Posts Tagged ‘bicycle’
Cycle Wise Training: Moreland
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on March 15th, 2011
| 26 March , 2011 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
Date: Saturday 26th March, 2011
Time: 10am-12noon
Enrolments close: 18th March, 2011
Meeting place: Gilpin Park, Brunswick.
Cost: $25 / $10 special discounted fee for ZCM members (The ZCM campaign is free to join and open to all residents of Moreland. Participants may join at the workshop and receive the discount)
Group size: 4 – 8 people
Contact: Rosy on 0406 765 727 or email: info@bikesatwork.com.au
www.bikesatwork.com.au
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Fix & Ride: Bikes in Broadmeadows
Posted in Models by Kate Archdeacon on March 2nd, 2011
Then FIX AND RIDE is for you. We have old bikes that need to be fixed up. With the help of a skilled bike mechanic, you can fix one and keep it. We will even give you a helmet for free! We will provide all the tools and spare parts that you will need and you can even spray your bike any colour you want!
Every Wednesday 3pm-6pm, starts 2nd March 2011
Banksia Gardens Community Centre
71-81 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows 3047
For more information email shiley@lct.org.au or contact Banksia Gardens Community Centre
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Cycling Strategy Review: Darebin
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on February 23rd, 2011
Image: Looking Glass via flickr CC
With over 80km of shared pathways and 50km of on-road cycle lanes, cycling is an attractive alternative to driving in Darebin. It is a healthy, fun and quick way to get around. The Darebin Cycling Strategy is being reviewed and Council is seeking community input.
You can provide feedback on Darebin’s on and off-road cycling facilities; upgrades and improvement needs; and how Council can better promote and support cycling in Darebin. The new Strategy will reflect the changing context of cycling as transport, the popularity of cycling for leisure and transport and the large gains made since that Strategy’s inception and the adoption and implementation of the Darebin Transport Strategy 2007-2027 (DTS).
The new Action Plan will provide an ambitious, yet achievable set of priorities for delivery of infrastructure and programs within Darebin.
The survey closes on 27 March 2011 – check the website for more details.
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Cargo Bike Picnic
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on February 18th, 2011
| 27 February , 2011 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 2:00 pm |
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Melbourne Bikefest: Celebrating Bikes in Everyday Life
Posted in Events, Movements by Kate Archdeacon on November 23rd, 2010
| 24 November , 2010 6:00 pm | to | 28 November , 2010 12:00 am |
Bikefest is a community initiated celebration of bikes in everyday life.
Through partnerships with cultural, industry and community organisations, Bikefest places bikes at the centre of life in the city, offering a broad program of events addressing ideas around transport, health, sustainability, design, safety, planning, youth and cultural engagement. Our goal is to improve conditions for bike riders on the road by positioning bike riding as a high status, desirable and above all, enjoyable activity. We recognise bikes as important tools for change and celebrates the optimism, creativity and diversity within Melbourne’s bike riding community.
Bikefest aims to normalise bike riding in Australian culture by providing an accessible, non-competitive and celebratory event for bike riders of every ability and riding style. By showcasing the breadth of bike culture in Melbourne, we want to break down stereotypes around bike riding and celebrate it for what is really is – a fundamentally good way to get around.
Bikefest features art, design, forums, workshops, markets, music, screenings, bike rides and more. It is a non-competitive, celebratory event for bike riders of every ability and riding style.
24-28 November, 1000 Pound Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne
(see program for details including venue variations)
www.melbournebikefest.com.au
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‘The Slow Ride’ Album Launch Tour
Posted in Events, Movements by Rob Eales on November 1st, 2010
| 20 November , 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Via Kristin Rule
“When you ride a bicycle, all things in life slow down, including album launches!” Kristin Rule.
Five Bicycle Riding Cello Tours are being planned for the coming year as part of Kristin Rule’s ‘The Slow Ride Album Launch’. A true ‘sharing of the soul’ in the spirit of the hauntingly beautiful and exquisite original compositions from ‘The Knife that Cuts a Tear’. See tour poster, dates, reviews and more here, ‘The Slow Ride’ Album Launch Tour.
Warren McLaren writing about the tour for TreeHugger,
A couple of years ago Kristin Rule, alias ‘The Unconventional Cellist’ undertook a 20 week music tour, toting her cello on a motorbike with a solar trailer. With a new album recently released, she is soon to be touring again, but this time by bicycle accompanied by a solar-powered, electric-assist trailer.
The 30 watt solar photovoltaic panel on the ‘Mechanarchy Watt-Bot’ trailer stores electrical energy in a pair of 12 volt batteries. These provide up to three hours of electrically assisted riding for pedalling a cello laden ‘Yuba Mundo’ up hills. The assistance offered by the ‘Watt-Bot’ is said to be “akin to having an extremely strong tailwind.” But there’s much more to the story.
The ‘Watt-Bot’ trailer frame and bicycle tow hitch are both hand built from recycled materials. Not only does it act as an electric assist booster for the bike riding between gigs but can also provide power for the street or bush gigs where mains power is not really available. Power management is controlled by the handlebar mounted ‘Cycle Analyst’, from eBikes.
The huge panniers on Kristin’s Yuba Mundo are crafted of salvaged canvas by Ron D Swan. The panniers not only lug around the usual clothing and camping gear, but also the mixing desk, microphones and even a custom built stage.
Visit TreeHugger, for the full article.
Moreland Bicycle Strategy (Draft): Feedback Welcome
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on October 26th, 2010
The Draft Moreland Bicycle Strategy outlines a new vision for cycling in Moreland and proposes:
“To make the City of Moreland a great place to ride a bicycle – a place where new cyclists feel safe and the experience of riding is superior to driving a car.”
