The City of Sydney is learning that having a bikeway right outside your front door is good for your health and the value of your house. Rachel Smith explains the link between cycle paths and the economy.
Cycling
Let’s say no to the ‘just say no’ drugs in sport policy
With Tour de France champion Alberto Contador testing positive for a banned substance it is time to completely reconsider how we, the fans, and therefore governments deal with drugs in sport, write Dr James Connor and Dr Jason Mazanov.
Women of the 2010 World Road Cycling Championships
Most of the images and words we see of cycling are of the men, struggling heroically up a mountainside in France or Italy, sweat dripping from furrowed brows etc. Bob Gosford takes a look at the ladies of the cycling world.
Floyd Landis is coming to town … panic breaks out in cycling
For all the hysteria he has caused in Australian cycling over the past week, you would be forgiven for thinking that Floyd Landis was an evil genius with a dastardly plan to wreck the future of Australian and world cycling.
A portrait of a cyclist as a young man
A new landmark report on professional Australian cyclists seeks to develop a picture of the pathways that cyclists take in the course of their careers and they identified three common elements, says Bob Gosford.
Evil riders or institutionalised corruption?
Martin Hardie, writer of the I Wish I was Twenty One Today: Beyond Doping in the Australian Peloton resarch report, discusses the perspectives and experiences of Australian professional cyclists and their cohort in relation to drugs in cycling.
100 years of ’3D’ Tour de France
In 1910 the Tour de France entered the Pyrenees for the first time, giving the race a ‘third dimension’. In the 100 years since, the infamous mountain range has provided many of the Tour’s greatest moments, writes Alasdair Fotheringham.
No butts about it, the Tour is delivering drama
Overnight Mark Renshaw led out his teammate Mark Cavendish to win the stage. Unfortunately the tour’s organisers reckon Renshaw headbutted Kiwi Julian Dean on the run to the finish and have disqualified him from the race, writes Bob Gosford.
Mountains hammer Armstrong: new rumours may repeat the dose
“Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail,” Lance Armstrong said after a grueling Tour de France ride. Doping allegations are continuing to hammer the champion, says Bob Gosford.
The Tour de France Open Thread
With the World Cup final looming you could be forgiven for going to bed early last night, however if you did you missed a great stage in the French Alps. The big news was seeing Cadel Evans pull on the yellow jersey, writes Tom Cowie.
PHOTO GALLERY: The Tour as told by crashes
You wouldn’t usually think of cycling as a blood sport, but this photo gallery of crashes and injuries from this year’s Tour de France is quite a gruesome affair.
Highway to car hell
To encourage a healthy cycling culture, cities need to improve their infrastructure to make cycling safer. Would specialised bike roads, rather than just a lane on car roads, work effectively?
Cycling to work: do it for your wallet, if not your waistline
Even if you don’t care about the environment or your health, cycling to work can save you hundred of dollars a month in fuel, parking and car maintenance.
Do we need better cars or fewer cars?
Sustainable transport has two schools of thought. Those — often car companies — who think we should create greener cars and those who think we should encourage public transport, cycling and walking. Who’s right?
Are bike helmets bad for our health?
Cyclist deaths have actually increased since the introduction of mandatory helmets, says Sue Abbott. The laws are all about politics and money, not about saving lives.
The biblical battle of the beards: hipsters vs. Hasids
A hilarious war has broken out in super cool Williamsburg, Brooklyn over a bike lane. The hipsters love to ride their bikes. The Hasidic Jews say the bike riders are dressed too provocatively. What happens when skinny jeans meet bekishes?
Have Santos and Rann redefined “philanthropy”?
Yesterday’s conclusion of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide was a triumph not only for the wining rider, but also for Premier Mike Rann and the first-time commercial sponsor of the Tour, South Australian-based energy company Santos.
Armstrong in Oz: mountains of money and hoardes of “yes men”
Lance Armstrong recently said that fellow cyclist Alberto Contador was surrounded by “yes-men”. Pot calling the kettle black much? asks Bob Gosford.
Armstrong and Rann, the Tour Down Under funder
With eight weeks to go to the next election, SA Premier Mike Rann is doing his best to distract the South Australia masses with a party that runs right up to election day, also known as the cycling Tour Down Under.
Phil Liggett talks birds, sewage treatments works and good chopper pilots
Phil Liggett may be well known as the “voice of cycling” and Tour de France and the Tour Down Under commentator. But, in his spare time you’ll find him more concerned with bird watching. Just don’t call him a twitcher, says Bob Gosford.
Cycling Australia juggles political football
Cycling Australia is being asked to sanction moving Australia’s second biggest bike race, Victoria’s Jayco Herald Sun Tour from its October slot to either early or late February from 2011.
Get off the bloody road: the roads aren’t safe for bikes
No one would suggest it is safe for pedestrians to be on the roadway, so why should it be any different if a pedestrian gets on a bike? Ex NSW Roads Minister Carl Scully says cyclists should get off the road.
Cadel Evans: the greatest victory by any Australian road cyclist
Cadel Evans’ men’s senior world road championship victory isn’t only his most prestigious win, but the greatest by any Australian road cyclist. Australia is become a cycling super power.
Letter from...: Amsterdam
Owning a bike in Amsterdam is a right of passage, writes Grant Doyle.
Tour de France: Contador and Cavendish are crowned the kings of Paris
While ultimately the day belonged to Alberto Contador, the Paris finale offered a fitting stage for Bathurst’s Mark Renshaw to come a brilliant second to Britain’s Mark Cavendish.
