Paddling not Pedalling entry about Freya kayaking around Australia.

Gidday Fellow Pedallers
I know some of you have been interested in me talking about Freya paddling around Australia. She has completed her journey now but if you would like to read her blog of her journey. Here is the link below starting Jan 09. Very inspirational lady.










Freya before the start.
http://qajaqunderground.com/2009/01/page/2/


















Freyas boat

Gear up girls

This Bike S.A. Ride was the inaugural ride for women and girls, hopefully to be held annually now as it was such a success. Over 500 took part ranging from around two years to approx 65+ and the money raised was donated to the Children's Oncology Foundation.
We began and finished in Elder Park where there was catering and entertainment. There were all shapes and sizes in both bikes and riders and the excitement in the air was tangible. The four ride choices ranged from flat 15kms to hilly 50kms, with one group returning by train.
All were ther for a common reason but some also had personal goals.
Not being used to the city 'by bike', I opted to step out of my comfort zone and take to the hills. We had a police escort out of the city, then we were on our own.
I had a ball and I encourage anyone to take part in a 'big group' ride if you have never done so and to do it again if you have.
Mary Lockwood

Thinking of those that have lost their homes.

View from my roof to close but got lots closer after wind change.


What a day??

Cycling Siberia

Most of the PPs would have read Karins book about these two. Extreme cycle touring in an extreme environment. Do yourself a favour and watch this video to see what you can achieve.


“Tim Cope and Chris Hatherly spent 14 months cycling recumbent bicycles from Moscow to Beijing across Siberia….frostbitten toes, vodka, and hospitality were just some of the things they encountered along the way living their dream.”

Tim Cope and Chris Hatherly are absolutely extraordinary human beings…

CONGRATULATIONS to Del Giornos!

Del Giorno’s has also been recognised and was a finalist in the Australian Café/Restaurant Category in the food industry award for excellence! Great Coffee!

FEEDBACK WANTED!

Peninsula Pedallers committee would like to know if riders would be interested in doing the Grand Slam/Mini Slam next year. It is a series of five rides over 6 months with distances gradually building up e.g. 50km, 75km, 100km, 150km and finally 200km or for the mini, half of the above distances. Please contact club if interested!

Tumby Bay ride December 2009

Well supported ride with 15 riders. Gary's brother Peter joined us in his trike see last post. Nigel introduced us to his girlfriend Natalie. Gary joined the rest of us from Lincoln. Great ride around the surrounds of Tumby and Tumby island. Took us places we did not know about. We all had a nice lunch afterwards in the shade on the nice foreshore of the beach.

Edit I have added Nigels ride report to this post.

Ride Report Nigel’s ride December 20th 2009
A brilliant day greeted twelve riders, most of who travelled from Port Lincoln to Tumby for the day. We had a visit from Garry’s brother, Peter Hibble, who dropped in to show us his new Greenspeed recumbent trike. We departed from the Rotunda on the foreshore at about 10:30am and headed for the dirt. Anna left us to it when we reached the end of the bitumen and rode around Tumby as she wasn’t confident about riding the terrain. I took the rest of the group on a great single track adventure! We toured around the western edge of town, which unfortunately took us past the local tip that had a bit of a smell about it!
We ended up on the island estate and rode to a beach locally known as “ Ski Beach”. There we rode up a short steep incline that had a piece of railway line at the bottom. Dene took a run-up and hit the incline fast and quickly reached the top, only to find that he had pinched flatted over the railway line! There was a break while the flat tyre was fixed and then we proceeded to return to the rotunda for lunch. We nearly got there but Dene’s rear tyre decided not to hold up for the trip and he had to stop and repair it again.
As we reached the rotunda, Kiwi realised that his tyre was flat also! I then helped him to fix his tyre as he had not changed a tube before. We all then enjoyed a meal from the local takeaway shop, sitting under the big shade on the lawn. All had an enjoyable ride.
Nigel Carr.

