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Hello Canberra! I’m delighted to introduce myself on Canberra Cycle Chic, which I think is a wonderful step (pedal stroke?) towards a Canberra where riding a bike isn’t just seen as the domain of MAMILs (or middle age men in lycra). So, about me. I’ve been riding bikes since I was a kid...

I received an email from Ian, a Canberran who used to commute to work regularly during the 70s and 80s. He has promised to join us on the next Cycle Chic Sunday ride, as soon as he gets himself a new bike. Ian had found this blog post: “get on a bike… and go slow” by Richard...

I have two bells on my bike – one is loud and obnoxious, the other is tuneful and lovely (it’s called a Bali Bell, and it looks like something you might hear dinging lightly as you are called to your 4pm meditation class at the Balinese Day Spa Retreat you’ve escaped...

Found this hilarious but also quite serious little film on YouTube.  Check it out if you like riding in bicycle lanes – especially in New York City

If they can do it in New York City… Here’s a great little film about how New Yorkers have adapted to new street designs that benefit pedestrians, cyclists, commuters AND drivers!  From Streetfilms.  Right at the very end there’s a quick interview with ‘Gridlock...

This is the photo that started it all for me. In September 2010 I had an opportunity to go to Oslo, Norway.  This is literally the second photograph I took upon arriving in Oslo.  (The first photo is of the inside of the airport).  I had wandered down a laneway between two buildings in...