IT’S ON FOR YOUNG AND OLD THIS YEAR
The VEGEMITE Family Ride to spreads its wings on the Waterfront
HAVING been a professional cyclist for close to 20 years, Cadel Evans admits he is often amazed at how far two wheels have managed to take him.
While winning races and championships all over the world have been unforgettable achievements, Cadel says the biggest gift riding a bike has given him is far greater than any accolades.
“My formative years riding my bike had absolutely nothing to do with excellence or high achievement, but had everything to do with experiencing my first feelings of independence as a child,” Evans said.
“A sense of exploring my youthful physical abilities, which are often far greater than we individually realise.”
Evans said learning to ride a bike gave him more than a just career, it taught him monster BMX skid on our gravel driveway; the confidence I gained out of learning to ride my bike flowed onto other aspects of my childhood life,” he said.
“Knowing that if I applied myself to a task I would inevitably achieve it by calling on those valuable lessons in listening, observing, learning and persisting.
“My strong belief is that these very same traits and experiences are just so important for the kids of today as the world is such a different place to the one I experienced in my childhood days.”
The VEGEMITE Family Ride is set become a highlight of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race weekend.
Taking place on Friday, January 25, at the Geelong waterfront, registration is free, meaning participation is accessible for all.
Evans said to be able to include an event that is open