New bike shop open - Brunswick

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to mention that a friend of a friend called Huw has just opened a new bike shop in Brunswick - if you live nearby you should check it out! He does repairs and all the usual stuff of course...plus he has this really great incentive where if you bring your bike in for servicing he loans you a courtesy bike to use while it's being fixed - RAD. Anyway thought I'd spread the word...

http://commutercycles.com.au

- Kate xx

Here's some info from the website:

Commuter Cycles is a dedicated bike workshop for everyday cyclists. Fixing bikes is what we do. If you love your bike, and ride it to get from A to B, Commuter Cycles is your bike shop.

We offer tailored servicing and repairs, reliable accessories and good value replacement parts. We take great pride in our workmanship and think bright lights, panniers and mudguards are cool. At Commuter Cycles, the workshop is the shop, so you deal with the same people who look after your bike.

Better still, Commuter Cycles makes looking after your bike easy by offering courtesy bikes, opening early and closing late, and we’re conveniently located next to the Upfield bikepath and Brunswick station.

Saving Motorists $35m a Year So That They Can Honk at Us for Not Allowing Them to Perform an Illegal Left-Lane Overtake...

Okay, that's a bit bitter of me, but you'd think people would cut bicycle commuters some slack considering all the money we save them.

Thanks to Georgia and Di for the link.

Do This!

As if I didn't already feel like a clutz...

Separated Bike Lane for Albert Street

Photo by Craig Sillitoe, c/o The Age

Looks like those living East of the CBD have recieved some bicycle lovin' from Melbourne City Council, with Albert St to get the full 'Copenhagen-Style' bicycle lane treatment.

Click here for the Age story.

More on the Glen Iris Bike Path Detour

Care of the Stonnington Leader.

Cadel Evans - Favourite for 2008 Tour de France

Photo: Bryn Lennon, c/o www.theage.com.au

According to this article in today's Age, Australia's Cadel Evans is the Yellow Jersey favourite for this year's Tour de France.

Despite this, Cadel is perhaps still better known as the only Australian Olympic Athlete to publicise his support for a Free Tibet.

To return to the subject of Australian's in the Tour however, it is also worth noting that 2007 Paris-Roubaix winner Stuart O'Grady is back in the mix after the broken bones and punctured lung of last year's tour.

Top Gear Peak Hour Challenge

Much like the Brooklyn Challenge featured a few weeks/posts ago, only bigger, longer, and - as is Top Gear's custom - sillier.

Still, Richard Hammond rode this bike to victory - leaving an SUV, Public Transport, and even a speedboat in his wake (pardon the pun). Check YouTube for illegally distributed copies of the footage.

Nice to see a car program give a nod to cyclists. I felt the show was fairly even-handed - in its own grossly exaggerated way.

Editor's Note: Something about the name Hammond that brings out the inner bicycle nut, it seems.