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Val and Faith are joined in the studio by Michael Hands of Corporate Cycling and Ben Schultz of Bastion Cycles, to talk about the renaissence of the Handmade Bicycle Show in 2018. We share our bike moments, which range from cargo bike discoveries to the satisfaction of riding with customers on the bikes you built for them, before briefly touching on local news. Talk turns to the Handmade Bicycle Show 2018 coming up in April at the Meat Market in North Melbourne after a hiatus of a few years. With twenty-three exhibitors from around Australia and the world, the show aims to give locals access to the world of custom bicycle makers and their products. Ben tells us about Bastion Cycles, their three year anniversary today, their experience exhibiting overseas and how the show works for them as builders. We finish up with a quick mention of the International Women's Day Alleycat coming up on March 8th. 

On this weeks show: Chris interviews Rachel Lynskey from #GetOnBoard the Community Powered Transport Plan, Melbourne Friends of the Earths new Sustainable Cities campaign.Topics include lack of political willpower and initiatives surrounding contentious transport issues in Melbourne, with cycling bearing the brunt of being continually ignored, misreported or completely misunderstood by decision makers. Rachel discusses the crossroads that our cities face with growing populations and public transport underinvestiment.Bicycle and transport news includes: BikeBiz UK reports on bicycle companies feeling the heat after another US mass shooting, with VeloCycles investigating their local response and upcoming MCAT Public Forum - Stop WestGate Tunnel Vision on 21 March

Faith & Val back for 2018 and kick off the year with wide ranging discussions about all things bike!

On this weeks program, Chris catches up with Melburn Durt, the all-women IPWR relay team who are still going for a long ride from Fremantle to Sydney on 17 March 2018.Kate, Liz, Elise and Tess (Stef was busy) chat about their reactions, then response to the 2018 Indian Pacific Wheelrace cancellation, their training thus far, ancedotes, dotwatching and fundraising activities.Local cycling-related news includes: your feedback required on St Georges Road works aka Northern Pipe Trail and Dirty Deeds StarCX'd Lovers on Friday 16 February, Brunswick Velodrome.Show us your love - it's 3CR Subscriber Drive - so we'd like at least two, or even FOUR people to subscribe to our little radio program.From 12-18 February we are asking our listeners to subscribe to 3CR and our fabulous programs. Take this opportunity to invest in independent, community-run media. Subscriptions are: $35 Unwaged/Concession, $75 for Waged and $150 Solidarity/Band. Call us on

On this weeks program, Chris presents two more segments from Radio Adelaide Step Away From The Car series recorded at 2017 Australian Cycling and Walking Conference, which will be hosted in Bendigo later in 2018.Women and Children Step Away from the Car: Why is it so hard for women and children to get out of the car and onto bikes… scooters and their own two feet … in today’s episode of Step Away From the Car you’ll hear from Jan Garrard and Hulya Gilbert … two researchers with a few answers … and some solutions.Low Tech Movement in a High Tech World was the theme for the 2017 Australian Walking and Cycling Conference. It was attended by academic researchers, urban planners, policy makers, artists and community activists. How did all these perspectives come together? Jeremy Miller was MC and Treasurer of the organizing committee. In today’s final episode of Step Away From the Car you can hear his overview when the conference was over.Musical interlude is provided by Melbourne musician Danny Woodman with

Happy new year! This week Chris starts off with a critique/grumble about the almost imperceptible "soft launch" of the Victorian Cycling Strategy 2018-28 and yet more unhelpful media against bicycle riders in Queensland. Continuing on from last fortnights program, here's more three segments from Radio Adelaide series Step Away From The Car,  produced by Nicky Page and recorded with people involved with 2017 Australian Walking and Cycling ConferenceAuckland Steps Away from the Car: Hong Kong and New Zealand have very different traffic environments ... Senior Traffic Engineer Jason Chow was born in Hong Kong but now works in Auckland ... creating a variety of safe routes for cyclists and pedestrians... find out why he describes one of those routes as “vibrant”No Trespassing: The Art and Politics of Walking in NSW: When the Wiradjuri warrior called Windradyne walked from Bathurst to Paramatta in 1824 it was to surrender to the Governor to avoid further bloodshed. That even

Val talks to Nik Dow from Melbourne Bicycle Users Group about the recently released Victorian Cycling Strategy 2018-28 and related transport issues

