE COUNTRY . especially if you want to go in November, December or January when the weather is warm and sunny during HILLMAN, THE PROFESSIONAL BICYCLE PEOPLE. the day and pleasantly cool at night. 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Freewheeling SS Ireland's top professionals Sean Kelly (left) and Stephen Roche are contemplative at the start of the 1985 Tour of Ireland which Kelly won. Photo courtesy: Jim Fonle.

sour when the International Olympic Committee barred all cyclists who had competed in South Africa in contraven­ tion of a decree. Jean Gribaldy, a French team manager who was putting together the Flandria Team, saw his chance and travelled to Ireland to inter­ view the Irish Amateur Champion. Kelly signed a modest contract to ride as a domestique (helper) with the Belgian team. That was the beginning of a six year apprenticeship that ended with the shy and inarticulate Irishman winning his first classic in 1982. Paris-Nice changed everything. Journalists now wanted to speak to him. What had he been doing all his life? He practised his French, Flemish and English. He was now a sports star and decided to act like one. He determined there would be no going back, and neither there was. Like a horse with blinkered eyes all Kelly could see was the next race ahead. Suddenly it was a new horizon. By 1985 he was first on the official professional riders list and has remained as such, including the 1987 list with a massive total of 1,473 points almost dou­ ble that of second placed Greg Lemond. While the heart of this biography is Kelly's career and dedication it also highlights the characteristics of profes­ sional cycling on the continent, its subtle domination by the French, its subjection to sponsors, its huge rewards to its stars, its involvement with drugs and above all its unquestioned loyalties. Kelly is compulsive reading to the in­ itiated and uninitiated alike.

Sea• Kelly sii:• s tl1e a• topaplt book of a The book Kelly by Irish journalist, youni: lrislt admirer after ltis victory ia tile David Walsh, illustrates that truth quite 1985 Tour of Ireland. Photo co• rtesy: Jim manifestly in portraying the rise of com­ Fonle. KELLY patriot Sean Kelly to the top in the unbe­ lievably hard world of European profes­ sional cycle racing.

In a Rags to Riches story the author traces the path of a farmers son from Ireland's rural town of Curraghduff to the cycling citadel with rare insight born Kelly A biography ofSean Kelly by David of an intimate knowledge of his subject. Walsh. Harrap Limited - $29.95. It reveals Kelly as being one of the first Distributed by The Australian of a number of non-Europeans who Publishing Co PIL have successfully stormed the Bastille so jealously guarded by the French, while reviewed by John Drummond possessing nothing other than sheer physical strength and supported by that fierce determination to succeed peculiar TALIAN Fausto Coppi, some say to his race. the greatest cyclist to ever live, once Isaid that to be a successful Coureur Sean Kelly's projections of represem­ one must first learn to suffer. ing Ireland in the 1976 Olympics turned Morley Cycling Club. He invited Beryl Beryl Burton's seven world champion­ to ride in the usual sunday bicycle club ships revolved around her allegiance to run. the cycling club life of Great Britain. After a difficult start she learnt to Her participation in the unique road "hang-on" and thereafter was hooked time trial structure of England produced on cycling. That achievement plus an the endurance that shaped her success ability to adapt to any situation was to for two decades. lead this remarkable woman to World Incredibly, she was the British all­ success before the cheering fans that round woman champion for 25 years, throng the cycling venues of Europe, or often producing faster times than men. a lonesome figure time trialing on Eng­ Her cycling feats were phenomenal, land's quiet country lanes. considering she had to work at a job to Personal Best is not only the story of support her cycling, be a housewife and the greatest all-round woman cyclist of mother and in the racing season train up our time, but the story of the British to 400 miles in a week. Presses indifference to her deeds, yet, As a part-time cyclist she consistently despite these traditional attitudes Beryl beat the best of Europe's full-time Burton could not be altogether ignored. amateurs. It must have taken tremend­ In 1967 she was the Daily Express ous dedication to do that. Sportswoman of the Year, and perhaps How much? The autobiographers more importantly, she topped the sports leave this judgement to the reader. Seven-times World Champion, Britain's Beryl writers poll. Most of them never wrote a Burton photographed in Australia by Ray word about her, but apparently they Bowles. Beryl Burton visited Australia in 1980 to race were aware of her ability. against the men in the only ProAm Warnam­ Greatness was clearly recognised bool ever held. She is shown here starting when an QBE in 1967 followed an MBE with the 30 minute bunch. Photo: Ray awarded in 1964. Bowles. PERSONAL BEST

