Author Archives: Bill

A Month of CityCycle

Posted on Monday, 1 November, 2010 by Bill

It’s been a month of CityCycle in BrisVegas and what is the assessment of how it’s going. This morning Tae Baker (@taezar) the unofficial, super enthusiastic, power promoter and very quickly becoming the Queen of CityCycle (someone at CityCycle should … Continue reading →

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Looking Cool and a Helmet when You Need it

Posted on Monday, 1 November, 2010 by Bill

Just imagine, the wind blowing in your hair, looking cool, so urbane and voguish, like in Paris or Rome. Damn it, just European. But you get a bump from a bus and suddenly you’re flying off your bike, your beautiful … Continue reading →

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Disposable Helmets for Melbourne

Posted on Monday, 18 October, 2010 by Bill

Could disposable helmets be a solution for Australian urban cycling? The idea of disposable helmets would be as a mid point solution to the issues of utilising CityCycle with the current helmet laws and having the convenience of spontaneous usage. … Continue reading →

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Two Weeks – So how is CityCycle going?

Posted on Sunday, 17 October, 2010 by Bill

It’s been two weeks since the offical launch of CityCycle and I wonder how the experience is for the scheme and users of it. Lets see the more interesting tweets for that period from 9 to 17 October, lets see … Continue reading →

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First Review of CityCycle – Happy but Teething Issues to Fix

Posted on Sunday, 3 October, 2010 by Bill

Early adopter of the CityCycle scheme Tae wrote a great little review of her initial attempts of CityCycle. It’s not all good news but you can’t keep the determination of a Happy Panda down when she wants to embrace CityCycle … Continue reading →

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…and Now for The News

Posted on Saturday, 2 October, 2010 by Bill

Channel 7 News Article about the Launch of CityCycle Brisbane bike program launched @ Yahoo!7 Video  

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The Bikes are in, People are Interested.

Posted on Saturday, 2 October, 2010 by Bill

Citycycle Bikes installed and ready to use On the 1 October In King George Square with a 100 strong peloton through the CBD we saw the officially launch of CityCycle. The gala, the fanfare and the speeches to announce the … Continue reading →

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Welcome to CityCycle

Posted on Friday, 1 October, 2010 by Bill

Today JCDecaux on behalf of the Brisbane City Council are rolling out the first of the CityCycle bicycles to the stations that have been installed. For the past month subscription has been available but it is only today that we … Continue reading →

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It’s Dangerous on the Roads

Posted on Thursday, 30 September, 2010 by Bill

Thanks to @dave in the comments mentioning, we now have a method to help save us as motorists from harm on the roads similar to what has been achieved by the bicycle helmet laws. After all we can’t be too … Continue reading →

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No Safety Penalty for Helmet Exemption in Darwin

Posted on Wednesday, 29 September, 2010 by Bill

Could Darwin be showing the way for CityCycle to succeed? Mike Rubbo has made this great little well balanced video explaining many aspects of the helmet issues on his Sit Up Cycle blog . If your interested in this subject … Continue reading →

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