November is the month the annual Lifecycle Spring Challenge takes place. This is a weekend ride from Brisbane to O'Reillys 1000m up in the Lamington Mountains in the Gold Coast hinterland. Sunday sees the descent of the mountain and a flat ride home. This year saw the third edition of the event and unanimously rated the best by all who came.

As many may know Lifecycle identity Josie Loane was involved in a serious accident last Wednesday. We had finished our regular shop ride around Mt Cootha and Josie was heading home to get changed for work at the shop when she had a collision with a car while going down the hill from Ashgrove West. She suffered serious chest injuries including multiple broken ribs and lung damage. It was only due to the prompt action of paramedics that she survived. In an amazing coincidence,if there is such a thing, the same paramedics had been in the shop talking to Josie about bikes the previous day!

Spring Challenge - 250klm in two days

Join us for a full weekend of riding.

Saturday 8 – Sunday 9 November. Leaving 0630 from the Lifecycle car park.

We will depart Lifecycle and head south to Logan Village via Woodridge.  From Logan Village we continue south to Tamborine Village and then take a left turn towards Canungra.   Once at Canungra the steady climb to O'Reillys National Park begins and continues for 30km before a final sharp pinch in the last 0.5km helps greet you to the finish of the climb. The climb is one of the most beautiful climbs that you will find in the world with very unique rainforest sections, switchbacks all on a very pleasant gradient.

SRAM has released there 2009 groupsets at unbelievable prices. SRAM Red is the lightest groupset on the market and many of our staff members have built bikes in the sub 6.5 kg mark using Red.

Lance Armstrong announced today that he is investing millions of dollars into the development of SRAM and will be using their equipment on his return to racing this season.

Take advantage of these prices and lighten up for summer.

Lifecycle is changing the opening hours of the shop.

We are staying open later in the day to make it more convenient for customers to get their bikes serviced and shop after work.

Please note the changed hours beginning 29 September 2008.

MONDAY - 10.00am - 6.00pm

TUESDAY - 10.00am - 6.00pm

WEDNESDAY - 10.00am - 7.00pm

THURSDAY - 10.00am - 7.00pm

FRIDAY - 10.00 - 7.00pm

September brings the start of the Avanti September Sellout Sale at Lifecycle.  We have a huge range of bikes which are selling out at up to 40% off. The sale includes Fitness bikes, Road bikes and hardtail and dual suspension MTB's.  We also have a range of other products such as gloves, windtrainers and helmets which have sale tickets attached.  If you're after a bike upgrade or just getting into cycling then now's the time to buy.

The big news in the European pro peloton for 2009 is Specialized and Team Saxo Bank (Team CSC Saxo Bank 2008) are joining forces to create the number one cycling team in the World: Team Saxo Bank. Specialized will continue their partnership with Quickstep for 2009 however its good to see they'll also continue their work with other teams. Following is the latest Press Release:

September 1, 2008

Congratulations to one of our shop riders, Kelli,who has just finished a 14 day tour across England and Scotland.  Kelli completed 1860km in 14 days and the ride started at Land's End in Cornwall, England and finshed at John O'Groats at the tip of Scotland.  Kelli has only been riding with the Wombles for around 6 months so its amazing to see what can be done in such a short time.  

In sharp contrast to previous years, Saturday August 9th dawned bright and clear for the 4th annual Winter Warmer. This is a weekend ride covering varying terrain over 250km of south east Queensland's best country side.  At 6:15 on Saturday morning the troops began to arrive and load the team support vehicle driven by Paul, our friendly `kiwi' driver. People looked rather nervous as they parted with their bags, wondering if they'd ever see their clothes again.  Paul had never been to Maleny, is obviously not a local and directions are not his forte!

If you're a Lifecycle club rider, you'll know its one of the greatest clubs around as you're able to ride with people of all standards from C grade all the way to Elite A and even Professional riders who travel and race all over the world. Its pretty cool wearing a jersey and being part of a team like this!