Treadly and Me

The competition to design new bike racks for New York City has shown that secure bike racks can also be beautiful and interesting objects in the streetscape.

It is well worth pushing for weekend clearways on Beach Rd, but using the "might is right" argument to achieve that won't help cyclists in general.

"I might be showing my age, but when I was a kid, we all biked to school, to sports, to play with friends - almost everywhere, really." --Jill Merrin in the Illawarra Mercury

A recent survey by the RACV put two cycling events in the top ten "best tourism experiences" in Victoria.

"Fat-busting but not wallet-busting, the humble bicycle is an increasingly popular choice of transport. Around 130m bikes rolled off production lines in 2007 and even more are set to be made this year." --The Economist