Category Archives: Bikes

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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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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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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CityCycle Confidence Courses

Posted on Tuesday, 28 September, 2010 by Bill

The Brisbane City Council is offering subscribers a $20 (after Council subsidy) Cycling Confidence Course to ensure they feel confident using the road and bike path network within the CityCycle service area. While out this morning along the river at … Continue reading →

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London and Paris and Advice for Brisbane

Posted on Sunday, 26 September, 2010 by Bill

Recent visitor to both Paris and London Doug Oldmedow @dougoldmeadow wrote this post about his observations of each cities bicycle hire systems. Go read the full post but his summary is: My advice for improving the scheme straight away: 1. … Continue reading →

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No Helmet on a Sit Up Bike Interview on ABC

Posted on Wednesday, 22 September, 2010 by Bill

Regular commentator here on CityCycle, Dr. Paul Martin was interviewed today on Afternoons with Richard Fidler on ABC Radio 612 with Richard about sit-up bikes and getting questioned by the bicycle police in the city Botanical Gardens while two racing … Continue reading →

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Free Helmet Give-a-Ways to Vendors

Posted on Tuesday, 21 September, 2010 by Bill

On Saturday 18th I had a chance to ride one of the CityCycle bikes and also had a chance to chat with one of the Brisbane City Council’s  representatives about the CityCycle scheme and the issues that have been raised … Continue reading →

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First Ride on a CityCycle Bike

Posted on Saturday, 18 September, 2010 by Bill

Today I had the chance to try out one of the CityCycle bikes on display at Musgrave Park after guessing what the CityCycle bikes would look like, they are the same bar the localised colouring as the Vélib’ bikes in … Continue reading →

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