We're off having a short break over the new year, but here's three segments from Radio Adelaide series Step Away From The Car,  produced by Nicky Page and recorded with people involved with 2017 Australian Walking and Cycling Conference.Port Adelaide Bicycle User Group: Heavy industry, heavy vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians are a pretty uncomfortable combination in Port Adelaide. The grassroots Bicycle User Group there has been working for 35 years to “increase the margins of safety” for cyclists and pedestrians. BUG Secretary Sam Powrie describes the situation and some of their successes.Knowing Your Place: 3214: Most places hold endless stories and sights if you just take a closer look. Five self guided walks developed by local people in the northern suburbs of Geelong have captured many of them. Community Development Officer Amanda Stirrat explains that support for cycling has been just one of the flow on effects of this project.Women and Children Step Away from the Car: Why is i

On this weeks program Chris chats regular Sydney guest, Sarah Imm, from Velo-a-porter and Bicycle Mayor of Sydney, about making everyday commuting more fun and enjoyable after applying different skills and tips she picked up from cargobikes, e-bikes, road, cyclocross and MTB.News includes dealing with this weeks hot weather, Dan O'Connell Hotel installing a "pit stop" @ Canning Street, Carlton North for thirsy riders, Elon Musks latest amusing edict about public transport and his petulant attempt criticising Jarrett Walker from Human Transit and the final Yarra Council Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting for the year on Wednesday 20th December, 6.30pm, Wurundjeri Room, Collingwood Town Hall.This is our last live program for 2017, Faith & Val return on Monday 8 January 2018 and I'l have two summer special shows coming up over the silly season break.

Faith and Val are joined in the studio this morning by Jonathan Nolan of Melbourne BUG and Revitalise Sydney Road. We kick off the show by sharing our respective bicycle moments before taking a look at local news, including the sad news of another cyclist death at Macedon on the weekend. Conflicted cyclists across Australia woke to the news that the Australian Magpie has been named The Guardian's Bird of the Year, and transport drove Australia's greenhouse gas emissions to their highest point ever. Jonathan takes though some of the many projects around Melbourne that are having an impact on riders, their routes and the potential to encourage new riders to take up using their bike for transport including; the completion of the separated bike lane on Albert St, the development of separated lanes at Southbank and Moray St Sth Melbourne, and the inadequate plans for bike infrastructure around new Melbourne Metro Tunnels at CBD North, Arden and Parkville. With entire roads being redveloped this is the perfect

Up first on the show, Chris reflects upon the strangeness of recent weather, especially over the weekend, with roads and trails affected by heavy rain and local flooding.This weeks interview is with Kate, Elizabeth, Elise and Stefania about Melburn Durt, their all-women Indy Pac team, who are participating in the new relay option for next years race from Fremantle, Western Australia to Sydney Opera House, NSW. They discuss how they choose to ride the IndyPac, individual stories, challenges, fundraising and IPWR planning.

Val and Faith kick off the show sharing their bike moments and introducing this week's studio guest, Thijs van der Heijden of e-astralian. In today's news we focus on the recent memorial held for the late Paul Farren, the intersections of the worlds in which he shined and the incredible impact he had on so many people over the years. You can watch a Livestream of the memorial service at the Botanic Gardens here. We move onto the topic of today's show, salary packaging of ebikes in Australia and how e-stralian have worked to make this a possibility. Ebikes open up transport options to a wide range of the community and the possibilty of salary packaging makes them even more accesible. Thijs talks about how e-stralian works with HR departments and individual employees to make this happen. You can find out more about e-stralian and salary packaging here. 

Chris talks to Merie Polkamp about her Melbourne cycling experiences and what led to her writing the article: Male cyclists, what the hell is your problem? We discuss gendered perceptions about cycling, social media reactions, criticisms to her article, barriers to cycling accessibility, lack of suitable infrastructure, and differences between Melbourne and overseas cycling conditions.Local news includes Paul Farren memorial get together, 2017 Sydney-Melbourne Alpine 1200 dotwatching, Sarah Hammond on SBS Insight, with more events on our facebook and events calendar.

Some bike news with a focus on Yarra City Council's Your Say Yarra. A Local Area Place Making Study is being rolled out in three precincts of Yarra in 2017/18.The survey is your chance to have a say in your local traffic and safety on your streets: www.yoursayyarra.com.au/improving-richmondCycling poems read on the show include Mulga Bill and The Man with Rubber Pedals as well.

On this weeks program Chris interviews Roxanne DeBeaux in depth about her cycling journey, how she got started cycling in Melbourne, moving overseas and being employed by Cambridge Cycling Campaign in the UK.Roxanne shares her observations and insights on campaigning, funding, working through dockless bikeshare issues in Cambridge and what's possibly required next for Melbourne to step up with cycling participation and advocacy.Local news includes a call for witnesses and further information after a hitrun incident involving a teenage girl riding her bike at the intersection of Bell and Sussex Street, Coburg at approximately 8pm, Sunday 5th November 2017.TowardsZero Give the Space to Bike Riders campaign was launched on the weekend, which promotes vehicles giving bicycle riders 1m passing in 60kmh zones and 1.5m in zones over 60kmh, despite Victoria being the last Australian state, behind the NT, to provide minimum passing trial or legislation.

