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Archive for February, 2006

Sub-standard response

( Rant and Grrr! )

Following up on my earlier grumble about a somewhat anti-cyclist letter in the February issue of Royalauto, a response printed in the March issue still misses the point.

Ride like a big inflatable sperm

( Melbourne and Heh! and News )

The Aeolian Ride is coming to Melbourne on March 11th.

Turn-and-look: some data

( Melbourne and Rant and Commute )

While turn-and-look events are common there is a very low likelihood (3%) that a pedestrian, on hearing a bicycle bell, will react in a manner that impedes the line of the bicycle and endanger themselves and/or the cyclist.

Reaping the spoils of bicycle commuting

( Commute )

By commuting on the treadly my legs provide $1200 in cost savings per year.

Ring my own bell

( Rant )

What does a bicycle bell mean in Australia? It’s a bit hard to tell, but it’s certainly not the same thing that it means in Germany.

Just ask - it works

( Melbourne and Rant and Commute )

Polite requests get work done.

The start of something BUG?

The first Starfleet Academy social ride. Is this the start of a new BUG?

Making road riding safer

( Rant )

The web bristles with advice on making road riding safer. Here’s a sample.

“Marriage is a wonderful invention…”

( Heh! )

Some quotes on cycling at Bike Biz.

Measuring up on the Yarra Trail

( Melbourne and News and Commute )

Because I was running late this morning I caught some Parks Vic rangers and a mystery man in a tie taking measurements on the Church St. Bridge ramp. A sign of progress perhaps?

Saturday at Studley Park

A family trundle out to Studley Park Boathouse gets MLSP back onto her treadly.

Maybe I don’t need to weld?

If I make a bike from wood, I don’t need to weld at all. Do I?

Justice for Amy Gillett?

( News )

Was justice served when Stefanie Magner received a fine and license suspension for the crash that killed Amy Gillett?

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