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Its blowing a spring gale as we take to the studio for another episode of the Yarra BUG Radio Show. Val and Faith are joined by Kat Carter of Rehub Studio and we kick off the programme by sharing our respective bike moments. W take a look at recent news including; Cycling Australia's recent decisions about the wpmen's road team, the ongoing Mandatory Helmet Law Review, the 2017 Race to the Rock results and the Russian athlete doping scandal. Kat Carter, a physiotherapist, explains why it sometimes hurts when we jump back on the bike after a hiatus, and the best way to manage returning to riding to minimise the pain, whether you're planning on commuting to work or training for Seven Peaks. We delve into the wonderful links between our muscles, our brain and our pedals before also taking a look at the problems presenting themselves at this time of year. We finish up with some upcoming events including; an opportunity to meet Race to the Rock riders in Melbourne, the Burn Calories not Coal Bike Rally a

On this weeks program Chris discusses a new Monash study Spike in serious road injuries among cyclists by Dr Ben Beck and goes for impromptu editorial about Melbourne politics and transport priorities, and how they impact upon peoples travel choices.Additional links: 1. The Conversation: With more cyclists suffering serious injuries on the road, what can we do to ensure their safety? 2. The Age 'I realised how close I was to being killed': Serious cyclist accidents rise by 8 per cent each yearThis weeks interview is with Jac Torres-Gomez, the newly minted president of Bike Bendigo. Jac talks about getting distracted at AGMs and getting voted President, riding with children, riding for transport, Bike Bendigo activities, commissioning murals, a huge range of activities for October bicycle month, promoting Bendigo as the bicycle capital of regional Australia and the 2018 Walking & Cycling Conference to be held in Bendigo.Bicycle news includes Cr Jonathon Sri organising a pop-up bicycle

We kick off today's show with Mark Knopfler's musings on bicycles before sharing our bike moments. News covered this morning includes an update on Race to the Rock 2017 standings, a Bicycle Network mandatory helmet law policy review and global community soul searching prompted by dockless bike sharing amongst other things. Also of note but not mentioned on the show is a Merri Creek Trail reconstruction project which may impact your local commute. You'll find details here. We finish the show with some upcoming events including final screenings (for now) of All for One, the awesome Drag Drains Drags on Sunday September 10th and Women on Wheels Bike Skills Workshop in Darebin. 

On this weeks show, Chris catches up with Sarah Imm about her Bicycle Mayor of Sydney role, with musical assistance from Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin & Louis Armstrong. She discusses her observations of riding for transport in London, Paris, Amsterdam and Copenhagen, alongside some surprising similarities to Australia!Sarah talks about bicycle share, motorists showing respect, cycling infrastructure, initiatives by Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, London Quietways and Cycle Superhighways, cargobikes for shopping, meeting with Sarah Burr from Transport for London, speaking at VeloCity Conference in Nijmegen, riding with children, getting more women + people of colour riding and her future plans as Bicycle Mayor of Sydney & Velo-a-porter.

Its a cold and drizzly morning as Faith and Val take to the airwaves for this episode of the Yarra BUG Radio Show. We share our bike moments, including memories of the late Matt McCullough, before moving on to local news. The OBike system presents several different topics for discussion, the system makes bike sharing easier for some, but gets a mixed reception on Melbourne streets and from different groups, cycling and otherwise, in Melbourne. Discussion also turns to an interesting recent article on the inequality of laws and expectations mediating interactions between cyclists and motorists. We remember those from our bike community lost recently including, Paul Semmens, Stephen Woolridge and Gary West and remind ourselves to look after one another and seek help when we need it. Losing so many from a community can be overwhelming at times and if you don't have friends or family you feel able to talk to you can call Lifeline. We finish up with events to get you out on your bike including

Two interviews on this weeks program, first up Chris talks to Cr Jonathon Sri,  Gabba Ward councillor for Brisbane City Council about the recent Victoria Bridge protest, (SBS: Brisbane cyclists stage bridge 'die-in')  Brisbane cycling issues and challenging barriers & politics in a very different council structure to what us in the southern states are used to.Second interview is with Cr Nicholas Frances Gilley, who chairs the City of Melbourne Transport portfolio, discussing transport priorities in a rapidly changing city, creating a inclusive city for pedestrians and bicycle riders and proposed changes to the Southbank precinct.