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The Autobiography of Beryl Burton by Beryl Burton with Colin Kirby Springfield Books Ltd - $29.95

reviewed by JOHN DRUMMOND

must confess that when this well named book arrived for review my I first reaction was: surely every cycl­ ing buff would be familiar with the deeds of Great Britain's wonder woman Beryl Burton, who dominated world womens cycling championships in the late 1950's and right through the 1960's. Yet, even I a cycling historian who knew her worth found her autobiog­ raphy, although repetitive in descrip­ tion, quite enlightening. For instance, it was news that Beryl Charnock faced her first battle with fate when she was hos­ pitalised at the tender age of 11 years. Diagnosed as suffering from chorea, a kind of nervous disorder with rheumatic fever thrown in for good measure, she was to remain in hospital for nine months, then spend fifteen months in a convalescence home. Discharged she returned to school with a medical report advising she had to take it easy for the remainder of her life. The first point the book makes is Beryl's determination to regain health in setting herself exacting targets in self­ evolved exercises. She determined there and then that somehow she would make her mark. That it was to be in cycling was decided when she met her husband­ to-be, Charlie Burton, a member of

Freewheeling 51 Put the world at your feet go exploring Victoria in DIE CAL1EX ~~ DE STAWELL TO MELBOURNE, DEC 5th-13th 1987 HIGHLIGHTS: Halls Gap - Grampians Two nights at historic Port Fairy. Live Bands. It's on again! The 4th Annual "Explore Victoria" Bike Ride! 9 free wheeling days! We take you to Stawell and you pedal back to Melbourne via Hamilton, Port Fairy, Warrnambool, Port Campbell, Colac and Geelong. Organizers take care of everything - all meals, live entertainment, transportation of your camping gear, free T-Shirt plus full medical and mechanical support! TOT AL COST $187 (Concessions available for group bookings) REGISTRATION Special arrangements for N.S.W. and A.C.T. cyclists. Lombard WRITE FOR OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM TO: CAL TEX BIKE RIDE, LOT 5, VI DOTTO COURT, PEARCEDALE, VIC. 3912 PHONE (059) 78 6000

