Podcast appearances and mentions of russell mockridge

Russell Mockridge was born to ride. The Geelong Flyer had an amazing amateur and professional career before his tragic death in a race rocked his hometown and the Australian sporting fraternity. Listen to his remarkable story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this weeks show, Chris and Steve catch up with Nick Skarajew and Adam Lana about their Race to the Rock reflections at Post #RaceToTheRock Shed Beers, about riding from Cockle Creek, Tasmania to Uluru, or in Adam's case, almost to Uluru.Local news catch up: previous guest Kim Nguyen and local riders (Save Noble Park Velodrome) paying homage to Russell Mockridge 60 years on, by riding to the intersection of Dandenong and Clayton Road, Oakleigh, and another previous guest, Carlton Reid winning Transport Journalist of the Year at Press Gazette British Journalism Awards for Specialist Media, how you can give feedback to Yarra Councils's Thank for 30 trial in Collingwood and Fitzroy and Rory's law now passed by Victorian government.

Faith and Val take to the studio on a Monday morning and kick off the show sharing their bike (or bikeless) moments. While waiting for our guest we talk about the end of an era with the retirement of Peter Moore at Abbotsford Cycles, a Melbourne institution. We also touch on the start of the Race to the Rock over the weekend and the progress of riders as the first to complete the Tasmanian section make it to Melbournewith listeners sending through photos of Sarah Hammond at Melbourne Town Hall. Our guest this morning, Martin Curtis, arrives just in time to share his passion for the legendary Australian cyclist Russell Mockridge. Martin's book Russell Mockridge The Man In Front  explores not only Mockridge's cycling achievements but the personality and character of the man and his sudden and tragic death. Mockridge's achievements will be remembered on the weekend of September 15th and 16th with a memorial ride and a forum discussion with authors who have contributed to the Mockridge story including Martin Curtis (Russell Mockridge The Man In Front), Ben Schofield (Wheel Life), Daniel Oakman (Oppy), Rod Charles (A Whirr of Many Wheels) and Marcus Arnold (Reginald Arnold Six Day Man). You can register here for the Russell Mockridge memorial ride andforumon September 15-16th

A brief homage to Russell Mockridge on his 1955 ride in the Tour de France and a wrap on the prostate pounding pedalling pelaton now parked in Paris.The ongoing saga of pollution and it's effects on bike riders, ongoing study highlighted by the NYT. We chat to Lenka about the bike ride as protest, with Burn Calories not Coal's ride on the 29th July 2017.