On this weeks program, Chris chats to Alex Fletcher from Perth about Freewheeler, an sustainable transport app that tracks trips, different transport modes and helps to earn points & rewards for walking, cycling & public transport. Freewheeler was recently a joint winner of the 2017 Resilient Melbourne Citymart Challenge.Local news includes another unpleasant incident of oil dumping on lower Moonee Ponds Creek Trail, dotwatching the Transcontinent race #TCRNO5, quote from This is not a Tour by Mike Hall (The Brooks Bugle 2016), good news for funding for a new bridge over the Merri between Northcote & CERES and last days to fill Park Victoria's survey for an all ability access ramp to replace the Gipps Street steps in Abbotsford.

A brief homage to Russell Mockridge on his 1955 ride in the Tour de France and a wrap on the prostate pounding pedalling pelaton now parked in Paris.The ongoing saga of pollution and it's effects on bike riders, ongoing study highlighted by the NYT. We chat to Lenka about the bike ride as protest, with Burn Calories not Coal's ride on the 29th July 2017. 

This week Chris chats about bicycle stuff out in South East Melbourne with David Blom from Whitehorse Cyclists and Robert Jamieson from CycleCasey.David talks about updates to Box Hill Ringwood Rail Trail, Gardiners Creek Trail, Sydnal to Heatherdale Pipeline Trail, Bushy Creek Trail/Koonung Creek Trail, Pipeline Trail, Daniel Robertson Brickworks, (where the Obikes have been stored) and Healesville Freeway reserve Robert discusses the idea behind creating Cycle Casey to improve riding for transport, living in a rapidly expanding growth area, improving wayfinding, building connected shared paths, access  to  public  spaces, secure bike parking and future activities.Local news includes the planets finally aligning for Gipps Street ramps replacement & Parks Victoria asking for public feedback on an all access ramp, Val interviewed by Yarra Reporter about new road rules introduced on 1 July, and public assistance required after a spate of dangerous oil dumpi

The Treadly Two , Tim and Het , chat on their slow ride from India to London . The increase in fines for touching your phone while astride your velocipede , our new freedom to enjoy the air quality in Melbourne's bus lanes and OBikes , a new kind of litter on the footpaths. For more information, check out their blog at  https://treadlytwo.wordpress.com/

Val and Faith kick off the show on a glorious winter's morning with studio guest Kat Carter of Rehub Studios. We share our respective bike moments before moving on to some local news including; City of Melbourne to name and shame vehicles parked in bike lanes (and a handy link for reporting them yourself), VicRoads campaign of awareness about laws affecting cyclists use of the roads and Bicycle Network's support for 30kph speed limits.We move onto bike fit and Kate takes us through the important elements of bike fit and how they interact with your own priorities, your body and the bike. We look at the most common injuries or concerns that can arise from incorrect bike fit, how your body works while it is on the bike and the ways in which you can identify that your fit on the bike might need adjusting. Kate leaves us with a couple of handy stretches that most cyclists will benefit from and illustrated in the photos below. You can find more information about bikefit here and a handy measurement process you can

On this special one-hour Radiothon edition it's a full studio with Faith, Steve, Val, Chris and guest Randall Stephens, discussing virtually everything from local news, world affairs, volcanoes, climate change, limericks and of, course, bicycles!We chat about a edge of the couch finish to the Critérium du Dauphiné, two hundred years of the bicycle, Yarra Councils 30 km/h speed limit trial in Collingwood and Fitzroy, upcoming Melburn Roobaix, Swift Campout Melbourne and of course, lots of lovely limericks from Randall Stephens for all you wonderful people donating to our show's radiothon target.You can also make a donation or subscription by calling 3CR on 9419 8377 during business hours and pledging to YarraBUG Radio or donate online at 3cr.org.au/donate

On this weeks show, Chris tackles diverse topics such as dot watching, Mike Halls last ride from Harrogate to Wales, 2017 Trans Am Bike Race and all-important brick safety.If you think road rage is an entirely modern concept, listen to Goofy transform from Mr Walker to Mr Wheeler from 1950! This weeks two features are courtesy of the Dutch Cycling Embassy with How the Dutch got their cycle paths (2011) and Systematic Safety: The Principles Behind Vision Zero (2017). Read here for Dutch Cycling Embassy long-read and additional presentations from Peter Furth.Local news includes Darebin Council Rushall Station footbridge update, especially if you've been avoiding the area for the last three months, with both the footbridge and intersection of Walker & McLachlan Streets in Northcote finally reopening. Next week on YarraBUG Radio we have a special one show show and whether you listen in on the tranny, streaming online, or catch up later on the p

