Welcome to the home of the Bike Paths Guides!
Welcome to the home of the BikePaths guides, your only site to discover the Bike Paths guide's safe off road escapes and Victoria's splendid rail trails!
This site is dedicated to cyclists who want all the news, where to escape and where you can catch up with all the latest on our Guides for Victoria (and NSW), and now for the first time an opportunity to buy a wide selection of guides online and soon online maps will also be available.
And now for the first time we have two new guides -the mountain biker's bible – Off Road Cycling Adventures 2nd edition and the Rail Trails of Victoria and SA are now available to buy online in "Our Store". To find out more about theses guides and what they offer click here
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New Laws: Rogue cyclists face harshest ever fines and even jail
New Victorian cycling laws that came into effect on June 18th sets jail terms for rogue cyclists and fines of more than $68,000! With the huge surge in people taking up cycling in the last five...
Read more... | Published: 02/06/09
Discover Victoria’s fabulous Rail Trails in the BikePaths Guide
Don’t pay around $35 for a separate rail trails guide, when you get all the rail trail info at no extra cost when you buy the BikePaths Guide? For only $24.95 you not only get the...
Read more... | Published: 06/05/09
Correct Westgate Punt phone number 0419 999 458
BikePaths Guide map 16 Williamstown Paths The Westgate Bridge Punt carries cyclists and walkers across the lower reaches of the Yarra from just north of the Westgate Bridge off Lorimer Street and Westgate Park (eastern side)...
Read more... | Published: 04/05/09
Tide turns with $115 mil Govt bike strategy
Praise for new strategy, is this the turning of the tide? by Clay Lucas The Age March 24, 2009 CYCLING groups have hailed the State Government's new $115 million bike strategy as historic, saying VicRoads will now be...
Read more... | Published: 25/03/09
Poor possum!!!
From The Age's Diary column - Mon 15th March 09CYCLISTS have noticed a strange lump in a freshly painted bike lane in Barkers Road, Kew.Is it, really? Yes, worst fears are confirmed: someone painted over a...
Read more... | Published: 17/03/09
Bike seat that prevents numbness
New “noseless’ bike seats can prevent male erectile dysfunction Groin discomfort is a common problem especially amongst male riders, but one that can remedied quite easily. A long day on the bike leaves most of...
Read more... | Published: 11/02/09
A critical mass of well dressed cyclists
What happens when you gather 150 gentlemen on bicycle at Savile Row? You get the first ever Tweed Run as the cyclists dressed in merino, tweed, flat caps and ties. Prizes included most dashing dame, most dapper...
Read more... | Published: 28/01/09
Be heard on your daily commute.
UPDATE! I got to use my horn for the first time in anger last night on Chapel Street.#1 Was a car that turned into a car spot at the last minute. The driver immediately stopped, and...
Read more... | Published: 18/01/09
Ride to work part 2 - time and gear
How long will it take?You may be surprised... these days a cyclists average speed is generally greater than the current average speed of cars and other normal transportation. This means that cycling represents a very fast...
Read more... | Published: 28/10/08
Radical plan to turn Sydney Rd into a bike way
Radical council plan to turn Sydney Road into a bike way By Kate Lahey The Age August 22, 2008 Melbourne’s traffic-clogged Sydney Road would have segregated bike lanes to give cyclists a five kilometre path each...
Read more... | Published: 25/08/08
