Some upcoming rides and meetings
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17 January 2012
Cycling Wayfinding Project – Reservoir Station to La Trobe University. Darebin BUG's next meeting on Thursday 19 January features guest speaker Michael Anderson, a La Trobe University Environmental Officer, who will provide a brief overview of past and future sustainable transport initiatives at La Trobe, including a new cycling wayfinding project from Reservoir Train Station to La Trobe in Bundoora, cycling route, safety and signage considerations. Find out more - download a meeting agenda here (PDF, 17kb).
Let us take you for a ride. Darebin BUG's rides calendar extends through to July. Get out your diary and mark some dates - we have rides that are suitable for just about everyone. Scroll through the calendar here.
Families on Bikes - rides designed especially for little kids, where no one's too slow and that are always happy to stop for a rest, play, snack, breastfeed, nappy change or 'til a tantrum is over. Contact
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JANUARY 2012 EVENTS & NOTICES
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Events
15-22 Jan: Santos Tour Down Under The first event of the UCI calendar is happening in South Australia right now. The first ever Australian professional team, GreenEDGE, is racing, making this an historic event for Australian cycling. If you can’t be in SA to watch it, check out the news at www.tourdownunder.com.au or www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral or tune into Channel 9 late – check the TV Guide.
Mon 16 Jan: entries open for Super Tuesday bike count on Tues 6 March, 7-9am. The count provides valuable information on bicycle commuting in Melbourne. Counters can nominate can nominate their local Bicycle User Group (BUG), Club or School to receive $50 as reward for their work. Note: The best way to get a site in Darebin is to sign up as early as possible. Details: Khanh on 8376 8892 or Mike on 8376 8848 or http://www.bv.com.au/general/bike-futures/30600/.
Fri 20 Jan: entries close for the Better by Bike design competition. Bikefest is calling for designs, ideas and programs that make the world better by bike. Whether it's better cycling design, better fashion, better accessories, better infrastructure or fostering better communities - Bikefest wants your bicycle-related designs and ideas. More info:
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or http://www.melbournebikefest.com.au/calendar/bikefest/43/.
Sun 22 Jan: Frocks on Bikes IN SPACE. North Fitzroy to the solar system model in St Kilda. Free with prizes for the best space-themed attire. More info:
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or http://frocksonbikes.wordpress.com/melbourne/.
Sun 29 Jan: Learn to ride for beginners, St Kilda. Know someone on the other side of the city who wants to learn to ride? This event is free, with training provided by the Bike Ed. Instructors: Wilcare Services. Details and registration form: the City of Port Phillip Community Environment eHub, 9209 6776 or http://tiny.cc/pdfhe.
Thur 16 Feb: Sustainable Transport Workshop, Sustainable Homes and Communities program, Preston Shire Hall. Louise from the BUG will be one of the speakers and there will be electric bicycles available for test rides. Details and registration: Sustainable Homes and Communities Program, 8470 8373 or http://tiny.cc/40wel. Note Darebin BUG’s February meeting is on the same night.
Notices
After many years at the helm of the mid-week riders, Norm has stepped down. Norm has done a fabulous job in this role. The mid-week riders continue to go riding every Tuesday and Thursday and are continuing to produce their newsletter, Wobbly Wheels. Details of their rides appear on Darebin BUG’s home page. Some upcoming January rides are: Tues 24 Jan, Diamond Creek and Tues 31 Jan, Ruffy Lake.
Merri Creek Trail bridge closure at De Chene Reserve , Coburg North (Melway 18 A12). While the bridge is closed, there is no access along the Merri Creek Trail between Bell Street and Connelly North Coburg. Please use the Elizabeth Street detour. Info: 9240 1111; www.moreland.vic.gov.au.
CycleWise: not confident riding on the road? This fun 5 hour course includes basic riding skills, bike set up, safety checks, confidence riding in traffic, where to ride & more. Free for concession card holders, refundable booking fee of $40/ $40 full fee Upcoming dates in 2012: 4 March, 15 April and 20 May. Info & bookings: 9482 5100;
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YarraBUG Radio screens live on Mondays 10-10.30am, 3CR Community Radio 855 am. Info & podcasts: http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/.
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Key Dates
January 2012
Thursday 19 January
Guest speaker Michael Anderson will speak about sustainable transport initiatives at La Trobe University, including the Cycling Wayfinding Project.
