Vigor Cycling 

The Vigor Studio is the meeting point for 2 group rides aimed at beginners to intermediate cyclists. You can be a recreational cyclist or have specific goals such as competing in road cycling, mountain biking, triathlon and duathlon.

Liam who leads the rides is a qualified Cycling Australia coach and has been cycling all his life in all of the above types of racing. These group rides have been going continuously since the start of 2006 which has seen hundreds of cyclists enjoy the benefits of professionally coached group training rides.

Feel free to join this email list to get all the news on what's going on with the Vigor Cycling training and racing.

Sponsorship

 The Fitzroy Revolution 106 Victoria Street, Fitzroy, Phone 9419 4397

The Team at The Fitzroy Revolution is a great support to the Vigor members, offering up to 15% off retail. The service and advice is also invaluable, you can be sure to get looked after. 

My Mountain 398 Lygon Street, Brunswick East, Phone 93801571

My Mountain offers up to 15% off retail for all Vigor members. Mark and his team of Mountain bike professionals take a no attitude, no nonsense approach so you can expect to get looked after. 

Joining the Vigor Cycling Group 

1. You can join the Vigor Cycling Group by becoming a Vigor member for $77 a year. This gives you access to a year of coached cycling sessions and support for your goal events. This option will suit the recreational cyclist, for example those aiming for BV or Audax events. It also gives you discounts at the Vigor Clinic so you'll get your $77 back in no time

2. You can join Melbourne Adventure (MA) for $70 a year. MA is a multi-sport club set up to introduce people to a wide range of endurance sports with quality coaching. This option will be more appropriate than option 1. if you intend to race, you will need to organise your licence for racing and insurance to ride with the group. Liam is one of the coaches at MA so you can talk to him about how to get your racing licence, or checkout the MA website.

Supported Events 

With so many events to choose from, it helps to get advice from us to choose the right one for you. The recreational cyclist should check out the BV websitefor events like Around the Bay in a Day or the  Audax websitefor events like the Alpine Classic. We also run fun Multi-sport events that you might like to try, check out the events section on the homepage.

For road cycling , mountain biking and triathlon / duathlon events you can click on these links for each state/national association. Melbourne Adventure is bound to have some members competing in most events so speak with Liam if you want to find a racing buddy. 

The Cycling Sessions 

Wednesday

A one hour session starts at 6:30 am (Spring to Autumn - check timetable for current start time) or 7:00 am (Winter). If you need to ride on to work you can leave your bag at the Vigor Studio. The group rides to the Kew Boulevard and completes 2 laps (approx. 30 km). The session starts with an easy lap, spinning to ride as a group, the second lap is generally stronger depending on what you're up to; if you're feeling frisky you can do efforts up the hills.

Saturday

The group ride always leaves the Vigor Studio at 7:30am for 2-4 hours, generally those that turn up plan the ride ahead which usually means a short and long option. We usually head north to Eltham, Kinglake regions.

Information regarding the Saturday ride is always included in the Vigor Cycling weekly email, if you'd like to receive this email please click HERE.

When it's raining 

The sessions are always on - same time and place, we just go indoors on the rollers if it rains. We put on a DVD and pedal in comfort for an hour. This is a great way to keep your regular fitness up over winter and work as hard as you like. If you have a VGEP you can use this for the class or a Jarasport pass for the Saturday ride otherwise it's $10 casual,  checkout the Vigor Group Exercise page for pricing of the VGEP. 

The rollers give a safe and more realistic ride than any other indoor trainers. They do not damage the bike's frame or tyres. It is best to just show up at the start time and the decision of whether to ride in or outdoors will be made at then.

Cycling Lessons

Liam can take 1 - 3 people out for 1 hour lesson.  The cost can be shared ($70 for 1, $90 for 2 or $120 for 3 people), and Vigor members get a $10 discount. This will be a session focused on safety, technique and tips to improve your cycling ability.

In addition to this you can add another hour session for video analysis, this can arranged as a group so you can learn from each other.

If you would like to make a time or have any questions Liam will be happy to help and get you started.

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