SB Freewheeling from the bustling inland city of Colac Tent city on the 1986 Caltex Bike Ride. This which boasts the state's largest inland WESTERN year riders will camp and ride through some freshwater lake. It is one of many the of the most scenic areas of Victoria. cyclists pass on the 40k northbound leg VICTORIA-THE of the ride next day. The sign "Koalas next 4km", signals CALTEX RIDE'S needed to haul up to 577 cyclists and our proximity to Bannockburn which thejr bikes per train. probably has more koalas than The real riding begins on day two ratepayers. The sprawling recreation re­ IAST FRONTIER when riders cross the Mirranatwa Pass serve belies the tiny size of the town just for the 100k ride to Hamilton where cyc­ an hour's ride from Geelong. lists will experience true municipal hos­ To get to the final camp at Werribee Bicljcle tourin9 pitality. The Hamilton City council has cyclists take on some "big dippers" east offered to close off streets adjacent to of the Midland Highway en route to the the camp site for the convenience of cyc­ Brisbane Ranges. The route veers off Where to this year? lists! past the You Yangs, its two major peaks A ride through low rolling hills and tower over the flatlands around Wer­ THIS YEAR the Caltex Bike Ride the town of Macarthur brings cyclists to ribee. The modern shopping centre of explores the Western districts of Vic­ their two night stop off at Port Fairy. the city contrasts with the old world opu­ toria, the last of a series of three major This 18th century fishing village is beaut­ lence of the rambling manor 2km to the routes across the State. ifully preserved and provides numerous south in whose grounds we spend the Not that this years event goes from opportunities to go sightseeing without night. border to border. The organisers have the bike, to buy fish straight from the The final leg is freeway set up for a preferred to pick the major attractions trawlers or see the massive colony of straight forward run into Melbourne. of the region and link them through a mutton birds. The authorities are still pondering over 600k route that brings cyclists to seaside Well rested, the cyclists set out for the use of the West Gate Bridge, but while campsites for the first time. biggest day on the road from Port Fairy Transport Minister, Tom Roper would Major attractions will be the first to Port Campbell, a total of 106k. The not like to have anyone "blown over the night stop at Halls Gap and later at Port route winds over the lip of the spectacu­ edge", the reality is that it will be safer Fairy where the ride spends two nights lar "Tower Hill" volcano. The only activ­ than mixing it down below at Sunday just a sand dune away from the South­ ity in the crater today comes from the morning intersections and the view is ern Ocean. occasional bush walkers. Bustling something every taxpayer should have a Halls Gap's towering rock face make Warrnambool is not on the sightseeing chance to admire at leisure. the Grampians an awe- inspiring specta­ map on this day. Cyclists are more eager When the ride is over the cyclists will cle. The unique animals and plants and to see the sights from the Great Ocean have something more than souvenirs to the friendliness of the koalas at the Road and put long distances behind remember the ride by. Once again the campsite make this a perfect cycling them. organising body, Bicycle Victoria w ill stop-off. It's just a 26k peddle out of The day ends with the climb to the Re­ confer special membership on all par­ Stawell giving plenty of time for the last creation Reserve at Port Campbell ticipants who will be free to use its ser­ train passengers to make the journey in perched high above the town. On a hot vices now dispensed from new offices at the afternoon. day its picturesque swimming beach and the City Square. Bicycle Victoria (The This year V/Line will assemble even shady walks will ease the seat soreness. Bicycle Institute of Victoria) like the bigger trains to meet the growing de­ A ride of contrasts combining hills Caltex bike riders will have come a long mands of the ride. Twin locos will be and low lands separates Port Campbell way.

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TRAPLESS pedals have been Look Ma no straps! Top to bottom: All the around for a number of years but it pedals in the range hang in the vertical plane. Stook Bernard Hinault (and later Slip;iing into the pedal is a two- stage proce­ Greg Lemond) riding the Look 'system dure: 1 slide the front of the cleat into the pedals' in the La Vi e Claire team during pedal, 2 push down to lock the rear of the the 1985 European season to make the cleat. To get out of the pedal you move your cycling world sit up and take notice. foot outwards to unlock the rear of the cleat. Look are better known for their ski bindings so naturally the pedals and its matching cleat have a similar action. There are currently three models in the range: the Performance 75 which is a lightweight model at the top of the price range; the Performance 65 the type tested for this review and the same type worn by Hinault in '85; and the newer Sport a double-sided model designed either for use with the special Look cleats or without. The Performance 65 weighs in at a heavy 257 grams and is constructed with Check these prices & com pare with the city Slickers. aluminum alloy cage rotating on a Call for all your cycling beautifully machined chrome moly spin­ requirements. dle. A matching triangular nylon cleat is fitted to the cycling shoes and uses a three screw Look system mounting. It is recommended when fitting the Look system that you have shoes specially reinforced and drilled to take the mount­ ing pattern. LOOK The cleat can be moved forward or • LOOK pp 65 white Pedal Set $159 rearward and rotated for adjustment • LOOK ps 75 economy Pedal $99 and single replaceabl e units can be ob­ • LOOK cycle shoes (genuine) $149 tained when the nylon wears down. • LOOK Carbon Fibre frames $2700 The Look system works smoothly and 9 tube carbon fibre frame & fork efficiently. All the pedals in the range Sizes 51, 53, 55, 57, 59cm hang normally in a vertical pl ane so it is ECLIPSE SKI & CYCLE very easy to slip into them and just as easy to get out. Getting into the pedal is Shop 5, Cnr. Bowral Rd & simply a matter of sliding the front of Princess St. MITTAGONG 2575 the cleat into the pedal and pushing down to lock-in. To remove the foot you (048) 71 3133 twist the heel outwards to unlock the cleat. Phone orders welcome - use The cleat is held in by a spring loaded your Bankcard - Visa - Mastercard accepted. locking clamp. This clamp has an adjust-

