The Austral Wheelrace, the World’s oldest track cycling event, will be staged for the 107th time on Saturday February 26 at Vodafone Arena. With previous editions of the Austral ending in crashes, cries of race fixing, and triumph, the 2005 edition will no doubt add to the folklore that surrounds the Austral.
A crack field has been secured to contest this event with World Cup champion and Athens Olympians Ben Kersten and two time Austral winner Darren Young secured to ride. Both Kersten and Young are programmed to ride off the mark of honour – the Scratch mark.
Recently crowned Australian Champions Joel Leonard and Sean Finning will also be competing as part of the 120 strong field and with former winners of the calibre of Sid Patterson, Danny Clarke and Garry Neiwand, all competitors will be desperate to add their name to the honour roll.
The Austral Wheelrace will be run over 2000 metres or 8 laps of the 250m Vodafone Arena board velodrome. There will be six heats, with the top four riders in each heat qualifying for the final. The Jefferson Ford Austral Wheelrace is also one of the highest ranked National Track Series events, and as such, a large points swag will be on offer to the triumphant rider in this historic event.
(Press Release from: www.cyclistsinternational.com.au)

For no particular reason (cough), here's some dudes doing world tours by bike. Very interesting reading. They almost all seem to be teachers!!!

www.gordontaylor.co.uk:
Fixed gear world tour

www.roundtheworldbybike.com
50,000 miles, 5 continents, 50 countries. Alone and on a bicycle.

www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com:
Pedalling 15,000 miles home to England from a remote town in North East Siberia

www.downtheroad.org:
How we traded our ordinary lives for a global bicycle touring adventure

Corax:
Corax - Adventures and Expeditions

chaingang rotafixa: securing a track sprocket without lock ring

Note to self: Ahhh.. so that's what he did to my bike!

www.cyclingnews.com - Armstrong preps for the Hour

Pink Floyd - Bike (Flash Animation by backtothefuture)

"Compared to a conventional drive system BIKEDRIVE offers more power output when applying the same amount of pressure on the pedals." Oh really..

"When compressing the springs you will get past the top dead center with lesser effort and store power that is then released at the bottom dead center." Oh really..

"BIKEDRIVE makes your crank rotation smoother, rounder and more efficient." Uh huh..

fatguycycling.blogspot.com

Another one from fatguycycling, this pedal contraption is trucking huge!

I found this craziness on gwadzilla's blog, here: gwadzilla.blogspot.com

The rider, Matt Decanio, tells his story.

Bid on the first termination letter in the history of cycling for a rider having an anti doping web site!

Just a link coz I feel like it..
Unicycle Jousting