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Mother, daughter, bicycle.

Mum and daughter: utility cyclists in Amsterdam.

ANZAC Day tour of the eastern suburbs

A tour of the eastern suburbs on ANZAC Day: Glen Waverley, Vermont, Blackburn, and Box Hill.

Weekend on wheels

It was a double-barrelled two-wheel weekend.

5 tips for cycling with kids

( Kids )

Doc Homebrew’s kids have been cycling since they were old enough to hold themselves upright in a kiddie seat, so that’s a family that knows a thing or two about riding with kids…

Kids mount-up in Benalla

( Kids and News and Commute )

Not waiting for Ride2School Day, the kids at three schools in Benalla are already making a habit of going by bike.

The Heart Foundation: They’re Lovin’ It

( Kids and Rant and News )

I’m still struggling with the idea of a Heart Foundation endorsement for everyone’s favourite Scottish restaurant…

This is a bike I really want to buy

( Kids and Gadgets & Gear and News )

At last, we’ve got an Australian importer for a Dutch utility bike. Yay!

Starting the year on the Warburton Trail

Start the New Year on the right foot, say I. While others are sleeping off their hangovers—a particularly bad start to the year in my view—we head for the hills and hit the trails.

They’re smart commuters at Albert Park Primary School

( Melbourne and Kids and News and Commute )

A school where almost none of the students arrive by car? That would be Albert Park Primary.

Star brings good news

( Melbourne and Kids and Heh! and News )

Star News Group local newspapers are the source of a couple of really positive bike-related stories this week.

Fat-arsed schoolkids

( Melbourne and Kids and Rant and Grrr! )

“Year 7 students at private and government schools said in a study that they were forced to sit and talk during breaks because they were not allowed to run, play informal games or have access to sporting equipment” - The Age

A new generation of bike commuters?

( Kids and Heh! )

Yeah, cycling is a great family activity and you can’t beat parental example as a way to teach stuff to kids. Is it a vehicle for broader social change? Maybe. But on one level, who cares?

Scumbag refuses to help

( Kids and Rant and News and Grrr! )

Police are still seeking a hit-and-run scumbag who left a ten year old lying in a Ballarat carpark.

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