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September 12-13 National Mountain Bike Championships. Mt Coot-tha Brisbane. Incorporating the QLD National Calendar Trials Championships. Entry forms from PO Box N25 Grosvenor St, The Rocks NSW 2000. Phone (07)359 1244. ney; Tuesday 9, Lavington; Wednesday 20, Shepparton; CLUB CONTACTS Club secretaries, race directors and event or­ Friday 22, Launceston; Saturday 23, Melbourne; Sunday ganisers: help us to publicise your event by send­ 24, Adelaide; Tuesday 26, Alice Springs; Friday 29, Bris­ The Australian Cycling Federation and the state ing details to us early. If you are planning a ride in bane; Monday I February, Grafton; Wednesday 3, New­ cycling federations will direct you to a club In the coming twelve month period you should send castle; Friday S, Wollongong; Saturday 6, Sydney. For full your area if you want to get involved In bicycle your notice to Freewheeling National Bike Events details watch this magazine closer to the event. Prom­ road or track racing. Phone numbers and Calendar now. We publish advance notice of all oted by Ozwide Sports Promotions (02)570 38SS. contacts for each state are: NSW Margaret bicycle events both competitive and non corn• Balmer (02)27 29n; VIC George Nelson (03)328 petitive but because of our publication lead­ OCTOBER 4391; QLD Mike Victor (07)390 1489; WA Mike times we need your copy at least two months in Poyner (09)384 4130; SA Jean Cook (08)255 1639; Bank Bicentennial Cycle advance. Please note: we must have your event 16 - 29 Commonwealth TAS Joy Bestwick (003)31 2712; NT Shirley Davis will ride bt­ details in writing. Send your copy to PO Box Kl6 Classic One hundred and twenty cyclists (089)208 798. Canberra Haymarket NSW 2000 or phone it through on ween Brisbane and Melbourne via Sydney and Riders wishing to take out a professional licence (02)264 85.iM. on the world 's biggest amateur cycling race. Watch this should contact the National Secretary of the magazine for details, preview and colour coverage. Pro­ Australian Professional Cycling Council, Reg moted by Ozwide Sports Promotions (02)570 3855. Marriner, PO Box 120 North Geelong VIC 3215. COMPETITIVE EVENTS 1987 AUGUST 22 to 23 Muswellbrook to Tamworth Road race. Contact ACF for details. 22 to 23 Tasmanian Mini Tour Road race. Contact ACF for details. Sunday 23 Hunter Valley Winter Mountain Bike Classic An annual event catering for A grade (including vets over 35), B grade incl uding Women and Juniors under 16. Held on an off-road course near Paterson. Prize money for the category winners. Contact Bob Jones (049)38 5380 or Bruce Richards (049)32 7820. 29 to 30 Goulburn to Liverpool road race. Contact ACF for details.

SEPTEMBER -2 to 6 Australian Road Racing Championships. Contact the ACF for details. Sunday 6 Friendly Bush Triathlon The Whitehorse Bush Triathlon staged by the Whitehorse Canoe Club, Melbourne and sponsored by Paddy Pallin with Nike and Russell Street Cyclery. A friendly event fo r all standards of competitor. Mens and Womens classifications. Held near Licola, VIC in the scenic Barkly and Macalister river valleys. Entries accepted for marathon pairs or teams from three to six. Form a team and have some fun. Top quality prizes including random spot prizes. Entry forms available from Paddy Pallin stores. For information phone wee (03)211 3610 (03)877 1291 (AH ) or Paddy Pallin (03)674 845. 8 to 15 Boags Tour of Tasmania. Contact the ACF for details.

