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George Street Cycleway Eggstravaganza on Good Friday!

To celebrate the opening of the George Street Cycleway, come on a bicycle scavenger hunt with The Feather Brigade.

 

Meet up at the corner of George Street and Cleveland street in Prince Alfred Park at 1.30pm for a 2pm kick off. They will be sending everyone off in small groups to find the hidden surprises, allowing you all to explore the cycleway at your own pace. City of Sydney is also kindly providing us with Easter Eggs to hand out to passers-by!
After we will be meeting at the Woolpack Hotel (cnr of Chalmers Street and Redfern st) for prize giving, general chitchat and drinks.

What you need to bring:

Bicycle and helmet
Digital camera or phone camera (scavenger hunt involves picture taking)
Friends
Money for a drink or two

Tell them you are coming on their Facebook event page.

Car drivers break far more traffic rules than Cyclists

Operation Amulet in Victoria has been running for 6 weeks and it has been a huge success, yes a huge success. It was run in areas frequented by cyclists (predominately road riders) and ran from 12 February until 6 April. It managed to highlight that even in areas that have almost a 1:1 ratio bikes to cars, it shows that cars break far more rules (so much for registration ).

Although some people felt they unfairly targeted cyclists, they didn't. What they did do is look for people endangering vulnerable road users, sometimes we are our own worst enemy and will, therefore, be fined.

Basic list of how it went:
• 1669 car and truck offences
• 301 bicycle offences
• 241 motorcycle offences
• 37 pedestrian offences

Mobile phone use was particularly high with 317 car drivers fined for using their mobile phones while behind the wheel.
Meanwhile, 92 motorcyclists were caught illegally riding in bicycle lanes and 85 cyclists were fined for disobeying traffic lights.
Lights missing from bikes after dark was another common reason for bikes being fined. So remember to do the right thing, and avoid being out of pocket.

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Bicycle themed Street Art

How to transport your banana

At last a solution to that vexed problem, how to transport the most delicate of cargoes, the banana.

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Robo-rainbow from Sverige

This awesome machine was created by Svenska street Artist Karl Adam Warrol aka "Akay". In addition to the Robo-Rainbow, Akay has also made another similar, but simpler apparatus that goes behind the bicycle and paints only straight lines, allowing the user to spray quickly while in motion, thus lessening the risk of capture. Can't wait till they start selling them at Aldi.

robo-rainbow from mudlevel on Vimeo.

Busy morning for this dude.

Photo by Fleur Townley

Find yourself a bike buddie!

Would you like an experienced rider to help you find the ideal route to work? Maybe give you some tips on safe riding? Bike Buddies is a volunteer-run program that has been set up in Sydney by three enthusiastic riders. They love getting around by bike, and want to share this joy with more people.  What better way than to connect others to encourage and help each other!

Sign up here http://www.bikebuddies.net.au/

Marrickville Council wins our vote

After five years of struggle we are finally going to get the missing link for Regional route 5, connecting the beautiful Cooks River bike path with Marrickville Station and on to Camperdown. Although it seems such a wonderful idea (and frankly obvious) campaigners had to overcome a great deal of resistance from certain councillors who seem to view bicycles as some sort of Communist vehicle of choice.

Next time you go to vote in Marrickville Council area make sure you remember NOT to vote for the following three recidivist councillors, Victor Macri, Morris Hanna and Rosana Tyler. We don't want backwards looking people like that representing us.

Do vote for our excellent Mayor Jo Haylan.

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