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.
You know it's been a while between posts when your own mother starts chipping you about not updating your blog...
At the risk of being repetitive, here I am singing the praises of Autumn cycling. Again.
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?
"There is overwhelming evidence when children walk or cycle to school they are better off physically and in terms of their social and emotional wellbeing" --Todd Harper, VicHealth.
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.
"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
Note to would-be bike path racers: if you want to "bury" me as you pass, make sure you can sustain your pace...
"...things are getting a bit grippy down there..." --Phil Liggett