Road Racing Archives - XSpeedAustralia

22 October

International Alliance Establish New Continental Team

International Alliance Establish New Continental Team Monday, 22 October 2018 The International Alliance between Canada (NCCH), Australia (X-Speed Australia), and Hong Kong (XSpeed HK) announced earlier this year, has taken a giant step forward with the formation of a Continental Team for 2019. A groundbreaking collaboration between the three groups to develop their emerging athletes […]

Oct 22, 2018

15 May

Canada Australia Hong Kong form Cycling Alliance

15th May 2018 For immediate release Media Release Canada, Australia and Hong Kong to form Cycling Alliance The creation of […]

May 15, 2018

18 March

Navigating junior gearing and roll outs

Navigating junior gearing and roll outs can be a confusing and time consuming process for parents new to junior cycling. In this blog we hope to help you when navigating junior gearing and roll outs for Under 11’s to Under 19’s. A bikes’s rollout is the distance the bike travels over one complete pedal revolution […]

Mar 18, 2018

3 January

X-Speed Training and Racing Hong Kong

X-Speed Training and Racing Hong Kong – fast paced, eclectic and a culinary delight. Hong Kong is a tourist mecca situated on the southeast coast of China. It’s the home of cycle clothing manufacturer Champion System, world champion Sarah Lee Wai-sze and boasts a magnificent velodrome built in 2013 which has played host to a […]

Jan 03, 2018

15 December

Can Cycling Cause Skin Cancer

Can cycling cause skin cancer? 2017 saw former professional cyclist Luis Herrera claim his skin cancer was caused by sun exposure during his cycling career. The former climber believes his basal cell carcinoma and lesions to his arms and face arose from poor precautions in applying sunscreen during his time cycling in extreme conditions. […]

Dec 15, 2017

7 December

Central Districts Junior Tour – South Australia

Central Districts Junior Tour – South Australia is the best junior tour in the country! Hi my name is Jasmyn Quick I would just like to share a few of my experience on the CDJT trip in April 2017. I remember this trip as if it was yesterday. It was such a brilliant experience […]

Dec 07, 2017

30 November

What does your coach think of you?

What does your coach think of you? Judging performance: the black and white and full colour spectrum. Ric Charlesworth coached the Australian female hockey team, the Hockeyroos, to Olympic gold medals in 1996, 2000, World Cup winners 1994, 1998, Champion’s Trophy winners 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, Commonwealth Games gold medal in 1998. He coached the Australian male hockey […]

Nov 30, 2017

26 November

Enjoy the ride – exercise is good for you

Enjoy the ride – exercise is good for you. Physically and mentally. A single training session can change your mood. The more you do it, the more you enjoy it. But do we always enjoy exercise? Before we exercise sometimes we underestimate how much we are likely to enjoy it because we focus too much […]

Nov 26, 2017

13 November

Midland Cycling

Midland Cycling? If you’re looking for a cycling club in Midland, X-Speed Australia Cycle Club operates within the Midland region in Western Australia. Cycling, both track and road, has a long and well established history in Western Australia and the City of Swan in particular. From our base at the newly refurbished Midvale SpeedDome, X-Speed […]

Nov 13, 2017

7 November

A race by any other gnome

A race by any other gnome happens to be called the Ferguson Valley Classic Road Race and this was the last race of our maiden season. New to racing road bikes, my mate Mitch and I were keen to stretch our road legs in this classic event. With golden gnomes on our minds, we headed […]

Nov 07, 2017