Category Archives: News

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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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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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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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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…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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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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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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Melbourne In Desperate Attempt to Save Bike Scheme with Folding Helmets

Posted on Tuesday, 28 September, 2010 by Bill

Melbourne’s troubled bike share scheme is considering providing collapsible folding bike helmets as shown here and in The Age article on 29 August. Stated in the article… Figures obtained by The Sunday Age show annual subscriptions – which cost $50 … Continue reading →

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iPhone app for CityCycle

Posted on Sunday, 26 September, 2010 by Bill

Despite digging around on the CityCycle site for the iPhone App that is being mentioned in the media I couldn’t find it. Via twitter @nitramluap came to the rescue and mentioned  JCDecaux has a world wide bike hire app called … Continue reading →

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