OCTOBER Sunday 4 Repco Cycles Australian Professional Road Championships. Sandown Raceway Melbourne starting at 8 am with the Young Pro title 100 km (under H years); Senior title 200 km starts at 11 am. The Repco Melbourne Trade Picnic will be held in conjunction with the titles plus a massive 'roadworthy test' on all makes of bicycles. Be there its free. 7th Australian Schools Cycling Championship. Sponsored this year by Safe 'n" Sound the final will take place in Sydney at the Tempe velodrome as part of a major race meeting. Contact Peter Watters on (08)213 0648 or the Australian Cycling Federation for details. I0th Grafton to lnverell. Australia's classic one-day road race. Contact the ACF for details. 18 - 29 Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic. Th is year the big Tour goes to the Victorian Border. Br isbane to Albury/Wadonga via Sydney. Contact the ACF for de­ IW1o£ tails. INNER 1988 BICYCLE BUILDING SPECIALISTS • ALL REPAIRS • CUSTOM BUILT BIKES • JANUARY CITY • BRAZING • TOURING SPECIALISTS • Bicentennial World Series A spectacular series of BICYCLE HIRE • MAIL ORDER track carnivals featuring the top Australian amateurs competing against 16 of the world's finest in an exciting CYCLES 31 GLEBE POINT RD , GLEBE (02) 660 6605 prelude to the '88 Olympics. Saturday 16 January, Syd-

Freewheeling 65 Saturday 7 The Hard Hundred This ride is organised wheat belt. Day rides from a base camp West Australian by the Knox Bicycle Touring Club (Melbourne) and held seen by cycle tourers. Trailer capacity NON COMPETITIVE EVENTS in an area seldom annually on the first Saturday following Melbourne Cup participants. Contact Martin Bunny limited to the early Day in the hills to the east of Melbourne. The 100 mile 1987 (09)330 3659. tour will commence at Bayswater and travel to the km Audax Ride. Friday 25 - Monday 28. 1000 Upper Yarra Dam and return. A 100 km tour wil l follow ride. For the confirmed ultra marathon AUGUST Audax WA's b ig the same route but turn around at the 50 km point. randonneur who has graduated from the 400 and 600 km 2. Audax NSW 100/200 km ride. Orange, Cloth badges will be awarded to all finishers. Refresh­ Sun.day Audax. Contact Bob Stockman (09)293 5278. Penrith. Contact (02)608 1125 or (02)630 2977. ments and full emergency support will be provided. For Ride. A new full details and entry forms contact Ian Pengelly on Saturday I 5. 300 km Achievement OCTOBER course for this popular West Australian event. This ride (03)728 3180. will test the experienced rider. 18 hour time limit. Saturday 3 to Sunday 11 Bicycle SA '87 Triangle Saturday 7, Sunday 8. Audax NSW 300/400/600 Badges to the successful CTAWA members. Contact Tour. A grand tour of South Australia's south west reg­ km ride, Mt Victoria, Cowra, Yass, Mittagong, Sydney. John Sherwood (09)447 8939. ion with the State's premier touring group. Some meals, Contact (02)608 1125 or (02)630 2977. Friday 14 to Sunday 16 Daily Mirror Bike Expo refreshments and entertainment provided. Exclusive Sunday 15 Six hour time trial. Try yourself against 1987. Australia's bicyc le industry showcase is once again tour, plenty of fun, plenty of cycling. Camping and other the clock and last year's best of 182 km on a moderately organised by the Retail Cycle Traders Association and accommodation. Emergency back-up support provided. flat course in West Australia. Contact Rob Masterman features the biggest range of bicycles, accessories and Contact (08)272 6406 or (08)388 8331. (09) 399 3071. clothing assembled under one roof in Sydney. New sea­ Saturday 3 to Monday 5. The fourth annual Four Sunday 22. The sixth annual Repco Sydney to the son models, fashion parades, and prizes to be won too! Rivers Ride. Bicycle Australia's tour of the Hunter Val ­ 'Gong Bicycle Ride. Au stralia's big one-day fun and fit­ RAS Showgrounds Arts & Crafts Pav ilion is the venue ley region. Sag wagon for luggage, evening meals and ness ride between Sydney's Belmore Park and Belmore and the show will be open 10 am to 6 pm on the Friday breakfast provided and hall accommodation. Contact Basin in the City of Wollongong. 85 kilometres of well (Trade only night 6 pm to 11 pm, Saturday IO am to 9 pm. (046)27 2186 for details. supported fun complete with fashion parades and lunch Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. Saturday 10, Sunday 11 Green Valley Twin and time entertainment. Entry forms from bike shops duri ng Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 400 km Audax Ride. Th is Quad Century. This popular annual event will offer 50, September and from this magazine. event in WA will take in Northam, the Avon valley, his­ I00 , 200, 300 and 400 km courses this year. For full de­ toric York and the farming areas of Beverley to finish in tails contact (02)608 1125 or (02)630 2977. DECEMBER 25 NSW Bicycle Week A Midland. Contact Audax WA (09)293 5278. Saturday 17 to Sunday Saturday 5 to Sunday 13. The Caltex Bike Ride. ities for bike riders across the State. Sunday 30, Audax NSW 100/200/300 km ride. Can­ full week of activ Nine days of cycling fun through Victoria's western dis­ clinics and fun for all ages. Full program berra to Sydney. Contact (02)608 1125 or (02)6 30 2977. Mass rides, safety tricts visiting the Grampians and riding part of the Great future issues of this magazine. and entry details in Ocean Road. Contact (03)818 4800 or (059)78 6000. Saturday 31 - Sunday I. York (WA) Family Week­ SEPTEMBER end.Day rides from a country hostel for CTAWA bicycl­ ing families only. Contact Martin Bunny (09)330 3659. 1988 Saturday 19 to Monday 27. The Snowy Mountains Trail. A Bicycle Australia supported tour of the high NOVEMBER APRIL country. Nine days of excellent riding. Contact (046)27 2186. Sunday I Murray Valley 200. A two hundred Friday 22 to Sunday 24 SA Festival of Cycling. A hills. Saturday 5 to Sunday October 11 Bike for Bi­ kilometre ride on mostly quiet roads. Starting in the bicycle rally to be held in the beautiful Adelaide bles.A marathon cross country bicycle ride for spon­ beautiful Adelaide Hills, then following the River Murray Three days of activities centred on a good camping sored riders to raise money for li teracy development between Murray Bridge and Mannum. A short course is ground with alternate accommodat1on also available. projects in Asia and Africa. Rides start in Cairns and also available. Rated hard. Come and enjoy the social at­ Day rides. displays, exhi bitions and nightly entertainment and your Perth and pick up most major cities fi nishing in Canberra. mosphere. Some refreshments and route maps provided. provided for riders of all ages. Bring the kids Contact (008)25 1389 toll free. This event is part of the South Australian Touring Cyclists friends. Watch Freewheeling for details or contact Friday 25 ...: Monday 28. Wongan Hills Long Week­ Grand Slam Series. For full detai ls contact Peter Hunt (08)388 8331. end. Bus and bike trailer to this delightfu l valley in the (08)384 2921 or Rod Austin (08)271 6362. NOVEMBER Sunday 20. The seventh annual Repco Sydney to the 'Gong Bicycle Ride. Australia's big one-day fun and fitness ride between Sydney's Belmore Park and Belmore Basin in the City of Wollongong. 85 kilometres of well supported fun complete with fash ion parades and lunch time entertainment. Entry forms from bike shops during September and from this magazine. Saturday 26 to Sunday 11 December. The Big Bicentennial Bike Ride. This year to celebrate the Bicentenary cyclists will ride en mass from Melbourne to Sydney. Full support. Organised by the people who bring you the Caltex Bike Ride. Enquiries (03)818 4800 or (059)78 6000.