Peter's X-5 Greenspeed trike

Garry's brother Peter joined us with his new Greenspeed trike an X-5.
Awesome machine. He kindly let me have a spin. Works lots better than my humble home made old girl. He was cruising at 30ks no worries. Very nice and very comfortable. Folds as well well thought out design. As a Greenspeed fan I would expect nothing less from the gold standard manufacturers of trikes.
Thanks Peter.

Raelene and I thought Mt Wills was cold!! Rush hour in the snow.

Another of Mark Wagenbuur's videos, showing rush hour yesterday in a snowy Utrecht.

Dutch cyclists don't cycle much less just because it's cold.
Courtesy of A view from the cycle path Blog

Velomobile obsession continuing.

Bear in mind that it is -2C when they are making this video. Check out the dog being lifted out for run. Great video to watch.

Jeff's continuing interest in Velomobiles.

Great video showing off the features of a european velomobile. In the video you can see it is well used.

Awesome video about a bike ride in Nepal and Tibet

Well worth watching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H499lSRu_g

Nice quote

“Since the bicycle makes little demand on material or energy resources, contributes little to pollution, makes a positive contribution to health and causes little death or injury, it can be regarded as the most benevolent of machines.”
— Stuart S. Wilson, Oxford University

Electric assist Velomobile

The future of transport.

Beauty and the Bike

Yes, yes, yes. Beauty and the Bike is the much anticipated documentary from, among others, the Darlington Cycling Campaign in the UK and it premieres on December 9th, 2009. Above is an 8 minute teaser/trailer.

The question leading to the making of the film is a simple one:

"Why do British girls stop cycling?"

"By simply asking this basic question, the film reveals the damage that has been done by 50 years of car-centric transport policies. Whilst we fill our lives with debates about risk assessment, cycle helmets, cycle training and marketing strategies to try to persuade people to cycle more, the basic barriers to cycling remain untouched - generous urban planning towards the car, and the resultant poor motorist behaviour towards cyclists. Is it any wonder that most people find cycling unattractive in the UK, but attractive in cycling-friendly towns and /cities? It's the infrastructure, stupid!""

The film follows two groups of young women from Darlington and Bremen, Germany. Between them, they discover what makes - and stops - teenage girls from cycling. The full DVD is available from www.bikebeauty.org.

Brilliant stuff. I'm looking forward to seeing the full version. Thanks to http://www.copenhagenize.com for this link

Cycling in the Netherlands

Gidday
Here is a greatvideo I found the other day that shows how different our roads could look in the morning on school days If we followed the Netherlands example of having great cycle infrastructure.
The Netherland government is taking it one step further and will soon ban cars from school zones completely during school hours.
The link to this story is here
http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2009/11/stopping-ban-by-schools.html
There is hope for a more sane world.

TRIATHLETES AT THE WORLDS PERTH 2009

Peter Sheridan, Ross Allen, Shaun Parkinson and Sylvia Dansie competed in the ITU Long Distance World Championships 2009. Conditions were not good, with 25 km/h winds, a 3km choppy swim in the Swan accompanied by lots of jellyfish. The bike ride of 80kms ranged from 45km/h with a tail wind to 20km/h into the wind. By the time they got to the run the wind had dropped and conditions were very hot, up to
34C but scenic. Finish times were Peter 5:58:23, Ross 6:06:55, Sylvia 6:00:17 and Shaun 5:01:32.

RIDE REPORT FOR THE MTB RIDE TO SLEAFORD 18TH OCTOBER

This ride was designed to suit riders of varying abilities. Thirteen riders took part including two first timers and an introduction of the club trailer to several members.

Rode out to the National Park entrance, with some opting to ride the Investigator trail. We regrouped and continued to the Conservation Park. The easy off road track around the Sleaford Mere was enjoyable and picturesque with the blue sky reflection on the water.

