The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Fifty percent of Aussie workers would commute by bike for cash Bicycle Network has welcomed the support of the Heart Foundation and bike manufacturers and wholesalers for financial incentives for bike riders – a scheme Bicycle Network put forward to Prime Minister Tony
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news North Sydney on the right path North Sydney Council has unanimously voted in favour of a $10.3 million Harbour Bridge Cycle Link that would provide five new bike routes, including a protected bi-directional path from the Sydney harbour Bridge
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Can riders do more for friendlier roads? Associate Professor Craig Fry from Victoria University’s Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing writes in The Conversation that while drivers and the media aren’t always fair towards bike riders, riders who merely
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Punctures are enough to leave anybody feeling flat, but as Iain Treloar demonstrates, it’s easy to get rolling again. There are three certainties in any bike rider’s life: death, taxes and punctures. Regrettably, Ride On can’t help much with the first two. Happily, we can help with the last one. From changing tubes to preventative measures to reduce the risk of punctures
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Rule of the road With the number of bike riders on Victoria’s roads booming, the state government is conducting a review of the road rules with the aim to make the roads more accommodating for all users. They are
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At 101 years old, the Tour de France is still an event of immense beauty and suffering. This year’s race promises to be one of the most exciting in recent memory, writes Iain Treloar. Fields filled with sunflowers and jagged peaks scraping the sky rush by, as a technicolour peloton threads a tarmac ribbon through
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First out of necessity and then for the love of it, Nic Learmonth knows how to live car-free. She shares her best advice. When I first moved to Australia, I didn’t have the money to run a car. The move was a biggie in so many ways. I was suddenly in the midst of a
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Buchanan goes for gold Aussie BMX world champion Caroline Buchanan has won the final in the third round of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup and begun her qualifying process for the 2016 Olympics. Get the full scoop >> Strength in
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Australia’s Commonwealth Games 2014 cycling team announced Track star Anna Meares is set to lead the team of 41 Aussie cyclists to glory at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this July. Get the full scoop >> Out of
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Velo-city wraps up Last week bike advocates and infrastructure experts from around the world gathered in Adelaide for the Velo-city Global conference. Hear what key speakers former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation, Janette Sadik-Khan, and Copenhagen’s urban mobility
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