Faith and Val are joined in the studio this Monday morning by Col Bell of Fields of Joy Cyclocross. Everyone shares their bike moments before we take a look at some news, including the start of this year's Indian Pacific Wheel Ride on the weekend and the launch of Swisse Australia's salary sacrificing Ride to Work scheme. (Not the first scheme in Australia as many are reporting, just the first in the private sector).Val and Faith's timing is all out of whack today but we finally stumble around to our studio guest Col to hear all about the new venue for FOJCX at the Broadford State Motorcycle Sports Complex. Col is pretty excited about the potential at this venue and the potential for not only cyclocross but other cycling sports and a great new partnership. With a huge area designed to be used specifically for sports Broadford not only provides the space to host great challenging CX courses but means energy can be freed from desk work and poured into the racing. Did we mention there's camping? How good is that!We finish up with minutes to spare since Faith lost the ability to read a clock. Its a great time to subscribe to 3CR Community Radio and back public radio.

On this weeks Labour Day Monday program, we have a full house in the studio with guest CB Mako, alongside Chris and Steve.CB Mako talks about representation in cycling advocacy, her lived experience as a mum doing school runs with a cargo bike, woman writer of colour in Melbournes western suburbs and her work towards writing "The very white face of women’s cycling in Australia", now published in Overland Journal. Local news includes the ride previously known as Indy Pac starting in Fremantle, National Freestyle Cyclists 'Stop Fining Healthy Transport' rides and World Naked Bike Ride Melbourne

Val and Faith are joned in the studio by Kia Matley of Melburn Durt. Val kicks off the show with a reading from H G wells, a particularly apt one, considering Kia's day job as a paleobotanist. We share our bike moments and move on to local news including the coroner's findings after the Mike Hall inquest and the commitment of the NSW Labor party for $412 million on infrastructure supporting riding and walking. Talk turns to the recent #VictoriaDivide550 and the rapid succesison of events that have seen Kia transition from a beginner cyclocross rider to her first bikepacking event within the space of a year. Kia explains how Melburn Hurt and Melburn Durt have provided the communities that can support and empower riders of all sorts to challenge themselves. We talk about the highs of the Victoria Divide route and the new challenges Kia will be seeking in the future. If you'd like to hear more about how bikes have empowered women to take up more challenges join Kia, Faith and Pepper Cook at Commuter Cycles on March 6th for an International Women's Day discussion. You can also hear more from Kia and other participants about the Victoria Divide 550 on March 20th at the Victoria Divide 550 Wrap Up. Also coming up in March is the World Naked Bike Ride on March 16th. And don't forget to subscribe to 3CR and help keep independent and radical radio on the air for another year. Also coming up in March is the Freestyle Cyclists 'Stop Fining Healthy Transport' Ride on March 16th and make sure you check the latest news on the mission to Save Noble Park Velodrome

On this weeks program: Chris catches up with Alan Todd from Freestyle Cyclists to talk about recent developments, Bicycle Network, legislation vs lnfrastructure and the upcoming National Freestyle Cyclists 'Stop Fining Healthy Transport' rides planned for Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.News includes 3CR Subscriber Drive 2019, Labor vows 'end to war on cyclists' with $412m for active transport in NSW and Handmade Bicycle Show Australia from Friday, 26 April - Sunday, 28 April 2019 at The Meat Market, North Melbourne.

Val and Faith each share some of their favourite readings from books about bikes and riding. While Val shares his favourite readings from an eclectic collection, Faith shares the bikepacking tips she found from books and jourbnals of the 1890s and discovers that many of them are still relevant today.

Two interviews on this weeks program, Chris speaks to Ryan Koroknai about his 100km unicycle challenge and Phil Barton about the Tumut Batlow Rail Trail Project in the Snowy MountainsFirst up Ryan talks about his 100km unicycle challenge (250 velodrome laps) on 10am, Friday 1 March in support of a local cycling club. Bring your bikes and ride along side to provide motivation and encouragement while he rides a 36" unicycle, more details soon!Phil Barton speaks about the hard work by Tumut Batlow Rail Trail Project committee developing a world class walking and cycling track along the rail corridor Tumut to Batlow in the Snowy Mountains.Local news includes Anglesea Bike Park update and City of Yarra's Taking it to the streets - North Fitzroy consultation.

Faith and Val are joined in the studio by Tour Divide 2018 winner Lewis Ciddor. We kick off the show with our bike moments and a brief look at news including the new home for FOJCX at Broadford State Motorcycle Venue and the 2019 Women's World CX Championships. Lewis takes us through the inspiration behind the new bikepacking route he has designed, the Victioria Divide 550, and some of the country it will travel through. We chat about the importance of grounding the route within an indigenous Australian landscape, the details of the first Grande Depart on Saturday February 16th, and the accessibility of the route to a range of riders range of riders.

On this weeks program Chris talks to fellow YarraBUG Radio presenter Steve Barnett about bike packing 300km+ from home to North East Victoria and then riding the 200km Alpine Classic. He discusses his inspiration starting with the short film, From the Doorstep, using Maprogress for personal rides, using a spot tracker, becoming your own dot watcher, building confidence, Curve Cycling flash packing, using rail trails to base a adventure on, basic equipment like frame bags, handle bar rolls, planning a itinerary vs. wandering, riding to conditions and letting people know where you're going & duration. Useful apps include MapOut (apple), Strava and Ride With GPSLocal news includes City of Yarra announcing Wellington Street Bike Lanes Stage 2, 2019 Bike Rave and World Naked Bike Ride returning to Melbourne on 16 March 2019.

Val and Faith are back in the studio after the summer break and kick things off sharing their bicycle moments. We move on to news, including Denali's local commute, the MACSA's discouraging 'safety' messages addressing cyclists and the Queen's Parade detour. Val shares an update on helmet techologies that can reduce the injuries to cyclists wearing helmets that are becoming more accessible, before we move on to some upcoming events. Commuter Cycles are hosting a Summer Solstice Camp Out, the 2019 Bike Rave date has been anounced and Bike West are hosting their AGM in February.

Val and Faith celebrate the end of 2018 with some of their favourite bits about bikes discovered in books over the past year. Val has a diverse selection of readings while Faith focuses on bikepacking tips from the 1890s.