We soon arrived at our favourite destination, the club trailer. Dene had the kettles boiling, the chairs out and a great array of healthy snacks awaiting us.

Although the head wind home was a challenge for some, everyone opted to ride. This was a good effort for the newer riders and all are keen to go on another similar ride….later!

Night rides during December and January with Dene

Dene indicated he was interested in doing some night rides in December and January. Members if interested in joining Dene to contact him. He would be prepared to lead these rides when suitable nights happen. Thes are great fun and you need some lights with about 1 to 1.5 hours duration.

3 weeks in Victoria with the Girls

Gidday

As most of you know. I am about to go on a tour of Victoria. This will be the Great Ocean Road followed by the Victorian High Country. I will be joined by Raelene and Maxine for the first part. Maxine will then leave and Karin will join us for the High Country section. I have started a journal for the trip on Crazyguyonabike. This a photo from our last tour along the Darling River

The link to my journal is http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/3weekswiththegirls

Rotary ride around Australia

Raelene went to the Rotary Ride around Australia Port Lincoln dinner on the 17th and said it was very interesting hearing the stories of the trip so far.
Mary and Jeff rode out with the RotaryAround Australia cyclists on the Friday morning out to Tumby Bay. Eyre Peninsula put on a bursting head wind for the riders.
Many of whom, were tired after the big ride from Elliston in the rain on the Wednesday.
It was a shame that the head wind did not allow much conversation with the riders.
It looked to me that a trip lik this with such a tight schedule would be hard work with rest days being eaten up riding, to maintain the schedule.
However every one looked to be in good spirits and keen to get on with it.
They had a very efficient back up with three vehicles and a great trailer.
They have a website on the net with some interesting blogs detailing their day to day life on the road.
The website is http://www.greataustralianbikeride.org.au/


I will post some pictures when Raelene emails them to me.

Ride to Coffin Bay

Great ride with 6 riders starting from Arteyria. When waiting for a regroup at the top of the Western approach ride we were joined by a new rider Gordon. Gordon is from South Korea and works in Lincoln. He is keen to cycle more and it would be good to see him on more rides. We had a head wind with a cloudy start out to Coffins. After several regroups at strategic spots we arrived in Coffins more than ready for a coffee. At the top of the hill into Coffins we were met by Raelene who was on her bike for her first time after her knee operation. Great to see. A nice coffee was had by all at the “Oyster Beds”. Dene and Jeff had an Orange and almond cake that was divine. Kingsley, Faye and John had met us at the oyster beds to pick up those who did not want to ride home. Kingsley and Raelene were last seen going for a romantic seaside ride around town.
Jeff, Mary, Dene and Gordon started off on the way home looking forward to a nice tail wind.
Unfortunately for Gordon he started to feel the distance after leaving for home. We decided that rather than push on and for Gordon not to enjoy it. Leonie was called and came and picked up Gordon. Hope to see him next week on a normal shorter ride which I am sure he will handle no problems. Those remaining then rode home arriving back in Lincoln about 2pm tired but having enjoyed our ride. Thanks to those that provided transport home for those doing the shorter ride.

Copenhagenize.com

Each and every day 500,000 people ride their bicycle to work or school in and around Copenhagen. This blog highlights who they are, why they do and how it was made possible.Forty years ago Copenhagen was just as car-clogged as anywhere else but now 55% of the population choose the bicycle to get to work or school. 37% in the Greater Metropolitan area. Copenhagenizing is possible anywhere.

This photo is from Copenhagenize.com relating to a story on cycling in the City of London .

Link for this story is http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/09/dreams-on-wheels-goes-to-london.html

The Link for the Blog is http://www.copenhagenize.com/

Another site that is well worth a visit.

