Tag Archives: Melbourne

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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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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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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CityCycle – Missing a Great Opportunity?

Posted on Friday, 27 August, 2010 by Bill

As I’ve mentioned before, my motivation in starting this site is promote CitCycle and all the advantages that it can bring to Brisbane. I’m not a naysayer like some that the media like to promote who say CityCycle will be … Continue reading →

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Do We Want a London Success or a Melbourne Failure?

Posted on Saturday, 7 August, 2010 by Bill

In the last post Mike Robbo commented with some interesting points  about the Melbourne Bike Share programme and the London Barclays Bike. Rather than repeat them here I encourage you to go read his excellent, long and informative post on … Continue reading →

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