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Cycling is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport.
Cycling is widely regarded as a very effective and efficient mode of transportation optimal for short to moderate distances. Bicycles provide numerous benefits by comparison with motor vehicles, including the sustained physical exercise necessarily involved in cycling, that cycling involves a reduced consumption of fossil fuels, less air or noise pollution, much reduced traffic congestion, easier parking, greater manoeuvrability, and access to both roads and paths.
Source: Wikipedia
Cycling Resources
Queensland Cycling Strategy
The Queensland Government has released the Queensland Cycling Strategy 2017-2027.
The strategy sets the direction for encouraging more cycling, more often throughout Queensland over the next 10 years. It is accompanied by an Action Plan and Queensland State of Cycling Report, which will be updated every two years to help prioritise effective action and respond to changes that impact cycling in Queensland.
The new strategy is about supporting those who ride and those who want to start riding by making traveling by bike a safer and more comfortable option.
The State of Cycling report will also be published every two years to track the progress of achieving the vision of more cycling, more often.
Guide, Bikeway Maps, Cycling Events, Research and Safety Resources …
Click to open Benefits of Cycling (Department of Transport & Main Roads)
Cycling Safely
CYCLING SAFETY: A Collection of Resources
Healthy, environment-friendly and endlessly fun – the arguments to take up cycling are undoubtedly convincing, and you have every reason to listen to them. However, being confident on your bike unfortunately doesn’t guarantee safety – you have to stay mindful of your surroundings and other people around you in order to ensure you have a safer ride, and even then, accidents can happen.
Fortunately, there is plenty of advice you can follow to minimize the risk of injuries, and it is worth taking a look at some of these tips, especially if you are a beginner cyclist. To make it easier for you, we collected a range of resources to help you have a smoother ride – helmets on, and happy riding!
Turning Blind
Vehicle blind spots and carelessness are a deadly combination. Here’s some ways that you, as a bike rider, stay out of harm’s way. Blind spots, blind spots and trucks and Tips for sharing the road
Source
Bicycle Network
Bicycle road rules and safety
Bicycles are a type of vehicle—when you ride a bicycle on a Queensland road, you have rights and responsibilities like all other road users.
When you ride a bicycle, you must obey the general road rules the same as other motorists as well as the specific road rules for bicycle riders.
Riding on pathways, roads, in groups and sharing the road … Read more
Source: Cycling Brisbane
See also:
The Definitive Guide to Safer Cycling and Improving Safety
Source: The Bike Storage Company (UK)
How can you improve your safety on the road and ensure you’re not caught in a collision?
Source: The Bike Storage Company (UK)
When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Cycle Maintenance
Bike Maintenance
Whether you’re rolling around on a top-of-the-range machine or a family heirloom – bikes are all fairly simple devices that deliver the same simple pleasure.
Learn more about choosing, adjusting and maintaining your bike here.
See also: Bike cleaning
Essential bike maintenance tips everyone should know
Even the most inexperienced cyclists know you can’t ride a bike with two flat tires, no brakes, a janky chain, and pieces that are a bump or two away from scattering across the pavement. If you’re not taking care of your ride, you risk disappointment and disaster every time you hop on the saddle.
Don’t worry if you’re not an expert mechanic—there are basic steps you can take before each trip that will ensure smooth cycling wherever you are. Not every component is high-maintenance—some parts only need attention after you’ve logged long miles. And at the end of every year with your trusty two-wheeler, it’s worth considering a checkup from a professional. Learn More
Source: Popular Science
Related Articles & Useful Resources
Getting Started: Top Cycling Tips for Beginners
Are you thinking about getting into cycling? It’s a fun sport, with plenty of different disciplines. Whether you want the thrill of navigating your way through a downhill trail or the competitive excitement of a street race, cycling has plenty of options to keep you fit, healthy, and entertained.
This post unpacks some basic tips for newcomers to cycling. Read in Full
Source: Athlos
Top 10 cycling routes in Queensland
Cycling in Queensland is one of the most enjoyable ways to explore more of this part of Australia. So, you can find your perfect Queensland bike ride, we’ve reviewed our full collection of cycling routes in the region to deliver the top 20. Just click on each route to see a full breakdown of detailed information including elevation profiles and surface analyses, and browse real tips and photos uploaded by other members of the komoot community.
Bike Lane Design Guidelines
Bicycle lane designs have been evolving rapidly in recent years, in response to increased participation rates and the realisation that there needs to be increased emphasis on improving the safety and experience of on-road bike riding for cyclists of all capabilities to better meet community needs and expectations, while increasing bicycle use.
The guidelines cover the following on-road bike facilities:
- Kerbside Physically Separate
- Double Chevron
- Single Chevron on Parking Side of Bike Lane
- Single Chevron on Traffic Side of Bike Lane
- Simple Bike Lane
- Shared Traffic-Bike Lane
- Six alternate intersection treatments (covering physically separated bike lanes/separation through traffic signal phasing/roundabouts)
Source: City of Melbourne
E-bikes and the Impact on Off-road Cycling
While traditional bike technology is likely to continue to stabilise, the rapid emergence of the E-bike is likely to have a profound impact on off-road cycling. As technology improves the bikes will become a much more common feature on trails, making cycling activities more accessible to more people. Being able to cycle at higher average speeds, cover longer distances and ride up hills more easily makes e-bikes an attractive option for recreation and commuting.
Source
Treadwell
Study shows the supercharge of ebikes
E-bikes are replacing cars and increasing the time people spend riding, a study of ebike users in North America has found.
Why we need a national Ride2School program
More than two-thirds of Australian school students are driven to school, even though their parents understand the importance of riding and walking shows new research.
Source:
The Bicycle Network
The Amazing Way Bicycles Change You
How to prevent your bike from being stolen (UK)
Even a basic bicycle for travelling between work and home can be expensive, so it’s no surprise that bikes are a popular target for thieves.
So what are the best ways to help prevent yours from being stolen? Whether it’s at home or away, this guide should help you keep your bike more secure
See also:
National Bike Register
Road Toads & Pedalphiles
Mythbusting the reasons why people hate cyclists
Their lights are too bright, they don’t have lights; they ride on the line, they ride on the road; they ride too fast on footpaths, they ride too slow in traffic; they don’t wear helmets, they do wear lycra.
New Electronic Bike Helmet
Cyclevision: Twin-Camera Helmet … devised the ‘smart helmet’’ featuring video streaming technology to give riders advance warning of impending collisions.
“Bicycle riders are vulnerable road users, and the number of cyclists hospitalised as a result of road incidents nationally has been increasing by about four per cent each year, but with enough warning, a cyclist may be able to take the necessary action to avoid a collision, especially with vehicles approaching from behind and this smart Cyclevision helmet is a great solution”
Drivers are overwhelmingly at fault in collisions with cyclists — should we assume they are liable?
To keep our cyclists safe, it may be time to adopt the approach of many European nations by introducing legislation that, in civil cases, presumes that car drivers caused a collision unless there is evidence to the contrary.
Cycling Links
Outdoors Queensland is a proud supporter of Cycling Brisbane. Check out Riding in Brisbane, showcasing key riding locations and routes across the city, plus essential information and resources.
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Discover
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