Lovely Bicycle! and Copenhagen Cycle Chic sites for the girls

Entirely frivolous and self-indulgent, this weblog has no agenda.The Author just thinks that cycling is cool and that bicycles are beautiful. The Author particularly loves classic and vintage bicycles with lugged steel frames. Well worth a visit!


















http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/

This site gives a indication of what a forward thinking society can do towards getting away from the all pervasive car culture to one that values a sustainable way cycling.


This site highlights that it can be very classy and achievable.

http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/

I love seeing how integrated cycling is to their every day life.

Picture from "Copenhagen Cycle Chic"

Alana suggests some good websites

http://www.momentumplanet.com/cycling-everyone-0
http://www.momentum.com/features/cycling-everyone-part-2http://www/momentumplanet.com/how-tame-motorists-restrict-car-use

New Committee

AGM 16th August. After a windy ride the hardy crew joined other Peninsula Pedaller members for coffee and nibbles at Decolline hosted by Maxine and Ian Fletcher. Raelene was elected President, Kingsley Treasurer and Jeff Secretary with committee members being, Josh, Leonie, Mary, Max, Nigel and Lana.

LIGHT THE NIGHT Friday 25th September 6pm.

LIGHT THE NIGHT Friday 25th September 6pm.
An inspiring night to remember, celebrate and give hope to patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas and myeloma. The Pedallers are participating. Meet at Makybe Diva at 6pm. It will be a short walk around town foreshore.
Light a gold balloon to REMEMBER a loved one lost.
Light a white balloon to CELEBRATE being a blood cancer survivor.
Light a blue balloon to GIVE HOPE and show your support.

GREAT AUST BIKE RIDE

GREAT AUST BIKE RIDERS arrive in Pt Lincoln 16th September. Rotary fund raising dinner at Boston Bay Winery. GABR have agreed that interested riders can accompany them on the outwards journey to Tumby Bay pm Friday morning……..time and point of departure to be advised. Prior Registration for the ride should be notified to Judith and Rod Patterson ph 08 86834703, at a cost of $20 per rider with own arrangements for return. GABR posters are on display at Maccas, Cluster Cycles and Cruisers.

Surprise Surprise Study says cars cause 90% of accidents

The University of Toronto recently published an interview with Professor Chris Cavacuiti of the department of family and community medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital in which he quotes a study that found bicyclists are the cause of less than 10% of bike-car accidents. From the interview:
While there is a public perception that cyclists are usually the cause of accidents between cars and bikes, an analysis of Toronto police collision reports shows otherwise: The most common type of crash in this study involved a motorist entering an intersection and either failing to stop properly or proceeding before it was safe to do so. The second most common crash type involved a motorist overtaking unsafely. The third involved a motorist opening a door onto an oncoming cyclist. The study concluded that cyclists are the cause of less than 10 per cent of bike-car accidents in this study.
The available evidence suggests that collisions have far more to do with aggressive driving than aggressive cycling.
I believe the study quoted by Professor Cavacuiti is the Toronto Bicycle/Motor-Vehicle Collision Study (2003). The full study can be viewed at the link below.
Read the full interview →View the full study →

E bike across Canada

Every now and then I come across an article that defies description… this is one of them.
Justin Lemire-Elmore builds his own bike, not a regular bike but not a recumbent either, a bit of a knock up that looks strange. Something that I can identify with.

Justin then spends a month riding his electric bike across Canada last summer. He made the 7000+Km journey from Vancouver to Halifax in 30 days using a mere $10 worth of electricity to recharge his bike. He put together a rather bizarre looking semi-recumbent bicycle to hold all of his gear. The motor controller, charge controller, battery packs and lighting system were all his own design. He has a captivating 2 hour presentation embedded below in which he describes all the problems he had with his equipment during the trip as well as all the great experiences the journey offered.

I have watched the video and it is well worth watching.

He has a great online shop for all manner of things needed for ebiking at http://www.ebike.ca

Bicycle versus bus in Brisbane

While looking at one of my favourite sites http://www.copenhagenize.com/
I came across this post that gave a link to this interesting study by a private individual comparing the bus to his bike on his work commute in Brisbane .

