Western NSW Cycling

In May 2026 the Bathurst District Historical Society hosted a Bathurst Autumn Colours Heritage Festival Event called Fashioning the Past: Memories of California Fashions. The event involved a tour of the old factory on the Blayney Road which has been home to a variety of manufacturing businesses over the decades, including the notable clothing company California Fashions. During this tour, histori...

THIS PART 2 Podcast – Following on from Part1, this Mt Panorama story is of the many championships & major cycling events held at Mt Panorama in the 21st century, including a number of State Championships and NRS Event, leading up to the more recent International UCI World Series qualifying events. History of the Bicycle at Mt Panorama Bathurst:- This two-part Podcast looks at the history of C...

This is Part 1 of two podcasts on the extensive history of bicycle racing on the famous Mt Panorama motor racing circuit. Part 1 looks at the birth & construction of Mt Panorama and its forerunner the historic Vale Circuit, explaining that the bicycle was involved in the initial development of the famous Bathurst motor racing circuit; even creating & contributing to the sporting and racing...

It is 3am on Saturday 7 December 2024 and I am standing in the rain for this interview. We are catching up with promising local triathlete Angus Argent-Smith at the front gates of Scots All Saints College Senior School Bathurst at the start of his huge bike ride to raise funds for the Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association (ICPA) Gus will be riding 365km to his hometown of Rankins Springs and sa...

Triathlon News: 10minutes with Kath Stutsel If you are thinking about trying to do a triathlon one day, listen to Bathurst’s Kath Stutsel’s story who I am sure will convince you to make the plunge and “Try a Tri”. Doing her first triathlon less than a decade ago when another event she was training for was cancelled, Kath has now raced major triathlon events all over the world - From the legendary...

Leone Roach (Eddy) goes to the 1970 World Cycling Championships. Featuring Mark Windsor, Leone Eddy, Tom Maloney. Set in the late 1960s and early 1970s, this is the remarkable story of a schoolgirl’s journey to the top of World Cycling from the track in Tamworth in Country NSW. At 15 years old Leone Roach stunned everyone when she had a successful hour record attempt in Melbourne in Jan 1969. This...

This Podcast is part of the NSW Cycling Club Series by the CNSW Heritage Commission. The Harlequin Wheelmen Club was formed in January 1982 with links to the Bathurst NSW League of Wheelman Cycle club which had been functioning for almost a century, established in 1893 by one of Australia great early Pro Riders on the Penny Farthings, Mr George Wibird. The Harlequin club founded by David Roggiero...

Remembering Uncle John Windsor.. (08/01/1944 - 06/02/2019) This is a 1-minute clip from an interview with John Windsor on his first race car from his rally cross days at Catalina Park at Katoomba and Towac Park at Orange (which for a period he was president of the club).

In 1903 Promoter Hugh D McIntosh hosted a 1mile handicap at the SCG with world record prizemoney and around 60,000 spectators. Top international cyclists (including Major Taylor) would come to Australia for the event which was won in 1903 by American N C Hooper who had been allocated a very generous 75yds by organisers. While the event created plenty of headlines and drama it would be only contest...

The last time an Australian won the legendary Race Across America (or RAAM) was around a quarter of a century ago, however in 2022 Kiwi Born Aussie Allan Jefferson put his name in the history book when he defeated Svata Bozak and Swiss super star Nicole Reist in the 5000km race across the United States. In this short 14min interview we catch up with Team Jefferson support crew member Gary Hamer of...

"InForm TMX Make" rider Luke Tuckwell talks of his 2022 Euro Cycling Trip: Great to catch up with Bathurst Cycling Club member Luke Tuckwell (who riders for InForm TMX Make) on his recent trip to Europe to race for Team Bike Terenzi in Italy and for the AusCycling Junior team across Europe. After attending the recent Auscycling Webinar on Developing Cyclists Pathways, it was interesting to listen...

News from the 2021 Central West Track Open (which incorporated the 2021 NSW Country and Metro Junior Track Championships) hosted by the Orange and Bathurst Cycling clubs with help from sponsor’s @ClancyMotorsGroup @RenshawPedalProject @ CanobolasHotel Hear local cycling officials along with NSW State Handicapper Robyn Sprouster and James Nguyen NSW’s Competitions & Events Manager.

