January 2020 saw a surprise entrant at a Tuesday night club criterium: Valtteri Bottas. Here’s the strange story of why he was there, and how my photos ended up in a Finnish lifestyle magazine.

We caught up with Olas Designs whose GH Bike Racks are the most beautiful way to show off your beautiful bike

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Nathan Haas to talk Tour Down Under, revisionist history, Strava, and Harry Potter dressups. It was awesome!

The new Orbis, Code and Essence from Baum.There's so much goodness here I almost don't know where to start.

So the huge event of the year is rapidly approaching. Father’s Day. I check out some tasty accessories...

We recently caught up with Kelvin Rundle, the man working hard behind the scenes as the team owner, primary sponsor and Directeur Sportif of National Road Series team Roxsolt-Attaquer

Check out some sweet new Australian made steel frames.

It's A'qto's 10th birthday and they're giving away 10 custom kit's worth A$3,500. This is a good one.

The Australian automotive industry is on its knees... but it's not all bad. Check out the reinvention of the bike rack.

Forging their niche in the Aussie glorious domestic scene. 

Getting more women on bikes and interested in track cycling.

Cycling fashionistas. Lumiere have built quite a following with their patterns and palette.

Producing a high quality, classic and timeless kit... They are also two of the best blokes you'll meet.

For day 5, I spoke to modern Renaissance man Nathaniel Peek, the brains (and all other body parts) behind Spin Cycle Clothing. He's a man of rare intelligence, talent, and a solid gold nice dude.  He's also a relentless designer with an amazing eye for shapes and patterns.

I headed back to Melbourne for Day 4 of Aussie kit week, and spoke to Pedla's artist-in-residence Marcin. He has a different and fascinating approach to designing cycling kit and you can see that in their designs. I dig Pedla and I dug it even more after talking to Marcin.

Today we check in with newcomers to the kit game Biketivist. The Adelaide-based setup sure knows how to turn heads and rattle cages with their kit. Remember their name, we reckon they're gonna do well in the Aussie kit scene. We chatted to Juan Briceno about his brand.

Day 2 of Aussie kit week features John Polson from Black Sheep. This Queensland brand has grown incredibly fast in a short period. 

We believe Australia's cycling kit industry is the best in the world. We are spoilt with so many great brands producing quality kits. We wanted to run a campaign highlighting just how much passion and talent there is behind the Aussie kit industry so we reached out to some of the top quality people behind the brands to find out what makes them tick.