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Latest Edition of BikePaths & RailTrails: Your complete AUTUMN Cycling Guide - save $8 (or 30%)

Latest Edition of BikePaths & RailTrails Guide was $24.95 rrp but you can NOW save $8 (or 30%) at our E Store Australia's best selling AUTUMN cycling guide - is really four guides in one!* 100's of...

Car Dooring Fines now $352

Vic Government goes part of the way to reduce car door injuries. As the numbers of these sorts of incidents spiral upwards and lives have been lost and despite demands that drivers who "Door" a passing cyclists...

50% off on end of Edition Bikepaths Guide Offer!

Take advantage of our end of 7th edition offer. YES YOU Save $12 off its cover price! We now have just a few copies left of the very successful 7th edition, which we'd like to give you...

Save 30% - Off Road Cycling Adventures Guide

SAVE 30% OFF $36.95 RRP at our E Store This is Melbourne's most definitive and respected mountain bike trails guidebook featuring 1250 km of trails covering 37 serious rides to the north west of Melbourne including...

Should ‘red light running cyclists’ have their bikes impounded?

2wheelmike asks: Is it time to have their bikes impounded?s Whether I'm on my bike, Vesap scooter or a car I often get annoyed seeing my fellow cyclists who flagrantly ride through red traffic lights. Despite the...

Spring ‘Magpie swooping’ season in full flight

How to survive or prevent an attack Yes, it's that season again, when magpies swoop and cyclists are skittish. Just as it starts to warm up and the mornings aren't quite as dark comes the ever-present...

Energy wave of power monitors for cyclists

Put your energy into measuring electricity consumption. Pictured: A SEGmeter – is a set of current sensors that detect the electricity flowing through the different circuits in your home.By Michael Greene - The Sunday Age Domain’s Greener...

New Rail Trail now completed!

Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail has been opened Excitement growsas this exciting new rail trail attracts its first wave of two wheeled visitors. The BikePaths & RailTrail Guide is presently mapping and testing this new 134...

‘For Sale’ sign goes up on controversial St Kilda Junction ‘Lego building’ site

Eight weeks after being granted a permit, residents are surprised as ‘Sale’ sign goes up at the Junction ‘Lego’ site Residents concerned this is blatant permit trafficking · Call on Council to fix StKilda Junction planning...

Voice of cycling says there's a rich vein of anger between cars and bikes

Bicycles are not the problem - they're the answer says Keith Dunstan - The Age 12 Feb 2012 Replying to Bruce Guthrie's proposal to register cycles DEAR Bruce,You have raised the prospect of bicycle registration. Don't...

Update: Ride 2 Work Day Wednesday 17 October

All rides lead to town on Cycling's big day Adam Carey of The Age report - Wednesday 17th Oct: "Like spokes on a wheel, hundreds of cyclists converged on the city centre this morning for the annual...

Now we are enjoying the Cadel Effect

Last year millions of Australian's saluted his maginficaent Tour de France VICTORY. Now his victory is having a Cadel Effect! Cadel Effect CYCLING in Victoria has surged since Cadel Evans won last year's Tour de France, but it's...

SmartEnergy Groups home system enables cyclists to regain control of soaring power bills

Melbourne designed Smart Energy Groups helps householders conquer power wastage ! As a cyclist you save heaps when cycling to work or touring and are probably very climate conscious, but what about your energy use at home?...

GrandRidge RailTrail (Map 40) set to reopen in August

NEARLY 2½ years after bushfire devastated the Strzelecki Ranges and closed the Grand Ridge Rail Trail, this key local tourist attraction is one big step closer to reopening, with two 66-metre bridges - ''mini Sydney Harbour...

New Bright to Wandiligong heritage path opens!

Discover Wandiligong Village's heritage buildings, quaint swing bridges, Wandi sponge cake and farm gate apple orchards and more ... Wandi Maze's Lynn Bullen is busy baking heaps of her famous mouthwatering Wandi sponges, to meet demand...

The Saturday Age Gourmet Rail Trails Feature

The Rise of the foodie biker By Richard Cornish - The Saturday Age (5/2/11) - Life & Style "People want secluded tree lined escapes. And they want decent food and coffee at the end of the ride"...

Trendy new classic bike store has opened in Port Melbourne

The new classic bike store Bakerlite Trading Co has opened in trendy Bay Street Port Melbourne with a sensational range of Pashley brand classic men’s and ladies cycles. They are the newest inner CBD Bikepaths &...

Bike Share arrives in Melb CBD

Melbourne cyclists have welcomed the city's first public bike share scheme being operated by RACV that is now underway.The first 100 distinctive electric-blue bicycles have been installed at special docking stations across the CBD. (pic above...

Midweek Escape savings on the Lilydale-Warburton Rail Trail

You can save heaps if you book a Sunday to Thursday cycling trip on the Upper Yarra Valley's fabulous Lilydale-Warburton 'gastro' rail trail.Just stay at least one night between Sunday and Thursday at the Alpine Retreat...

New South Kingsville Guide stockist

This new bright cheery fresh gourmet store has just opened in Vernon Street's shopping centre. It specialises in delicious seasonal fruit and vegetable produce including organics, a great range of inspiring deli items, hand made breads, freshly...

Readers thrilled with new BikePaths & RailTrails Guide

How lovely to have the extended cafe listings and the new 2Wheel Touring section! writes Wendy Mildred I was thrilled to receive the first sold copy of the new guide for Christmas from my daughter and...

Discover Victoria’s fabulous Rail Trails in the BikePaths Guide

You don’t need to pay $35 for a separate rail trails guide, when you get all the rail trail info at no extra cost when you buy the $24.95 BikePaths Guide that includes the Murray to...

New TFM - Williamstown store opens

Australia's No.1 On-Line bike store for performance bikes, parts and accessories is now operating a fourth branch in up market waterfront Williamstown. Run by James, the store is stocking the BikePaths Guide and sells performance bikes,...

Locations for Melbourne’s city bike hire scheme announced

Melbourne's bike hire scheme locations announced The CITY bike hire scheme is closer to being launched, after Roads Minister Pallas announced the first 10 docking stations locations which will hold 100 bicycles. CLAY LUCAS The Age...

Ride2Work peak hour numbers soar

Increases of up to 50% on key routes into the CBD, according to Bicycle Victoria, by Megan Levy The Age March 4, 2010 - 12:47PM.The number of cyclists on Melbourne's roads has soared by up to...

Ride to work tips (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...

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