2010 Ride Previews
- Snowy Mountains Brilliant Summer Bike Ride – 9th to 15th January 2010
- Weekend Challenge Ride – Lithgow to Bathurst and return – 13th and 14th March 2010
- Central Coast – Hunter Valley Ride – Fantastic – 10th to 16th April 2010
- Mulga Bill Bicycle Festival Weekend Ride – Great Fun – 24th & 25th July 2010
- The Fabulous Top End Ride – Townsville : Darwin : Broome – 6th July to 12th August 2010. Please note we currently have a waiting list for this ride.
- The Annual Blue Lizard Cycling Premier Ride – September/October school holidays 2010.
For more information contact:
Jim Blaxland, Bike For Bibles Ride Organiser NSW
Phone : 02 9525 8158
Mobile : 0429 663 966
Email : J.BX@bigpond.com, jblaxland@biblesocietynsw.com.au
Cairns to Melbourne when you are blind
Lindy Hou & Rosemary rode their green and gold tandem from Cairns to Melbourne in the recent Bike for Bibles ride (picture from Grahame Keast).
Here are some comments from a recent blog posting from Lindy ;
Bike for Bibles – Cairns to Melbourne Inland Ride
Rosemary and I rode a tandem bike, along with 12 other single bikes, from Cairns to Melbourne & covered a distance of 3,242 km. The ride took us exactly 4 weeks, with 4 rest days during this period. 4 vehicles, 10 road crews and many churches supported us along the way & during the month-long ride, the temperatures ranged from 1 to 44 degree C!!
The longest day was 207 km taking 7 hours 59 minutes on the saddle, while the biggest day for climbing was 2,086 meters, when we rode out of Cairns on the first day.
The total time spent on the saddle for the month was 124 hours and 30 minutes, with an overall average speed for the whole ride of 26.3 km/hr.
See her blog posting for more comments about her memorable moments on a Guided outer reef tour, Getting Lost in Roma and Behind the scenes in the Dubbo Zoo.
When I rode with Bike for Bibles from Perth to Hobart in 2003, we rode an average speed of 28.4km/h over the 4284 km. So I know how much effort it takes to make it that far that fast. Well done guys and girls !
See Also:
Cairns to Melbourne Part 2
The epic ride from Cairns to Melbourne has finished. Well done everyone who rode, roadied, and fed our riders.
Here are the final ride reports from Grahame.
- NOW WE ARE 21
- NARRABRI TO DUBBO
- WINTER ARRIVES!
- NO SNOW YET
- LAST DAY IN NSW
- MEXICO!
- NEARLY THERE
- CAIRNS – MELBOURNE COMPLETED
Cairns to Melbourne Ride Reports
Grahame Keast has been posting ride reports over at his blog: Gra Nomad Wanderings
Here is a quick collage of some of the photos posted so far (click for a larger view).
Feel free to check out some of his updates: some great photos and stories, the riders have been putting in some serious distances to get all the way from Cairns to Melbourne.
Go Guys ! you are doing great.
Cairns to Melbourne approaching fast
[via Gra Nomad] Fay and I are heading off on a Bike for Bibles ride (BFB) from Cairns to Melbourne. It’s a bit over 3,000 km (nearly 2,000 miles).
After having been on about 15 rides since 1994 I’ve decided to go as a roadie this time. That means I’ll drive behind a team and be ready to provide them with their daily needs such as water, pump, spare tube, sunscreen, fruit and lollies! Fay is going as a food roadie. That means she will be part of the team that organises the tucker – brekky, morning tea and lunch. Evening meals are usually looked after by local churches as we travel through the towns. Sometimes we go to an RSL or Leagues club for the evening meal.
There will be about 15 riders and 7 support crew. We even have a blind lady riding this trip (yes, she’s on the back of a tandem!)
The ride departs Cairns 5 April and arrives Melbourne 2 May.
For more info on this ride see 2009 Cairns to Melbourne and BFB NSW: The Cairns to Melbourne Inland Ride
2009 Cairns to Melbourne
The Cairns to Melbourne Inland Ride
April 5 to May 2, 2009
Are You Ready for the Challenge, the Adventure, the Experience and the thrill of riding 3200 kilometres from Cairns to Melbourne along the Inland Outback route. This will be the Ride Of a Lifetime ! We will have Fun, Fellowship and a heaps great time ! But this is also a ride with a Purpose.
We are riding to raise funds to support a number of Bible Society Mission Projects.
- Bible distribution in Australian schools
- Bible distribution for Chaplains in hospitals, prisons and mission to seafarers.
- To provide Bibles, Literacy Education, Health & Hygiene etc in a number of Indigenous Communities in Northern Australia
- To provide support in the training of Aboriginal Pastors at the Wontulp-Bi-Buya Aboriginal Theological Training College in Cairns, Queensland.
- Distribution of The Prize sports Bible and DVD
- Grants to assist Scripture and Religious Education in schools.
We will be attempting to raise $100,000.00 on this ride. Most riders will be attempting to raise in excess of $5,000.00 each, so they need all the support you are able to assist them with in this incredible Epic Journey down the middle of the East Coast of Australia.
This is a BIG ride with a Big Purpose – can you help ?
For more information see The Cairns to Melbourne Inland Ride
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