Author Archives: Bill

After the flood another mess that needs cleaning up

Posted on Saturday, 5 February, 2011 by Bill

With the flood now three weeks behind us, the mud washed away from the stations and the bikes of CityCycle still to reappear in the flood affected areas it seems CityCycle has another mess to deal with. At 5:12 pm … Continue reading →

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A Picnic Ride – We Need the Style.

Posted on Wednesday, 5 January, 2011 by Bill

A friend is setting up her bike for riding around the paths of Brisbane now that she has moved here from the Gold Coast and decided to look for a basket for her hybrid to create more of an Urban … Continue reading →

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The Night Air’s – Bike Love

Posted on Sunday, 12 December, 2010 by Bill

An journey on your bicycle within an audio landscape of The Night Air ABC wonderful audio mastery of The Night Air takes us on bicycle journey around all the curious sides of cycling accidents, road rage, cycling sub-culture clashes and … Continue reading →

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Why We Shouldn’t Cycle with a Helmet

Posted on Sunday, 12 December, 2010 by Bill

Here is a great video from Mikael Colville-Andersen from TEDxCopenhagen who gives us all the reasons to embrace what we all want with CityCycle but also some of the reasons why the helmet is in conflict with that. Maybe there … Continue reading →

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Having Fun but don’t get Busted

Posted on Thursday, 9 December, 2010 by Bill

It’s all fun and games until someone gets busted… No, it’s still fun and games. Walking through South Brisbane recently I took a quick snap of these two fun loving girls, enjoying the very spirit of what Urban Cycling is … Continue reading →

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CityCycle Station Roll Out Continues

Posted on Sunday, 5 December, 2010 by Bill

10 New Stations in the last Three Weeks The development of new stations continues with the latest stations being: Station 50: Gipps St / Wickham St, Fortitude Valley – 21 bike racks Station 67: Vernon Tce / Commercial Rd, Newstead … Continue reading →

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Where to get CItyCycle Helmets

Posted on Sunday, 5 December, 2010 by Bill

CityCycle Helmets available from the following vendors Bicycle Queensland 28 Vulture St reet, West End Hours: 9-4.30pm Monday-Friday Ph: 3844 1144 W: http://www.bq.org.au Bicycle Revolution 294 Montague Rd West End Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday and 8am-2pm Saturday Ph: 3342 7829 W: … Continue reading →

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Message for Brisbane via Melbourne from Dublin Bikes

Posted on Thursday, 2 December, 2010 by Bill

Recently Mike Rubbo from Sit Up Cycle produced another great little video as a Message To Melbourne from Dublin Bikes that is both entertaining and revealing in the simple facts and figures that are mentioned by Dublin Councilor Andrew Montague … Continue reading →

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State of CityCycle from a Fan

Posted on Tuesday, 30 November, 2010 by Bill

So What’s Up with CityCycle? Some Questions Answered Here is a great little update on the state of CityCycle from CityCycle Fan Girl at How Many Pandas blogger #Taezar. As she says: …I am seeing a lot more people riding. … Continue reading →

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More on Inflatable Helmet Design

Posted on Wednesday, 3 November, 2010 by Bill

Additional to this recent post on this inflatable helmet design here is more detail, including the cost of $450 for this very fancy helmet, but hey what price for fashion…  

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