Speedlinking 10 January 2008

Couldn’t do it again if he tried

‘Funniest Home Videos’ stuff (cue the silly voice-over) via The FredCast…

Bin the Bike Ban

The Ban against taking bikes onto Victorian trains is descending into farce and confusion.

Meanwhile Bin the Bike Ban has kicked off.

Biking the train

On the other hand, Canada’s train service is expanding bike-related services on the Bike Train service from Toronto to Niagara. OK, that’s hardly commuter hour but it’s a brilliant idea.

Rail trails

And then The Age gives an overview of some Victorian rail trails. By their nature these rail trails can be reached by continuing rail services. Hmm, I wonder if we’ll ever see a Bike Train service to Wangaratta or Bairnsdale or…?

Utility cycling

Sydney Body Art Ride spotted some bike-riding ambulance officers in Hyde Park. Just as long as they’ve got enough breath left to do CPR!

Hill

Here’s something I won’t be doing in any kind of hurry: the Alpine Ascent Challenge (even if it could win me a trip to France…)

A bike license plate we’d like to see

Share the Road number plates, Oregon-style. [via BTA Blog]

Ride on the road

Roads are scary for bikes; sidewalks are scarier—key message: drivers aren’t looking out for cyclists on the footpath. [via Commute By Bike]

Bike Blog .au

I just compared my feed reader with my blogroll here and found that the blogroll was missing a few sites, so here are the links I added this week in an update:

• Comfortable, useful, interesting bikes

• Fahrradsozialismus “Cycle Socialism – Them revolutionaries are spinning mad!”

• Lockies . . .: “All things that matter cycling, software development, latest gadgets and general ramblings.”

• Pirates of the Burley Griffin “A schedule bears the same relationship to reality as Astrology.”

More on related topics

• A big blue cage
• Cycle tourism is strong in Victoria
• America’s stupidest bike lane found
• America’s stupidest bike lane
• Bike is faster than train