Register for this FREE challenge, get the Strava app and track your progress. Ride 1788km between July 23 and August 22 to earn the bragging rights!

Since the First Fleet dropped anchor at Sydney Cove in 1788, it’s as if Australians have been fulfilling some innate mission to achieve.

From brothers Richard and Clarence Smith inventing their stump-jump plough, to the development of Internet Wifi by John Sullivan’s CSIRO team, many remarkable Australians have realised their ambition, with dogged determination and style.

To be sure, every moment of the past 224 years is crammed with unheralded personal achievement or famous inventions.

Agriculture and technology aside, Aussies have a proud heritage of glorious achievement on two wheels; Opperman, Mockridge, Peiper, Anderson, Meares, and the outstanding Cadel Evans, to name just a few.

Now it’s your turn.

Every cyclist across Australia, and indeed the globe, is invited to take this Australian online Challenge that will be powered by Strava (see Strava.com) via GPS capable phones and devices.

The Challenge?

Ride 1,788kms in a single month, starting July 23, right after the Tour de France.

Your reward?

Ultimate bragging rights, a free digital copy of Bicycling Australia, and your name in Bicycling Australia’s Honour Roll, Nov/Dec issue #178.