CLUB CONTACTS

Armidale Community Cyclists (067)72 8951. Audax Australia (03)435 4437 (02)608 112S. Bathurst Bicy­ cle Touring Group (063)31 9459. Bicycle Australia (046)27 2186 (after 9pm). Brisbane Bicycle Touring As­ sociation (07)369 9326. Brisbane Mountain Bike riders interested in forming a club should contact Mike or Kell i on (07)339 1244. Canberra Pedal Power ACT (062)49 7167. Geelong Bicycle Touring Club (052)96 234. 11- lawarra Touring Cyclists' C lub (042)83 6524. Mel­ bourne Bicycle Touring Clu b (03)836 0440. Mel­ bourne eastern suburbs - Knox Bicycle Touring Club (03)754 4069. Eastern Bicycle Touring Club (03)762 7928. Victorian Pedal Clubs provide fun and training in bike handling skills for children of bicycle riding age. Call for info rmation on a club near you: (03)337 6399. Newcastle Cycleways Movement (049)46 8298. Bicy­ cl e Institute of New South Wales (02)212 5628. South Australian Touring Cyclists Association (08)272 the best. 6406 (08)388 8331. Sydney region bicycling clubs can Demand the Bicycle Institute of NSW be contacted through (02)2 12 5628. Tandem Club of Australia (03)241 4453. Cycle Touring Association of West Australia (09)330 3659. Darwin Huffers & Puffers (089)81 2141. Wagga MICHELIN Bicycle Touring Group (069)21 6787. Vintage Cycle clubs Vintage Cycle Club of Victoria (03)527 5759. Southern Veterans (Sydney Vintage Cycle Club) (02)587 8017.

