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On this weeks program Chris chats to Megan Bridger-Darling about improving cycling access in Melbourne's western suburbs, how BikeWest got started, local history, their upcoming projects including Giant BikeWest Fest on Saturday, 12 October 2019, Bike Tracks for Kids being a successful Pick My Project submission and ongoing BikeWest monthly meetings. Bicycle-themed news includes a recap from previ...

Val kicks off todays show with an excerpt from Susan Vreeland's Clara and Mr Tiffany as we warm up in the studio this morning. We are joined by studio guest Col Bell of Fields of Joy CX and Sunbury Cycling Club and all share our bicycle moments from the last week. We take a look at some news including Fiona Kolbinger's epic Transcontinental Race win and an upcoming meeting at Moreland Council wher...

On this weeks show Chris chats to Cormac from the newly created Extinction Rebellion Moreland about the upcoming Ride In to Die in event on Saturday 17th August, including critical issues on the global climate crisis, sustainable transport, fossil fuels and challenging political and corporate inaction. News & events includes a recently installed bicycle repair station on the Anniversary Trail at C...

Val and Faith take to the studio on a glorious late winter Monday morning. Val sets the theme,  reciting The Lady Cyclists Soliloquy, an adaptation of a well known Shakespearean verse, of 1897. We share our respective bike moments, only to discover they converge on the recent Melbourne Water pipe replacement project, before taking a look at some news. The 2019 edition of the Tour de France proved...

On this weeks program, Chris continues from last fortnights discussion about lack of respect for womens procycling, then plenty of local news and events, including Steve and Chris' review of Velocipedia by Gianluca Gimini at Mona – Museum of Old and New Art and how our memory really isn't up to scratch when recalling what a bicycle actually looks like. From the UK: It’s dressed up prejudice’: Chri...

   New York Times,  Big City, New York was supposedly getting better for cyclists. What happened ?   The Conversation.  Walking and cycling to work makes commuters happier.....

On this weeks program Chris talks to Tim Read MP about Bikes For Brunswick and the current VicRoads Sydney Road Improvements Survey. It's Tour De France season again, so welcome to three weeks of sleep deprivation, drama and fantastic scenery. On the topic of female participation in procycling, including La Course and the Giro Rosa, Isabel Best writes "Remembering the golden era of the women's Tou...

Val and Faith are joined in the studio on a glorious winter morning by Kate Fowler. Val's dulcet tones share a reading from Joe Kita in The Wisdom of our Fathers before we all share our bike moments. We take a brief look at news including yesterday's Melburn Roobaix and the VicRoads Sydney Road survey finishing on July 14th. Make sure you have your say. (We love Option 3!) We also are very happy t...

On this weeks show Chris talks to Brett Cotter and Jemma King. Brett chats about the Big Bike Film Night returning to Australia in August 2019 for another tour also screening at Geelong, Bendigo and Launceston and a exciting festival of cycling-themed films, including Lowest to Highest. Jemma King, a researcher from James Cook University discusses the paper "Exploring Australian residents cycling...

 Val takes to the studio on this gorgeous winter morning, manfully soldiering on alone while Faith sits at home and waits for whitegoods that never arrive. He kicks off the show with a wintery reading from Tom Babin's Frostbike: The Joy, Pain and Numbness of Winter Cycling. Studio guest today is Sustainable Transport Campaigner, John Englart, who steals the show with his bike moment featuring the...

On this weeks program: two interviews: first up, David Blom from Metro East Bicycle User Group Inc talks about an announcement from Paul Hamer MP about a new safe cycling corridor between Hawthorn and Box Hill. Second interview: in studio guest Dr Jason Thompson from University of Melbournes Transport, Health and Urban Design hub about Victoria's rising road toll, including cyclist deaths, last we...

Val and Faith are joined in the studio, as things in Melbourne take a wintery turn, by Steve Gardner of Bikes by Steve. We take a look at some local news including the sad, and far too early death, of Melbourne bicycle legend Peter Moore. Peter Moore has left very few corners of the bicycle world untouched over his life time and has been a constant and inspiring presence in Melbourne's bike life f...

On this weeks program Chris speaks to Dayna Andreussi and Cory Boardman from Brompton Junction in Carlton North about this Thursdays event:BROMPTON X CHPT3 2019 - Melbourne with David Millar, UK ex-pro cyclist and now UK Tour de France commentator and how Bromptons can open up transport possibilities beyond using a conventional bicycle. Local news includes The Age's editorial supporting City of Me...

