Bike Week

Brisbane’s biggest day of cycling for the year went off as smooth as silk yesterday, with close to 4000 cyclists enjoying a bike ride on a beautiful sunny autumn day.

David Melville (7:04) and Simone Grounds (7:54) set impressive best times in the BDO Kendalls Brisbane Coot-tha Challenge. The winner’s time brings out the question: “Is it humanly possible to go under seven minutes for the Coot-tha?”

That’s a question that will have to wait for 2010 to be answered. Self-reported times don’t count!

There were many many reports of personal bests being slashed by a minute or more, as countless hours of hill training paid off big time.

There has been a great surge of interest in cycling, and its reflected in the growth of this event, 38% up on the first event in 2008. BQ also finds it interesting that more and more riders are looking for harder events, and in general are riding faster in these events.

Our photo about shows a couple of participants in The Great Brisbane Bike Ride, cruising along the riverside and enjoying themselves. That’s what Bike Week was all about: getting out on your bike and having fun!

Bicycle Queensland is pleased to report that the worst injury yesterday was a broken arm, and there were no accidents involving cars colliding with bikes.