There are many reasons to ride a bike. It might be to get some exercise and fresh air, exorcise some competitive demons in a local crit, or simply catch up with friends on a coffee ride. But not often do we ride our bike for someone else, for something bigger than us.
However, for a large bunch of cyclists – including two recently retired road cycling legends in Simon Gerrans and Richie Porte – that’s exactly what they did when they recently came together in northern Tasmania to raise money for research into motor neurone disease as part of the Pedal Cure 4 FightMND (PC4MND) charity ride.
From the get-go and both on and off the bike, there’s a sense of community among the pack – more like volunteering at the local footy club than fighting it out on Melbourne’s Beach Road. Small bunches of
