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Changes to the Half hundred and Hundred club - 11th October

This weekends Brissie to the Gold Coast ride was an awesome event, and has resulted in some promotions on the elite Kickbike - Half Hundred and Hundred clubs.  See below the testimonials

Racing hits the headlines - 13th July 2008

Brisbane hosted Australia's first Short Course Footbike race - held by the Australian Footbike Association Inc. The day was overcast but warm. Everyone enjoyed the day and it was great to see competitors from NSW.

Results for sprints were

Open Mens 200m sprint

1st - Alex Heta 23.72sec - Av speed 30.38kph

2nd - Daran Pratt 24.81sec - Av speed 29.03kph

3rd - Bruce Cook 25.17sec - Av speed 28.57kph

Veteran Men's 1km Sprint

1st - Alan Stewart 2min 7secs - Av speed 28.24kph

Veteran Women's 1km Sprint

1st - Lyn Armstrong 2min 52sec - Av speed 20.93kph

2nd - Suzanne Moule 3min 23sec - Av speed 17.72kph

Open Mens 1km sprint

1st - Daran Pratt 2min 19sec - Av speed 25.9kph

2nd - Alex Heta 2min 25sec - Av Speed 24.71kph

3rd - John Ryan 2min 40sec - Av speed 22.43kph

Open Womens 1km sprint

1st - Tracey Lunniss 2min 54sec - Av speed 20.66kph

2nd - Megan Heta 3min 05sec - Av Speed 19.39kph

Cadet Male (12-15) 200m sprint

1st - David Cook 31.2sec - Av speed 23.1kph

Novice Male 200m sprint

1st - Graham Jenner  35.2sec - Av speed 20.45kph

Results for Time trial were

Veteran Men's 2.5km

1st - Alan Stewart 5min 50.1secs - Av speed 25.71kph

Veteran Women's 2.5km

1st - Lyn Armstrong 7min 21.3sec - Av speed 20.39kph

2nd - Suzanne Moule 8min 12sec - Av speed 18.29kph

Open Mens 2.5km

1st - Daran Pratt 5min 50.5sec - Av speed 25.68kph

2nd - Alex Heta 6min 15.3sec - Av Speed 23.98kph

3rd - John Ryan 6min 15.6sec - Av speed 23.96kph

Open Womens 2.5km

1st - Tracey Lunniss 7min 23.7sec - Av speed 20.28kph

2nd - Megan Heta 8min 03.4sec - Av Speed 18.62kph

Cadet (12-15) 500m

1st - David Cook 1min 20.9sec - Av speed 22.25kph

Novice 200m sprint

1st - Graham Jenner  1min 31.1sec - Av speed 19.76kph

Well done to all the winners and keep your eyes open for future race dates. Tentatively November for both Queensland and NSW.

Long distance speeds increases again

8th June 2008 - Alan Stewart has completed the 165km Brisbane to Noosa century (100mile) challenge put on by USM,  in the very impressive time of 7hours 58min 7sec, an average kicking speed of 21.2kph. The completed time included 3 short breaks.  This sets new records for speed over distances above 100km, and he also picked up the  fastest downhill record in Australia at 94kph.  Well done Alan, and thanks to United Sports Marketing for allowing Alan to participate in their event.

Also congratulations to Alan on day 524 - consecutive kicking days

Alan's old record stands  27th April 2008

The 50km Ipswich Mall 2 Mall charity ride was on again with Alan Stewart trying to beat last years record of 1hr 59mins. The organisers had changed the course and Alan missed the 2 hr mark by 7 mins.  Breaking the 2 hour mark last year was an awesome effort. Alans kick on the Sunday was also his 483rd consecutive day on a Kickbike. Well done Alan

Alan Stewart climbs Mt-Cootha 2.5km in 15m  27th April 2008

Alan was timed on the 2.5km hill climb of Mt Coot-tha as part of the 70km Mt Coot-tha challenge.  His time was 15 mins and 7 secs. Very impressive seeing as he still had 57km to complete the challenge.

Kickbike Australia wins Business SWAP Business of the Year award 13th Oct 2007

Last night Business SWAP Australia (Salespeople with a Purpose) awarded Kickbike Australia with it's "Sole Trader 2007 International Business of the Year" award, at it's national awards night held at Salt and Pepper resort over this weekend.

