Pedal UpdateISSN 1321-1870No. 198, Sept-October, 2010

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Next Committee Meeting.Wednesday, October 13th, 7pm, 2010 at the Conservation Council, Level 1, 157 Franklin Street, Adelaide.

Entrance door may be locked, please ring adjacent door bell to gain entry.

Adelaide’s Tweed Ride, 2010: Jolly Good Fun!

Photos: Jeremy Miller

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Chairperson’s Report.

BISA Committee, 2010

COMMITTEE MEMBER ROLE/PORTFOLIO CONTACTJeremy Miller Chairperson, BUG Coordination. chair@bisa.asn.au 0438 837 372Stephen Janes Treasurer 8204 9341(w) treasurer@bisa.asn.au

Olly Powell Vice Chairperson vice-chair@bisa.asn.au

Sophia MacRae Secretary secretary@bisa.asn.auBonny Dowling Membership membership@bisa.asn.auAngus Kingston angus@bisa.asn.au

Luke Hallam luke@bisa.asn.auSue Carson Member, ATC Rep.

ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORTDarren Jones Web Manager webmaster@bisa.asn.auSam Powrie Editor Pedal Update. 84400092 (h) editor@bisa.asn.au

Since the BISA Annual General Meeting your new committee has been busy formulating policy, procedures and plans, working on ideas and seeking to improve the process and structure of the organisation. Most recently, we held a planning afternoon. Prior to this meeting an extensive list of ideas (a brain storm!!) was generated and circulated amongst the committee. From this we were able to distil down some key concepts and structure to move forward with, and navigate the direction of BISA. I would like to thank all those who came to the meeting to help flesh out the ideas and contribute, my fellow committee members who continue to grow and formalise policy and procedures, and in particular Luke Hallam for facilitating the meeting and bringing his professional project management background to the process!

From the planning day some new structures to how we manage responsibilities, core advocacy activities, administration, portfolios and projects, information, tasks and strategy were decided

on. I feel a real sense of energy and enthusiasm for this. It is exciting to be working with such a dedicated and talented bunch of people who truly acknowledge the history of BISA, and are determined to see a strong and proactive future for the organisation. Over the next few months you might start to see the more public results of some of this vision, decisions and discussions, while other aspects will be behind the scenes, related to our administration and member management.

At the BISA AGM it was agreed that BISA seek affiliation with Cycling SA (CSA). One of the main reasons for this was that CSA could offer BISA members a comprehensive opt-in insurance package. This is an important consideration for many BISA members, some of whom already have insurance through other cycling clubs and organizations, and conse-quently do not require an additional insurance package wrapped up with membership fees, or simply do not want insur-ance. On the other hand, it has been discussed for some time that by having insurance as a membership option, BISA would be in a better position to attract new members not currently serviced by existing cycling organisations. For CSA, BISA adds an advocacy arm, an aspect to their membership that is not currently addressed, and a more comprehensive voice that sits with their new strategy of “Cycling for All”. Indeed, myself and my fellow BISA committee see this as an exciting development, one that will undoubtedly strengthen the capacity of BISA to engage with a wider community, have a more comprehensive product offering, while being a member of an organisation with national and international linkages into the greater world of cycling development. From a membership perspective BISA expects to be able to start offering the ad-ditional insurance options fairly shortly. We are currently finalising the costs and management structure of this and I would expect that this will be detailed in a coming addition of Pedal Update, our website and enews.

As an organization BISA is going from strength to strength. We are continuously being asked to have input and comment on policy and infrastructure, are approached for assistance with education and learning outcomes by students looking at cycling issues, and have a strong and increasing public presence. I believe that the value BISA has is that it is an independ-ent, volunteer run, advocacy group that is able to capitalise on its strengths and recognises its limitations while continuing to make decisions and move forward. I for one am proud to be associated with this great organisation and am continually amazed at the dedicated people I work with, and am excited and inspired by what we can, and do, accomplish.

