Chicks Cycling WA

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27478980615214029012012-02-15T23:00:25.426-08:00Chicks Cycling WAWelcome to the Chicks Cycling WA Blog. This blog is for WA women cyclists and their supporters.The inaugural focus topic is Road Racing and how to make it better for women.Beck Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11188144016934417492noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-78833048440478428632010-03-25T05:37:00.000-07:002010-03-25T05:55:44.217-07:00Women's Track Training Nights

To all of you aspiring Track riders, but have never been game enough to try, come along to some of the Women only nights over the coming months. The first one is this coming Friday - 26th March from 6-8:30pm. The evenings are run by Bob Barnes and myself. If you have clipless pedals, bring pedals, shoes and helmet, otherwise just bring shoes that you can ride in with toe clips(runners are not

Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16558706318588091726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-50004857153889973492009-11-23T04:29:00.000-08:002009-11-23T04:32:03.306-08:00Women Masters Track races each Friday night of track season.

Hello women Masters Track enthusiasts, I am canvassing interest in running some Women's only track races during the track season this year.I would envisage starting off with one race perhaps on Friday the 4th of December. You could then join in the other grade races if you wish. If we can get 8 plus riders each week we will ask for more than one race. The idea is that we have fun "Safe" races,

Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16558706318588091726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-21022681228176530872009-03-29T05:41:00.000-07:002009-03-29T05:55:54.055-07:00Women's Track nights

I'm afraid things have been a bit quiet here the past few months, mainly as I have had more than enough to do with the TT season and Track.For those interested, Bob will be running some more Women's only Track nights, so if you have ever thought you would like to try Track riding, come along and join in.Track riding also improves your bike handling skills, and what you learn on the Track will

Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16558706318588091726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-71507146003026596542008-12-27T02:24:00.000-08:002008-12-27T03:03:56.654-08:002009 Riding / Racing

A number of people have shown an interest in racing after coming across this site, so I'll attempt to provide some information of what is coming up.RoadSummer is the criterium season, with the races being from 20mins to 40mins in length depending on the grade. These are run by the various Clubs and you can just nominate on the morning. Melville-Fremantle (www.mfcc.org.au ) have theirs in the

Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16558706318588091726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-1400779637182021562008-12-03T03:46:00.000-08:002008-12-03T03:50:26.225-08:00Track Session

If anyone is interested for this Sunday - Dec 7th Bob has the Track from 2-4pm, but please email him if you wish to attend (spinbob@bigpond.net.au) . Unfortunately the January session is off,(the previous post) as the Track will now be closed until January 5th.

Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16558706318588091726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-42249778519564543712008-11-23T00:21:00.000-08:002008-11-23T00:30:39.806-08:00Next Track Night

There have been a few queries about the next Women's Track night. There is a 'one off' Women's night January 3rd, 2009 6-8pm, as trying to get Track time is almost impossible. All are welcome.Congratulations to Bob Barnes, Cycling WA Volunteer of the Year award. Bob is at the Track most nights during the week and has also been taking the TID group on a Sunday morning for the past month or so

Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16558706318588091726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-71645490114599279912008-09-13T22:48:00.000-07:002008-09-13T23:01:31.585-07:00Update

Things may have been a bit quiet lately on the site, but I can assure you I have been busy on my bike! Having come back from the World Masters Road Championships in Austria, I am now gearing up for the World Masters Track Championships in Sydney 14-19th October.The summer Track season starts in October, which means the Track will be busy most Friday/Saturday nights, thus any women's nights are

Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16558706318588091726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-562993515938392572008-08-14T22:14:00.000-07:002008-08-14T22:19:53.507-07:00Women's Track nights

The Women's Track nights will be 'few and far' between shortly, so make the most of the remaining sessions! It is on tonight and next week - 22nd, but Track racing is on Aug 29th - so come and watch if you are not quite ready to race!. Bob has a couple more sessions in September, but racing is on again Sept 26th and then the summer season starts when it is very difficult to get any time as

Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16558706318588091726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-19406191484088657192008-07-11T23:51:00.000-07:002008-07-12T00:01:01.194-07:00Women's Track nights

The Women's Track nights will continue indefinitely except when there is Track racing on a Friday night( eg Aug 1st) . Everyone is welcome! If you have never ridden on the Track but would like to come and have a go, come down on a Friday night with your shoes/helmet and pedals. From 6pm till 8pm. Track riding is a good way to improve your bike handling skills and leg speed and maintain your

Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16558706318588091726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-33111192776343511662008-06-12T18:41:00.000-07:002008-06-12T18:43:14.742-07:00Women’s Track Nights

The next series of ladies track riding nights start on Friday June 20th 6pm till 8pm all new comers more than welcome. Please email if you are coming or want more info spinbob@bigpond.net.auBob Barnes phone 08 93377423 mobile 0419901066

chickscyclingwahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08720812035197213904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-20681907717971389022008-06-04T23:55:00.000-07:002008-06-05T00:03:13.695-07:00PIHC Cycling Course starting Tuesday 24 June

