Next time you're in Adelaide and think you're tearing up Norton Summit....consider this.....

5.6km @ 4.9% with nearly 3200 logged attempts at the ascent record Jack Bobridges 5 year time trial record was just smashed by 21 seconds!
http://www.cycle2max.com/bike-hill-climb/Norton-Summit.aspx?id=602

This climb is (only!) 12 min long so to knock 21 seconds off this record is seriously impressive. Its so impressive it actually made the Adelaide Newspapers......! I

On December 4 last year, NSCC held the inaugural "NSCC Ladies Ride".

An initiative thought up by the Lovely Kim Austen and the not so (visually) lovely Mr Neil Matthews to encourage more girls to get their bikes out and have a bunch ride with partners etc. or just to come and meet other girls on bikes.

The day was a huge success http://northernsydneycyclingclub.org.au/node/32820

Rain threatened the race this morning with a 50/50 decision on running or not, finally leaning to the "lets run" decision once the rain stopped around 8:15.

With isolated rain all over the north shore the numbers were unusually big for the weather conditions.
Rain made the course super slippery and the three grades rode well to keep everyone upright.

Each grade was shortened slightly as more rain threatened the end of the race. The racing was fast and aggressive each coming down to a bunch sprint.

With MOITS putting up big money for the wins across all grades today, the racing was strategic and aggressive. No grades were prepared to let anything go resulting in high average speeds and a survival of the fittest style race at Beaumont Road.

With cash up for Sprint Primes many riders were keen to get their hands on some coin.

A Grade

1st Phil Nelson (NSCC)
2nd Barry Kenyon (NSCC)
3rd James Davenport (South Dublin CC)

Sprint Prime
Greg Moeller (CCCC)

South Dublin CC's James Davenport was aggressive all day.

Over $500 Prize Money is up for grabs at Beauie Worlds across A, B & C grades - Dec 11 only courtesy of....

MOITS, have got into the Christmas spirit early this year, kindly donating over $500 prize money for Dec 11 Beauie Worlds.

With over $100 for the WIN across A & B Grade and over $50 in C the racing is set to be aggressive.
In case you fear you might not be there at the finish, MOITS have also donated cash for sprint primes throughout each race so come on up and have a crack!

A Grade

A small but aggressive bunch in A Grade. With many of NSW's top riders at the NSW Cycling Grand Prix at Cronulla, the field was open for the win. Coming off the back of the Croc Trophy, NSCC's Justin Morris and Mike Blewitt brought their enduro MTB legs to Beauie Worlds.

Also representing the MTBers was NSCC's Nick Both coming off 5th Place at Round 1 of the National MTB Series 1 week prior.

The National Masters Road Championships for 2011 was held in Ballarat in early October from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th.

Stephen Horn (MMAS5), Daniel Daly (MMAS2), Kor Sietsma (MMAS3) and Neil Matthews (MMAS6) were entered into some or all of the Time Trial (20kms), the Criterium (approx. 35kms) and the Road Race (80kms or 96kms).

Their results have been previously shown on the NSCC website, but the lads were asked to give us their own thoughts on the events. Big congratulations must again be mentioned for Stephen and Kor who got amongst the medals in some very stiff competition.

One person in four over 40 years old will develop some kind of arrhythmia – a heart problem.

A few weeks ago CyclingTips ran a small piece on a charity ride “Paceline - Ride to cure cardiac arrhythmias” http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/09/paceline-ride-to-cure-cardiac-arr...

1 week on from the Grafton and 1 day on from the Melbourne to Warnambool, a large selection of the regular Beauie Worlds riders were kicking up their heels for a well earned break.

As always Central Coast CC arrived en masse to have a go at adding to their trophy cabinet.
Their presence turned todays race from a handicap format into a full blown club vs club duel.

We really appreciate the local support from the riders from Central Coast CC together with the Manly Warringah club who are now regularly walking away with big chunks of the prize money (not that we enjoy this)......

Grafton to Inverell is arguably the toughest one day race on the Australian racing calendar.
228km directly west from Grafton on the North Coast with a 17km climb of Gibraltar Range which takes about an hour to ascend and finishes approx 140km from the finish.

The old saying goes....."you might not win the Grafton on Gibraltar, but you definitely can lose it there"

Again the climb determined the outcome of the race with a breakaway of 5 initiated on the climb in A Grade and playing a key role in determining the outcome of the race in B & C also.

Spring Cycle lived up to its name on a weather front. Beautiful 23 degree sunshine at 8am greeted nearly 60 riders across 3 grades.

Due to the large number of B Grade sign ons, the field was capped for safety at 25 riders with a few of the stronger riders trying their luck in A Grade.

A big thank you to Central Coast CC who turned up en masse to have a crack at NSCC's cash prize draw. Together with MWCC, the inter club rivalry is strong in 2011.

In doing so, riders in all grades gave it a solid crack.

A Grade

The Jayco Herald Sun Tour kicks off tomorrow just north of Melbourne in the town of Whittlesea with a 170km road stage concluding on Sunday with a Criterium around Lygon Street in Melbournes CBD.

Outside the Tour Down Under, this is Australias highest UCI ranked cycling race and has been running for over 50 years.