Jeremy Miller. chair@bisa.asn.au

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Learning from Sturt Street’s ‘Copenhagen Bike Lane’.Readers may have heard that the trial Sturt Street ‘Copenhagen’ bike lane will be removed at considerable expense. BISA was recently asked to comment on the removal and possible relocation and you’ll find below some extracts from Jeremy Miller’s response below. Adelaide City Councillor and Mayoral Candidate Stephen Yarwood has also provided some first hand observations on the use of separated bike lanes as has Adelaide Cyclists blogger Torbjorn van Heeswijck, Both have kindly allowed Pedal Update to publish extracts from their respective blogs and photos of Copenhagen cycling.

BISA’s Chairperson Jeremy Miller Writes to Adelaide City Council.“...BISA recognises that the Sturt Street lane, though well intended, has not been as favourably received as first hoped for... Perhaps Sturt Street was not the best location for this infrastructure and a Copenhagen Lane was NOT really required on Sturt Street. Why not put such infrastructure on a city street where it is needed – say, Pultney Street, Frome Road or Grenfell Street for example? It is unfortunate that the trial of the Sturt Street Copenhagen Lane (concept) was not allowed to run its course and provide some longer-term feedback to council as to the design and validity of the infrastructure... We feel that it is embarrassing for Council and the cycling community that this has been allowed to happen without looking at modification and measures that would allow the existing infrastructure to be retained. If this style of infrastructure is to be considered in the future we can only hope that Council will have learnt something from Sturt Street and will actively seek to improve outcomes and design options. BISA understands that Copenhagen lanes work best when they are in clear view of all traffic, not located between parked cars and the road and are continuous and integrated into the operation of road en-vironment to ensure maximum ‘flow’ and convenience. Though the outcomes of the Sturt Street lane are disappointing, we do hope that this will not detract from success moving forward. BISA looks forward to continuing to work with the ACC, and being able to provide feedback and advice from the transport cyclists perspective to the development and improvement of cycling infrastructure in Adelaide.”

From Councillor and Mayoral Candidate Stephen Yarwood:“Many would recall the Adelaide City Council debacle with the ‘attempted” Sturt St Copenhagen bike lane; now being ripped out due to community opposition. Having just returned from Denmark I now understand what a mistake the lane was. In summary we do not need a Copenhagen lane, but a Copenhagen network painted on all our roads ASAP. This is a cornerstone of my campaign - we are a car dependant (and overweight) community in need of a culture shift to a healthier, sustainable and more productive soci-ety. Extremist? Hardly! We need a logical balance between cars and bikes that has social, environmental and economic benefits. If you only follow one link please have a look at this video regarding cycling in Copenhagen – it’s amazing and may redefine your aspiration for Adelaide’s future. (see: http://www.streetfilms.org/cycling-copenhagen-through-north-american-eyes)”

“Copenhagen is an innovative cycling city; every day 38% of citizens commute by bike and the goal is to grow that to 50% by 2015...Their bicycle infrastructure is truly amazing - as comprehensive as our roads and footpaths. Bicycle paths are regularly separated from cars, often have their own traffic signals and there is an impressive system of interconnected routes facilitating fast and safe city wide movement. Some fast facts:

9 out of 10 Danes have a bicycle• every Dane cycles 1.1 km on average each day• 24% of trips below 5 km are by bicycle and 45% of all Danish • children cycle to school44% of all Danish households don’t have a car• 2.2 meters is the standard width of cycle lanes in Denmark, mak-• ing conversation possible, overtaking safe and couples even hold hands!”

“I’m gunning for a paradigm shift. Adelaide’s vision should be to be a world's best cycling city by 2025, starting now. We have the most appropriate climate, wide roads, flat terrain and significant leverage from via the “Tour Down Under”. I also believe the community are ready and are seeking bold leadership to provide a fair balance for all transport modes.” See more at: http://stephenyarwood.blogspot.com

From Adelaide Cyclists blogger Torbjorn van Heeswijck.“Regarding raised bike paths and concrete barriers, here’s a pair of photos that are quite representative of actual Copenha-

Photo: Stephen Yarwood

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Learning from Sturt Street cont.

gen bike lanes. Many if not most cycle lanes in Copenhagen do have a kerb separating them from the road, but they don’t have concrete barriers in addition to that. The equivalent of a quieter street like Sturt street might not even have a bike lane in Copenhagen, or perhaps simply a painted lane that looks very much like what we already use in Adelaide (with the big exception that cars do not park in them or cross them to enter parking spaces!). The spatial cost of a Copenhagen lane is simply the width of the lane.”

