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Speedlinking 11 August 2010

“In a a properly designed Traditional City, most people don’t need bicycles.” –Energy Bulletin

What are you doing, Albert?

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.

I love Autumn

At the risk of being repetitive, here I am singing the praises of Autumn cycling. Again.

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?

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.

Speedlinking 9 April 2010

“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

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…

Speedlinking 18 March 2010

“…things are getting a bit grippy down there…” –Phil Liggett

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…

Dampening one’s enthusiasm

A rare fall of rain adds a bit of extra “interest” to the bike trails.