Thursday 19 January
Social ride to St Kilda Botanic Gardens
Into the city via City Link and along the beach to the Elwood Canal with lunch at St. Kilda Botanical Gardens. Approx. 50km
Saturday 21 January
Round the Bay training ride
Rides are up to 60km long at an average speed of 20-25km/h; return in time for lunch. Info and to confirm your attendance: Yannick, 0438 785 450
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Written by Kerry
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As a RACV member, I find your stance on speed limits especially troubling and unrepresentative of my views.
"Brian Negus, RACV general manager for public affairs, said his organisation would not support such a cut. ''To really suggest a 10km/h cut across the board is a simplistic response to the real issues. And they are predominantly behavioural,'' he said."
This on the same day that we find that there was a 28% increase in pedestrian deaths in 2011. We are making streets safer for cars, but more dangerous for everybody else. This is exactly why lower speed limits are so important.
There are many reasons why we should push for lower speed limits. The most important is for the safety of the road users who are always forgotten when it comes to improving road safety. Speed is the single most important factor in the life and death of a cyclist or pedestrian. We (meaning anybody/everybody who has to get out of their car at some point) are the ones facing injuries and deaths caused by RACV's determination to speed motorized traffic through our communities as quickly as possible without a concern for the consequences of those policies.
A reduction in speed from 50 km/hour to 40 km/hour (and 30 km/hour) benefits safety in many ways. A driver has longer to react to unexpected situations such as pedestrian behaviour or cyclists having to avoid a pothole (or situations arising from motorist inattentiveness). Stopping distances are greatly reduced. Most importantly, if pedestrians (and cyclists) are hit by a car at 60 km/hour, 90% will be killed, compared to 50% at 50 km/hour and 10% at 30 km/hour (Transport Research Laboratory, UK, 2007). These are life and death issues for cyclists compared to the inconvenience possibly caused to motorists by slower speeds.
Even more tragic is that these inconveniences are more perception than reality. As the Archer et al.(2008) study (undertaken on behalf of TAC at Monash University) showed, there is marginal impact on travel times due to speed limit reductions, because congestion and intersections are much more significant limiting factors (TRB 1998). Counter intuitively, the lower speeds can often reduce travel time due to less turbulent traffic movement (Noland & Quddus 2005). Posted speed limits are highly influential in the speeds drivers chose to achieve and higher posted speed limits will result in more drivers trying to drive at speeds inappropriate for individual circumstances. This is all too familiar to cyclists, the surge of car traffic racing by to be encountered a few moments later waiting at the next traffic light. So, cyclists and pedestrians are dying so that motorists can believe they are getting somewhere quicker.
Additional benefits are also achieved through reduced fuel consumption, reduced CO2 emissions, and quieter traffic. Concern over the speed motorists choose to travel despite posted limits is a non-issue with speed limit reductions, since that is more a matter of political will (or lack of) to enforce the limits.
The EU is already moving to lower their speed limits to 30 km/hour. Numerous communities in Victoria (Yarra, for example) are also lowering their speed limits for all the benefits enumerated above. Eliminating the bewildering array of speed limits with a single lower limit brings benefits to safety, economy, and livability.
Numerous items in your monthly magazine Royal Auto (especially the 'From the President' columns) lead me to believe that RACV is using my membership fees against my interests and that I should be looking for another insurance company. Particularly maddening is the constant lobbying by RACV to keep building more roads and bypasses (induced demand - build it and usage will grow, followed by even worse congestion in the future). Hopefully RACV will re-evaluate their position instead of continuing to push for communities increasingly fragmented by faster, bigger, and more crowded roads, roads on which we live, walk, shop, and play and that people would want to walk or cycle on.
Thank you,
Kerry.
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Last Updated on Monday, 02 January 2012 01:35 |
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10 November 2011
Cycle touring in Europe Darebin BUG's next meeting on Thursday 17 November features guest speakers Katrine Pilcher and Marion Simmonds speaking about their cycle trip along the 240km long, heritage listed, Canal du Midi in Southern France. Find out more - download a meeting agenda here (PDF, 20kb). . Minutes from the October meeting may be downloaded here (PDF, 54kb).
Let us take you for a ride. Darebin BUG's rides calendar extends until the end of the year. Get out your diary and mark some dates - we have rides that are suitable for just about everyone. Scroll through the calendar here.
Families on Bikes - rides designed especially for little kids, where no one's too slow and that are always happy to stop for a rest, play, snack, breastfeed, nappy change or 'til a tantrum is over. Contact
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if you'd like to be on the Families on Bikes email list.