“In an Adelaide context I think a barrier like the one used in Sturt street can be viewed as a waste of space and parking spaces (maintaining parking spaces is likely to make business much more happy with these proposals). Increased cycling infrastructure will almost inevitably come at some cost to motorists but it doesn’t need to be so gratuitous, particularly to begin with. Copenhagen is not the outright best cycling city in the world but I think that over-all its model is most suited to building a cycling network in cities like Adelaide that do not already have a mature cycling culture. Personally I believe it could be replicated to a functional extent in large parts of Adelaide with only painted lanes, a reasonable increase in lane width on major roads, and a rearrangement of the sidewalk-bike lane-parking space relationship.

…Instinctively I’d say that if you were to really start building a network it should focus on three things:1. It should be a real network (no disappearing lanes!)2. It should be on the busiest roads (cyclists should be protected by infrastructure on popular roads, not indirect routes)3. It should serve places people actually live and want to go to, and not just at the beginning and end.”

Photos: Torbjorn van Heeswijck

The 2010 Tweed Ride was a jolly good affair. Adelaide tried to dampen the spirits, with threatening rain and grey clouds, but in the end approx 70 sturdy souls gathered at the Adelaide Town Hall for a short jaunt around Victoria Square and then down King William to the rotunda in Elder Park. We then pushed off to the Botanic Park for a lunch of cucumber sandwiches and tea, entertainment provided by a vintage gramophone.

There were a couple of fashion parades, and a best moustache competition (yours truly took the prize!). Following this delight-ful social gathering a number then meandered through the parklands to provide spectators for the bicycle polo match that is played each Sunday. Money raised from the Tweed Ride supported sending a contingent of Adelaide bi-cycle polo players to the world championships in Berlin. Thanks you to Darren for organising the Tweed Ride, it was a fantastic afternoon of vintage bikes, vintage cloths and Adelaide bicycle culture.Jeremy MillerEd: Watch out for Adelaide’s ‘Tweed’ event, 2011 & see: http://tweedrun.com

Jolly Affairs at Adelaide’s First Tweed Ride.

Photos: Jeremy Miller

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More Freedom on Wheels.Helen Smyth

The article ‘Freedom on Wheels’ (Australian Cyclist, March/April 2010) showed how bikes can empower people with dis-abilities and provide them with the exhilaration and efficient mobility of cycling. It is particularly heartening to read about people with paraplegia who have taken up cycling using a hand-bike/cycle. It may not be everyone’s ambition (disability or not) to adventure cycle across central Asia as the inspiring Karen Darke has done, but even for local trips, a hand-bike can be a great way for people in wheelchairs to get places. But then what? For all its benefits while on the journey, the hand-bike presents a problem for many wheelchair users once they reach a destination, be it the shops, uni, restaurant, and so on.

Because of the size and build of the typical hand cycle, the hand-biker is somewhat limited in where they can go and what they can do once they get ‘there’. Compared with the average wheelchair, many hand-bikes simply can’t go where wheelchairs can go, so the user faces just another set of access issues. Short of loading up their wheelchair onto the hand-bike and taking it with them (which would be like packing your mountain bike onto your roady so that you had something to ride when you got to the local downhill track), the person remains confined to the hand-bike. Over to the Germans to offer a solution. My friend Justin Vandertouw (paraplegic as a result of road trauma at age 30), recently travelled to Germany to pick up his Speedy B-26 from Speedy Reha-Technik (www.speedy.de), a company that manufactures innovative wheelchair products.

