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Swanston St: The upgrade
Topic of the week among inner Melbourne cyclists is the newly upgraded mega tram stop on Swanston St, in front of the State Library. It's been months and millions in the making, how would it work?
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Give me intrigue or give me death?
In my two rules of bike lighting I mentioned the importance of using your lights to create "intrigue" for other road users.
Let me make it plainer: when riding at night put a flashing light and a static light on the front of your bike.
Let me make it plainer: when riding at night put a flashing light and a static light on the front of your bike.
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Lighting rig revisited
Daylight saving time has just kicked in here, so I thought I'd go back and have look at how my lighting rig worked out this winter, particularly with the addition of a high-intensity Ay Up headlight.
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I love Autumn
At the risk of being repetitive, here I am singing the praises of Autumn cycling. Again.
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My lighting rig
As I said last week, vision and visibility are what I'm after in my bike lights. But enough of the theory, how do I make it work in practice?
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My two rules of bike lighting
In southern latitudes, daylight saving has recently ended and commuting cyclists find themselves suddenly plunged into darkness in the early evening. It's around this time every year that Bicycle Victoria rightly reminds riders to Light Up.
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An endless supply of fools
Note to would-be bike path racers: if you want to "bury" me as you pass, make sure you can sustain your pace...
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Riding through a stormy aftermath
As I headed off this morning, I confidently predicted that the mess from Saturday's storm would all be washed away by last night's rain. It just shows how wrong you can be...
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Dampening one's enthusiasm
A rare fall of rain adds a bit of extra "interest" to the bike trails.
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Simple question, misunderstood...
Do drivers and cyclists come to the road primed for misunderstandings?