B4B Rides for WA 2010
Happy Australia Day! Christmas and New Year are a distant memory. Now is the time for some not so serious bike riding…
Planned rides (put them on your calendar):
- Another one day ride on Sat 27 March – around 60-70k
- Weekend ride to York/Northam/Toodyay 17/18 April – staying overnight in York.
- Ladies weekend ride 1/2 May – lots of coffee and cake I’m sure.
- One week Wildflower Ride 500-600k, finishing in Moora for the Annual Show. Leaving on Monday, 13 Sep.
Will need to get registrations for the weekend ride soon as accommodation is limited. Stay posted.
BFB Victoria Training Rides
Ever wanted to join a Bike for Bibles Victoria ride but felt that you could never do it ?
The training rides are not too scary and are achievable. We always ride at an easy pace for ALL the cyclists. We normally do rides over increasing distances on four alternate Saturdays. The main aim is to get our bodies to adapt to more efficiently convert the food we have eaten and the energy stored in our fat cells into km on the bike. We also improve our muscle endurance.
Preliminary training dates are:
- 30th Jan
- 13th Feb
- 27th Feb
- 13th Mar
NEXT STEPS: Do some cycling in the next 6 weeks. Try riding 20 – 40 km. A good ride is from St
Kilda to Black Rock return, or do some rides on some of the many Bike Trails in Melbourne.
Send me an email to let me know you are interested swilson@biblevic.com.au.
Do something for
the Lord’s work and
have a great time
yourself as well.
Lhasa to Kathmandu 2010
A Bike for Bibles ride is being planned from Lhasa to Kathmandu from 20/08/10 to 14/09/10. Hopefully as we face the coming year, some of our plans can become firmer. For this ride to happen, we need a minimum of 10 people to commit to doing it – with an upper limit of 25. At this stage we are planning for Glenn to be the designated Australian leader, liaising with the local Nepali and Tibetan leaders who will accompany us. This reduced the cost per person to $5550 for 10 – 19 riders, or $5390 for 20 – 25 riders.
Glen and I are hoping that we can get enough people to commit to this ride so we can actually plan for it to go ahead.The cutoff date to get the threshold of 10 is MID-MARCH.
If you would like to book in the ride with a deposit, please contact Dave who is the contact at RAW Travel, who have been organising this ride for years – dave.rawtravel@gmail.com – he will keep us informed as each one books in.
If you would like to talk it over more before committing to it, please contact either Glenn (Ph 0243852240, email rev@isage.net.au) or myself by return email (more reliable than phone) or Ph 0243843669 (sometimes home at sociable hours for phone calls, but messages always taken).
I have attached some photos that Dave has sent me to illustrate the terrain and surface. Most of the road is sealed, except the last section to Everest, which is quite rocky, needing mountain bike. The rest could be done on road bike or hybrid, leaving the Everest leg to be done in the bus, or hiring a mountain bike for that section (still expensive), or sharing a MTB with someone else in relay stints. There are no really steep sections, as the road was built for underpowered chinese trucks.
I am also still exploring options to connect up with local Christians in Kathmandu and even Tibet if possible, which would add to the special nature of the trip.
Hope to ride with you all,
Barry
Round the Bay in 2 days 2010
Enjoy a fantastic ride around Port Phillip Bay over 2 days whilst raising funds for the Bible Society’s work with Literacy Programs in Kenya. Make new friends, build up your riding confidence and experience, everyone welcome.
If you do not wish to ride but would still like to be involved we are always looking for extra helpers ‘ roadies’ to assist with catering and rider support vehicles. Contact the event co-ordinator to find out more
Saturday 27th March to Sunday 28th March 2010
Departing from Port Melbourne
Download your application form here
Download your information pack here
See the video below for highlights of 2009 Round the Bay in 2 Days ride
Sarah Wilson
Fundraising Co-ordinator
Bible Society Victoria
Ph: 03 9877 9277
mobile: 0412 850 566
Perth to Mandurah
The ride is coming together with a lot of interested people! Most of the details are in the Registration Form – on the website. The ride will be around 63k and promises to be a great one with lunch! Hope to see you there.
Make sure you bring water (preferably 2 bottles), have a spare tube and slap on some sunscreen!
Registrations due in at the end of this week…
Perth to Mandurah
Bike for Bibles ride from Perth to Mandurah on Saturday, 7 November 09. The ride will be around 70-80k. Just $10 registration. Get your other half or a friend to come down and have lunch with us (venue and cost to be advised) and bring you home! Or you could catch the train. For more details please keep an eye on this site or contact David at pascoedj@gmail.com or Geff at geff_gomez@yahoo.com.au.
[Update]: Please see the Enticer-Mandurah-Ride-Rego-Form-2009 for more information on how to register for this ride.
Cooma Monaro Express features Nick Corr
Cooma cyclist rides 4,100km for charity
24/09/2009 5:58:00 PM
On Sunday, 18-year-old Cooma cyclist Nick Corr completed a gruelling 4,100km team bike ride across Australia when he reached Elouera Beach Cronulla.
