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FEATURE STORY
Features
Tomorrow’s cyclists
By Muriel Reddy
 Australian children hold the key to cycling’s future. They have the world’s highest levels of cycling participation. The challenge lies in engaging them into adulthood. Here we meet some riders who will carry cycling into the next generation.
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FEATURE STORIES
Features
BUGs make the wheels go round
Australian Cyclist
 Behind the world of organisational cycling are the disparate and distinctive faces of Bicycle User Groups. BUGs, as they are affectionately known, are the lifeblood of bicycling organisations and in NSW, they are booming. Since February 2010, the number of BUGs in NSW has more than doubled.”
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Features
 Top tips for tourers
Gavin Wright
 Bicycle touring is the best way to see the country, but remember the scout motto and be prepared.
In most parts of Australia – and many parts of the world – autumn is the perfect season for touring on a bicycle.
The virtues of bike touring are almost limitless: there is no better way to see the world. Whether it’s this vast and brilliant country or a distant and less developed place, on a bike you won’t arrive as a rich intruder, you’ll meet and mingle as a friend: you go slowly enough to see, even study, the land you pass through and
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Features
Cycling first aid
Didier Moutia
 What would you do if you saw a bike rider being injured in an accident?
When packing the car or hitting those cycle ways or trails, the last thing on your mind is the likelihood of encountering a medical emergency. But accidents can happen to anyone at any time, and having first aid skills can come in handy.
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OTHER STORIES
Features
The great survivor
Robin Barton
The Tour de France has had its ups and downs but the racing is now cleaner and closer than for most of the past 100 years.
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Ride Guide
Orange to the south coast
Lani Imhof
Looking for a week-long ride that would take us through inland rural NSW scenery and back to the coast, using public transport at the start and finish, we came up with a ride from Orange (at 869 metres) to Kiama (8 metres). Although theoretically a downhill ride, the ride is full of constant undulations– some bigger than others –making it a great challenging ride on pleasant quiet country roads with varying scenery. There are numerous possible route options; the ride we completed was about 550km over eight days.
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Nutrition
D is for deficiency
Amelia Webster
Be careful about your vitamin D intake, and where it comes from.
Vitamin D is a hot topic in the world of health and nutrition. Despite our reputation as a sun-loving country, vitamin D deficiency is on the rise in Australia – and it is not just the elderly who are affected. Studies assessing vitamin D status of young Australian adults with casual exposure to sunlight found rates of marginal vitamin D deficiency up to 43 per cent.
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