Travel Stories

Ride back in time A priceless insight into 19th century brewing. Oh, and a chance to have a real ale Back in the 1960s some time, a school inspector went to the Catholic primary school […]

Royal Bender Matt Featherstone takes the low road to Victoria, mainly through NSW. As has been said by kings and queens, there is something gloriously “middle finger” about riding south out of Sydney at dawn […]

Destination: NSW “I’m not coming in today – oh, and not Monday neither…” You can’t blame a rider for saying, “To hell with it, I’m going for a ride in NSW!” As Captain Oates said […]

The money comes, the money goes Where’s it all gone? I’m sure you’ve had this experience. The money you had in your wallet this morning has evaporated during the day, leaving you lighter around the […]

To the Murray What did you do with your rostered days off? Here’s what Michael Walley did With the economic downturn, the boss is making everyone take their RDOs. Where I was going to take […]

Italian hill climb With just three days to spare, the Bear finally visits a place he’s wanted to see for years Where do you go for your holidays when you live in one of the […]

The soft butt challenge The Hopper gang go west Have you ever been to a junior soccer game where the wannabe Harry Kewell parent stands on the sideline yelling instructions at their bewildered six-year-old and […]

The Pršut of happiness Air-dried ham and great bike roads… a Bear’s paradise In this age of nation states we think of colonisation, war and diplomacy as the kinds of things done by countries, not […]

The place to be Our obligatory visit to…a pub. If you wanted to conduct a graduate school in road surfaces, you wouldn’t have to go far from Sydney. The back road from Old Bowenfels, near […]

Wanted Yes, that’s you – you’re wanted to ride one of South-East Asia’s most accessible destinations Malaysia is diversity itself. You will have read about our encounter with its countryside, culture and especially food in […]