East Gippsland Rail Trail one way record broken

On March 8th, Bairnsdale rider Phil Lutz set off on his Kinesis 4S, aiming for the other end of the East Gippsland Rail Trail, nearly 100kms away in Orbost.

Phil said the trail was "a bit sticky and slow in a lot of sections because of all the rain" and the narrow tyres on his road-oriented bike made some parts "a little scary!" His task was made easier by mild weather conditions, and he reached Orbost in 3hr34m54s, more than an hour ahead of the previous record of 4hr40m44s set by Matt Bateson in January 2015.

Phil now holds both one way records for the trail, having set the Orbost-Bairnsdale record at 5hr3m29s in September 2018.

Phil said he was "just chuffed to have made it in a decent time, without crashing!" and hasn't ruled out making an attempt on the Bairnsdale-Orbost-Bairnsdale record currently held by Matt Bateson.