Mar 28, 2011

On Tuesday May 27th 2008, Chris Martin sent an e-mail that changed my life. I hadn’t ridden a bike in 18 years and he was on a holiday riding his bike in the Dolomites. Looking back he was going through a similar experience to the one I had this past Sunday, March 13 2011. So upon his request I wrote the following account of MY 3 Peaks ride through the...

Feb 12, 2011

602nds recently chatted with Italian professional cyclist from the UCI ProTeam Lampre-ISD (2011), Adriano Malori. Adriano is 23 years old and was born in Parma, Italy. Adriano’s palmare’s include World and European U23 Time Trial Champion in 2008, 1st Chrono Champenois in 2008/2009 and 1st ITT Stage 1 Giro della Valle d’Aosta Mont Blanc and...

Dec 7, 2010

Anna Meares – Not just an awesome cyclist on the track, but generous with her time too. During the Oceania’s in late November 2010, 602nds supporter Mark Matthew (@Smudge64 to you Twitter folk) had the opportunity to catch up with a few of the champions attending the races. Certainly whilst still on race schedule the riders were extremely focused, you could...

Dec 7, 2010

602nds recently had the chance to chat with former BMC rider Thomas Frei. He was the Swiss Junior champion in road cycling in 2002 and won the U23 Swiss mountain championships as well. Frei cycled for the Bürgis Cycling Team and then rode for the UCI ProTour Team Astana in 2007/2008 before joining the BMC Racing Team in 2009. While racing in the 34th Giro del...

Oct 8, 2010

602nds in association with Rapha CC is pleased to give our valued followers an opportunity to win a great Rapha jersey. The kind folks at Rapha have provided us with a Lightweight Jersey to pass on. To be in the running all you need to do is follow both @602nds & @RaphaAustralia on Twitter and you could randomly be chosen as a winner of the Rapha jersey. If...