Course OutlinePIHC Cycling Group Hotel will undergo specific clinical and professional supervision and guidance for a period of 10 weeks, at a twice a week frequency.Of the two sessions per week, the majority will comprise of cycling within the group for a duration of 1 hour, with the start and end point being the Perth Integrated Health Clinic @ 41 Havelock Street, West PerthThe level of

chickscyclingwahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08720812035197213904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-63138380821639491342008-05-27T03:20:00.000-07:002008-05-27T03:22:17.722-07:00Tour de Perth Coordination Committee- Get Involved

The Tour de Perth is the premier road cycling event in WA and has great potential to showcase the Perth region and to develop into a prestigious event taking advantage of the enormous growth in the popularity of the sport of cycling in WA. Following this year’s event Cycling WA invited event participants to a feedback session to discuss the positives and how the event could be improved in future

chickscyclingwahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08720812035197213904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-87573304780337943722008-05-04T05:07:00.000-07:002008-05-24T04:59:39.961-07:00Women's Track Development Series

Friday May 30th - Another night for Women on the Track - 6-8pm. $15 for the session. If you haven't been before, you are more than welcome to attend - bring helmet, shoes and pedals*********************************************************************************Bob Barnes and myself are running a 3 week Track course for Women on Friday 9th, 16th and 23rd May. 6-8pm .Cost is $45 for the 3

Lorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16558706318588091726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-17411920360091923212008-04-22T03:25:00.000-07:002008-04-22T03:33:59.574-07:00Perth Integrated Health Clinic

Perth Integrated Health Clinic (PIHC) is involved in cycling from two different aspects 1) treat neuro-muscular conditions in cyclists and 2) run a cycling course:neuro-muscular conditions in cyclistsPIHC is involved in the neuro-muscular treatment and biomechanical preparation of cyclists. We have treated many cyclists both in our clinic and on-site at various cycling eventsTreatment might be

chickscyclingwahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08720812035197213904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-6518435758311270212008-04-17T23:26:00.000-07:002008-04-17T23:30:02.772-07:00Ok its not cycling but its important... Climate Change Survey

A copy of an email from the Department of Environment and ConservationHi there fellow West Australian.We are the Department of Environment and Conservation and would like to work with you to tackle climate change.To do this we are proposing to coordinate a 2-3 month long community wide climate change initiative in late 2008 that aims to reduce household climate change emissions across the

Beck Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11188144016934417492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-70544328197315257172008-04-16T15:42:00.000-07:002008-04-16T15:49:30.629-07:00Looking for a cycling/training holiday over east?

The following is an email Caroline recieved from Cycling-Inform and thought others might be interested in. Caroline particpated in of these camps in 07.--The Cycling Camp that Your Partner will want you to Attend,A brand new first; the RaceRight Cycling Camp - The cycling camp that yourpartner will want you to attend:We have been planning this camp for months and are very excited to bereleasing

chickscyclingwahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08720812035197213904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-56141406950638121112008-04-13T03:30:00.000-07:002008-04-16T15:58:03.840-07:00Masters women need you!

An open letter from Fran - Women's Masters 8 Women's Cycling needs You to help make the 2008 UCI World Track Cycling Masters Championships a World class event. It will be held from the 14th to the 19th of October at the Dunc Gray Velodrome in Sydney.While womens cycling in Australia is growing at an elite level so is Masters (over 30). What we we need to is to get all ladies who have a Cycling

chickscyclingwahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08720812035197213904noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-23499491554363007092008-04-11T06:23:00.000-07:002008-04-11T21:33:26.215-07:00Road Races for beginners & novices. Women only

The West Coast Masters Cycling Club would like to invite women to participate in two “Try out” road races to be held on the 20th & 27th of April. As it is a “Masters” club you need to be over 30.The Herne Hill race to be held on the 20th will be 36kms. This is 4 laps starting at the corner of Argyle & Lefroy Rds , into Oakover rd, Campersic rd, Williams rd & finishing in Lefroy rd.The Wandi race

chickscyclingwahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08720812035197213904noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-54471810002897417812008-04-03T19:17:00.000-07:002008-04-11T21:34:09.538-07:00A quick update

I am pleased to say that this informal blog has generated a bit of interest, which is great. Perhaps the next step is an informal coffee and ride? I’ve just created a generic email for this blog:- So people can make non public comments- So people can ask questions about cycling- So we can share the load of keeping this blog up to date and responding to emails etcPlease email chickscyclingwa (at)

chickscyclingwahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08720812035197213904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-12314197562887506992008-03-06T14:18:00.000-08:002008-04-11T21:34:28.494-07:00A two wheeled strategy to promote women's cycling in WA

IntroductionOn Wednesday 5 March 2008 a group of WA women cyclists gathered to discuss ways in which road racing in WA could be improved. The outcomes of this evening have been formulated into a draft strategy.We are seeking feedback on this draft strategy through out March please post a comment in response to this blog or if you’d prefer contact Cycling WA direct wa.info@cycling.org.au or call

Beck Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11188144016934417492noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747898061521402901.post-50691409510080135712008-03-06T14:07:00.000-08:002008-04-11T21:34:44.790-07:00Notes 5 March 2008 Women’s Forum

Notes from the 5 March 2008 Women’s Forum, with a few additional comments given by email addedThings we can do to make a difference- Use professional event organisers to run events- Develop a course as a funnel to events- Have a go on your huffy events- Easier race courses for entry level- Offer a mix of mixed and women’s only races- Educate on how to race- Offer more C, D, E grade racing

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