** UPDATE
The Retro Bike Show is still going ahead, however, with the cancellation of the two Sunday rides, it will now be a Saturday only gig **

Celebrating the local cycling histroy this display shows the popularity of the humble bicycle. With strong local racing against other towns like York and Northam, the Beverley to Perth Race from 1897 pitted metropolitan, and even interstate riders against locals. It was hard fought in the days of gravel tracks and single gears.

As part of the Beverley Heroic weekend we’re running the Retro Bike Show. See the sparkle and shine (or patina) of bikes dating from the 19th century right through the ‘golden age’. With single speeds giving way to a multipicity of gears you can see the evolution of a simple idea