This is a huge achievement for Kickbike Australia

New Aust average speed record 7th Oct 2007

102km in 4hours and 23 minutes - thats an average of about 24kph.  Alan Stewart of Victoria Point in Brisbane has today kicked from Brisbane to the Gold Coast as part of an organised charity ride. He completed the 102km in under 4 and a half hours, a very impressive feat.  He is still on track with his number of consecutive days kicking now sitting at 276.

200 consecutive kicking days 20th July 2007

Alan Stewart has confirmed his 200th consecutive day of Kicking, and in order to achieve his goal, he has had to go to great lengths.  About 2 weeks ago he had to go out kicking in a storm, so as not to break his record. His biggest kick is still the Great Brisbane Bike ride on the 18th March at 55km.

His goal now is 365 days.  Go Alan

New G4 Model X-Country 20th June 2007

The newest model of Kickbike have arrived, Stronger, Lighter and better quality, Lower plate, higher ground clearance, larger plate, better brakes.

See the models pages for details.

100 consecutive kicking days 10th April 2007

Alan Stewart has just phoned me to confirm that he has just completed his 100th consecutive day of Kicking.  That means he has kicked more than 10km every day of this year. His biggest kick was the Great Brisbane Bike ride on the 18th March at 55km.

His next goal is 200 days.  Go Alan - He challenges others to do the same.

International Kick-on day 17th March 2007

Brisbane - We had a BBQ finish to a casual kick around the bikeways of Brisbane river and Southbank in Brisbane.  It was great to sit afterwards and share kicking stories with other Kickbike nuts from Brisbane, while celebrating the Inaugural "Kick-on" Day

Sydney to Newcastle Kick

24th and 25th August 2006

John Hyde and Euan Grant from Sydney kicked from Sydney to Newcastle in 2 days . First day they completed 100km and the second day they backed it up with an 86km kick Well done guys and welcome to the Kickbike Hundred club, see below.

World Cup in Australia

17th October 2005

Australia has applied to the International Scooter racing organisation (IKSA) to host 1 of the 4 legs in a future World Cup Scooter racing series. The year is still to be decided as some investigation on location and courses needs to be done before we can confirm. Watch this space.

New Australian Kick distance record

16th October 2005

Phil McDonald of Melbourne completed 210km as part of "Around the Bay in a Day" an organised Bike ride attracting over 10,000 entrants. His kicking time was 12hrs 15mins. Well done Phil, this is the longest distance ride achieved here in Australia. Both Phil Summers and Bruce Cook completed the 100km event on the same day, in 5hrs 8min. Well done.

Qld athletics kick for stride out performance

March 2005

Some of Australia's top Coaches at the Australian Track and Field Coaches Congress on the Gold Coast have been introduced to Kickbike by Brendan Purcell, one of Queensland Athletics coaches who is using Kickbike to teach the optimum running technique.  He believes that kicking has an amazingly similar technique to the optimum running stride for maximum performance, with the benefits of being low impact and able to perform in slow motion. This means training with less chance of injury and being able to perfect the right position at different parts of the kick.

Brisbane Lions Kick butt

January 2005,

Brisbane Lions AFL team have purchased the Kickbikes to use in their rehabilitation training. See Testimonials for the article that appeared in the paper.

Previous stories

Club Kickbike kick the Great Brisbane Bike ride into shape.

20th March 2005

This years Great Brisbane Bike ride was attended by a record number of Kickbikers this year.  We had 13 entered with 8 doing the full 55km, 4 doing the 35km and 1 doing the 10km ride. A great result with everyone finishing in good times except Sean who took a wrong turn.

Quickest again this year was Alan in 2hrs and 9min, certainly well ahead of a lot of cyclists.

Nov 2002

The Australian Kickbike Racing team have beaten the Kiwis by over 90 minutes in this years Trans Tasman challenge. The event was a 4x40km relay Around Lake Taupo in New Zealand and was completed in 7hrs 24min by the Australian team of Alan Stewart, Mark Muscat, Byron Geneve and Bruce Cook.

