Following his diagnosis, Gamble attended a course in Melbourne which was based on research by George Jelinek and run by the Gawler Foundation, which discussed exercise and dietary changes which could help ease the symptoms of MS.

The advice from the course was that exercise and a reduced saturated fat intake, which is an inflammatory, could ease the symptoms.

MS impacts everyone differently, and Gamble temporarily lost the use of his right hand and left foot.

While Gamble has since regained use of the limbs, he lost a lot of strength, which he hoped cycling would help him regain.

"I'd go and ride my bike to try to get my strength back," Gamble said. "I would ride 30 km every two to three days depending on how I was feeling."

After taking up a mostly plant-based diet and cycling several times a week, along with the medication he took, Gamble found himself feeling better, and losing weight.

"I was about 92kg when I was working, and I didn't think I was particularly fat. With the diet and the exercise, I'm pretty consistently 82 kilos," he said.

Riding alongside his son, Rohan, and a close friend, Gamble completed the 58-kilometre charity ride on November 3, and raised over $500.

"It was awesome, it was really uplifting," Gamble said of the feeling when he finished.

The "brilliantly run" event, Gamble said, had drinks breaks every 10km, to ensure none of the entrants overheated, where the riders were able to take in the scenery.

"[It was] an absolutely beautiful ride," he said. "You ride through the rainforest, it was just magnificent.

"There was people on the side of the road just clapping along the way. The spirit of the people who were there, it was wonderful.

"There was a proper finish line with a sign and the barricades going down to the end, there was a band playing rock and roll music, lots of food, eateries, tents, it was just brilliant, really wonderful organisation. There was a really good vibe there."

Considering how much he enjoyed his first time in the charity ride, Gamble intends to increase his fundraising efforts next year.

"You get asked for money for everything these days, I didn't really want to do that to people," he said.

"With such a wonderful event, I don't feel ashamed of it now, I don't feel like a burden to people.

"I'm going to continue to ride and continue my diet, because I'm not allowed to work again for 12 months on the advice of my neurologist. I'll put my fundraising goal at maybe $1,000."

"Maybe ... I could find some people to have a ride with me. As a team, maybe we could raise $5,000."

All of Gamble's achievements in recent months would not have been possible, he said, without the support of the Crookwell community.

"The Crookwell community [has] been nothing but supportive," Gamble said.

"I can't use any heavy machinery, it was in winter that I got diagnosed. I had no wood, and then all of a sudden all this wood showed up. And then another bloke showed up with some lamb and filled my fridge up.

"I run a 300 acre farm, just a hobby farm. I had blokes come and help me mark lambs through no cost, it's just brilliant. Awesome community spirit to support me and my family."