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Ride South Australia 2010 www.bikesa.asn.au 2

Bicycle SA inviteS you to explore our unique StAte the wAy you like BeSt ... By Bike.

SouThWelcome to

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www.bikesa.asn.au Ride South Australia 20103

www.bikesa.asn.au or email [email protected] or call +61 8 8168 9999

Life is better on a bike.

find out more

For 28 years Bicycle SA has been the first port of call for riders from around the globe, with more than 30,000 people riding with us

each year. We have more than 20 remarkable rides in our annual programme, and these pages reveal some of the very best. We’ve decided 2010 is the year to discover the majestic Flinders Ranges, both on road and off road. This slice of ancient country has recently been named one of Australia’s nine National Landscapes, joining other gems such as the Great Ocean Road, The Australian Alps and Kakadu. Those of you who have already experienced the Flinders Ranges will understand what makes it special. For everyone else, the wait is now over!

Plus there’s plenty more we’re serving up elsewhere in South Australia in 2010, from the Fleurieu Peninsula to the mighty River Murray.

We do things differently here. Bicycle SA is renowned for its boutique rides with limited numbers and a unique flavour all their own. So all you have to do is ride, make great friends, indulge in some of the best food and wine and immerse yourself in our amazing landscape. The perfect riding holiday.

Make the journey to South Australia and let Bicycle SA show you the good stuff!

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TourCome with us on a spectacular journey

around the Flinders Ranges. With 600 million years of secrets waiting to be

revealed, it is home to one of the greatest adventures of your life.

What’s it like on Tour? Exert yourself for half the day, then relax with a coldie and share stories as the sun sets over the mountain peaks. Tomorrow is just another beautiful day and another great ride with your mates.

The Annual Tour is a roady ride, but there are a couple of days when you can get off the bitumen and ride the rough stuff, if you’re that way inclined.

flinderS rAngeS roAd tour. 11 – 19 SeptemBer. nine dAyS. 450km.

Annual

dAy By dAy

SAturdAy 11 Transport Adelaide to Port Augusta Then ride 40km to Quorn 40km

SundAy 12 Quorn to Hawker 67km

mondAy 13 Hawker to Parachilna 89km

tueSdAy 14 Lake Torrens excursion, then 32km off-road ride OR coach to Blinman via Parachilna Gorge 32km

wedneSdAy 15 Blinman to Wilpena Pound 60km

thurSdAy 16 Wilpena Pound Rest day

fridAy 17 Wilpena Pound to Hawker 52km

SAturdAy 18 Hawker to Quorn 67km

SundAy 19 Quorn to Port Augusta via Horrocks Pass 75km (or 40km

option)

Numbers limited to 200, so get in early before it sells out. Small is beautiful.

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mountAin Bike tour from BlinmAn to melroSe in the flinderS rAngeS Along the mAwSon trAil. 8 – 12 June. five dAyS. 350km.

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The Outback Epic showcases the best riding the Mawson Trail has to offer. Over five days, test your knobblies from the top end of the

Finders Ranges to the foot of Mount Remarkable. Every day is a smorgasbord of single track and

dirt roads, traversing the dramatic landscape that is the Flinders Ranges.

Some days are gnarly, but the campsite is your home away from home – hot showers, a massage and plenty of good food, red wine and cold beer. And each evening the sun dips, the stars come out and we share stories around the campfire. Pure magic.

For that extra edge you also get to rub shoulders with the adrenalin-fuelled teamsters competing in the inaugural KONA MAWSON MTB MARATHON (see page 8).

As a bonus everyone finishes in Melrose for the FAT TYRE FESTIVAL, a long weekend in MTB heaven with hundreds of fellow fat tyre friends.

dAy By dAy

tueSdAy 8 Optional transport Adelaide to Blinman

wedneSdAy 9 Blinman to Rawnsley Park 93km

thurSdAy 10 Rawnsley Park to Hawker 91km

fridAy 11 Hawker to Quorn 112km

SAturdAy 12 Quorn to Melrose 71km

Numbers limited, so get in early before it sells out. Small is beautiful.

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KonA MAWSon MTB

mountAin Bike endurAnce chAllenge. BlinmAn to melroSe Along the mAwSon trAil, flinderS rAngeS. 8 – 12 June. 350km.

ARE YOU GOING TO RIDE THE kONA MAWSON MTB MARATHON NON-STOP ... OR IN STAGES?

MArAThon

RIDE NON-STOP OR RIDE IN STAGES

tueSdAy 8 Arrive Blinman

wedneSdAy 9 Stage 1: Blinman to Rawnsley Park 93km

thurSdAy 10 Stage 2: Rawnsley Park to Hawker 91km

fridAy 11 Stage 3: Hawker to Quorn 112km

SAturdAy 12 Stage 4: Quorn to Melrose 71km

wedneSdAy 9 Arrive Blinman

thurSdAy 10 Start riding! 367km

SAturdAy 12 Melrose presentations 71km

There will be plenty of spot prizes along the way, so no-one should go home empty handed.

