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Melbourne bike share scheme starts slowly


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bike, bike share, bike+share

Published July 27, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
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Compulsory helmets may be a factor ...

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What a year it has been...and is.


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bike, commute, interbike, look, surly

Published July 27, 2010 at 11:33 a.m.
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This year has been chock full of ups and downs, mostly downs ... I went on a 3 and a half month hiatus of riding my bike to work ... I have no excuses, I was just consumed by the convenience of having a car again and sort of forgot that riding to work may take a little longer, but is far more entertaining and less stressful to boot ... I'm more motivated than I have been in a long time, and with that, I almost want to reward myself and/or motivate myself even more by maybe investing in a new

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At World Cup In Champéry, Atherton Wins Again


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bike, gee atherton, mountain bike, race, uci

Published July 26, 2010 at 9:16 a.m.

At the World Cup round in Champéry, Switzerland, Nathalie Schneitter and Florian Vogel took the cross-country titles. Racing in thick mud, Emmeline Ragot won her first downhill race and Gee Atherton took his second victory of the season. Willow Koerber showed she’s back on track, finishing third in the XC.Source: UCIThe UCI Mountain Bike World [ ... ] ...

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Melbourne 'place holder'


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bike, bike share, cycling, helmet, photos

Published July 25, 2010 at 5:27 p.m.

Well, I'm back from Melbourne and it was a fabulous trip! To keep you up to date until I manage to sort out my photos, here are a few posts about Melbourne and the 'goings on' last weekend ... Healthy Transport Hobart: Eye Spy Some Bikes Four Goals for Promoting Urban Cycling Melbourne Bike Share Worked for Me ... Freedom Cyclist v Helmet Laws: Mike Rubbo & Coup de Biki ...

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Another new "superhighway" for bikes


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commute, cycle, cycling, velodrome

Published July 25, 2010 at 5:01 p.m.
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Wilfred Ketelaar has been documenting the progress of work on the route between his home in a village west of Groningen and the city itself ... The first photo shows the previous situation. By the standards of many countries this would be a very good cycling facility. It's separated from the road, and fairly wide. However, it doesn't meet current Dutch guidelines. According to the provincial website this cycle path is narrow and too close to the road ... The first step was to start to prepare

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Oddball Films


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bike, safety

Published July 25, 2010 at 10:13 a.m.
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This beauty and her bike were among the guests at a series of classic bike film shorts at Oddball on Capp Street ... Oddball is an amazing labryinth of film reels with a little upstairs theater. That night, we saw vintage bike safety films, as well as soome, classic car propaganda by GM. Get off those silly bikes, y'all ...

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ABC Nightline Interview With Floyd Landis


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audio, cycling, epo, floyd landis, lance armstrong, training

Published July 24, 2010 at 1:38 a.m.

UPDATE : It looks like ABC got rid of the Nightline interviews with Floyd Landis which were on their website upto this afternoon.  They suddenly disappeared. We obtained another full copy of the show from Hulu ... I recorded almost 15 minutes of it, but missed out the last 2 minutes of the ending sequence with Betsy Andreu, who came across as a very bold, confident woman not afraid to face the cameras. The whole interview as televised was short, much to my chagrin, in spite of ABC claiming

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More Bicycle Friendly Motorways


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bicycle, bike, bike lane, bike lane', cycle, cycling

Published July 23, 2010 at 9:12 a.m.
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I was on a photo shoot for the Danish Cancer Society a couple of weeks ago. Cycling along the old defences of Copenhagen, taking pictures of recreational bicycle infrastructure. The Cancer Society is focusing a lot on cycling and exercise as preventative measures against cancer in this sedentary world ... The route took me over a motorway section that I'd only ever driven over in a car. Sjællands Bridge, which is the main motorway if you're heading to Sweden from Denmark. Needless to say there

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Commuter Profile: Miriam Gee


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bike, commute

Published July 22, 2010 at 10:23 p.m.

Next up in our recurring commuter profiles category is Miriam Gee — funny, irreverent and very excited to be profiled here on Bikecommuters.com ... Plus, the scenery of her commute absolutely trumps the competition…imagine riding your bike in a place where “the air is so dewy sweet you don’t even have to lick the stamps!” [ ... ] ...

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A Bicycle Built for Two


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bicycle, bike, cycle, environment

Published July 22, 2010 at 12:15 p.m.
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Cycle Chic isn’t always about pretty bikes and pretty people.  Cycle Chic is about being on a bicycle, connecting with your environment, moving your body and joy.  Now doesn’t this photo represent all of that?  We’ve seen this parti-colored tandem bike around town, but only met it in person last Saturday during a Lowcountry Local [ ... ] ...

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