"Was almost run over by a Right To Lifer, that could have potentially been ironic." --@rosewal (Twitter)
"In a a properly designed Traditional City, most people don’t need bicycles." --Energy Bulletin
I'm late to the party on the
Albert St separated bike lanes, but that's no reason why I shouldn't have a damn good rant about it.
At the risk of being repetitive, here I am singing the praises of Autumn cycling. Again.
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?
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.
"A three hour bike ride means three hours of mental refreshment; it would take extreme concentration to achieve that by meditation or some like method." --Dave Moulton
Note to would-be bike path racers: if you want to "bury" me as you pass, make sure you can sustain your pace...
"...things are getting a bit grippy down there..." --Phil Liggett
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...