Huge News - The Pedaler returns to Nundah!!

We are very excited to announce that we will soon have a new health location up and running in Nundah, the very suburb we started out in 8 years ago!

We kicked off The Pedaler (previously termed Tuileries Podiatry) in a sleepy street in Nundah in 2012 whilst Nathan was still commuting to Hobart for work every week. Initially ‘Dangerous’ Dave Gruhl looked after clients whilst Nathan was away (and also helped himself to the fridge mercilessly). After Nathan stopped flying to Hobart in 2015, we moved the business to Milton to be close to the cycling centre of Brisbane.

It comes with great joy then to return to our roots. Our partnership with Northwest Physiotherapy has expanded our footprint enormously and seamlessly. The Nundah location with serve as a base for Podiatry for all of our inner north clients who find the drive to Milton inconvenient. The location is also close the Nundah criterium track, the north Brisbane bike path and a whole bunch of riding groups and Tri clubs.

All bookings can be organised directly via the Nundah NorthWest Physio page.

The Pedaler Podiatry is now available at

• Milton (Headquarters) including cafe, workshop, massage, physiotherapy and dietician.

• Everton Park

• Keperra

• Eatons Hill

• Nundah (opening Jan)

Contact us for more details. We are sure to be offering a few sneaky promotional offers for Nundah in the coming weeks.

The Pedaler Health Team is growing!

Our collection of heath specialists has grown again in 2019. We have recently added two new massage therapists to The Pedaler Health giving our clients access to massage 3 days per week. We are excited to welcome Amie on Mondays and Thursdays, and Vicki on Fridays. Both clinicians have a wealth of experience dealing with cyclists and multi sport athletes.

Amie and Vicki join Nathan (Podiatry), Anouksa (Physiotherapy) and Matthew (E.P) who consult weekly from The Pedaler.

We will be announcing a few new names to the health team over the coming weeks to help us look after the needs of Brisbane’s cycling, running and multi sport community. We are also excited to almost be ready to roll out our two new key technology additions to The Pedaler as well - Saddle Pressure Testing Hardware and a Virtual Wind Tunnel. These are hugely exciting additions to our business and allow athletes a chance to get more comfortable on the bike whilst also being more efficient. These new features will be handled primarily by Anouska - our Physiotherapist.

Whilst we are usually busy, we typically have appointments available each week so give us a call and let us help you get more comfortable. All health bookings can also be managed online as well.

The Pedaler and North West Physiotherapy Team Up!!

After 6 months of discussion and behind the scenes work, we are very pleased to announce that The Pedaler and Cobra9 Orthotic Labs will be teaming up with North West Physiotherapy to provide Sports Podiatry, Orthotic Services and Bike Fit assistance from their Everton Park location.

We are stoked to be working with the well established and professional team on the Northside who are renowned for their quality holistic physiotherapy and with whom we have shared patients with in the past. It also provides easy access for our Northside clients helping them to schedule appointments around their work and school life more conveniently.

Our mission at The Pedaler has been to provide high level Cycling and Sports Podiatry services without compromise. This attitude fits perfectly with North West Physiotherapy who were looking to expand their health services with the certainty that comes from years of industry experience, and the benefits of a one stop shop for orthotic fabrication. Ron and Roger from NW Physiotherapy and Nathan from The Pedaler hope that with the successful collaboration between the two businesses we will see expansion in the near future to both the Keperra and Eatons Hill locations as well.

As of November, you will be able to access high level Sports and Cycling Podiatry, Running/Walking/Cycling Orthotic services and basic bike fit from the Everton Park location. All high end bike fit clients will still be directed to The Pedaler HQ at Milton to enable access to our bike fit technology.

We look forward to caring for a greater portion of the Brisbane community and we are thrilled to be working alongside such a quality team. Call (07) 3353 4111 or book online from next week.

