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DIARY UPDATE; the next HBF Freeway Bike Hike for Asthma will be held on Sunday 28th March 2010. Registrations will open around November 2009. Sign up to the Mailing List to be notified when registrations open and of any breaking news.
The 5th annual HBF Freeway Bike Hike for Asthma has been declared a huge success! This year's event launched the 24th Cycle Instead Bikeweek with a total of 8007 participants and is by far Western Australia's largest ever single day cycling event and the third largest mass participation cycling event in Australia. On Sunday 22nd March 2009 more than 8000 cyclists made their way by train, car or bicycle to Kwinana Station, Belmont Park Racecourse and Greenwood Station for the starts of the 60km, 30km and 10km events. The Hon. Minister for Transport, Simon O'Brien officially launched the event by sounding the starter horn and three of Perth's freeways were almost instantly filled with cyclists of all ages on all types of machines.
This event represents a unique opportunity for participants to cycle on the southbound lanes of the Kwinana and Mitchell Freeways free from cars. It is also the only time the Graham Farmer Tunnel is open to cyclists as part of the 30km event starting from Belmont Park Racecourse. The event caters for all types of cyclists from those who race to families with young children. This year's 10km City of Joondalup Family Ride featured a new rival for the bike that carries the most people with the Rover Straight 8 taking the honours from last year's Family of Five! Visit the event photos link below for photos of these bikes and of the day.
We would like to congratulate all participants who braved the early starts and took part in this year's event. A BIG thank you must also go to all the volunteers who played an important role in delivering such a fantastic event. Participants can download a certificate of participation as a momento of the event using the link at the bottom of this page. We hope you enjoyed the event and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2010.
Click here to search for a participant and make a donation to the Asthma Foundation of WA!
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The inaugural HBF Freeway Bike Hike for Asthma was held in March 2005. It was created as a unique fundraising event for the Asthma Foundation of Western Australia and has evolved into WA's largest mass participation cycling event. After five years it is now a regular fixture on the WA sports and community calendar.
In 2008, with the support of the State Government, Main Roads WA, and the Public Transport Authority who had just completed construction of the Southern Suburbs Railway, an additional 60km distance was added to the existing 30km and 10km events. This addition was intended to open up the event to participants from Perth's southern suburbs and also ensure the event still had an appeal to cyclists who might consider 30kms too short a distance. With a turnout in excess of 2000 cyclists in its first year the 60km event proved very popular with regular and more experienced cyclists while also posing a challenge to tackle for the less experienced.
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