The beauty of the Speedy is that it attaches to a user’s exist-ing wheelchair and turns it into a hand-bike, with all the associated mobility, speed, stability - and joy! When you arrive at your destination, you quickly and simply detach the Speedy and continue as usual in your wheelchair (both attaching and detaching the device takes mere seconds). Because of its convenience, practicality and efficiency, it is an incentive to travel further, faster and more often than either a wheelchair or hand-bike alone. And it looks very cool, thanks to the striking single-wheel frame, 26" rim, 27-speed Shimano Deore LX gears, rim and disk brakes and frame-mounted bike computer, among other impressive standard features. Speedy Reha-Technik manufactures a range of devices for various uses, from tandems to junior versions. Each is individu-ally adjusted and fitted and the modifications required to the user’s existing wheelchair are minor (a custom-made bracket is fitted to the wheelchair frame). The biggest obstacle may well be the price, which hovers around AUD$5000 for the Speedy B-26. However, it’s comparable to the cost of a good quality road bike, and arguably, of significantly greater benefit to its user. The Speedy is currently only available in Europe and Canada, but for people like Justin, it’s well worth the trip. Helen Smyth, neleh.htyms@gmail.com

Justin Vandertouw and his Speedy B-26 (Photo: Helen Smyth).

Jill Marriage came to appreciate cycling later in life. Although a cyclist as a child she became a convert after meeting Alan in 1988. She enjoyed cycling locally with Cycling For Pleasure and extensively with friends in Europe. As an advocate for cycling she gave many talks to Probus and other community groups. She has been an active member of the Holdfast/Marion BUG groups for over a decade providing input to the meetings on local cycling conditions. She has featured on several promotional brochures printed by the Council and most recently on the “ Out of the Ordinary” TV programme on the Coast to Vines trail. She died after a short illness on 29th July 2010.

Ode to Jill Marriage,The world is now a worse place due to the unfortunate passing of our loved member Jill Marriage, known to many in the cycling world, and remembered for her warm friendly out-look and smile. The retired teacher in Jill shone through-she was always interested in other people, and was always an excellent listener, patient to all. For those that missed it, Jill appeared on televison in January this year in Out of the Ordinary (with some of the Marion BUG) - blessing the beauty of the coast to vines trail - a good time was had by all ,and her smile won the day. A long term member of BISA, Jill will be sadly missed, and our thoughts are with Alan who has said his bike will help get him through this difficult time - let all travel safe . Peter Sampson, Marion Bicycle User Group.

Farewell to BISA Member, Jill Marriage.

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Special Local Bike Shop Feature.

Clark’s Cycles, Magill Road.Jeremy Miller.

Contributors: Helen Smyth, Jeremy Miller, Darren Bosanko, Stephen Yarwood, Torbjorn van Heeswijck, Lia We-ston, CSA, DTEI, Mike Brisco, Sophia McCrae, Angus Kingston, Peter Sampson, Alan Marriage.

Kevin Clark the owner operator and name behind the business has run Clarks Cy-cles from the premises on Magill road for over 30 years. At Clarks you wont find the latest and greatest carbon fibre road bike, nor any dual suspension mountain bikes pushing a 5-figure price tag. Nor will you find a gleaming display case, with parts to drool over at a price that you need to mortgage a kidney for.

What you will find is a mecca for sensible servicing of everyday bicycles, a treasure of hard-to-find or specific parts for older bicycles, a good [Ed: extremely good!] selection of quality tyres, and everyday spare parts. I have been continually amazed at what Kevin has in stock in the back storeroom, especially when I am looking for an odd piece of cycling history, or some bit of a hub gear that has not been manufac-tured for years.

Kevin has been a long-term supporter of the Pedal Prix, with many certificates of appreciation on the wall. The Bicycles for Refugees scheme has also benefited from Kevin’s generosity, with all manner of parts supplied at near cost. Currently Kevin stocks Gazelle Bicycles from the Netherlands, with a good spread of models repre-sented. These classic ‘Dutch Bikes’ fill a definite need in the bicycle market - good quality, dependable, comfortable bicycles that will last for years with minimal maintenance.