"Thanks to Su Yin in NZ for this link to a chap in Brisbane who calculated time and effort in getting to work by bicycle and by bus and created a cartoon to show the results.At the end of the page there is a link to his data tables, too. Brilliant stuff."

Garry's Trike Sold

Garry's trike from a earlier post has been sold.

Presidents report at the AGM

Good Morning Members and Friends,
- welcome
It is my pleasure once again to present the Presidents Report for PP. The 2008 -2009 year has been a year of consolidation and as I look back on our achievements, I am pleased to say that we have again achieved a great deal, even though I was thinking that this has been a quieter year than previous years.
We had a number of different rides that stand out and need to be mentioned, - we established a strong link with the Adelaide Touring Cyclist Group when we hosted their tour of Eyre Peninsula in October, and I do want to thank all those involved with ferrying the riders, some 20 of , to Coffin Bay when we had absolutely dreadful cycling weather.
The catering was again a credit to all involved and I really appreciate the help from the few who came along to the Templtonia Ride in October and enjoyed the breakfast and the cameraderie with the group.
We have had several local rides -Tumby Bay and Coffin Bay and Memory Cove on MTB. The Tumby Bay event was a road bike ride organised by Garry Hibble. It will remain an outstanding day as we had kayaks for all, as well as our ride from Tumby Bay to Yallunda Flat and back.
Several times we rode to Point Boston Peninsula and back and Dene has established himself as our resident MTB trails expert and is very considerate of all riders when planning his rides.
We were fortunate to have Sylvia Dansie talk to the group about her experience in Hawaii for the Iron Woman event held last October,and the lead up to it - that was an inspiring evening and I think if you missed that you should bail her up and ask about it one day, her dedication to training was exceptional.

We have again excelled as caterers, this time for our staunch supporter Alex Castley's 80th birthday. The team that did the catering were very happy with the day and we so enjoyed giving something back to Alex (and Kathleen) who have been supportive and involved with the Peninsula Pedallers since we evolved as a club.
The issue of ride rules, common courtesy and etiquette continues to be at the fore front of our minds and we are happy to report that the Club has stayed safe and not had too many problems with traffic, but we do need to ride according to the road rules to set the example.
On the lobbying for shared trails here in and around Port Lincoln I think the Club can claim some joy from the work now happening on the foreshore out toward North Shields. It is a direct result of our submission for shared use paths to Council and I feel that we are making slow but positive progress.
In closing, The success of any club is directly dependant on the input from the members. We have a number of new members and it is pleasing to see, - I would like to see more people on their bikes at the rides during the next 12 months, thanks to my committee for your support and for regular attendance and input at monthly meetings.
On that note, it has been a great success with our revolving meeting hosting, and I thank all those who did host a meeting, it certainly shared the load for all, special thanks to our untiring secretary,Jeff, our new treasurer Ross, and newsletter editor Lana for all the work they have done throughout the year, its never easy, but sharing the load all helps, I wish you all happy and safe cycling for the 09/10 year.
Raelene

Sunday 19th July MTB Denes' Ride Report

With the pick of the weather for the month, eager cyclists headed our for a great morning ride. The ride was definitely suitable for both hybrid and MTB. The group headed along Mortlock Tce and turned up Tenant St., to weave their way out to the old New West Road track and cycled alongside the main road to turn right onto the road past the prison and the bottom of the Golf Course, across the road onto Chapman Rd, right through to Haigh Drive. This proved to be fantastic. The road has been improved, upgraded and surprise – sealed from the top of the hill all the way down to the highway. One cyclist was heard to say that their computer stopped at 82kmh. (That’s because they either became airborne or shut their eyes because they were going too fast!)
The group then collected another rider as they cycled the trail into Lincoln for coffee. Thanks Dene for another well planned ride.

HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY ALEX!

