Iain Treloar

Australia

Senior Features Editor at The Escape Collective

Features and feelings @EscapeCycling, podcasting @TheAlbumFiles, ex-CyclingTips. Dictator botherer, low-level bicyclist, mid-level moustache, curious mind.

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A tale of two bike racks

3 weeks ago | escapecollective.com | Iain Treloar

Jack the Bike Rack and CargoMateWhen Melbourne-based rider Andy was looking for a front rack for his bike a few years ago, choices were limited. For his needs, most of the options on the market were non-starters in some way: they required a hole in the crown of the fork, or eyelets on the side of it, or rim brakes, or they were heavy and made the front end of the bike flop back and forth. Nothing was quite right.
It's Turkmen Bicycle Parade Day, folks!

3 weeks ago | escapecollective.com | Iain Treloar

Turkmenistan's neutral and not at all state-controlled news program, Altyn AsyrLet's not kid ourselves: you've had it circled in your calendar, too - a big green ring around June 3. Most of the world merely knows this date as 'June 3'; a smaller subset of that knows it as 'World Bicycle Day'.
But of course there is an official toilet paper of the Giro d'Italia

1 month ago | escapecollective.com | Iain Treloar

Everything's for sale. From to the bashful bowel movement that follows, cycling's institutions have decided that there's a dollar tag that can be put on it. Surely that's the only answer to the Very Bad Thing that we just learned at Escape Collective Towers: that there is an official Giro d'Italia toilet paper, and that the company in question paid some probably immense pile of money to associate its loo roll with cycling's most beautiful Grand Tour.
Founding Gaza Sunbirds paracyclist killed by Israeli airstrike

1 month ago | escapecollective.com | Iain Treloar

On October 7, 2023, the fragile equilibrium of the Middle East was shattered. The brutal Hamas attack on Israel, which saw more than 1,200 people killed and more than 250 hostages taken, sparked an intense military response from Israel which continues to this day. Millions of Palestinians have been displaced and tens of thousands have been killed, many of them women and children; hundreds of Israeli soldiers have also been killed.
What happens to cycling's weird podium prizes?

1 month ago | escapecollective.com | Iain Treloar

Compared to bigger sports like tennis or football, cycling is a relatively low-stakes game - its athletes are paid well, but not that well. But what it lacks in prize money, it more than makes up for in eccentricity, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the podium prizes handed out to victorious riders. While it's far from the only race handing out interesting prizes, the Giro d'Italia, currently underway, is particularly notable in this regard.
The ancient ride food I just found in the garage

1 month ago | escapecollective.com | Iain Treloar

I have a theory. Well, two theories. Theory one: every cyclist has an aged stash of ride food in their garage, or kitchen cupboard, or handlebar bags, that goes out for the occasional bike ride and comes home again uneaten. Then it sits back on the shelf until its next little excursion. And repeat, ad infinitum. Theory two (if theory one is disproven): I am a horrid little goblin, unique in having years-old gels, chews, powders and potions lying around. Which is accurate?
Could the Giro d'Italia be heading to Australia?

1 month ago | escapecollective.com | Iain Treloar

File this one under 'weird but (probably) true': the organisers of the Giro d'Italia, RCS, are reportedly in discussions with an Australian state about hosting the start of the 2027 Giro d'Italia. No, that's not 'Austria' with a typo. The original airing of this came from the Australian media personality, Mike Tomalaris - until late-2021 a decades-long mainstay of Australian broadcaster SBS's Tour de France coverage.
Rohan Dennis receives two year suspended sentence for Mel Hoskins' death

1 month ago | escapecollective.com | Iain Treloar

Rohan Dennis today received a two year suspended sentence for his role in the "tragic accident" leading to the 2023 death of his wife, Olympian and fellow pro cyclist Melissa Hoskins. In December 2024, Dennis reached a plea deal with prosecutors over the incident, pleading guilty to a charge of committing an aggravated act likely to cause harm. Prosecutors have said that he is not criminally responsible for his wife's death, conceding that the incident was unintentional.
12 types of people you'll meet on Facebook Marketplace

1 month ago | escapecollective.com | Iain Treloar

Viktor Bystrov/Unsplash and Iain TreloarMaybe you've been there, too - looking to offload or pick up something particular on Facebook Marketplace, or Gumtree, or Craigslist. The classifieds spool down the page, endlessly refreshing when you reach the bottom: hundreds of little boxes with bike stuff in them, filtered by brand, price, location or The Algorithm. The more time you spend in this digital river, you'll start to pick up on some themes - in photographs, or text, or just gut-feel.
How Uno-X Mobility brought Team 7-Eleven back to life

1 month ago | escapecollective.com | Iain Treloar

Uno-X Mobility, Cor Vos, KramonArdennes Week is a time of transition - the movement from one phase of the cycling season to another, the Classics to the Grand Tours. But while the racing itself delivered some exciting storylines - another step towards Tadej Pogačar's claim of being the GOAT; a first Monument win for an African rider with AG Insurance-Soudal's Kim Le Court - one of the biggest stories wasn't being told with sport but with marketing.