Nathan

The Evolution of The Pedaler

When you're busy in the middle of a business, it's easy to forget the huge changes that have occurred across the past few years.  We started creating Carbon Cycling Orthotics in 2009, and at that time, we weren't planning on creating a comprehensive Health Practice in Milton, Brisbane.  

With the addition of Physiotherapy and Bike Fitting, we can now manage the full range of services that athletes require.  

The timeline of services and projects looks as follows

• July 2009 - Cobra9 Cycling Orthotics created

• July 2009 - Cobra9 Racing starts

• January 2014 - Cobra9 Intebuild Racing forms

• August 2015 - The Pedaler Opens

• September 2015 - Podiatry, Retail Online

• February 2016 - Workshop , Bike Sales Online

• September 2016 - Coaching Commences

• November 2016 - The 4064 Cafe Opens

• January 2017 - Dedicated Workshop Manager Commences

• June 2017 - The Pedaler Hit Squad Forms

• September 2017 - Exercise Physiology Commences

• December 2017 - Brisbane Continental Forms

• January 2018 - Dedicated Massage Therapy Room created

• April 2018 - Physiotherapy Services Commence

• July 2018 - Bike Fitting Services Commence

We now have the ability to fully cater for the needs of cyclists and multi-sport athletes from start to finish. 

1. This means advice for the beginner on bike servicing and catering for their initial set up needs. 

2. We can help those suffering hot spots or poor shoe fitting with our Podiatry services and Cobra9 Cycling Orthotics. 

3. We can modify a bike during a bike fit within our workshop and change handlebars and stems easily and professionally. 

4. Physiotherapy and Podiatry can work together to ensure a comprehensive treatment platform is issued. 

5. We can provide the exercise programs and tools required to ensure injury risk is minimised and follow that up within our coaching programs. 

6. Our coaching programs can be measured against testing provided by our Exercise Physiologist.   

7. We can source and set up new bikes for clients alongside our workshop and bike fit services. 

8. Ongoing body maintenance is managed by our massage therapists who provide feedback to Physiotherapy as required. 

All these seperate but linked services are provided right here in Milton and offered in conjunction with access to the best coffee available in the 4064.  That's right, you can grab a Fonzie Abbott coffee from our cafe while you wait.  

Physiotherapist Anouska Edwards joins The Pedaler team.

I've known Anouska for around 10 years initially as a rider on the Pensar Race team where my mates Hads and Terry were racing and also through the early incarnations of Twittersphere under the Fittoride handle (correct use of handle?).  There is still an unanswered direct twitter message from Anouska to the Cobra9 twitter feed from 2011 that I promise I'll get around to responding to at some point.

Early on, I knew Anouska was a good physio.  Good physiotherapists have a way of finding themselves in ever increasingly important and interesting roles.  Anouska always seemed to be working with a National team of some description.  When Anouska moved to the UK a few years ago, we touched on the idea of some mutual work for the UK team whereby Anouska's physiotherapy expertise could work in conjunction with my Podiatry skillset.  We have both worked amongst cyclists for a huge period of time and simply there are still not a whole lot of practitioners in our field where this is the case.  Given how highly I regard Anouska's skillset, the notion that she would like to work with me on occasion is a huge compliment, or at least I'm taking it as such.  I'll press Anouska on this point when we have coffee next.

Now that Anouska has returned to Brisbane, Australia, we finally have the opportunity to work together.  I for one, am pretty excited by the prospect.  When we were looking for a Physio to complete our team of health practitioners at The Pedaler, getting a professional of Anouska's quality was the highest priority, and her return from overseas is extremely serendipitous.  

Initially Anouska will be treating once a week from our rooms starting on the 19th of February.  You can book online or call us to schedule. Where required, Anouska and myself may consult together to ensure we have the best possible treatment outcomes going forward for previous and future clients.

Anouska is the physiotherapist of choice to ensure you can ride pain free and with improved function.  Her twitter handle says it all - Fittoride.  I can't put it more eloquently then that.

Anouska Edwards - Physiotherapist