Clarks Cycles can be found at 354 Magill Rd, Kensington Park. PH: 8332 3083. [Ed; Look for the Big Green Sign!]

...and ‘something new’, Gazelle, Dutch-bike royalty.

‘Something old’, tune-up for a Raleigh Roadster... Your friendly LBS owner.

More From The Tweed Ride,

2010.Photos: Jeremy Miller

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Special Local Bike Shop Feature.

Bio-Mechanics Cycles & Repairs, Adelaide. Lia Weston, BMCR.

Before Bio-Mechanics Cycles & Repairs, there was no dedicated repair workshop offering South Australian cyclists pre-mier mechanical servicing. With this thought in mind—and almost twenty years' experience in the bicycle industry - Peter Hague launched BMCR in November 2004. Word of Pete's magical hands spread quickly; within three weeks of opening its doors, the shop was booked out a week in advance. It's been that way ever since. (Except during the Tour Down Under; then it's four weeks in advance.) Bio-Mechanics' services were in such demand that Pete's wife, Lia Weston, ditched her publishing career in July 2007 to join the shop as she was sick of only seeing Pete after sun-down, and was starting to won-

der if she'd married a vampire. Lia handles everything except mechanics, though she will change a tube for you, if you ask nicely. In her spare time, she writes books (‘The Fortunes of Ruby White’ is now available in paperback!)

Pete still had more work than he could handle, so in October 2009, the BMCR team expanded to three with the welcome ad-dition of Andrew Field. Andrew brings Bio-Mechanics another twenty years of bicycle industry experience, serious spanner skillz, and as a special kind of zen that meshes well when you're sharing a small workspace with two other people. Fortunately, the work-space is now less small as BMCR have just moved to

new premises at 260 Waymouth Street. www.bmcr.com.au

Whether you ride a high-end roadie, everyday commuter, heavy-duty tourer, down-hill rig, or fixie, BMCR will look after your bike as if it were their own. In addition to general services, BMCR specialises in custom wheel-building, disc brake repairs, frame alignment, and personalised bike fittings. They’re also the only bike shop in the state to do fork and shock servicing in-house. If you book your bike in, BMCR can usually have it turned around within a couple of days, and can also do same-day servicing if required. Loan bikes also available if your workplace is too far away to reach on foot. Come in and check out-their bikes and accessories: Surly, Salsa, KHS, Commencal, Niner, Vaude, Northwave, Shimano, Maxxis, Met, Kryptonite, and SA’s largest selection of Brooks products. Plus, of course, BISA members get 10% off all parts and accessories!

BMCR hope to see you and your bike soon!

A wall of winter warmers. Brooks are best. Pete, Andrew & Lia, ‘BioMechanists’.

Plenty of room in the new BMCR!

Look for the green building!

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Tour de Velib - Darren Bosanko Blogs from Paris.Adelaide Cyclist, Darren Bosanko recently visited Paris and recorded the following experiences of that city’s Velib com-munity bike scheme at his blog at www.adelaidecyclists.com. Darren writes...‘Today I figured out how to use the Velib Bike Hire system here in Paris and what a fun day it was. I had heard about the Velib system and wanted to check it out. Just doing the normal touristy thing here its hard to not miss these bikes. They are everywhere. Stations located at all key points and many, many people using them, locals and tourists alike. I'd been using the Metro and although it is one of the best public trans-port systems in the world I thought I could get around quicker, easier and cheaper on the bike. So I sought out a Velib station near my hotel, on Rue Du Pont Neuf. I found the kiosk station and tried to figure out how to get one of the many bikes out of the rack.. I couldn't do it. I figured that I needed some special card, but where do I get it from? As an engineer I'm usually pretty good at figuring these things out.

