There is an opportunity to improve road safety through requiring better construction management, and you are invited to have your say. If construction has begun on a route, you may be familiar with detours, road closures and changes to the riding environment. Construction managers are required to ensure project impacts on people who walk, ride…
If you’re seeking a new bike riding adventure or challenge, why not give mountain bike orienteering a try? It’s open for all ages, is a great way to make friends and most importantly – have fun! It’s based on riding skill, map reading ability and decision making in order to be the quickest through a…
Since 2013, locals have been advocating for the 123km old rail line from Casino to Murwillumbah to be converted into a rail trail, known now as the Northern Rivers Rail Trail. With all four local council (Tweed, Byron, Lismore and Richmond Valley) supporting the trail, Bicycle NSW is excited to hear both the Federal Labor…
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report on Pedal cyclist deaths and hospitalisations[i], when read together with the Sport Australia AusPlay Survey results, shows more can be done to make riding safer. The AIHW Report compares the national rates of deaths and injury for the 17 years from mid 1999 to mid 2016.…
Bicycle NSW wants to convey its well wishes to the rider who was hit this morning in Moore Park. The rider, believed to be in their 30s, was rushed to hospital this morning after being struck by a truck. The collision occurred when the rider was cycling along Anzac Parade around 8am this morning, when…
“I wasn’t always a cyclist, in fact I’m pretty new,” and yet Sergeant Darren Wilkins will ride the 300km from Sydney to Canberra this weekend for the 2019 Remembrance Ride. Now in its 7th year, the NSW Police Legacy Remembrance Ride is about supporting NSW Police and their families in times of tragedy or need. “Both…
In spite of expensive ‘puncture resistant tyres’, regular ‘pinch-flats’ from potholes were ruining my ride – so I gave solid tyres a go. I ride a bike regularly to get places, usually on journeys of 2-10km, often with panniers full of shopping, work or sports equipment. Sadly most of the road-shoulders and bike lanes I…
Last Thursday evening representatives of Bicycle NSW and the Newcastle Cycleways Movement attended the National Road Transport Association meeting at Gilbert & Roach in Hexham, to better understand the issues behind the Heavy Vehicle National Law Review. Bicycle NSW has encouraged bike riders, pedestrians, motorbike riders and horse riders to contribute to the Heavy Vehicle…
Pedalling around her local area on her cargo bike, one would think Louise had been doing this her whole life. Yet, it was not until her children were born that her venture into cargo bikes began. “I rode before I had kids, I did some big tours with a friend in Tassie and by…
You can help make national heavy vehicle law safer for everyone. Part of our heavy vehicle campaign includes changing the law to help improve road safety. The current Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) is up for review and you can help change it for the better. You have until Friday 31 May, 2019 to provide…