NOVEMBER 2011 EVENTS & NOTICES
PLEASE NOTE: These notices are not necessarily endorsed by Darebin BUG. If you would like an item included in future notices, please contact
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Events
12 – 19 Nov: Paceline 2011 Canberra to Melbourne - three ride options all helping to raise funds and awareness for cardiac arrhythmias. The route takes in spectacular countryside including Hotham and Falls Creek. http://www.paceline.com.au/
Sun 13 Nov: Hanover Connect East Ride for Home A chance to ride non-stop on EastLink from Ringwood and Frankston and back; 3 ride distances; event supports Hanover to Break the Cycle of Homelessness. Entries extended to midnight Thursday 10 November. http://www.rideforhome.com.au/
Sun 13 Nov: Darebin Parklands Discovery Day, 2-5pm Please go to show your support for the Community Coalition that has been campaigning for 15 years to finish the link between the Darebin and Yarra trails. http://www.dpa.org.au/events/
Fri 25 Nov: Suit Up and Ride Team event where team members wear suits and ride RACV Melbourne Bike Share bikes around Waterfront City, Docklands. Cadel Evans and Matt Goss are amongst professionals joining the race. The event raises funds for Orygen Youth Health, specifically youth mental health. Details: http://www.suitupandride.com.au
26 – 27 Nov: Forrest Festival MTB weekend of races and social activities in the heart of the Otways. As well as the cycling events, there’ll be local produce stalls, music, kid’s games and kid’s races. http://www.mountainbikeevents.com.au/forrest-festival/
Sun 27 Nov: Third Annual Melbourne Tweed Ride Pull on tweeds and a waistcoat for Melbourne’s most stylish bike event. The ride travels from Federation Square at 11.30 to Como House in South Yarra for the annual Paris to Provence French Festival. http://melbournetweedride.com
Darebin BUG Christmas rides:
Sun 11 Dec: Christmas BBQ, Bundoora Park - BYO food etc. Santa will be present; parents please bring a wrapped present for your child. Ride being planned. Mark your diary and watch this space.
Tues 20 Dec: Christmas Lights Ride (easy) along The Boulevard, Ivanhoe. Meet 8.15, Dan Murphy’s carpark off off Heidelberg Rd in Alphington. Bring lights and reflective gear and decorated bikes. There might even be a prize for the best decorated bike! We'll return via Ivanhoe for coffee supper for anyone who would like to before returning home. Info: Doug, 9499 7325, 0409 956 913
Notices
Competition: win a signed copy of Cadel Evans: the long road to Paris , Competition closes Sun 20 Nov http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/win
TV: Cycling Central Sundays 5pm on SBS1 , This Sunday, 13 Nov you’ll see: highlights from the Crocodile Trophy, the Sydney to the Gong Ride and Shipwreck Coast Classic plus the latest from the Jayco 2011 Australian Cyclist of the Year Awards.
Shared Path Upgrade - St Georges Road to Alfred Crescent, Fitzroy North Yarra City Council will be carrying out works to improve the shared path in Linear Park. The path will be extended to 3m. Works started this week and are expected to take four weeks to complete. There will be no access to the path for pedestrians and cyclists during this time.
YarraBUG Radio screens live on Mondays 10-10.30am, 3CR Community Radio 855 am.
Info & podcasts: http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/. .
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Key Dates
2011
Thursday 17 November
Guest speakers Katrine and Marion will speak about their cycling trip along the Heritage Listed Canal du Midi in Southern France.
Sunday 11 December
Darebin BUG Xmas BBQ
Rides will be organised to the BBQ, otherwise meet us there. BYO food etc. Santa will be present - parents please bring a wrapped present for your children
Tuesday 20 December
Darebin BUG Xmas Lights Ride
along The Boulevard, Ivanhoe. Meet 8.15pm Dan Murphy's carpark, Alphington. Bring lights and a decorated bike. Coffee supper to follow.
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13 October 2011
Do free bicycles get more people cycling? Can such a project get more people riding on a particular bike track? Darebin BUG's next meeting on Thursday 20 October features guest speaker Paul McKay from Moreland BUG who will talk about the O'Hea Bike Town project. Find out more - download a meeting agenda here. (PDF, 26kb)
Let us take you for a ride. Darebin BUG's rides calendar extends until the end of the year. Get out your diary and mark some dates - we have rides that are suitable for just about everyone. Scroll through the calendar here.
