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RACV Great Vic Ride 2010 on a Scooter

August 15, 2011
RACV Great Vic Ride 2010 on a Scooter

Okay… okay… I bow to pressure and verbal threats… finally here’s the details of my adventures at last year’s Great Vic Ride… only 7 months late… The 2010 RACV Great […]

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Final Days of Kickbiking the Great Vic Ride 2009

November 17, 2010
Final Days of Kickbiking the Great Vic Ride 2009

Hi, Deb again with the finishing report on the Great Vic Ride of 2009

Day 6 – Rest Day

Woke this morning at 5.30 with a swollen face again…

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Reports about Scooting the Great Vic Ride 2009

November 16, 2010
Reports about Scooting the Great Vic Ride 2009

Hi, it’s Deb Stewart here.

Well, I’m gearing up to footbike the next Great Victoria Bike Ride (2010)… and as one very ‘testy’ footbiking individual reminded me: I haven’t finished posting on last year’s ride! Ooops …

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Kickbiking in Oz

January 26, 2010 0 Comments
Kickbiking in Oz

Hi, this is Jack from Bristol in the UK.

Over the holiday I spent three weeks in Western Australia. While Northern Hemisphere KB riders were struggling with …

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Day 2 Footbiking the Great Vic Ride

January 7, 2010
Day 2 Footbiking the Great Vic Ride

I woke early and sat up, peering over the bag between us to look at Linda (sister-in-law).

Linda who had been awake only moments before looked across at me and gasped. I stared at her too …

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Day 1 Footbiking the Great Vic Ride

January 6, 2010
Day 1 Footbiking the Great Vic Ride

Well, wasn’t last night interesting! Woke at 1.40am to hear a man yelling out: “(expletive) shut up so we can get some sleep!” It was then that I noticed the snoring …

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Pre-ride Day of GVBR on a Footbike

November 27, 2009 2 Comments
Pre-ride Day of GVBR on a Footbike

After a 5 and half hour drive to Portland – the first port of call on the Great Vic Bike Ride, we arrived, Kickbike in the boot and Linda’s …

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Kickbike Plans for the Great Vic Ride

November 26, 2009 2 Comments
Kickbike Plans for the Great Vic Ride

Hi, I’m Deb Stewart – fearless footbiking freak!

Arrived in Melbourne last night, Kickbike safely by my side with plans to complete the Great Victorian Bike Ride…

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City Mayors and Hairy Legs

June 1, 2009 0 Comments
City Mayors and Hairy Legs

At the Ipswich 100 race event, Lyn Armstrong, after meeting the Mayor of Ipswich, Paul Pisale, was heard to lament:

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