“When the economy’s bad, people drink. When the economy is good, people drink. When the economy’s bad, people still need to do something. So they ride their bikes.” –Tom Girard of Zane’s (quoted in New York Times)
“It’s funny how a little rain scares so many cyclists off, because a one or two hour ride in the rain is generally a very pleasant experience as long as you keep moving and stay warm.” –SurlyDave
I really had to tone down my language on this posting. It’s considerably shorter now that I’ve calmed down a bit and taken out all of the F-words…
Two Melbourne cyclists died in road collisions last Thursday. Both deaths were avoidable.
Why on earth would the relative of a convicted offender question the justice of a clearly lenient sentence?
It’s been a while since I’ve had much to say about specific road trauma cases (that’s not really what I want this site to be about) but I just can’t let this one slide by…
I see the Hell Ride finds itself in the news again. “What have they done this time?”, I hear you ask. Well, nothing…
Inside Sport magazine reckons cycling is Australia’s Deadliest Sport. And they could well be right…
Let’s get behind the wheel and do anything other than pay attention to the road….
Elizabeth Street in Melbourne has dangerous bike lanes.
Did you know that fourteen Victorian cyclists died in road crashes last year?
A year on and ‘Treadly and Me’ is still here-who’d have thunk it? In the 243 posts since this blog started on 1 January 2006 I’ve avoided blogging about the blog, so perhaps you’ll excuse this one indulgence…
It’s been another relatively quiet month for media reports of cycling road accidents.