- Bike + baby = fast transport
- “Cycling with a baby on board is the fastest way for parents to get around the city, a Herald Sun experiment has found” via Melbourne Cyclist
- “Sir Rod doesn’t want to face up to any inconvenient truths.”
- Enhancements in car engine efficiency have had no real effect on fuel consumption, according to Dr Paul Mees, which kind of undermines Eddington’s arguments that reduction in greenhouse gases will come from technological advances in engine design.
- Diversification
- Flight Centre has gone into the bike importation business. Their previous diversification acquisitions
have recorded healthy growth
, so I guess they know what they’re doing—tuning in to the fact that the bike boom still has room to grow, perhaps? - [via Sydney Cyclist and e.CAN 161]
- Bike tales
- Where are all the bicycle novels?
As the most energy-efficient means of transport available to us, bringing a newly renewed promise of freedom with its low-cost, zero-emissions economy, the bicycle is surely ripe for some literary reinvigoration too. But where to look?
- [via BV Forums]
- Skills training
- CycloSportif Victoria is running a CycleSkill Program, starting on 1 June:
The aim of the four week SkillCycle Program is to teach cyclists a range of cycling skills ranging from basic safety through to correct riding techniques. The course is hands-on with a riding coach, designed to teach good cycling habits, enhancing knowledge, skills and ability.
- Meanwhile, across the ditch Land Transport NZ has developed A guide for the set-up and delivery of cyclist training in New Zealand. [via e.CAN 161]
- Car registration pays for [a bit of] the roads
- I love it when Surly Dave gets mad—it makes him that much more eloquent.
- Ride of Silence
- The Melbourne Ride of Silence is starting at Fed Square on 24 May. Ride of Silence events are being held in several locations across Australia.
- bikeblog.au
- Its not the Destanation its the Journey
- Marx Garage
[Image: Bici a Lucca by Perrimoon at Flickr]
I thought I’d pop by to mention my latest cycling news.
My front wheel was stolen a few weeks ago. I got it replaced for $24C, and learned about Presta valves, and that they can be adapted to the more common Schreader style. Since I’m walking to work this year, I’ve only taken one ride since Spring started :-O
Hope all is well with you too.