No joy that day :(

So this morning I though I'd go for a walk. I had got up pretty early and not much was open. I walked for a while and came across another Velib station down the road. I though it's pretty quiet, I have plenty of time to figure this out. I soon discovered that you could get the ticket you needed at the Kiosk. Only first you needed to subscribe (1 day, 7 days, a year). This gave you a subscriber number and pin. After that when ever you need a bike you enter the subscriber number, pin and the bike number you want to take.. Too easy! My question is why couldn't something like the Velib system work in Adelaide? I think that van-dalism would be a problem. You see here in France they don't sign up to the pathetic "social inclu-sion" mantra as we do in Adelaide. They stamp out unruly behaviour on the spot and have rapid deployment police out and about. You may have another opinion…’More at Adelaide Cyclists: http://www.adelaidecyclists.com/profiles/blogs/viva-la-velib-cy-cling-in

The Velib bikes at their docks.

The Velib ‘Kiosk’

State Liberal MP for Norwood, Steven Marshall, wants to encourage more people to leave the car at home and get on a bike, by creating safer travel corridors for bike travel that will enable more vulnerable or beginner riders to commute with confidence. He has proposed a “Bicycle Boulevard” along Beulah Rd, Norwood into the CBD, with improved traffic calming measures and infrastructure for crossings, that will create a lower speed environment where cyclists and motorists can share the road. This would be supported by an education campaign which will highlight the prominence of bicycle use along the corridor.

He hopes that if successfully implemented, the Beulah Rd boulevard will lead to the establishment of improved bike corridors throughout the Norwood electorate and all around the city, enabling the creation of a “No Excuse Zone” (http://www.noexcusezone.com.au) for Adelaide. The No Excuse Zone concept draws up a zone around a central point (such as a CBD) that can be ridden in 30 minutes by the average cyclist – if you are travelling within the Zone, there is no excuse not to ride the bike!

Steven is currently seeking input into developing the proposal, and will be consulting with local government, Department of Transport, traffic and cycling specialists, and the local community. This proposal could fit in well with the State Govern-ment’s recent commitment to spending $12 million over the next four years in the development of cycling Greenways. He has already received a lot of positive feedback from the community. He says Norwood has an established cycling culture, with suitable topography, and many people who are concerned about environmental issues. Although he expects there may be some resistance from motorists, he hopes that as more people feel confident with cycling, each person on a bike will be one less car on the arterial roads.

There will be a public meeting to be held in the near future to discuss the Bicycle Boulevard proposal. In the meantime, Steven encourages anyone who is interested in improving bicycle infrastructure to “make a noise”, contact your local MP and local government, so your voice can be heard, and with everyone working together, we can effect change for cycling in South Australia. Sophia McCraeSA’s Greenways Policy: http://www.sa.alp.org.au/images/stories/Policies/greenways_policy_for_web.pdf

Norwood MP Wants More People Riding Bikes.

Photo: Sophia McCrae

Photos: Darren Bosanko

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Cycling RoundupCity of Marion Ride to Work Day:When: October 13, 2010, 6.30am – 10.30amWhere: Front of the Marion Council Chanbers, 245 Sturt Road, Sturt.For more information log onto www.marion.sa.gov.au

Margie Raynor Cycling On for Kidney Health: Marg Raynor continues her cycling marathon in aid of kid-ney disease. See Margie’s fundraising page at: http://www.everydayhero.com.au/renalride2010

Feds Put Skids on Fixies: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is cracking down on the sales of ‘fixie’ (or fixed-gear) bikes that do not comply with Austral-ian rules. In its latest bulletin the ACCC says retailers could be selling selling fixed-gear bikes that do not comply with safety standards, putting riders at risk of death or serious injury. Fixies are being sold without front and rear brakes and other safety equipment. A copy of the ACCC bulletin is here: http://www.bv.com.au/bikes-&-riding/91994

Community Road Safety Forums: The Road Safety Advisory Council is asking South Australians to get on

board to save lives and prevent injuries and help plan for SA’s next Road Safety Strategy 2011–2020. It has an-nounced a number of community road safety forums over the next couple of months. BISA has already been heav-ily involved and put a strong case from the bicycle user’s P.O.V. It would help enormously if as many bicycle users could get along to these community forums to reinforce the message of lower speed limits, better driver training and improved investment in bicycle facilities, both on and off the road. See: http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/roadsafety/forums

