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Amber cyclist rides

4000km each year!

At 89, Amber by Living Gems resident “My first win was as a 15-year-old
Neil Graham puts even the youngest of amateur, when I won an Aggregate
us to shame with his physical fitness. Trophy with the Brunswick Cycle Club in
Victoria in 1948,” he said. “But my main
Unstoppable, he has been cycling since
he was a young boy and is even a bit of a success was in a three-day tour with the
celebrity at this over-50s lifestyle resort, Northern Vets Cycle Club in Victoria.”
with a recent write-up in the local paper. “Between 1980 and 1990, I rode the
145km Great Otway Bike Ride each
“Something just seemed to click when I
got on my first bike, which was actually my year in succession, and I have ridden
dad’s bike, at the age of 8,” Neil tells us. from Adelaide to Melbourne once and
Melbourne to Sydney and return six
“I think it was the feeling of freedom I times.”
experienced, together with the euphoria
and the wind on my face as I started Neil hopes to inspire more Amber
racing around.” residents to start cycling and having
that lust for an active life no matter the
Although Neil has been cycling and age group.
competing for years, he didn’t do his
first long-distance ride until the age “I’ve competed in cross country running
of 49, when he and his friend flew to events, winning the Kilsyth Country
Adelaide and cycled back to Melbourne Classic 10km run, and consider myself
together. It was then that Neil caught the to have more enthusiasm than ability,”
competitive bug and started entering he says.
long-distance races. “Nothing should stop us from getting out
there.”

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