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  • About the author

    Graham Bradshaw is a walker, a bicycle rider and a writer. As a teenager he raced with Brunswick Cycling Club; he was, with Ron Shepherd, the co-organiser of the Great Nullarbor Bike Ride (1996). He rode several Bicycle Victoria Great Rides and worked as a volunteer and Team Leader on several others. Graham acted as…

  • History

    This site was originally created to support the Australasian Cycling History Conference series, which ran from 20xx to 2011, when the Conference was due to be held in Christchurch, New Zealand. In February of that year, Christchurch was hit by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake, which heavily damaged the city. Whilst the conference venue survived most…

  • Welcome

    Welcome

    Australians and New Zealanders were early adopters of cycling, the Australian continent had been circumnavigated by bicycle by the early 1900’s – the first crossing of the Nullarbor plain by bicycle was in 1896 by Arthur Richardson. There is a strong vintage cycling movement in both countries, and yet daily use cycling – riding to…

  • Privacy Policy

    This following document sets forth the Privacy Policy for the cycling history website, http://www.cyclinghistory.net.au. We are committed to providing you with the best possible customer service experience. We are bound by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), which sets out a number of principles concerning the privacy of individuals. Collection of your personal information There are…