Calling all cyclists

flyingdutch said:

Want yer help people

I'm gonna add a new section to www.boroondarabug.org (our new home)
to tackle all the ill-informed, naive, and just plain dumb anti-cycling rhetoric we get//hear. Entitled 'MythBusters' (original, isnt it? 😄)

FD

Hey FD,

I love the website, heapsa USEFUL information! I am so much more impressed with yours than with our local bug site: home.vicnet.net.au~kingbicOpen ↗ . *le sigh*

SuzieB said:

Hey FD,

I love the website, heapsa USEFUL information! I am so much more impressed with yours than with our local bug site: home.vicnet.net.au~kingbicOpen ↗ . *le sigh*

I cant take ALL the credit (but i will 😄)
approx 50% of it was a carryover from the old incarnation
Bits have been added over the last 12-18 months (maps/campaigns/etc)

I make it a regular item at our meetings to remind people to feed me stuff

Strangely enuff the most common way people arrive at the site is a search on 'Bike setup' or searches on Councillors and politicians names, closely followed by path info and shops.

Like many BUGs, they are made up of a 'hardcore' core. Ours is basically 6-8 people with another 10-20 making rarer appearances/input. Most just ge the newsletter and get updated on stuff

Oh, by the way. You should go get involved! 😄

flyingdutch said:

I cant take ALL the credit (but i will 😄)
approx 50% of it was a carryover from the old incarnation
Bits have been added over the last 12-18 months (maps/campaigns/etc)

I make it a regular item at our meetings to remind people to feed me stuff

Strangely enuff the most common way people arrive at the site is a search on 'Bike setup' or searches on Councillors and politicians names, closely followed by path info and shops.

Like many BUGs, they are made up of a 'hardcore' core. Ours is basically 6-8 people with another 10-20 making rarer appearances/input. Most just ge the newsletter and get updated on stuff

Oh, by the way. You should go get involved! 😄

Heh :-) Suzie emailed the Kingston Bug contact two days ago which is more than I've done.

flyingdutch said:

Like many BUGs, they are made up of a 'hardcore' core. Ours is basically 6-8 people with another 10-20 making rarer appearances/input. Most just ge the newsletter and get updated on stuff

Oh, by the way. You should go get involved! 😄

Correct, small groups of us doing a fair bit. Also, there's a lot of crossover/networking btw BUG's etc. BBUG's got issues with the Hawthorn/Victoria Bridges that are Yarra Councils concern. So Julia from BBUG rocks up to our YarraBUG meeting and we jointly organise to put the issue on next weeks Yarra Council Bicycle Advisory Committee Agenda. Hmmm, and YarraBUG needs assistance with website stuff. FTP to be precise, very simple for most of you, a bloody nightmare for me. Any web maestros out there prepared to help for the price of a few Goats? 🙂

SuzieB said:

flyingdutch said:

Want yer help people

I'm gonna add a new section to www.boroondarabug.org (our new home)
to tackle all the ill-informed, naive, and just plain dumb anti-cycling
rhetoric we get//hear. Entitled 'MythBusters' (original, isnt it? 😄)

FD

Hey FD,

I love the website, heapsa USEFUL information! I am so much more
impressed with yours than with our local bug site:
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kingbic/ . *le sigh*

First step to professionalism,
kingstonbug.org is available for $8.95*/yr (USD)
http://www.godaddy.com/

Then find someone's web prodigy child to create the look.
Failing that, shamelessly rip off Boroondara BUG's site and just
change the colours ;-)
Some consider that professional too LOL.

[font=Times New Roman]Bit of info I found at the Australia and New Zealand forum. Another happy Booroondara resident. These people make life a challenge.[/font]

[font=Times New Roman]cyclingforums.comt293374 vego como leso.htmlOpen ↗[/font]

luke1972 said:

Found this funny article

Waste of Money

Letter to the Editor:

Progress Leader - Booroondara

It is incomprehensible that nearly $1 million has been spent on more bicycle lanes when they are not used. If thousands or even hundreds of cyclists were in evidence on the roads I would happily accept the need for bike lanes, but there are not.

Bicycle Victoria/Australia and the lucky, selfish, seven cyclists - or whoever is lobbying the State Government or local council for the lanes

- I'm sure are laughing their bike pants off as they cruise in their own totally empty lane of taxpayers' road.

I am sick of this politically correct, environmentallly friendly rubbish. Try living in the real world. People just don't want to ride bikes except for a bit of exercise on the weekend (but not on Balwyn Road).

How do you get the weeks shopping home in your bike basket, for instance. Oh, yeah, I forgot - you don't go shopping because you are a vegetarian and grow your organic vegetables at home, and, of course, you weave your own clothes.

Sorry, but I am annoyed at the waste of money, when community centres and the like are busting their guts to raise a few grand that would help so many in the community instead of a very few pedal pushers who obviously are fit enough to ride. .

Dancier said:

[font=Times New Roman]Bit of info I found at the Australia and New Zealand forum. Another happy Booroondara resident. These people make life a challenge.[/font]

[font=Times New Roman]cyclingforums.comt293374 vego como leso.htmlOpen ↗[/font]

It's got it's own thread on a.b here http://www.cyclingforums.com/t293379-have-you-seen-this-in-booroondara.html

cfsmtb said:

Yeah, I like that! Another tact, not just busting myths about cycling - but how it is a perfectly normal activity with a long noble history in Australia. One thing that keep springing to mind is peoples short memories when it comes to remembering our cycling heritage.

Another point that can be highlighted, (sorry if you have already covered this), is that the wheel is one of the greatest inventions of all time. It has revolutionised industry all over the world.

It is a simplistic concept that has and is still standing the test of time as technology advances in rapid leaps and bounds.
Not only do people forget our heritage, they also forget the importance of the wheel in its many forms whether it be as part of a car, bike or any other method of transport.

Gosh, i feel like i am writing a year 7 essay. So, if i was going to mythbust the notion that there is no place for bikes on the road, then maybe people can be reminded that both car and a bike run using frames and wheels. The only difference really is that one is self propelled and one needs an engine.
The concept of the car started from the wheel.

flyingdutch said:

Want yer help people

I'm gonna add a new section to www.boroondarabug.org (our new home)
to tackle all the ill-informed, naive, and just plain dumb anti-cycling
rhetoric we get//hear. Entitled 'MythBusters' (original, isnt it? 😄)

The Lane Cove Cycle Lane won't benefit either cyclists or motorists
get to the CBD but is simply a cynical ploy to close down yet another
lane on Epping Road and force motorists to pay to use the tunnel, thus
increasing profits for the toll company and the RTA.

ops sorry that one is true.

dewatf.