The strategy provides a detailed outline of how Council, working in partnership with the community and other agencies, will work to make this vision real over the next 10 years. The Draft Moreland Bicycle Strategy provides additional background information, and identifies priority works that will make riding in Moreland more comfortable and more popular. It was developed in consultation with the community, using feedback from consultation events and comments from the Bicycle Advisory Committee.
Some of the Moreland Draft Bicycle Strategy includes actions for:
* Community engagement and social marketing activities to make cycling attractive to a wider range of people.
* Safety Audits for all existing shared paths, and upgrades including lighting to the Upfield Path.
* New bicycle routes linking Glenroy to Coburg, Broadmeadows and the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail.
The strategy is available for public comment. This feedback will help us form the final version of the bicycle strategy. Email your comments and feedback to info@moreland.vic.gov.au or send your feedback to:
Simon Stainsby
Moreland City Council
Locked Bag 10
Moreland, Victoria 3058
You can download a copy of the Draft Moreland Bicycle Strategy or view a copy at the following locations:
* Moreland Civic Centre, 90 Bell Street, Coburg
* Brunswick Citizen Services Centre, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick, and
* Glenroy Citizen Services Centre, 796N Pascoe Vale Road, Glenroy.
Office hours are 8.30 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday except public holidays.
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Looking for Funky Cycle Tour Crew Members!
Posted in Movements, Seeking by otesha2011 on October 22nd, 2010
Are you passionate about sustainability? Are you looking for something to do midyear in 2011? Have you ever dreamt about riding around Australia on two wheels? If so, then why not put those dreams into action and join The Otesha Project (Australia): Cycling for Sustainability‘s forthcoming adventure. Otesha is currently seeking 20 passionate people to participate in the next eight-week cycle tour: Melbourne to Canberra (April 26 – June 22, 2011). Wow, what an opportunity!
Since 2000, The Otesha Project (Aus.) has pedaled across Australia educating youth and raising awareness about environmental sustainability and social justice issues. Otesha is a Swahili word for ‘reason to dream’ and is the underlining philosophy of the organisation. The Otesha crew combines theatre performance with interactive workshops to empower primary and secondary school students to consider their life choices to create a positive future. Following the 2010 Otesha tour, a tour member recalled ‘There is no better way to test your potential, stretch your boundaries and really live, than to do something like Otesha where you’re walking the talk of a simple and more sustainable lifestyle, meeting so many inspirational people along the way and seeing the countryside at the first light of day’.
Otesha (Aust.) is seeking people from all walks of life – people with varying experiences, backgrounds and interests. Otesha is unique in that each tour member gets the opportunity to organise a region of the tour; learning skills to become strong advocates for living sustainably, develop skills in media communication, leadership, performance whilst living as an on-road sustainable community. The application deadline for tour members for the Melbourne to Canberra tour is 28 November, 2010. For information about applying visit the Otesha (Aust.) website at www.otesha.org.au/biketours/apply
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Nyssa Ferguson, Emily Nancarrow & Michael Brittain – Tour Coordinators
The Otesha Project (Australia): Cycling for Sustainability
Web: www.otesha.org.au
E-mail: applications@otesha.org.au
Phone: 0425856666 or 0420715580
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Melbourne Bike Share: Helmets for Hire
Posted in Models by Rob Eales on October 13th, 2010
Source: The Age
From Helmets for hire in bike share scheme by Ashley Argoon:
HELMETS are now available for purchase from vending machines as part of the $5.5 million Melbourne Bike Share scheme, Roads and Ports Minister Tim Pallas announced this morning on Ride to Work Day. The helmets, made from polystyrene and thermoplastic, will be available from vending machines at Southern Cross Station and Melbourne University on a three-month trial period.
A slow adoption of the CBD bike hire scheme since it was launched in May has been blamed on the lack of available helmets and the prospect of a $146 fine for riding without protective headwear. The new hire helmets will cost five dollars and can be returned at 7-Eleven stores for cleaning, disinfection and lining replacement. Riders returning the helmets will receive three dollars cash back.
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For more information on Melbourne Bike Share visit www.melbournebikeshare.com.au.
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Ride To Work: October 13
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on October 4th, 2010
| 13 October , 2010 |
Source: Bicycle Victoria
Ride to Work Day will be held on Wednesday 13 October 2010.
Ride to Work is a behaviour change program that encourages workers to feel good and have fun by commuting to work by bike and experiencing the health, financial and environmental benefits of riding. While most of Australia is stuck in peak hour traffic the Ride to Work program is helping Australian workers embrace an affordable, healthy, hassle and carbon emission free mode of transport.
The free program assists those wanting to try riding to work as an alternative mode of transport which can ease the pressures of modern life. It’s the only national day on the calendar, where first-timers and regular bike riders can celebrate the act of riding to work together. Participants are encouraged to register their ride on the day at no cost which assists in understanding bike commuter behaviours and campaigning for better riding facilities to councils, local, state and federal governments.
Ride to Work Day 2009 was a huge success with 95,000 participants celebrating the event at 137 community breakfasts across the country. Our registered riders pedalled 700,207km which equates to riding around the world 17 times!
2009 behaviour change results:
* 35% of first timers reported that they are now riding to work at least once a month.
* 51% of respondents who were not riding one year ago are now riding to work at least once a month.
* 19% of those who were riding to work one year ago are now riding more often.
* The two most common motivations for riding to work were physical activity and health.
* Reduced body weight and greater cardiovascular capacity were the most often cited achieved health benefit of riding to work.
Register to Ride To Work at http://www.bv.com.au/ride-to-work/43447/
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