The Race: Cycling SA and the Central District Cycling Club in conjunction with the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure and 2010 sponsors Fulton Hogan and York Civil, will stage the Northern Expressway Cycle Chal-lenge 2010, a handicap race on the new Northern Expressway on 12 September 2010. The event will be open for senior riders of all grades and Under-19's. This will be a cracker of a race and CyclingSA want as many riders as possible to take part. The 47 kilometre journey will start on the South-bound carriageway (near the Heaslip interchange) heading north to Gawler, returning to Port Wakefield Road and to the Start-Finish area near the Heaslip interchange. This event will have a complete road closure and riders will enjoy racing on this new $564 million dollar freeway. Cycling SA Management and senior officials have inspected the course several times and we believe this will be an event to remember, an event we hope will be held annually. The Central District Cycling Club will assist CSA in staging this new event. The surface is made of stone mastic asphalt (SMA) one of the smoothest finishes in the world. Most roads have a bump count of 50 to 60. The SMA mix has a bump count of around 13.5 and yes that's smooth as silk for a bike race!

The handicap Northern Expressway (Cup) Cycle Challenge will carry around $5,000 in prize money. First place will pick up $1,000 cash, paying down to tenth position. In addition Fastest Time, First Female and two Masters categories.http://www.sa.cycling.org.au/default.asp?Page=38536http://www.northernexpressway.sa.gov.au/content/community_celebration

The Community Ride: Ride the new Northern Expressway for a gold coin donation. Cycling South Australia, along with Central Districts Cycling Club, the Department for Transport Energy and Infrastructure and Aecom are conducting a community ride on Sunday the 12th of September. The community ride is due to start at 12.30pm and is only a gold coin donation to enter. All donations will go towards the development of junior cycling in South Australia. The start of the ride will be under the bridge at Port Wakefield Road (near the International Raceway). Car parking will be available near the start. The first 500 riders on the day will receive a free drink bottle. Come and ride along the Northern Expressway to Hillier Road where riders will be turned around to ride back to Port Wakefield Road. Participants can choose to only ride 1 way. All participants need to be off the Northern Expressway by 3.00pm. There will be no traffic on the Northern Express-way while the community ride is happening.For more information See: http://www.sa.cycling.org.au/default.asp?Page=38972

Cycling Celebration Opens Northern Expressway, Sunday September 12th.

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Updated BUG Contact List (April 2010).Organisation Contact person Contact Phone/emailCity of Adelaide TBC

City of Burnside Patsy 8332 0956

City of Charles Sturt Sarah Cleggett charles-sturt-bug@googlegroups.com

City of Holdfast Bay John Wilkinson jwilkinson@holdfast.sa.gov.au

City of Marion Renee Healey renee.healey@marion.sa.gov.au

City of Mitcham TBC

City of Onkaparinga Vinh Ngo 8348 4549 (w)

City of Port Adelaide Enfield Brian Acland 8242 0866 (h)

City of Prospect Heather prosbug[at]adam.com.au

City of Unley Ashley Campbell 8297 6249

Dep’t Water Land & Biodiversity Mel White 8463 7976 (w)

EPA (Env. Protection Authority) Glenn Sorensen 8204 1024 (w) 0403 403 004

Flinders University Sue Wells (F/Uni site)Mike Brisco (FMC site)

F/Uni: 8201 2408 sue.wells@flinders.edu.auFMC: 8204 4105http://www.adelaidecyclists.com/group/flindersbug

Kangaroo Island Manfred Meidert 8553 0383

Goolwa and District Harry Joyce 08 8555 1526

Mawson Lakes Rebecca Dunow 8260 3333

Mount Gambier Sharon Holmes 8723 0805

North Terrace Precinct David Ladd 8303 4558 (w) 0408 089 340

NRG-Flinders/TerraGas TBC

DisabilitySA Sam Powrie 8348 6000 (w)