If riding non-stop is not your thing, you can tackle the Kona Mawson MTB Marathon in four set stages, from 8 to 12 June:

The flag falls on Thursday 10 June and you ride non-stop to the chequered flag in Melrose. Sure, there’s the essential support along the way – food, water, shelter, first aid and maintenance. But with big prizes up for grabs at the front bar of the Melrose hotel, there’s a lot riding on you and your team.

Are you going to race like the hare or the tortoise? You might well be riding in the grooves of some of the best endurance

mountain bikers from Australia and overseas, but you’ll also be sharing the track – and the pain and the glory – with plenty of regular riders simply up for the challenge.

TRIPlE PEAk CHAllENGEIf the thought of more than 350km on your fat tyres isn’t enough, on the way you can also take the triple peAk chAllenge – riding to the base of St Mary Peak, Mt Brown and Mt Remark-able, then on foot to the summits for unparalleled views ... Oh, and even more prizes!

As a bonus everyone finishes in Melrose for the fAt tyre feStivAl, a long weekend in MTB heaven with hundreds of fellow fat tyre friends.


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mountAin Bike odySSey through the AuStrAliAn outBAck. AdelAide to BlinmAn, flinderS rAngeS. 30 April – 14 mAy 2011. fifteen dAyS. 900km. (Shorter optionS AvAilABle)

2011 oDYSSEYouTBACK

Each day of the Outback Odyssey is an adventure. We ride. We eat. We have a laugh. Then we saddle up in the morning

and do it all over again!You don’t have to be a full-bore mountain-biker

to make the grade. If your heart beats and there’s a smile on your face, you’re in good company.

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BICYCLE SA 2011

Numbers limited to 200, so get in early before it sells out (the Outback Odyssey rolls around again in 2013). Small is beautiful.

Shorter optionS

30 April – 14 May (15 days)

mini mAwSon one 30 April – 4 May (5 days)

mini mAwSon two 4 – 9 May (6 days)

mini mAwSon three 9 – 14 May (6 days)

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If you’re looking for a new challenge and spectacular scenery, then the Savings & Loans Coast to Coast is for you. Make a long weekend

of it, before joining thousands of riders on a journey from the Adelaide coast, through the Fleurieu Peninsula’s undulating forests to the Southern Ocean port of Victor Harbor.

recreAtionAl roAd ride. 120 / 95 / 70 / 10km. glenelg, AdelAide to victor hArBor, fleurieu peninSulA. SundAy 14 mArch

CoASTTo CoASTSHARE THE ROAD WITH THOUSANDS OF FEllOW RIDERS

SAvingS & loAnS

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MEET THE CHAllENGE

Join more than 3000 riders as they take over the Southern Expressway, closed exclusively for this event.

Follow the coastline, past white, sandy beaches, through vineyards and along the top of the range with sweeping views of Gulf St Vincent. Your reward is a finish in the heart of the internationally renowned wine region of McLaren Vale. Why not stay a few days either side and make it the perfect holiday.

Bicycle SA welcomes you!

recreAtionAl roAd ride. 100 / 60 / 30 / 25km. AdelAide to mclAren vAle wine region. SundAy 7 novemBer

riDEAMY’S

■ CYClE THE SOUTHERN ExPRESSWAY

■ SUPPORT AGF AND SAFER ROADS


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Also in this Series...TM

Where to Ride guides are available at all good bike shops, selected book stores, or online at www.bagear.com.au

• Where to Ride: London

• Where to Ride: MTB SydneyComing

Soon!

Where to Ride:Sydney

Where to Ride:Canberra

Where to Ride:South East Queensland

Where to Ride:Adelaide

Where to Ride:Perth

Where to Ride:Melbourne

Where to Ride guides are

an ideal resource, perfect for

Mum, Dad and the kids and

recreational cyclists—anyone

looking for more places to

ride their bike.

Each book features:

Fun and interesting rides• GPS generated mapping• Clear, concise directions,• Tips for beginners.• Stunning photography• Rides graded for easy • selection Quiet roads, cycle paths, easy • off road rides

Where to Ride:Tasmania

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Featuring some of the best tracks in Australia, the Kona dirty Weekend is ripe for knobbly nuts and fun-loving folk who want

to get down and dirty.

24/ 12 / 6hr croSS country endurAnce chAllenge. cudlee creek foreSt, AdelAide hillS. 2pm SAturdAy 8 to 2pm SundAy 9 mAy

WEEKEnDKonA Dirty

Qualifying

event for the

2010 world

solo 24hr MTB

championships

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