Speedlinking 14 October 2008

Somewhere you can leave your bike unlocked

La Prueba de la Bicicleta, as recently mentioned in the [little paper](http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24487031-23109,00.html “

Bike test: How safe is your city : Herald Sun”).

Wishlist

Taking a velomobile for a test drive. Want. Hmm, maybe a Greenspeed? Their new Glyde velomobile is nearly ready for release.

Latest entry in fugly bike contest

“Oh, ICK!” How about I take $8000 and smoke it? [thanks tom]

On air, online

I’ve just noticed that YarraBUG Radio has a web page now, including summaries of all their shows to date.

Bike library

Bernard Sudlow runs a bike library at The Manchester College:

There’s no charge to borrow a bike and no compulsory maintenance training, but we expect borrowers to take a certain level of responsibility. We’ve had a good response, but there are definitely less bikes in college when it’s raining, which it does a lot in Manchester!

Kung Fu Fighting

If BMX Bandits had included fight scenes like this one in The Lady is the Boss, Nicole Kidman wouldn’t be embarassed to have it on her CV. [thanks tom]

Swanston St, status quo

A series of photos by Rob shows that nothing’s changed on Swanston St, as if Carolyn Rawlins hadn’t died… Why am I not surprised?

All it took was a global meltdown

Buried in the Bailout: The Bicycle Commuter Act. Woo, deduct $20 per employee. Easy there—don’t let that new found wealth go to your head!

More on related topics

• Swanston Street is crazy
• Speedlinking 26 October 2007
• No tour coaches in Swanston St? Yes!
• Trivia on Melbourne’s ‘Copenhagen’ Bike Lanes
• Penalties imposed on idiot who shot a cyclist