Val and Faith are joined by Nik Dow, of Melbourne BUG and Freestyle Cyclists, this morning in the studio. We share our bike moments including Nik'sexperience riding share bikes in China before moving onto news.We discuss Merie Polkamp's account of gendered abuse from male cyclists in Melbourne and the well documented Australian gender divide in cycling. The misogyny experienced by women cycling in Australia adds an extra dimension to their experience of shared spaces. We discuss how this plays out on different routes and the impact cycling infrastructure can have in determining who chooses to ride a bike in your city or suburb. Our next discussion on stalled plans for St Kilda Rd bike lanes makes the same connection and we see much of this same story played out as we move onto oBikes and share bike systems, both here and around the world. We finish up with two great opportunities coming up to enjoy some art on your bike. One with the excellent Port Phillip BUG and the second enjoying the annual MoreArt b

On this weeks program Chris chats to Amy-Nicole Peters and Tina McCarthy. Amy-Nicole is riding from Perth to Sydney by bike and estimating to cover over 6,000km, her motivation is to show that anyone can take on a great challenge and make a difference in the lives of others living with mental illness."I have personally experienced mental illness and I want to be open about my experience. I believe mental illness isn’t something to be hidden or considered a taboo topic. It can affect anyone at any time."Read more about Pushbiking for mental health - Perth to Sydney 2017 on chuffed.org fundraising page, facebook, instagram and twitterTina from Wheel Women talks about two upcoming cycling courses for older women in the City of Yarra, Amy's Bike Skills is a FREE 4-week program designed to give skills and confidence to ride your bike more often. We chat about breaking down barriers, fear factor, meeting other women, and learning more about bike skills to make riding fun. The first Amy's Bike Sk

Val and Faith are joined in the studio on a stunning spring morning by Evan Howard of Terra Rosa Gear. We share our respective bike moments and then run through some local news including; Neometro development to close the Upfield shared path for two years, the results from the 2017 Melbourne to Warnambool and an opportunity to say goodbye to Paul Farren. Discussion turns to bikepacking and the amazing array nof bags people use to make trips on their bikes. Evan talks us through a bikepacking set up, and the versatility different bags can deliver so that riders can take advantage of the bikes they have to enjoy all sorts of adventures. We also dicuss the DIY opportunities the bike world seems to enjoy so much as well as different businesses that have sprung up developing bags to meet different needs. You can check out the bags Evan makes at Terra Rose Gear, a list of bikebag manufacturers worldwide at Cycling About and some DIY possibilities, here. here and here. We finish the program with some upcom

On this weeks show Chris talks to Jenica Brook from Melbourne Commuter about recent appalling incidents in Airport West and Northcote, major deficiencies in Victoria Police's interpretation of road laws, her experiences with reporting inappropriate motorist behaviour and what you can do to defuse and record potential altercations.Second interview: Brett Cotter chats about creating and curating The Big Bike Film Night and Cycle Chic Film Tour, which commences touring in Australia and New Zealand this October. Click here for screening times and tickets.Local news includes the passing of Paul Farren, legendary bicycle collector, historian & contributor to Melbourne's cycling life since forever. In homage to Paul and Charlie we've rehosted their interview with Faith and Val from 23 September 2013.There will be a celebration of Paul's life to be held at Lakeside Pavilion Restaurant, Royal Botanic Gardens at a date to be advised.If you would like to reminisce with friends, this Saturday 14th October 

Val and Faith welcome guest Pepper Cook to the 3CR studio and we kick off the program by sharing our bike moments. We run through some local news including; Marianne Vos to visit Melbourne for the Giro Della Donna and Dirty Deeds CX and over forty oBikes retrieved from the Yarra in Melbourne. We turn to Peru and Pepper's spontaneous decision to take up the opportunity to spend five weeks riding the Peru Divide with Tumbleweed Bikes. Pepper talks about the challenges of bikepacking at altitude and with limited resources for water and food as well as the cultural and social interactions on the trip. You can check out photos from Pepper's adventures on her Instagram account.We finish up the program bolting through events coming up, including; Bike Rave Spring,  Cycle Chic Film Tour, the Big Bike Film Night, Ride to Work Day and Amy's Bike Skills (for women over 50)