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2010 Ride Previews

davidp — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:54:34 +0000

Snowy Mountains Brilliant Summer Bike Ride – 9^th to 15^th January 2010
Weekend Challenge Ride – Lithgow to Bathurst and return – 13^th and 14^th March 2010
Central Coast – Hunter Valley Ride – Fantastic – 10^th to 16^th April 2010
Mulga Bill Bicycle Festival Weekend Ride – Great Fun – 24^th & 25^th July 2010
The Fabulous Top End Ride – Townsville : Darwin : Broome – 6^th July to 12^th 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

davidp — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:30:23 +0000

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 !

Cairns to Melbourne Part 2

davidp — Mon, 04 May 2009 02:43:21 +0000

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.

Cairns to Melbourne Ride Reports

davidp — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:39:24 +0000

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

keasty — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:17:42 +0000

[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

davidp — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:16:08 +0000

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