Wheeling and walking to school brings more than physical health, it also builds resilience, providing kids with vital personal development that their studies in class can’t deliver. Simon Vincett investigates. “Tomorrow we’ll all go to the island with you. See? The whole lot of us. Why shouldn’t we? Your mother said we could spend
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The Dookie Rail Trail is a short trail that is perfect for families. Jason Watts is our guide. Way back in 1994, a little known punk band called Green Day released an album titled ‘Dookie’. One of the songs on the album was called ‘Welcome to paradise’. Now I’m not sure if Green Day have
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Use the wonderful properties of water to work hard while keeping cool. Danielle Halvorsen suggests a mix of resistance, core and cardio work. Illustrations by Karl Hilzinger. Exercising in water has a number of special benefits: it’s low impact, the water provides resistance, and the buoyancy allows bigger movements through a greater range of motion.
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Now with disc brakes across four configurations, and other key refinements, the Birdy range has a new lease of life. Simon Vincett test rode and reviews. Since it was launched in 1995, the Birdy by Riese & Muller was immediately recognised as a significant alternative in the category of folding bikes. If the Brompton is
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Aggressive driving behaviour puts all road users at risk. Anthea Hargreaves looks at the causes of road rage, and best approaches to deal with it. The toot of a horn, an aggressive swerve, a deliberate too-close pass or abusive obscenity yelled from a window – for too many riders, road rage is seen as an
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Aidan Kempster reveals a staggering swathe of riding in nature in the Great Forest on Melbourne’s doorstep. I’ve been staring at the stars so long I can feel the arms of the Milky Way rotating around me. A breeze is whispering through the trees and I wriggle further into my sleeping bag. I am floating
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Peter Foot finds flow in Victoria’s high country – on the single track and in the breweries. Question: how would you like to go on a free brewery tour and mountain biking road trip? This was really asked of me, in my real life, on a Tuesday in winter at the Bicycle Network office in
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A few shops around Australia claim to offer the biggest range of electric bikes, but there’s now much more of a range than any one shop can offer. Simon Vincett surveys the current market. Though road cycling is the Formula One of the cycling world with its glamorous image, the fastest growing sector of
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Australian academics have established that the built environment significantly impacts wellbeing. How do we create urban centres that maximise health? Simon Vincett investigates. Sprawling is a descriptor rarely employed in a positive sense, and it certainly hasn’t got a good connotation when applied to cities. A series of papers published in September 2016
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Giles Graham reports on Bike Jam’s latest full moon ride. Herman Ragan created the group ‘Bike Jam’ and has been organising monthly full moon rides for the last six years. This month’s ‘super moon’ and 37-degree start-to-the-Perth-summer ensured November 2016 was going to be a popular one. A video posted by Bike Jam (@bike_jam) on Nov
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