Well, not really. Unless you count <30kms from the CBD as country.

Photos by Des. Here's what he had to say...
In Melbourne, a good bike ride is never far away. Unsealed paths,
singletrack, fresh air, no cars, aching legs and fixed bikes. Life is good.

Coming soon … all the fixie related products from this year’s bike show in
Melbourne.

Checkout Des’ flickr page for more pics.

MDMA, Melburnmassive.com, and Trackcunt ride around day in and day out, thinking up ways to mix bikes, races and beer. And next weekend is no exception:

Thanks CraigC for this article in BV’s mag, featuring Trackcunt.

The Melbourne Weekly Fixed Ride

Every Saturday, Every Week.

Come along for an easy paced ride (well…usually), tall stories, outrageous claims, outright lies and coffee.

We tease him a lot cos we got him on the spot…

Unfortunately it’s not all good news for ndf. He’ll be going back into surgery soon to have that ridiculous grin removed.

Meanstreets - Melbournes first strictly fixed gear alleycat: 15/09/2006 meet @ 5 Queens Rd 6:30pm. NO BRAKES ALLOWED

These are the finishers of the Melburn Roobaix. Taken at the summit of the Col d’Northcote!

Not that you’d know but now I’m rewriting this from scratch for a second time because Wordpress is a piece of shit, and perhaps because I wasn’t paying enough attention to what I was doing.

Anyway, the Melburn-Roobaix was run on Saturday and by all accounts was a huge success. I wasn’t counting but Trackcunt was and there were more than the hoped-for 100 riders participating. The course was challenging and lots of fun. My bike suffered some wear and tear (just like I did) but it was all worth it.

A couple of punctures were enjoyed but other than that I didn’t hear of any injuries. Although I’m sure a few riders copped some talcum powder in the eyes as a reward for climbing the Col d’Northcote.

Highlights included:
- The Mapei QuickStep squad (recreating the 1999 Paris-Roubaix) - great work guys!
- The workmen near the Bolte Bridge providing an impromptu feed zone and the ’ALLEZ!’ chorus.
- The brutal Col d’Northcote.
- The errr…encouragement and support.
- Our team member Des, taking out the big prize - a pair of polished Deep V rims from CTA.
- Hearing Spuddy’s tyre go ’sssssssssssssssss’.
- This guy.
- The looks on people’s faces at Northcote Plaza as dozens of sweaty, dirty, laughing, talcum-powder covered riders invaded the place buying hamburger buns, rolls and sausages.

Big Thanks to:
- Trackcunt and Ugly for organising everything, including the well-earned bbq & keg.
- Sponsors CTA, Shifterbikes, Fyxomatosis, Deluxe Bicycle Club, Bikenow
- Nath, for showing up just to take some pics.
- and thanks to M!key for helping the breakaway

For more talk and pics, have a look here, here and here… and here.
Stay tuned for the ‘Freeway Madison’ and ‘Mean Streets’.

The (second) Brisbane Alleycat, 23rd of June, ‘06. Click here for forum discussion/words from the organiser or click the image for a larger version. Good luck to all!