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Bike North: Hills M2 Motorway – Cycle Access Denied -We Need Your Help

Hills M2 Motorway – Cycle Access Denied -We Need Your Help
Cyclists will be banned on the M2 westbound from Delhi Road to Beecroft Road from the end of January 2007.
The Hills M2 Motorway has been used by cyclists for ten years. On Friday 12 January 2007, [...]

Vic: Cycle-way bid hailed

Cycle-way bid hailed – 27 June 2006
Pic: Cyclists Sam Marshall, Stuart Hill and Marcel Lema. Also refer to previous entry on this issue.

Cycling groups have hailed a plan to create weekend morning clearways on Beach Rd to prevent conflict between riders and motorists. But they warn the parking [...]

Melb: Message from Beach Road Cyclists

To all Cyclists – Clearway on the World’s Premier Cycling Route
On any given weekend – even in the middle of winter – thousands of cyclists use Beach Road for training and social rides. For the past three years Beach Road Cyclists (BRC) – a group of racing, training and general cycling enthusiasts [...]

Kyle Forth

Please read the story on this Canadian website: http://www.mokahousekills.com/

We should all strongly support Duane Forth in his families fight for justice. Please click the email link provided in the June update (or see below) and send a polite, powerful message to Len Kowalewich and Moka House.

Email: coffee@mokahouse.com
Subject: Kyle Forth

From ‘Moka House Kills” Update, June 8

“This [...]

Get cycling on the agenda: TAC Road Safety site

The Victorian TAC Road Safety site has sections relating to Parents, Schools, Older Drivers, Motorcyclists and Fleet. Virtually all the bicycle relevant information on this site relates to parents instructing their children riding bikes. Now cyclists are legally road traffic, refer to our Australian Road Authorities and Bicycle Rules page.
Cyclists (unfortunately) have their own category [...]

Unsporting behaviour?

The following mp3 is from Channel Nine’s “The Footy Show”, on May 25th 2006. It’s from about the 58min mark, and we’ll kindly spare you the visuals. There’s nothing wrong with a joke or the occasional off-colour remark, but these comments from Mr S. Newman are beyond the pale. As far as we know, no [...]

WoJ Team for Amys Ride – Jan 7th 2006

For those in Melbourne and Victoria, who’s interested in organising a Wheels of Justice team or volunteering to help with Amys Ride in Geelong, 7th January 2006? Refer to further details via website: Amys Ride and the Amy Gillett Foundation
Australian Cyclist: Sporting Stars line up to support Amy Gillett Foundation Charity Ride
At Goat on last [...]

WoJ August 26 Notes + News

Hi all, finally have the notes from August 26 tidied up, the top three preferred activities are,

1. WoJ Bikes on Car Roofs, Rally Drive Time for all States
2. Ghostbikes Project for Cities (Melb First)
3. Organise to align with selected peak bodies to advocate WoJ philosophy and aims

Refer to the pdf attachment hosted on WoJ [...]

Messages from Melbourne’s Wheels Of Justice

I’ve finally typed up the messages from Saturday. As the ride was hastily organised only last week, we didn’t deliver the messages to Parliament. Instead we collected the bidons, and are keeping them safe until we plan further actions. If you bought along a bidon, and then collected it, please contact us and we’ll place [...]

Messages from Sydney Wheels of Justice

Hi there!
Lee Rhiannon kept the messages from the rally and I only got them back via mail today. So here they are all typed up!
~ Phuong ~
‘Wheels of Justice’ Sydney – Messages

If this is an indication of justice – God help the generations after us.
It’s time to break up the “boys” club in the police [...]