Self Righteous Cyclist

Hopefully by now, the Apple Crumble Gravel Crit needs no introduction. Since September 2025, the Brunswick Cycling Club has been serving up something truly unique in the form of a gravel crit held inside Petty's Orchard , a working organic farm with some of the best tasty treats and coffee. The venue is a comfortable one hour ride from the inner north of Melbourne along the Yarra River trails. If you are feeling a little more adventurous, you can test yourself on the many single tracks that divert off the main trail. B grade heading up Col du Monsieur rose 23-05-26 The course itself is 820m, which includes a hill to rival Melbourne's other famous crit track, the "Teardrop" and has now been named "Col du monsieur rose" in honour of Brunswick CC's very own Mr Pink and is adorned with a pink marquee. First lap of Mens C/D grade 13-09-25 There are three left hand corners each with their own nuances. The first, Knog Bend a descending left hander, which has b...

RADL GRVL , what's with all the missing vowels? Don’t worry, they didn’t lose the vowels, they just put them on low‑weight gravel wheels to save grams. For one week each year Adelaide turns into a cycling mecca as thousands of cycling enthusiasts, pro-teams and aspiring pros turn up for the Tour Down Under and the myriad of support events around the week. RADL GRVL is one of those events and came about through the commitment of Adelaide local and current pro cyclist  Tiffany Cromwell and her partner Valteri Bottas of F1 fame, to create an event that captured the essence of the varied terrain and the beauty of the McLaren Vale region from a different perspective. The event is now in its third year and caters for professional, elite and age group riders, has gone from strength to strength. With over 100 elite men and women racing, the field represented the strongest ever assembled in Australia for a gravel race.  The event gathered even more cache, when it became the inaugural ...