Val and Faith take to the airwaves this morning with studio guest Dan Bolwell, a penny farthing builder and organiser of the Melbourne Tweed Ride. Val's dulcet tones share a quote from Gurdon S Leete before we all share our bicycle moments, including an appreciation of petrichor. We race through some items of local news including: a detour for the La Trobe Street bike lane users over the coming mo...

Val and Faith are joined in the studio this morning by the effervescent Michael Mascarel of Masca Frameworks and Evan Howard of Terra Rosa Gear, just the thing for a grey Monday morning! We all share our bicycle moments before taking a look at some local news inclusing the tragic and avoidable death of Damion Drapac on Anzac Day. We mention a couple of recent promises from both the Labor and Liber...

This Easter Monday, Chris and Steve are joined in the 3CR studio with Michael Hand to chat about the 2019 Australian Handmade Bicycle Show. This years show takes place 26-28 April 2019 at Meat Market in North Melbourne and showcases markers, rides and emerging technology."Featuring the finest brands of bespoke bicycles and accessories from around the country and the world, the makers themselves wi...

Val opens todays show with a quote from Emily Kachorek before we introduce our studio guests Sarah Hammond and Jesse Carlsson. Everyone shares their bicycle moments and then we take a look at a couple of news items including Bicycle Network's call for bicycle commuters to be paid for choosing to cycle, and the announcement of the first stage of works for the Yarra Valley Trail.  Val reminds everyo...

On this weeks program Chris catches up with Mike Bodsworth about keeping public pressure on to retain Anglesea Bike Park, Alcoa's reluctance to negotate over the site, State government rezoning and local council support. Cycling news includes Huw Kingstons cheeky photobomb during Federal Budget coverage in Canberra, Tour of Flanders, big news with PTV + VicRoads restructure and two recent bike, bu...

Val and Faith are joined in the studio by Andrew Talati of Neighbourly Ride. Val has an apt reading for April Fools Day before we all share our bicycle moments. We share some news including the City of Glen Eira's planned bicycle super-highway and residents concerns, the separated bike lane outside of Flinders Street Station and Tim Read's Brunswick Bicycle Survey. Talk turns to the Neighbourly Ri...

On this weeks program, Chris editorialises about the exhaustive process involved with Rushall Reserve shared trail extension in North Fitzroy. Interviews include the ongoing Maurice Kirby Velodrome issue in Noble Park, with City of Greater Dandenong moving to demolish the historic cycling track, despite residents not knowing about what was involved with the Parkfield Reserve Masterplan or being in...

Faith and Val are joined in the studio this Monday morning by Col Bell of Fields of Joy Cyclocross. Everyone shares their bike moments before we take a look at some news, including the start of this year's Indian Pacific Wheel Ride on the weekend and the launch of Swisse Australia's salary sacrificing Ride to Work scheme. (Not the first scheme in Australia as many are reporting, just the first in...

On this weeks Labour Day Monday program, we have a full house in the studio with guest CB Mako, alongside Chris and Steve. CB Mako talks about representation in cycling advocacy, her lived experience as a mum doing school runs with a cargo bike, woman writer of colour in Melbournes western suburbs and her work towards writing "The very white face of women’s cycling in Australia", now published in...

Val and Faith are joned in the studio by Kia Matley of Melburn Durt. Val kicks off the show with a reading from H G wells, a particularly apt one, considering Kia's day job as a paleobotanist. We share our bike moments and move on to local news including the coroner's findings after the Mike Hall inquest and the commitment of the NSW Labor party for $412 million on infrastructure supporting riding...

On this weeks program: Chris catches up with Alan Todd from Freestyle Cyclists to talk about recent developments, Bicycle Network, legislation vs lnfrastructure and the upcoming National Freestyle Cyclists 'Stop Fining Healthy Transport' rides planned for Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. News includes 3CR Subscriber Drive 2019, Labor vows 'end to war on cyclists' with $412m for act...

Val and Faith each share some of their favourite readings from books about bikes and riding. While Val shares his favourite readings from an eclectic collection, Faith shares the bikepacking tips she found from books and jourbnals of the 1890s and discovers that many of them are still relevant today.