Alex Castley has been a Peninsula Pedaller for many years and he has continued to be a financial member to this day. I remember when I first started riding he would ride up beside and offer his help and advice in a constructed and gentlemanly manner. Over his many years of riding I’m sure he helped and encouraged many others cyclists. Thank you Alex!

Alex celebrated his birthday with many of his old friends over the years with a surprise get together. Thank to those PPS who helped cater.

Del Giorno’s Cafe Restaurant

For those of you who do not know Del Giornos sponsored the Peninsula Pedallers with their new ride jerseys.

They are extremely popular with the local cycling community.

Every Saturday and Sunday morning the sight of bicycles and riders partaking in the excellent coffee is a regular sight. Kris Bunder and his staff are extremely friendly and helpful.

Del Giorno's is an award winning cafe restaurant specialising in seafood and Italian style cuisine and located on the foreshore of Boston Bay Port Lincoln SA.

Please support a business that supports local cyclists.

For more information check out their website.http://www.delgiornos.com.au

Update on the Department of Transport

"A further update on the Bicycle SA, Cycling SA and the Bicycle Institute of SA meeting with Minster Conlon...at this meeting Minister Conlon determined that he would absorb the Office for Cycling and Walking within his Department as a way of being better informed on cycling needs. One proven outcome of this structural shift is that the OCW is now engaged at the ?pointy end' of the rail network electrification program. This will ensure that the needs of cyclists have a louder voice within the department as key rail infrastructure decisions are made. We seek safer access to stations, more parking facilities at stations and greater access for bikes on trains - not to mention the opportunity to develop cycle ways along rail corridors.
Quote from a News Release of June 10 2009 from the Minister for Transport..."As part of the $2.6 billion rail program of which the State Government has committed $2 billion, I have asked the Department that cycling be considered in the early planning stages for these projects to ensure that facilities for cyclists are provided in an integrated fashion," Minister Conlon said.If you have an opinion on this directive, we would ask that you email the Minister on
minister.conlon@saugov.sa.gov.au "


This is out of the Bike SA e-newsletter.
Great news
What a difference it make when those in decision making positions also ride!

Garry's Logo Trike Now Sold

Garry has his Logo trike for sale.

Trike details.

Purchased August 07
Only done approx 100km. Been under cover since.
Brand, Logo trike made in W.A
Yellow frame. Black seat
Extras.
Mudguards
bottle holder
2 x Rear vision mirrors
Sigma cordless bike computer with cadence.
Strong luggage rack

The trike has SPD clipless combination pedals with as new size 9 shoes to suit.
Has 81 gear speeds

The trike is in as new condition as Garry's knees and ankles have let him down.

The trike cost $5030 with extras.

Garry has set the price at $2950AUD firm.

All other specs and info can be obtained from manufactures web site here at Logo trikes. http://www.logotrikes.com/

The Secretary likes getting Bent

Being the editor of this Blog you will have to indulge me if I show some photos of the recumbent bikes I have home built.
This was the first recumbent I built it is a Marauder Clone from the
http://atomiczombie.com/
This performs okay on the flat and downhill.It is pretty heavy as I have overengineered it. I made this with a cheap arc welder and some pretty basic hand tools.







This is the second bike I built it is a recumbent tadpole trike. I was inspired to build one after riding my mate Garry's Logo Trike.
It has 26" Mountain bike wheels as I had them sitting around in my donor bike heap. I did not want to spend any money in case it did not work. I am happy with how it performs. I use it as my town bike when I ride down to do the shopping.
As I live at the top of a big hill I have added intermediate gears later to give me low enough gearing to get up the hill to home. This is visible just behind the seat.

This is my last bike I built it is actually the fourth bike.I have used the lessons learned from my not so successful third bike to get this design right.

I am impressed with how well it performs.

It wets my appetite to purchase a proper manufactured recumbent so that I can experience really good performance.