Rolling hills, misty mornings and country markets: as Karen Graham discovers, the Great Southern Rail Trail can be the perfect winter ride. Planning a social bike ride in the midst of a Victorian winter is a risky proposition, especially when the destination is South Gippsland. It might just be a coincidence, but every time I
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Bikes are the best way to get to the football. As Quentin Frayne explains, the Capital City Trail takes you right to Melbourne’s finals venues and a number of team training grounds to boot. On ya bike, Cazaly! Diehard footy fans living in Melbourne pride themselves on their city’s heritage as the traditional heartland of
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Hearty country fare, towering forests and wildlife are all part of life in East Gippsland, finds Karen Graham. Cycling along the narrow silt jetties in East Gippsland, with the meandering Mitchell River on one side and the vast expanse of Lake King on the other, is a great way to start a four-day bike ride.
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Cutting through the length of Melbourne’s eastern suburbs before finishing by the seaside, Karen Graham explores a hidden gem of a trail that is full of surprises. For a trail built to follow a freeway, Melbourne’s EastLink Trail doesn’t run alongside the busy road
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Easily accessible and with a delightful destination, Jon Miller enjoys a day’s riding from Geelong to Queenscliff. Beautiful native grasses, picnic shelters, information boards at former station sites, smooth bitumen paths – I’m pleasantly surprised. The Bellarine Rail Trail has come a long way from the basic facilities I remember the last time I was
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Friday. Local news Why do we ride to work but not the shops? Alan Davies, writer for The Urbanist, suggests that many of us who regularly ride to work don’t use our bikes for short, local trips, and he has several theories
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Friday. Local news Minister’s anti-bike fiction Claims by NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay that bikes are causing congestion in Sydney appear to have been conjured out of thin air. An investigation by the Sydney Morning Herald shows that his Roads Department had
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Get more intimate with your bike chain and you’ll find your riding easier, and a lot cleaner, finds Stephen Huntley. Like many components on a bike, the chain is a relatively simple but beautifully effective piece of engineering that has hardly required any design improvement in over a hundred years. Despite being exposed to the
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Links to the week’s top bike news. Local news Meares spearheads Olympic track cycling squad Sprint queen, Anna Meares, and team pursuit leader, Jack Bobridge, will lead Australia’s 2012 Olympic track team, which also includes its first brother-sister duo. Get the full scoop>> New rules give bike riders a boost The Gillard Government has paved the
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Colliding with a car door is the number one cause of injury to riders. Emma Clark investigates how to take preventative action. The law Australia’s road laws state it is an offence to open a vehicle door into oncoming traffic. This includes when the vehicle is parked and the engine is turned off, passenger doors
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