Cycling in Melbourne Australia

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Around the Bay!

I did it!

The whole 200km of it without catching a train, or fading away which is always a danger on such a long ride. The whole ride took 9 hours, having to travel from Pascoe Vale through Altona, Werribee before getting on the motorway to get down to Geelong.

All in all I feel good though a little tired and stiff.

I look forward to doing it again.

Jonathon.

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Added by Jonathon Barlow on July 14, 2010 at 10:10am — No Comments

Bike swap meet

Found some great bargains at the Abbotsford swap meet on Saturday. Anyone know how often these are held?

Cheers,

Greg

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Added by Greg Blades on July 6, 2010 at 6:16pm — 1 Comment

First Ever REAL Commute!

I commuted to Knox City today to get enrolled in Medicare and replace my stolen library card. According to Google Maps the route I took (Kelletts Rd>Stud Rd>Burwood Hwy) is 6.3km. I took about 45min each way, of which I am rather proud of since I never really exercised and my knees have always given me problems while doing any form of exercise. The main thing here is that I persevered - in fact, for my return trip, I cycled 90% of the way rather than getting off to walk up every little

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Added by Sandra L on July 6, 2010 at 4:11pm — 2 Comments

The inspiration of this woman who rides

I'm currently researching a piece for Australian Cyclist magazine on women in cycling. It had always been my intent to profile ordinary women who are involved in cycling in everyday ways, from mechanics, to educators, commuters, track… Continue

Added by Richard Monfries on June 30, 2010 at 5:35pm — No Comments

Canadian Company Supporting Crazy Bicycle Riding Cellist

Dear Friends,

Some exciting news,

ebikes.ca has just announced that the "June 15th Cycle Analyst Giveaway prize goes to Kristin Rule of Australia"

You can read more about it by visiting their website @ www.ebikes.ca

ebikes.ca, (based in Vancouver, Canada), creator of the 'Cycle Analyst', has kindly offered one of these amazing devices in support of my Crazy Bicycle Riding Cellist adventures. The 'Cycle Analyst… Continue

Added by Kristin Rule on June 26, 2010 at 11:27am — 7 Comments

Melbourne Bike Share - Test Ride and Review

Went to try out the Melbourne Bike Share scheme today - here's my review if you're interested

http://cyclestyle.com.au/test-ride-melbourne-bike-share/
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Added by CycleStyle on June 1, 2010 at 7:08pm — No Comments

How the Dutch cycle system gets it right

Navigating around the Netherlands by bike is easy, thanks to the brilliant bike network system. I tried it out and it works a treat:

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Added by Richard Tulloch on May 25, 2010 at 8:08pm — No Comments

CycleStyle opens in Melbourne

Hi all

I've been commuter cyclist in Melbourne for over 5 years and it's great to see more and more cyclists out on the road now.

One thing that has frustrated me as a city cyclist is that bike stores around here still cater mainly for sports cyclists. When I was looking for a basket, I turned up to a couple of bike stores and the bike accessories were in the dusty back corner. Being on a weekend, none of the sales assistants was interested in helping me because they were… Continue

Added by CycleStyle on May 21, 2010 at 12:27am — 2 Comments

Cadel Evans speaks to me!

Great to finally meet the man, and to make a modest contribution to his Giro efforts before he left Holland for Italy.

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Added by Richard Tulloch on May 12, 2010 at 2:41am — No Comments

My Giro tips for Cadel

The Giro d'Italia starts this weekend in that great Italian city, Amsterdam. I know the cycling routes here very well, and have some tips for Cadel on:

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Added by Richard Tulloch on May 6, 2010 at 4:55am — 2 Comments

Riding the dyke to Marken, Holland - another lovely ride, another vicious headwind!

Holland is flat, so cycling should be easy, but even a gentle breeze becomes a hurricane when you're perched up on a dyke.

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Added by Richard Tulloch on April 17, 2010 at 4:11am — No Comments

Riding round Texel Island, Netherlands

The Dutch have so many perfect cycling routes it's hard to choose between them. But this one is a favourite with the locals:

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Added by Richard Tulloch on April 13, 2010 at 7:35pm — No Comments

Ultegra or 105 groupset?

Hi everyone,

I am deciding on a new road bike and not sure whether to lash out and spend the additional money for the ultegra groupset and better wheels or save the money for a holiday. Any thoughts from road riders - I am no racer but love my weekend rides

Cheers

Will

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Added by Will Thompson on April 13, 2010 at 1:54pm — 3 Comments

Help needed in Geelong

Here in Geelong we have been shaking off the shackles of having an oil refinery and Ford Motor Co. as two of the biggest employers. As such cars very much rule this town.
At the moment our council have promised a 'copenhagen' style bike lane linking our foreshore area (which is a lovely place to ride) with the Barwon River trails (also lovely places to ride). This thinking by our council is pretty significant because we are a town really dominated by strong anti-cycling sentiment in attitude… Continue

Added by Bridgette on April 13, 2010 at 11:52am — 1 Comment

Yet more tiresome crap

Jill's standards seemed to dropped awfully since leaving the 7.30 Report.

Herald Sun: Lycra louts a law unto themselves

As Lord of the Lycra Tony Abbott springs back on his bike for a nine-day ride for charity (and cameras) it's time to question the rights and responsibilities attached to our growing cycli… Continue

Added by ChrisS on April 9, 2010 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Ignore the spammers.

Ignore the spammers. Continue

Added by Ritsardo on April 2, 2010 at 11:25pm — 3 Comments

60 Minutes - Vicious Cycle

Must admit I was dreading watching this segment on Sunday evening.

http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1026252

Although like many, I've been actually quite impressed with it, not perfect but seriously, not a bad effort by the commercial media.

The FluoroBeast.... it's AH-LYYYYYYYYYYVE! (again)

Well, after languishing on a hook for the better part of a year since I got my MASI (meh, it should've have broken its rear gear cable in disgust), the Fluorobeast is on the roads again. New gear cable - brakes adjusted, some stem customisation and adjustment, and we now have a new transport vehicle.