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Tag Archives: women on bikes
Bago Studio: cycling fashion
While this blog is primarily about bicycles in Newcastle, I keep an eye out for interesting developments elsewhere, and I am always on the lookout for cycling clothes which don’t look like cycling clothes. So when I saw Bago Studio featured … Continue reading
Spring riding
I thought I was going to escape the jerks this spring, as the vast majority of drivers are wonderfully polite, but unfortunately they are around, as I found out this last week. I had an encounter with a large 4WD … Continue reading
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Tagged cycleways, helmets, Raspberry Gully, street cyclist, women on bikes
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Placemaking: Hunter Street Mall
Hunter Street Mall is perhaps the best example of place making in Newcastle. It has evolved organically over decades via a curious mixture of circumstances. A bit of a recap: the Mall was created from a few blocks of eastern … Continue reading
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Tagged Hunter Street Mall, newcastle, placemaking, street cyclist, women on bikes
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Tweed Ride Report
The Newcastle Tweed Ride was a great success again, with bikes ranging from classic Mercian, above, to quirky Fernleigh Trackster below …With some impressive authenticity, such as this racing bike, with its racing wheels mounted beside the front wheel, … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, Newcastle Tweed Ride, Throsby Creek, unusual bikes, vintage bike, women on bikes
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Helmets
With the Velo City Global conference having been held in Adelaide recently, the mandatory helmet law (MHL) debate has been reignited here, promoted no doubt by Mikael Colville-Anderson’s declaration that he would not ride here with a helmet when he … Continue reading
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Tagged helmets, newcastle, old bike, scooter, skateboarder, speedwell, street cyclist, women on bikes
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The perfect pants for bike riding
I have seen several young women wearing these drop-crotch, loose, long pants around town when riding their bikes, and they struck me as being the perfect pants for bike riding, especially in summer. The pants billow out, sail like, and … Continue reading
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Tagged clothing, cycle chic, speedwell, street cyclist, Throsby Creek, women on bikes
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Bikes seen around Newcastle lately and coffeeneuring prize received!
I recently received my Coffeeneuring prize in the post! Thank you Mary! And some bikes seen around Newcastle lately …
Women and cycling: some thoughts
There is some thought that most women will not cycle until they perceive that it is safe to do so, and that, therefore, the barometer of safe cycling infrastructure is a majority of female cyclists. See this report for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Adamstown, bike commuting, bikescount, cycleways, infrastructure, Newcastle Cycleways Movement, women on bikes
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