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Archive for February, 2007

World’s shortest commute by car

Surely this is some kind of misunderstanding…

Cycling goes mainstream all over the place

From London to Auckland, cycling is gaining in popularity.

Kids mount-up in Benalla

Not waiting for Ride2School Day, the kids at three schools in Benalla are already making a habit of going by bike.

Bleeding obvious headline of the week

And the winner of the National Penny Farthing Championships is…a cyclist!

Roadies aren’t the only “real” cyclists

Roadies–especially the cashed-up “new golf” gang–don’t represent the only legitimate form of cycling.

A bike path equation

Thanks to Peter Chen who found this on Lygon Street near the bone yard.

Beat-up over Mullum Mullum bike path

Notice to the Maroondah Leader: a 3m-wide concrete path is not the same as a multi-lane motorway.

Fooling the Nazis

A minor anecdote in an old interview shows that a bike has always been a valuable possession, and never more so than under the Nazi regime.

Man bites dog…

…cyclist bites dust.

Melbourne Summer Cycle

Apparently Melbourne has a brand new massed bike ride: the Melbourne Summer Cycle.