A week to go and its Tour time!

The streets of Adelaide become cyclists streets as we lead up to on of the great races in the world held right here in South Australia.

Road bike everywhere it is great, although very hot. The long range forecast however is looking ok for the race at this stage.

The Adventure Collective have a good crew of people coming across for the race to join the hundreds of thousands of people who will line the streets, ride stages of the ride, drink great food and wine and of course ride the now famous Challenge tour.

Thousands of riders will participate in the ride hoping to finish before the professionals (of course the punters start several hours earlier).

See you out there!

Out for a Ride on my new Avanti

Well just arrived back for the first ride of my new Cadent 3.0 by Avanti. It is a great bike. Responsive, light and great geometry for an old bloke like me! So I would love to thank the crew from Avanti for their great sponsorship / partnership with The Adventure Collective - riding the best bikes available is always a pleasure...

The Adventure Collective uses Avanti, Specialized and SUB bikes for our tours and our key staff get to ride on our sponsored bikes.

This morning I also wore my new Avanti Team kit, again really comfortable the chamois is great and the new kit design works well.

2008 of and running

Well Friday the 4th of January and the year is about to go off with a bang. The Tour Down Under is only a couple of weeks away and Adelaide is ramping up. The weekend warriors are out and about warming up for the event. My good friend Peter Eich will be over for the tour, talking about bikemap.de, a great little interactive tool that all cyclist can use to map their favorite rides.

Today we are planning the logistics for our tour of The Tour Down Under, it is going to be a great event! Keep an Eye out for some great competitions which we will run during the tour!