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Our bike shop at Artarmon helped Luke Jacobz get sorted for his first big ride, in aide of Lymphoma Australia.

Opera2Parliament (O2P) is an annual, fun bike ride aimed to raise awareness of Lymphoma, our number one blood cancer. The 330km ride provides a big challenge to all participants and supporters. The O2P starts at the Sydney Opera House and finishes at the bright lights of Parliament House in Canberra. Along the way, riders cruise through beautiful country towns, with sleepovers in Mittagong and Goulburn.

Hello! This is Chris Fraser from 99 Bikes Newmarket here. My girlfriend Clarissa and I are going to ride our new Apollo TANDEM ROAD BIKE 200km to raise money for cancer research.

The Ride to Conquer Cancer, benefiting the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, is a cycling journey throughout Queensland scenic countryside that we're embarking on to fight cancer. It will be a challenge in a number of ways, but with our bike, helmets, and your generosity, a real impact will be made!

The combination Masters A, Elite B and Elite A was a recipe for a hard race at the physically challenging Nerang course. Attacks came early in the race which had Paul chasing down and saw Rick joining a break away for a while to be chased down by the pack.

Hard man James did the majority of the work at the front putting the sting into the hill climb and taking the edge off many rival sprinters and near the end of the race the attrition was evident.

The Avanti Classic handicap has a different race format to other road races. Riders of similar ability are sent off in small groups of 10 with the slower riders starting first and the fastest groups following up to 32 minutes later with the winner being first rider across the line.

The Metropolitan Championships were held over the weekend, with Saturday’s criterium held at Murarrie, including the QLD U19 state crit champs.

Two of our fellow 99’ers were out to compete that day, one being Michael Hill – competing in his first Elite B Grade Race after successful racing in Elite C, and our youngest member, Tom Miller – racing in the U19 Division.

The Labour Day long weekend saw the team head to Northern NSW to race in both Elite C and Elite B grades at the QSM Battle on the Border. Only in its third year, the 3 day, 4 stage race made up of an individual time trial, two tough hilly road races, and a crit is quickly becoming a favourite on the race calendar.

The 99 Bikes team were represented across all three grades at the annual Mt Cotton Kermesse and despite the wet conditions put in a good showing. In B grade the boys were keen to improve on last year’s results. After riding hard all race and always being in the hunt, the team was unlucky in the final bunch sprint and missed out on the podium they wanted.

Sunday 1st August saw Oli, Rick and Jimmy head out to Laidley to contest the Charles Coin Memorial road race, a tough 18km circuit held over 5 laps of hilly and windy smackdown.

It was bound to be on like DK as the guys were combined with Masters A, swelling the bunch to over 50 strong riders. Sure enough no time was wasted, with an average speed of 39km/h on the first lap and no sign of it slowing! The 99 Bikes guys were coming off some great form and holding their own ver nicely thankyouverymuch!

Our race schedule has seen us travel up North for the final of 4 races in the Cycling Queensland teams series. This was clearly a place where tough men are bred, as the racing was hard and anyone not on top their game was going to be in trouble. Australia presents a unique enviroment for a cyclist and162km gives you plenty of time to take in the scenery - endless fields, cows, coal-fired power plants and plenty of road kill. Different to Brisbane for sure (except perhaps the road kill). It was a great effort by the guys to finish this race.