Families on Bikes - rides designed especially for little kids, where no one's too slow and that are always happy to stop for a rest, play, snack, breastfeed, nappy change or 'til a tantrum is over. Contact
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if you'd like to be on the Families on Bikes email list.
OCTOBER 2011 EVENTS & NOTICES
PLEASE NOTE: These notices are not necessarily endorsed by Darebin BUG. If you would like an item included in the November 2011 notices, please contact
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by Wednesday 2 November.
Events
12-14 Oct: Bike Futures 2011 Conference, Etihad Stadium. The conference brings together national and local leaders, planners, designers and builders. Keynote speakers are Gil Penalosa, Gordon Price and Timothy Papandreou. http://bikefutures.conferenceworks.net.au/
12-16 Oct: Jayco Herald Sun Tour – check out the course and grab yourself a prime possie to cheer on the pros navigating some of the most picturesque, and at times challenging, parts of Victoria & finishing in marvellous Melbourne for some laps of Lygon St. If you can’t watch it in person, you can watch it live on SBS Two. http://www.heraldsuntour.com.au/
12-16 Oct: MS Red Ride allows 20 riders to ride ahead of the professional riders on the Jayco Herald Sun Tour. The riders are fundraising for people living with MS via MS Australia. http://www.msredride.org.au/
Sat 15 Oct: Learn2Ride Clinic – gain hints to using skate parks and mastering BMX tricks in these free one hour clinics between 12-3.30pm (registrations open 11am). Clinics held at Riverslide Skate Park, Alexandra Gardens. http://www.bv.com.au/general/ride2school/93584/
Sat 15 Oct: Cycle Chic Bike Fashions on the Field – Melbourne Cycle Chic and Ride2School are teaming up to find the most fashionable students on wheels. 11am registrations; 12-12.30 judging at Main Stage, Alexandra Gardens. http://www.bv.com.au/general/ride2school/93585/
Sun 30 Oct: MARSARG Tour de Vines - a 3 hour Pony Express bike ride around an easy 4km course set in the scenic vineyards, orchards and native bush of Bress Winery. Teams must change riders every lap, though individuals are welcome. Money raised goes towards creation of the MARSARG Respite Facility.
http://thebikevault.com.au/masarg-tour-de-vines/
Sun 6 Nov: Super Sunday bike count on recreational bike trails. Details of counts are provided to local councils to better service bicycle riders; one of the trails is Darebin Creek Trail. Super Sunday counters can nominate a BUG or other community group to receive payment for their services. Details: http://www.bv.com.au/general/bike-futures/93194/,
Register: https://www.bv.com.au/super-sunday/
Sun 6 Nov: Darebin BUG’s Progressive Lunch – entrée Fairfield, Main Preston, Dessert Brunswick East. Download a flyer here. (PDF, Bookings required by 27 October.
Notices
Vale Jack Spicer, Darebin BUG's oldest member who passed away peacefully at the age of 94. He was still riding up until recently and was a great role model to anyone who thinks that ageing means a quiet life.
Farewell John Wernicke, another early Darebin BUG member who passed away in May. John will be remembered for his many bikes, including a Vespa with a leopard skin seat cover. Not known for riding very far, he was proud to be known as “Turn back John”. RIP.
Merri Creek path work week beginning 17 October: near Bakers Rd; it may involve some brief interruptions to the path. Info: Catherine, 9235 2535.
CycleWise: not confident riding on the road? This fun 5 hour course includes basic riding skills, bike set up, safety checks, confidence riding in traffic, where to ride & more. Free for concession card holders, refundable booking fee of $40/ $40 full fee Upcoming date: Nov 13. Info & bookings: 9482 5100;
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YarraBUG Radio screens live on Mondays 10-10.30am, 3CR Community Radio 855 am.
Info & podcasts: http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/.
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Key Darebin BUG dates October 2011
Meeting: Thursday 20 October
Guest speaker Paul McKay will speak on Moreland BUG's O'Hea Bike Town project that gave away free bikes to locals to promote cycling and the O'Hea bike trail.
Ride: Thursday 20 October
Werribe to Point Cook and Altona
A great ride which includes a visit to the Point Cook Air Museum..
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Campaigns
Darebin BUG campaigns to improve cycling conditions in Darebin. Read more about past and present campaigns and how to get involved.
Rides
Darebin BUG members organise social rides for cyclists of all skill levels. There are regular rides on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, as well as occasional weekend trips. Find out more about these rides.
Learn
Darebin BUG organises workshops and classes to educate cyclists about basic bicycle repairs and cycling skills.
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