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.

On this weeks program: Chris talks to Cory Boardman from the new Brompton Junction Melbourne in Carlton North and all things Brompton, including the Brompton Hotlap at Shimano Super Crit and the flexible multi-modal uses of folding bikes. Cory also talks about an recent Coroners report about illegal hi-powered and over-powered e-bikes.Local news includes a recap about City of Greater Dandenong decision to demolish Maurice Kirby Velodrome in Noble Park and a call out to Melbourne's cycling community to ride the facility before any further work is done, including joining the new formed Noble Park Dandenong Cycling Club.Steve talks to Kaydee Raths and Pepper Cook at the Hunt 1000 afterparty at Commuter Cycles back in November about blizzards, sandles, snow and their bikepacking adventures through Australias alpine country.

The show is off to a much more prosaic start this morning than usual as a last minute hitch means that we are forced to carry on without Val and his dulcet tones are sorely missed! Faith is joined in the studio by guest Charlie Farren and we each share a bicycle moment. We also take a quick look at this year's Hunt 1000 which has been an adventure packed ride, even before the Grand Depart, with snowfalls and blizzards. You can follow the riders progress here. Talk turns to the Farren Collection and Charlie explains the history and development of this world-renowned bicycle collection, the late Paul Farren's passion and commitment in developing the collection, and the era of the bicycle that is the focus of the collection. While the collection, housed in Melbourne in a private museum, encompasses over 200 bicycles a new home has been found for forty of those bicycles at the Shepparton Motor Museum (Soon to be MOVE), making these amazing machines and the history embodied within them accessible to many more people. Make sure you get to Shepparton to check it out and if you would like to arrange a group tour of the private collection in Melbourne then leave a message for the Yarra BUG Radio peeps with 3CR and we'll pass on your details. Discussion turns to the Victorian Penny Farthing Championships this weekend in Geelong with a full day of activities for the whole family at Geelong West Oval and velodrome. You'll find all the details here. Also coming up this weekend for those living and riding in Maribyrnong is a drop in session towards building the new City of Maribyrnong Bicycling Stategy. Later in the week on Thursday is the last of the fabulous MoreArt Projector Bike rides, its free but reserve your space now!

Val and Faith are joined in the studio this week by Melissa and Chris Buntlett of Canadian agency Modacity. We share our bike moments before taking a brief look at some local news including; last chance to have your say on the shape of the Shrine to Sea boulevard for pedestrians and cyclists and Skyrail for Upfield and the chance to make sure this ensures a badly needed upgrade for the Upfield bike path. Melissa and Chris describe how they first came to give up the use of their car ten years ago in Vancouver and the journey they've been on since then, with their two children, sharing stories about urban mobility and the ways in which multi-modal transport which embraces the bicycle can create more open and welcoming environments for everyone. Their book Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality is being launched in Melbourne Tuesday November 20th at Bicycle Network