‘Treadly and Me’ quietly oozed into existence on 1 January 2006. And as each year draws to a close it’s become customary at this time for me to do a bit of an annual summing up. I’m starting to wonder if it’s worth it but here we go anyway…
Last year I resolved to record all of my rides, and at the end of the year I was pretty happy with that decision.
Our workplace BUG is a pretty laidback arrangement but we still managed to win ourselves a small victory this year.
“Every now and then, someone takes a potshot at bicyclists and bicycling. Sometimes it’s a politician; other times a shock jock. Whoever it is, and whatever their motivation, we don’t like it!” –The League of American Cyclists
Cyclists don’t like making field repairs in wet weather, but when I needed to stop this morning I made myself as comfortable as possible. Fortunately it wasn’t hard…
Is buying a bike as a supermarket special a dumb idea? Well, it depends on what you want to use it for.
Give up the entire day’s riding just because I need to run an errand in the morning? Noooooo! The solution: drop a folding bike into the the boot of the car. Let’s hear it for multi-mode transit!
A quick whip-around of news reports and blog posts on the subject of Ride to Work Day.
“What’s most enjoyable is sailing past queues of traffic in the rush hour!” — Bernard Sudlow
“I might be showing my age, but when I was a kid, we all biked to school, to sports, to play with friends - almost everywhere, really.” –Jill Merrin in the Illawarra Mercury
“Fat-busting but not wallet-busting, the humble bicycle is an increasingly popular choice of transport. Around 130m bikes rolled off production lines in 2007 and even more are set to be made this year.” –The Economist
Two Melbourne cyclists died in road collisions last Thursday. Both deaths were avoidable.
“You could give me statistics out the wazoo about bike safety, but the only thing that really made a difference was getting some positive cycling experiences.” –Julie White