Mark had a puncture that meant he had to run the last 3kms to his transition and yet still managed to stay ahead of the Kiwis. Average speed achieved on the hilly course was over 21kph.

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Brisbane lions AFL team Sunday mail article on the use of Kickbike for training

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Lote Tuquiri and Drew Mitchell training on Kickbike at Coffs Harbour. See Rugby Heaven

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Hi Bruce

I thought I was fit! The bike arrived late Tuesday and as we were going out we didn’t get it assembled until last night (just a minor mix up when someone put the handlebars on back to front!). I headed off in the dark for a quick scoot and then was up early yesterday morning. I only went out for 25 minutes because I’d slept in. Thought I was fit but returned with legs like jelly. Mind you, I’d found the flat easy so I headed off to a hill and realised what a “challenge” that was. I was pleased to have talked to you about the technique. I’m quite happy with how I’m going and even mastered the small hop to change feet which I actually found quicker and easier than the other method (until I tired). A quick half hour out this morning and still loving it. I’m going to be up to some distance in no time (sure!) … 125km is probably a wee way off. That must have been so much fun.

It’s seriously cool fun and certainly gets lots of looks.

Erin Fogarty, Takapuna NZ

Dear BetterBodiez support office,

The use of the Kickbikes over the past three months has been a valued piece of equipment whilst training clients. Every client has at least talked about the kickbikes when they come into the studio, interested in the kickbikes as it something you don't see too often.

All clients who have been out for a session on one these 'big scooters' has enjoyed themselves thoroughly and asked where they can get them from and how much they are. Also most clients after use of the kickbikes have found them fun and want to use them again. 

I have found that apart from the fun side of the Kickbikes they seem strong, durable and fast. The thin tires ensure that the user can build up a good speed as well as a good rhythm to maintain that speed. You also walk away feeling like your buttocks have worked as well as the leg not kicking. This comes about from having the leg slightly flexed at the knee.

 In conclusion the kickbike trial has been a success and will be used in the future. Andrew Sparenberg - Betterbodiez 

Hey Paul,

 A few comments and feedback on the kick bike situation.  All clients that I have taken on a kick biking session have thoroughly enjoyed the session and have asked to incorporate it into their training plan.  It’s something different that no one else offers at the moment, so to have another edge on the competition would confirm our place in the fitness industry.

 Using the kick bike in combination with boxing and also outdoor circuits increases the ‘fun’ content of the training session.  We all know how enjoyable it is to act like a kid again, and the kickbike (a.k.a. ‘big scooter’ helps us to relive our childhood whilst working our way to our goals.

 THEY ROCK!!!!!!!

Craig Wood

BetterBODIEZ Newfarm

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Distance Scoreboard

Name - (longest ride in Km) - x number of times done the minimum distance) - Newest members

Australia's Kickbike "Double Hundred" Club

Phil McDonald (210)

Australia's Kickbike "Hundred" Club

Alan Stewart (160) x 10

Phil Summers (101) x 3

Bruce Cook (101) x 5

John Hyde (100)

Euan Grant (100)

Alan Ferris (100)

Jon Gooding (102)

Alex Heta (100) - 11/10/09

Debbie Stewart (100) - 11/10/09 - First lady into this club

Lyn Armstrong (100) - 11/10/09

Australia's Kickbike "Half Hundred" Club

Todd Samarowski (87)

Philip Blackler (71)

Byron Geneve (66)

Anthony Crack (55)

Sean Dunstan (55) x2

Paul Timms (55)

Wendy Bowman (55)

Daniel Zarzecki (55)

Mick Green (52)

Jan Green (52)

Chris Cobb (52)

Tracey Lunniss (60)

Steve Lunniss (60)

Karen Toll (60) - 11/10/09

Australia's Kickbike "Offroad 50" club

Alan Stewart (50) x2

Mark Muscat (50)

Todd Samarowski (50) x2

Bruce Cook (50)

Chris Cobb (50)

Australian Racing Team Representatives

Alan Stewart - Trans Tasman race

Mark Muscat - Trans Tasman race

Byron Geneve - Trans Tasman Race

Bruce Cook - Trans Tasman Race and World Champs 2008

Lyn Armstrong - World Champs 2008

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