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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?

Speedlinking 2 August 2011

“Keep calm and ride on”

Speedlinking 17 July 2011

“A sport is advanced by the handful of people who do it brilliantly, but it is kept sweet and sane by the great numbers of the mediocre, who do it for fun” –Elizabeth Coxhead

Speedlinking 21 June 2011

“Toe overlap is not the end of the world, unless you crash and die – then it is.” –Skip Bernet

Speedlinking 5 June 2011

“[Roadside assist] man told us he’s doing lots of flat batteries these days because ‘Everyone’s riding their bikes…forget their car needs to be used’” –@treadlie

Speedlinking 29 April 2011

“As magical as a shiny new set of wheels can be, any old bike can still get you where you need to go as long as you can ride it” –Kathleen Wilker

Speedlinking 31 March 2011

“Wearing a fluorescent jacket doesn’t mean that you no longer need to look where you are going.” –road.cc

Speedlinking 9 March 2011

“This is part of the beauty of cycling – all it really takes to be a cycling advocate is to ride your bike. The more people there are out there riding bikes, the more cycling benefits.” –BikeSnobNYC

Gardiners Creek: after the flood

Not a big flood in the scheme of things, but it sure left its mark.

Speedlinking 30 January 2011

“In fact, the contractions on the bike were the easiest to bear because I was distracted and doing something I love.”–Susie Weber