Velo-city Global 2014: Friday 30 May

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Bicycle Network CEO Craig Richards is in Adelaide for the Velo-city Global 2014 conference this week and reporting daily highlights here on the Ride On blog. See his summary from Thursday.  I didn’t make it to the conference until mid-morning. No, it wasn’t a debut hangover for this non-drinker, just taking advantage of the rare chance for discussions with other bike
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Please, Tony! Bicycle Network are asking Prime Minister Tony Abbott to spend $7.5b to build 7,500km of new bike infrastructure in Australian towns and cities, and they need your support. Get the full scoop >>   Velo-city off and
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Velo-city Global 2014: Tuesday, 27 May

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Bicycle Network CEO Craig Richards is in Adelaide for the Velo-City Global 2014 conference this week and reporting daily highlights here on the Ride On blog. At the Mayor’s Reception on Monday night, Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood spoke about Adelaide’s commitment to bike riding. He also mentioned how Adelaide is the 35th biggest city in the world, the
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Ambitious plan for separated city routes unveiled Inner Melbourne is set to be connected by a network of high quality, separated bike routes, according to Plan Melbourne, the Victorian State Government’s new strategy for the development of the metropolis.
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Street party Hundreds of bike riders, including Olympic gold medallist Anna Meares, gathered in Adelaide CBD this morning to celebrate the opening of the first section of the Frome Street separated bikeway with a breakfast provided by Adelaide City
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Should bike riders be licensed and/or bikes be registered? Last week NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay expressed an inclination towards licensing bike riders. He said, “I’m increasingly persuaded that we need to look at licenses for cyclists.” Meanwhile, Victoria’s
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Go Gerro! This week Simon Gerrans became the first Australian cyclist to win the Leige-Bastogne-Leige, one of the oldest and most prestigious races in Europe. It was a particularly sweet victory with this year also being the race’s 100th
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday.   Local news Have you seen Hamish? Melbournians, we spotted the pic below on Twitter yesterday afternoon. We don’t have any  information other than what’s included in the pic, but we know that having your bike stolen is downright awful. If
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8 jackets: tested and rated

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From a light drizzle to a full-blown deluge, there’s a rain jacket perfect for any wet-weather riding, explains Iain Treloar.  Jackets are a tricky item of clothing to get right. Compared to the low expectations we have of jerseys, knicks or baselayers, jackets need to perform well when the weather is at its worst, but
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Australia’s biggest cafe crawl If you’re keen to try some of the bean bars included in our ‘Australia’s top 50 bike-friendly cafes’ post, Steve Bennett has them all mapped out. Thanks Steve! Get the full scoop >>    
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