The Cycling History of WOLLONGONG From the first Wollongong Bicycle Club in 1889 to the World Championships in 2022 In 2022 the Wollongong region will host the UCI World Road Cycling Championships. This Podcast looks at the 140years of cycling leading up to the Illawarra Region crowning the world champion road cyclists in 2022. The Podcast features Tour de France star Mark Renshaw along with Illaw...

The Birth of Australian Cycling New Era - 1984 Los Angeles Olympics  The NSW Story behind the 1984 Olympics Team Pursuit Gold Medal. Australia’s Gold Medal win in the 1984 Team Pursuit Los Angeles Olympics caught the attention & imagination of the people of Australia who would then proudly support our cyclists into the AIS program. The win came at a time when aerodynamic technology was pulling the...

Kalinda Robinson in the 2021 National Junior Team 20years ago the Bathurst Cycling Club was regularly getting young club members in the Australian Junior Teams. However for over a decade now young Bathurst riders have been in the mix but sadly no national Junior Team jerseys since 2007 for the local juniors. However this year local track cyclists Kalinda Robinson and Tyler Puzicha have been both n...

Local NSW connection to 2020 Tour de France Winner Tadej Pogacar In 2018 NSW riders Tim Guy (Orange, NSW) and Ben Hill (Muswellbrook, NSW) rode with 2020 Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar in the Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum Team. Tim Guy was more than just a rider in the team as he assisted in the creation of the team and actually sponsored it through his Headcrack Company which raises awareness of An...

Local NSW connection to 2020 Tour de France Winner Tadej Pogacar In 2018 NSW riders Tim Guy (Orange, NSW) and Ben Hill (Muswellbrook, NSW) rode with 2020 Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar in the Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum Team. Tim Guy was more than just a rider in the team as he assisted in the creation of the team and actually sponsored it through his Headcrack Company which raises awareness of An...

Tim Guy & Ben Hill from NSW Australia not only rode in the Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum (Headcrack) Team with Tadej Pogacar in 2018 - But Tim Guy was part of the creation of the team that would provide the stepping stone for the Slovenian Champion into the World Tour.... This is a segment from the full podcast which will be released later in the week.

It is July 2020 - World Champion Rohan Dennis was supposed to be racing for gold at the Tokyo Olympics with everyone cheering him on back home in Australia. But Covid19 has turned the world upside down, postponing the Games and now Rohan Dennis is sending support back to a School in Country NSW Australia, as the students test themselves on the bike. Another Pro Cyclist Tim Guy who is supposed to b...

Former Bathurst Cycling Club Champion and hardworking official Ryan O'Donnell is moving from Bathurst, the club wishing him and his family all the best for the future and thanking him for his contribution to Cycling in the region.

Things have changed a lot in Australia in half a century - Here is a rare 3 minute bit of audio of the Windsor family sitting around the table singing. I am amazed a our heavy Aussie Accent..

Mark explains how the bicycle shop he now takes over with his wife Kristina, is where he had his first job. Mark and Kristina Renshaw have big plans for cycling in Bathurst and NSW’s Central West. In the past Mark has advised on the Bathurst Bike Park Venue, while this year, he designed the new courses for the Bathurst round of the UCI Grand Fondo World Series. However on the 8th of May 2020, Kris...

This is part of an interview with 10 time Tour de France starter Mark Renshaw on the announcement that he and wife Kristina will be opening a cycling store in Bathurst

This podcast was released in 2015 for the Bathurst Cycling Club Anzac Day Memorial to 1914/15 Bathurst Cycling Champion H.G. Honeyman. Former UCI Contract rider Blair Windsor joins us for a discussion on members of the local cycling community that made the supreme sacrifice for their country. Specifically R.G. Honeyman who served in the amazing 7th Light Horse Regiment and would be sent into the a...

Since 2014 world war veterans who were part of the local cycling community have been honoured by the Bathurst Cycling Club at the Anzac Day Trophy Race, with the race named after them. Although in 2020 the Coronavirus has stopped cycling across the world, the Bathurst Cycling Club Memorial will still continue this Anzac Day with Mary Phillips Robertson of the Royal Army Medical Corps to be honoure...