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BIKESydney Social Lounge at The Alexandria Hotel

May 25, 2012 from 6:30pm to 8pm
Join us on the last Friday of the month to bang on about bikes over beers and battered barramundi. From 6:30-8:00pm we’ll be catching up after work with drinks and dinner. From 8:00pm people will have 5 mins to pitch an idea to those gathered to either: just tell them about it; get some feedback; or recruit volunteers to a project. BIKESydney will be pitching ideas but the floor will be open to all. Register for your five minutes with the BIKESydney meeters and greeters when you arrive.See More
May 16, 2012
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Elaena is attending BIKESydney's event
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Cargo Bike Picnic and Family Friendly Ride at CARES Centre, Sydney Park

December 4, 2011 from 11am to 3pm
BIKESydney, The Watershed and City of Sydney have teamed up to roll out Sydney’s first Cargo Bike Picnic on Sun  Dec 4. A family friendly ride from Centennial Park will deliver you to Sydney Park. Or just rock on down to the park and join us for a day loaded with fun! PICNIC (11am to 3pm Sydney Park)Try out…See More
Nov 14, 2011
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Edward Re replied to Elaena's discussion Superb research by the Telegraph - $7 million for a lane without bikes
"That makes a lot of sense. This inflammatory rubbish is similar to Jeremy Clarkson's infotaining lines."
Apr 11, 2011
Michael replied to Elaena's discussion Superb research by the Telegraph - $7 million for a lane without bikes
"His article is idiocy. Just a load of cherry picking, irrelevancies and bullshit stereotypes. It isn't worth using for toilet paper. Some day in the future, they might be unlucky enough to find this article, and wonder how such infantilism…"
Apr 11, 2011
Edward Re replied to Elaena's discussion Superb research by the Telegraph - $7 million for a lane without bikes
"While this article is clearly moronic, in the same newspaper from the same article is this link ------- I AM sure Barry O'Farrell's recent statements on riding (Sunday Telegraph, March 20) will be alarming to the thousands of bike riders…"
Apr 11, 2011
baa baa replied to Elaena's discussion Superb research by the Telegraph - $7 million for a lane without bikes
"goodstuffsus"
Apr 11, 2011
sit ubu sit replied to Elaena's discussion Superb research by the Telegraph - $7 million for a lane without bikes
"Bourke St clogged with cyclists Cyclists are furious at the lack of planning and foresight by the CoS in building the new Bourke St cycleway. Within weeks of opening it is already clogged with users, and some cyclists are resorting to using the…"
Apr 11, 2011
Mark Heydon replied to Elaena's discussion Superb research by the Telegraph - $7 million for a lane without bikes
"Funny - comments will be rejected if they contain clear errors of fact.  Whole articles on the other hand..."
Apr 11, 2011

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What sort of riding do you do ?
Commuting, Mountain Biking, Recreational, Whatever
Where in Sydney do you live ?
Summer Hill
Tell us about your bikes
One well-loved (read 'sort of crappy') Mongoose mountain bike for commuting. One muddy Giant mountain bike for off road.
About Me:
Bike Sydney member, daily commuter, I love my bike
Website:
http://www.bikesydney.org

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Advocacy: Sharing knowledge and developing skills

Posted on February 15, 2010 at 9:30am 6 Comments

“We are a political movement. Cyclists are changing American cities. We are sometimes legally and sometimes illegally, pushing people out of their comfort zones into a new place. We are change agents. A big part of political change is taking risks to do things that haven’t been done before and having the courage to do that.” Charles Gandy, Mobility Coordinator, Long Beach


Late last year I received a Winston Churchill Fellowship to look at the way bicycle…
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Wrap-up from London

Posted on October 11, 2009 at 8:00am 8 Comments



This is my second post about my research trip to the UK, US and Canada to investigate bicycling advocacy. To all the people who have emailed asking where my blogs are I apologise for my slow dissemination of information. The blog hasn’t been so easy to get to. The combination of cycling around a new city and taking on board so much new information is tiring business (but still hugely fun and rewarding). I’m also never quite sure when is a good… Continue

London: First Impressions

Posted on September 18, 2009 at 6:57am 7 Comments

I arrived in London on Monday on a three week visit to look at how bicycle advocacy is done here. The trip is part of an eleven week journey across the UK, US and Canada funded by a Churchill Fellowship.



Why go to London?

The number of people cycling here has doubled since 2000. Despite the increased numbers of people on bikes, casualties are going down. The road culture is similar to Sydney's - congestion is chronic and sharing a contested space is fraught.



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Religous zealots...well sort of.

Posted on August 28, 2009 at 3:11pm 4 Comments



Last Saturday the BIKESydney crew rocked along to the Paddington Alive Festival on Oxford Street. We were running bike valet parking for the event, handing out cycling related information and we ran a social ride.



The morning started slowly until David realised that people might be avoiding us thinking we might be religious zealots. One big hand-made sign advertising free cycling maps later and the above was the result.



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Comment Wall (15 comments)

At 11:30pm on November 29, 2007, DamianM said…
Hi Elanea, was great to meet you tonight at the party. It's always fun meeting online contacts in the flesh.
At 4:21pm on February 19, 2009, yogi said…
the BOSS, hehehaah hmm
oh yeah
At 3:24pm on July 17, 2009, Megatron said…
Thanks for the support there Elaena and congrats on your fellowship!
At 4:00pm on July 17, 2009, Megatron said…
Ahh CityRail, always throwing spanners in the works.

The 25th is good for me. Shall we go ahead and make it an event?
At 8:07pm on July 17, 2009, Megatron said…
Wow Elaena, you are amazing!

Such detail, its wonderful. I will go ahead and make it an event as well as posting it in the Girls and MTB specific groups so no-one feels left out.

Thanks so much for your help! I can't wait to get out there.
At 10:21am on August 7, 2009, Megatron said…
Hey Elaena,

Just wanted to check that you are still good for some MTB action tomorrow as planned?

Cheers,
Megan
At 12:42pm on August 7, 2009, Megatron said…
I am indeed still coming, very much looking forward to it as well!

I will jump on at Central to meet anyone who may also be coming along.

See you tomorrow, can't wait!
At 8:01pm on August 15, 2009, Nilgul Ertekin said…
Hi Elena
I don't remember to you :))
I'll waiting you and Elna to İstanbul I want to ride a bike with a day in Istanbul
Take care...
At 1:00am on August 16, 2009, yogi said…
I managed to get a lot of peeps to dig deep.. i was the stand over guy or gold coin entry to the deus swap meet... had fun too.
At 10:27pm on August 16, 2009, yogi said…
it was bit of a workout .. that can was heavy.

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