Bridie O'Donnell is one of Australia's current female cycling talents..

She didn't start competing in sport until her second year of university, when participating in a triathlon seemed like a fun way to spend a Sunday morning. This began a love affair with endurance sports, and cycling in particular.

After graduating from University of Queensland Medical School, she moved to Melbourne in 2001 and devoted her energy to rowing for five years.

In 2006, she finished the Hawaiian Ironman triathlon and then began a specific focus on the individual road time trial.

Now she is an Australian professional rider with UCI Team Valdarno (alongside 2009 World Champion, Tatiana Guderzo, and Italian Champion, Monia Baccaille) and spends six months of each year in Europe and six in Melbourne.

Bridie tells us how she has thrived using SRM to rapidly progress from rower to world class cyclist:

Firat Arslan and Luan Krasniqi, it took only a few training sessions for them to be sure of the value of the training with the SRM High Performance Handwheel Ergometer. Besides isokinetic and endurance testing, the professional boxers did special interval training in the isokinetic mode. These specific training methods at Europeansports (www.europeansports.de) have shown their effect already when working out in the ring. Explosive moves and also endurance are practiced.