Cycling in Melbourne Australia

ChrisS's Blog – March 2009 Archive (4)

Full of Win!

I so do admire Bike Snobs latest piece:Anti-Veloism: Weird, Creepy Bike Hate.

It reminds me of a bizarre incident a couple of years ago whilst riding down Hoddle Street towards my intended destination: Mountain Goat Brewery. To cut a long story story I was treated to some intriguing verbal abuse where a passing driver saw fit to yell… Continue

Added by ChrisS on March 27, 2009 at 1:30pm — 11 Comments

Today's Yehuda Moon

Despite being northern hemisphere spring-themed, today's Yehuda Moon strip could also be a nice example of the autumn rain & healing in Victoria after Black Saturday. Apparently there's already examples of epicormic growth, i.e.: trees growing 'pom poms' in the NE. Cool!…

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Added by ChrisS on March 25, 2009 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

Ski jumps on shared paths. Sorry, meant to type "speed humps on shared paths"

Added this to the VicBUG chat & YarraBUG lists, reposting it here in the public interest.

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Manningham Council to build kicker jumps on all shared paths? No, not really.

Hi all,

Via the pages of the Manningham Leader comes this reaction to a local issue on shared paths. Read the article, you can also leave comments if you wish, I have & so have several others.…

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Added by ChrisS on March 13, 2009 at 2:00pm — 6 Comments

Would you prefer to ride through Alaska than Albury?

After reading todays news stories, I'd know which part of the world preferable to take ones chances. :(

The Age: Aussie rescued in frozen wilderness after clothes grow icicles

The Border Mail: Savage assault leaves cyclist… Continue

Added by ChrisS on March 9, 2009 at 8:00pm — 4 Comments