Parliament House BUG Mark Parnell MLC (Greens) 8237 9111

Salisbury Andrew Hall 8259 5107 (w) 8250 4255 (h)

TAFE SA Adelaide Campus TBC TBC

TAFE SA Regency Campus Michael Southern 8348 4549 (w)

TransportSA Peter Larsson 8364 5212 (h) 8226 8214 (w)

University of Adelaide, Waite Campus Ryan Farquharson 8303 8461

West Torrens BUG Wayne Cook wcook@wtcc.sa.gov.au

Women's & Children's Hospital Kevin Duffy 8161 6455 (w)

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DTEI (SA’s Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure) have recently unveiled their new on-line cycling route planner, the Cycle Instead Journey Planner. Cycle Instead is an online tool enabling Adelaide bicycle users to plot their journey between suburbs, incorporating bike paths and off-road paths from the Bikedirect Network. The Cycle Instead Journey Planner will suggest routes based upon preferences such as get-ting from A to B as quickly as possible, travelling along interconnected backstreets or detouring to enjoy some of Adelaide’s premier cycling facilities like the River Torrens Linear Park. This also means that users will be able to select preferences to avoid hills and busy roads where possible, which may be ideal for those considering getting on their bike for the first time (or the first in quite a while). The Cycle Instead Journey Planner can also show the locations of traffic signals, bicycle parking at public transport inter-changes and even bike shops. Cycle Instead can be found at: http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/cycle_instead.

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Ed: Readers may be interested in user-comments on the new journey plan-ner at the Adelaide Cyclists forum. http://www.adelaidecyclists.com/forum/topics/sa-dept-of-transports-new

New DTEI ‘Cycle Instead Journey Planner’.

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Pedal Update

12No. 198, September-October. 2010.

Have you ever wondered what people meant when they mentioned their ‘LBS’? That’s right - in universal bike-language it’s Local Bike Shop. We are fortunate in Adelaide that the LBS seems to be on the increase with a new one springing up every few months. There were once a great many more, back in the day when people rode to work, when activity was a virtue and before cars made us prison-ers of time and sent us crazy! In this and future issues we will be featuring those special bike shops across Adelaide who are BISA corporate sup-porters. Most offer BISA members substantial discounts on purchases (don’t forget to take your membership card) and many also provide a wide range of other services and supports to the cycling community – often well beyond their regular commercial interests. We hope you’ll find these special LBS features interesting and useful.

Remember the cyclist’s motto – ‘Support Your LBS!’

Pedal Update’s

Know Your Local Bike Shop.BISA’s Bikes for Regugees took this project on in 2009, distributing 203 bikes, mostly to remote communities. Deadly Treadlies in Alice Springs requested used bikes for their youth work. I volunteered to organise a bike col-lection which Deadlies was to ship to Alice by container. Unfortunately the 2008 financial crisis meant many small organisations lost their funding. Deadlies was one of these, closing in August. We then undertook to recycle the bikes and ship them to the Outback ourselves. This involved cleaning, servicing and fitting thorn-proof tyres and ar-ranging transport. Shipping the bikes was a major task. JT Cycles at Holden Hill kindly saved us many bike boxes and we were able to box and ship 100 bikes to remote Australia by commercial transport. Another 50-60 went closer to Adelaide, delivered by truck or trailer. When Deadly Treadlies closed down we sent bikes to others doing the same work. Bikes went to outback com-

munities at Coober Pedy, Amata, Mutitjulu and organisa-tions like Mission Australia in Alice Springs, schools in Port Augusta and Whyalla, and small groups in Adelaide and Mt Gambier who do work with young people much as Deadlies did in Alice. In this way we aimed to make sure the bikes were delivered in line with donors’ intentions. There is a full report with photos on the BISA website, and I would encourage you to read it.http://www.bisa.asn.au/files/Reports/Bikes_for_the_out-back.pdf Mike Brisco, BFR Coordinator.

Deadly Treadlies Project 2009,Mike Brisco.