Nick is the youngest person to ever take part in the ‘Bike for Bibles’ event which has celebrated its 25 year anniversary this year. The eldest was event co-ordinator Jim Blaxland, who is 66
The event saw a team of cyclists leave Perth on August 17 and ride to Sydney stopping in South Australia on the way over then up through Yass and Goulburn on their way to Sydney.
Each cyclist had a fundraising target, raising money for Australian projects including the provision of chaplains for the Australian Defence Force, emergency services, prisons and hospitals.
The riders helped to raise more than $100,000 for various charities. The ride took in amazing areas including Ceduna, Streaky Bay, Port Augusta, Burra, Mildura, Young, Yass and Goulburn.
The riders stayed with locals along the way, while local churches, organised barbecues and events as the riders came through their town
Perth to Sydney: almost there
The guys are are inside the last week of their big ride, just a few days away from Sydney. They are due to arrive in Sydney this Saturday.
Catch up on their journey via the links below:
Richard B
Blog: Road Support Blog
- LEETON TO TEMORA – DAY 29
- HAY TO LEETON– DAY 28
- REST DAY IN HAY – DAY 27
- BALRANALD TO HAY – DAY 26
- MILDURA TO BALRANALD – DAY 25
- PARINGA (RENMARK) TO MILDURA – DAY 24
- WAIKERIE TO PARINGA (RENMARK) – DAY 23
- BURRA TO WAIKERIE – DAY 22
- REST DAY – DAY 21
- PORT PIRIE TO BURRA – DAY 20
- PORT AUGUSTA TO PORT PIRIE – DAY 19
- KIMBA TO PORT AUGUSTA – DAY 18
- WUDINNA TO KIMBA – DAY 17
- STREAKY BAY TO WUDINNA – DAY 16
Trevor Lawrence
blog: Trevor J Lawrence
- Day 29 Leeton to Temora
- Day 28 Hay to Leeton
- Day 27 Rest day in Hay
- Day 26 Balranald to Hay
- Day 25 Mildura to Balranald
- Day 24 – Paringa to Mildura
- Day 23 Waikerie to Paringa
- Day 22 Burra to Waikerie
- Day 21 Rest day at Burra
- Day 20 Port Pirie to Burra
- Day 19 Port Augusta to Port Pirie
- Day 18 Kimba to Port Augusta
- Day 17 Wudinna to Kimba
Gary
gatzby’s Great Bike Adventure:
- Day 16 – Streaky Bay to Wudinna
- Day 17 – Wudinna to Kimba
- Day 18 – Kimba to Port Augusta
- Day 19 – Port Augusta to Port Pirie
- Day 20 – Port Pirie to Burra
- Day 21 – Rest day at Burra
- Day 22 – Burra to Waikerie
- Day 23 – Waikerie to Paringa
- Day 24 – Paringa to Mildura
- Day 25 – Mildura to Balranald
- Day 26 – Balranald to Hay
- Day 27 – Rest day in Hay
- Day 28 – Hay to Leeton
Southern Gazette farewells Perth to Sydney Riders
It has taken a while to appear, but in this week’s copy of the Southern Gazette, a community newspaper has published an article on the Perth to Sydney riders. The photographer attended the send off at Ascot and took the group shot.
(click the image for a large one you can actually read)
Southern Gazette, Tuesday, September 1, 2009.
Perth to Sydney: rest day in Streaky Bay
Now that the team have had a rest day in Streaky Bay they have been able to update their blogs, here are some excerpts and links for more info.
Richard B
REST DAY AT STREAKY BAY – DAY 15
CEDUNA TO STREAKY BAY – DAY 14
Trevor L.
Fellow Travellers
When we arrived in Balladonia we came across someone else on a major cycling excursion. This makes ours appear nothing. A German woman Dorothee Fleck is essentially travelling around the world with all her possessions on her bike. It was a hybrid bike with custom frames added to support the required paniers. Looked real heavy to us. She had started the Australian leg in Darwin and gone anticlockwise from there. Including the European and Asian legs she has done about 40,000km so far!!! This appears to be the second such trip she’s done and when I asked if she was going to South America she said "Another time".
Back on Air
We’ve been out of wireless broadband coverage since leaving Norseman across the Nullarbor. Now that we are back into civilisation in Ceduna, coverage should be right from now on. After travelling down to Streaky Bay tomorow, we have a rest day, so I should be able to cattch up on some of what’s been missed.
One good thing about being away from civilisation is that, since there are no church halls, school halls, recreation centres etc for us to stay in, we have had to stay in motel units and therefore had a proper bed to sleep in. Now its back to the air mattresses etc.
Gary
Day 11 – Border Village to Nullarbor Roadhouse
Day 12 – Nullarbor Roadhouse to Nundroo Roadhouse
Day 13 – Nundroo Roadhouse to Ceduna
Day 14 – Ceduna to Streaky Bay
REST DAY !!
Day 15 – Rest day at Streaky Bay. Rhymes doesn’t !
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