as part of the promotion of the malvern star range of oppy bikes, phil anderson will be joining us for a hills ride this sunday 28th march. 

for those that are new to cycling, phil represented the generation of cycling pioneers that made in-roads for other aussies to race in europe.  he became the first non-european to wear the yellow jersey in the tour de france and went on to wear it 11 times.  up until cadel’s recent success at the tour, phil was the highest place aussie with a fifth overall in both 1982 and 1985.  he also went on to win the white jersey of the best young rider in 1982.

as part of the promotion of the oppy bikes, there will be 6 bikes (2 small, 2 medium, 2 large) available for any club member (must have a cycling australia licence for insurance reasons) to test ride on the day.  send me an email and i will let the malvern star guys know what size you need.  all you need to do is turn up a little earlier so that they can swap your pedals over and they will look after your bike while you are away.

i will probably map out a new course for this day just to make sure that we get a good run even if we have a large turn out.  this may be a good chance for you to test yourself against a former tour de france climber and it also may be a good chance for that hill climb time to be demolished.