Riding to work is easy and not to mention fun. With National Ride2Work Day around the corner, there’s no better time to experience it for yourself with help from our simple checklist. Sick of sitting on a humid, overcrowded, peak-hour train? Or even worse, whiling away the daylight hours sitting bumper to bumper in your stationary
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Harriet Edmund advises what you need to do—and what you need to know—if you are involved in a crash. You know the importance of staying vigilant while you ride into work but the road is greasy and nothing has prepared you for what’s about to happen. A motorist suddenly turns left, cutting in front of
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Whether winter had you hibernating or injury kept you sidelined, Harriet Edmund asks the experts for their top tips to help you back on the bike. There’s no greater feeling than when the sun starts shining after a long winter. Fair weather rider or not, you can’t deny that sense of relief at the prospect
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There are many alternatives to a backpack for carrying your gear on the bike. Simon Vincett lays out the options. Soon after Dean Steinberg took up cycling for transport in January 2014 he realised he needed more than the bag on his back to carry his gear. “I use my messenger bag as one would
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Aussies go for gold in Mexico Australia is off to a flying start in the 2014/2015 UCI Track World Cup Series, topping the medal tally at the first round of competition in Mexico with three gold, two silver and a
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Margot McGovern discovers Australia’s leading arts and cultural hubs by bike. Australia is home to some of the world’s finest art, most innovative theatre, leading art galleries, museums and performing arts precincts. It’s no wonder tourists and locals love to visit for a taste of each state or territory’s unique history, culture and artistic flair.
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Across Australia authorities are reducing speed limits to 40km/h in residential streets, school zones and in shopping thoroughfares. But should they be lower? Simon Vincett investigates. On the outskirts of Melbourne is the gorgeous coastal area of the Mornington Peninsula, a boot-shaped municipality of rolling land separating Port Phillip and Western Port bays. Ocean views are
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Active travel makes a healthier society and a stronger economy. Simon Vincett looks at subsidising transport that’s good for Australia. Damien Cook rides his bike four days a week, passing the thousands of cars lining Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway on his journey to and from work. His ride offers many benefits—reducing stress, improving his health, including his
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Last week the Bike Snob of New York City was in Australia for the Melbourne Writers Festival. Simon Vincett caught up with him for a ride and a chat about the urban cycling explosion, what’s needed next to get more people riding and the love underneath the merciless criticism of the Bike Snob NYC blog.
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Local news Bicycle path strategy abandoned The plan to develop Melbourne’s recreational bike paths is in limbo, with Bicycle Network Victoria claiming the Baillieu government has abandoned it. Get the full scoop>> Bike friendly course wobbles under O’Farrell In NSW the O’Farrell government has downgraded the state’s bike riding target, having made little progress on
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