Its a fine late autumn morning as Val and Faith are joined in the studio by Rowan Faltyn and Val's particularly persistent head cold. We kick off the show sharing our bike moments and some news including the upcoming 3CR Radiothon, the end of Bicycle Network's Ride On Magazine and Tom Doumoulin's win in the 2017 Giro D'Italia. Talk turns to the community of cyclists using Warm Showers a site based on reciprocal hospitality for cycling tourists. Rowan has both hosted cyclists and been a guest in Tasmania and Europe and we discuss the ways in which this model works particularly well for cyclists travelling the world and their hosts as well as it's old school origins in the 70s. We finish up with some upcoming events including Newbie Night at Melbourne Bike Polo on Wednesday and this Sunday's Wrenchworthy Workshop in Thornbury. And of course there is a reminder or two about this year's Radiothon. If you'd like to keep independent media like 3CR and the Yarra BUG Radio Show on the air then please donate

On this weeks show, Chris starts with broad overview of the last fornight, from Yarra Councils special meeting on 2017-18 budget, the minimum passing bill being defeated in Victorian Parliament and ongoing issues where overdue bicycle infrastructure encounters both a complete lack of awareness and real funding from governments and bureaucrats.This weeks interview: Nat Bromhead from Bicycling Australia magazine discusses his article Threats, Claims Of Violence On Australian Anti-Cyclist Hate Page, Gary Hunts editorial Editorial: When Will Cyclists' Lives Be Taken Seriously, issues surrounding alarming attitudes towards bicycle riders on social media spilling in real life and what we all can do to de-escalate simplistic hate with awareness.

Val and Faith are joined in the studio on this foggy autumn morning by Elliot Fishman, Director of the Institute for Sensible Transport. We kick off the show by sharing our respective bike moments before taling a look at some news including; the failure of #ametrematters legislation to get through the Victorian Parliament, another stupid and avoidable crash with a moto in professional racing, this time in the Giro D'Italia and a submission by the City of Sydney to have a cycling course count towards Learner Driver's 120 hours log book total.We then take a look at some recent examples of the Victorian Premier's language about cyclists and how this plays out against a background of increasing emphasis on moving people and the efforts of local councils and government organisations to facilitate that.We finish up with some events coming up this week including YogHURT at Brunswick Cycling Club every Monday evening and the Central Victorian Atheists and Freethinkers meeting in Kyneton on Wednesday. 

Ride and Rally to Parliament and Melbourne Bicycle Diaries: first up, Chris chats with Greens MLC Samantha Dunn about Ride + Rally to Parliament (8.15am, Wednesday 10 May) about the rather underwhelming Victorian state budget for active transport and how you can support #ametrematters minimum passing laws. Local news includes how you can make submissions supporting increasing bicycle infrastructure funding to Your Say Yarra by Thursday 11 May. This weeks second interview is with Rosie from Melbourne Bicycle Diaries about one bike, a sense of adventure and exploring Melbourne one bike ride at a time - pedalling furiously from Northside to Southside!

This weeks program is a May Day Special with a repeat of the Asher Wolf interview about her article Meet The Food Delivery Workers In The Decentralised Dickensian Online Gig Economy and what needs to happen to protect vulnerable workers in this deregulated service industry.  Also included is Australias riding to work history with observations about shearers bikes from The Argus Weekend Magazine (Sep 1945) & remembering MacRobertsons cycling history in Fitzroy.

On this weeks program Chris catches up with Sarah Imm about her plans as the new Bicycle Mayor of Sydney and how the role was created, her involvement with the Indian Pacific Wheelrace memorial ride for Mike Hall in Sydney, how the #bikeshopeat with Kritof Allegaert came about, her plans in the coming months for Vélo-á-Porter and how the focus of the Bicycle Mayor and Vélo-à-Porter differ. 

This weel Val chats with guest and fellow Burnley Park resident Don Ash and their topic is how Council Planning may affect and impact local wildlife and the health and wellness of local residents. Yarra City Council is consdering a permit for a 108 seat restaurant to be established in the heart of pristine Burnely Park. Melbourne cyclists would know Burnley Park as the one adjacent to Yarra Boulevard and a place where community can rest and relax in a commercial free environment. Interested listeners might want to follow the residents action by clicking on the following links: #saveburnleypark as well as the online petition: www.change.org/p/misha-coleman-yarracity-vic-gov-au-stop-commercial-development-of-community-park-land