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BETTER PERFORMANCE THROUGH L4 L3 The Centeron guide pulley was designed SYSTEM COMPONENT DESIGN to add a precise amount of lateral movement to automatically provide the fine adjustment The development of the Shimano Index for perfect chain alignment. System (SIS) started with the realization that necessary special Uniglide Twist-Tooth shape of not enough attention had been paid to the The DURA-ACE freewheel and Free­ problem of inefficient shifting in competition the New situtations. hub cogs actually guide the chain on and The bicycle racer's shifting performance off the gears in a smooth, continuous without hesitation or slippage. is largely determined by his skill level. Shift­ motion ing efficiency is a result of his "feel" and UPGRADE WITHOUT OBSOLESCENCE. guesswork. In real race conditions other As a direct result of the extra factors come into play: Fatigue mounts. levels of performance and preci­ Attention focuses on tactics, terrain and the sion engineed into New DURA­ competition. ACE, all SIS individual compo­ Shifting under these stressful conditions nents offer improved performance often results in mis-shifts which leave you in Easy SIS even when used with conventional the wrong gear or with your chain slipping syncronization with the cable components. between gears. In these cases it's really adjusting Functioning as a system New component function which has prevented barrel. DURA-ACE signals a breakthrough you from reaching your full competitive in bicycle shifting performance for potential. all cyclists. Not lim ited to pure rac­ Shimano believes it doesn't have to be part of SIS. The ing applications, SIS also serves this way- that's why we developed the basic requirement the needs of discrim inating touring Shimano Index System. for precise shifting and recreational cyclists who Shifting the conventional multi-speed is maintaining a demand optimal shifting racing bicycle is similar to finding a constant, minimal distance between the rear performance. station on your derailleur guide pulley and each sprocket. The Shimano Index System is the result car radio by A derailleur must provide two actions. of the applied Shimano philosophy of turning the The pulley cage must be moved improved component function with real tuning knob. back and forth laterally along the world benefits. It takes concen­ gear cluster while simultaneously New DURA-AC E racing components tration, patience changing the vertical height of have the advantage. The next move is yours. and a deft the guide pulley to match the touch. Most of cluster profile. all , it takes time. The problem with conventional Doing it quickly, designs is that the pulley cage is with any amount moved across the gear cluster in of precision is a straight line parallel , or at a difficult at best. fixed angle, to the hub On the other hand, with SIS, changing axle. As the guide pulley NEW gears is just like tuning that same radio with approaches the smallest gear ~u ~ II -"c== pushbuttons. One touch and you've got it. (Shown in diagram as L 1) it is ._, l"'V".J ~.J ~ forced further away from the geai. see New DURA-ACE at your LEVER AND DERAILLEUR-THE SYSTEM Over-all shifting accuracy and professional bicycle dealer. APPROACH precision suffers, especially when To help make shifting more precise the trying to downshift from higher New DURA-ACE shift lever ut il izes a click­ gears. stop mechanism-the SIS unit. Six preset New DURA-ACE rear derail­ positions signal gear engagement with a leurs incorporate Shimano's "click" you feel. Each click aligns the rear unique DOUBLE servo­ derailleur with the precise, even spacing of pantagraph design to create a the New DURA-ACE freewheel or cassette. minimal distance between the New DURA-ACE levers don't lock you guide pulley and gear cluster, into SIS, either. Simply turning the shift lever regardless of the gear combi­ "D" ring allows you to instantly switch be­ nation. tween indexed and conventional operation. The New DURA-ACE rear derailleur was CENTERON AND UNIGLIDE designed along with the lever as an integral SPROCKETS.

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