The Wheeler Magazine
MELBOURNE BIKEFEST 2012
The annual Bikefest festival officially kicked into gear last night to launch a month-long celebration of life on two wheels. From 17 February to 17 March, Melbourne will be host to a bike themed events encompassing fashion, food, film, performance, markets, talks, rides, art, design and advocacy projects. The vision of Bikefest is to instill bike riding as a mainstream transport choice in Australian culture and places emphasis on 'taking the sport out of transport’.
Check out melbournebikefest.com.au for the lowdown on the broad range of events happening, and be sure to bring along all your bike loving and your not yet bike loving friends for this festival really is for everyone.
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‘Commuter Cup’ qualifies as fast track to heart health … if you don’t get hurt
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsAh, the ol’ ‘Commuter Cup’ – riding as fast as you can on your way to and from work. C’mon, be honest – you’ve tried it. You’ve thought: I can... -
First magpie of the swooping season
Posted on August 30, 2011 | No CommentsOn Saturday I copped my first magpie attack for 2011 on a lonely stretch near Woodend in Victoria. This was my third maggie attack and very gentle compared to attack... -
Jo Hogan makes long list for Aussie team at the Road Worlds
Posted on August 25, 2011 | No CommentsCycling Australia has announced the long list for both the men’s and women’s teams to compete at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships to be held in Copenhagen from 19-25... -
Yellow fever: Cadel’s win lifts our spirits
Posted on August 25, 2011 | No CommentsThe public welcome for Cadel in Federation Square was quite amazing. Cadel wove his way north down St Kilda Road from the National Gallery, shaking people’s hands on each side... -
Sign the minimum safe passing distance petition
Posted on August 17, 2011 | 2 CommentsQueensland cyclist Dave Sharp set up SafeCyclingAustralia nearly 2 years ago. His main aim is to achieve a minimum safe passing distance between cyclists and motorists of 1 metre and... -
MIFF presents ‘The Kid With a Bike’
Posted on June 30, 2011 | No CommentsEleven-year-old Cyril is determined to re-establish contact with his absentee father and recover his bicycle, stubbornly ignoring the signs that he has been deliberately abandoned. The Kid With a Bike... -
You bet you can bet on the Warny, legally too
Posted on June 30, 2011 | No CommentsThis year Centrebet.com is running legalised online betting on the Melbourne–Warrnambool, the world’s second oldest running UCI race (after Liège–Bastogne–Liège), so your windstopper in the wind and the butterflies in... -
Stockholm reviewing traffic issues from cyclists’ perspective
Posted on June 30, 2011 | No CommentsSome Stockholm politicians are arguing that the city’s cyclists be allowed to run red lights and cycle against one-way traffic in order to ease bicycle congestion and help those who... -
Bikes and design at the State of Design Festival
Posted on June 30, 2011 | No CommentsVictoria’s State of Design Festival is coming. First on your list will be the exhibition ‘Fashion Design Mobility’ presented by RMIT University’s Mick Peel. Mick Peel is a designer and... -
First Australian Gran Fondo to be on the Great Ocean Road
Posted on June 30, 2011 | 1 CommentI’ve been out training – honest. For my first race. Yes indeedy. The first time I’ll whack a number on my bike is for Amy’s Gran Fondo on 18 September...
