Come and join in the fun on the Tour de Central Coast 2021 – a celebration of the beautiful Central Coast combined with the excitement of the Tour de France! Central Coast Bicycle User Group (CCBUG) has created the Tour de Central Coast to help people keep motivated through winter but also to encourage them…
Bicycle NSW wishes to convey its condolences to the family and friends of a male rider who died after he was hit by a car yesterday afternoon on the Central Coast. The 72 year old man was riding on Wilfred Barrett Drive, Magenta on the 6th of June when he was hit around 1:30pm by…
The report has been handed down on food delivery rider safety, but we could ride a fleet of cargo bikes through the gaps. Campaigning For A Better Environment For more than eighteen months Bicycle NSW has pushed for improvements to food delivery rider safety. This is because these bike based workers ride in the locations…
North Sydney Council needs our support for their new infrastructure plans in order to provide better facilities for bike riders. Bicycle NSW Bike Planner, Sarah Bickford, has prepared a submission responding to the Young Street plans and will be doing so for the Kirribilli to Cremorne Walking, Cycling and Streetscape Upgrades. Now it’s your turn. …
Being able to measure bike data dictates what actually gets done for bikes. So how is bike data measured? Why We Need To Know Bike Data Bicycle NSW and others need to communicate with government, police, construction contractors, building managers and private developers about the needs of bike riders, but getting bike measurements is a…
Happy World Bicycle Day! Over the last year, it’s been fantastic to welcome more and more people into the bike riding family. COVID-19 Impact On Bike Riding During the COVID-19 pandemic, people turned to bikes as a way to socially distance when travelling but also as a way to get in exercise when gyms closed…
COVID-19 has seen people turn to bike riding as a new form of travel and way to stay physically active. New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics now shows the mass increase in bike imports to support these riders. Bike Sales Based on 9 months to the end of March 2021, 1,413,327 units have…
It’s got to be some kind of record, Dorrigo Urunga Bellingen Bicycle Users Group (DUBBUG) recently celebrated another active member riding into the “80’s Chapter”. Photo: From L-R (back) Robert Sauer, George Smith, (front) John McCormack, Alan Brighton, Herb Simpson About The 80s Chapter This exclusive group in DUBBUG is only for riders, aged over…
There is a ride for everyone in Sydney, sometimes you just need to know where to look. Garry Robinson from BikeTrail.Blog has done a fantastic job of mapping out rides all across Sydney. He’s created a loop from the Sydney CBD down to Cronulla, across to Casula and through Macquarie Park back to the CBD. …
Given it’s mandatory to wear a helmet in NSW to ride a bike, shouldn’t standards be set to ensure the best technology is used in Australia? Traumatic Brain Injury Whether you’re anti or pro-helmet, keep reading, because the best alternative may not look like a helmet at all. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussion can…