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This week Chris chats about bicycle stuff out in South East Melbourne with David Blom from Whitehorse Cyclists and Robert Jamieson from CycleCasey.David talks about updates to Box Hill Ringwood Rail Trail, Gardiners Creek Trail, Sydnal to Heatherdale Pipeline Trail, Bushy Creek Trail/Koonung Creek Trail, Pipeline Trail, Daniel Robertson Brickworks, (where the Obikes have been stored) and Healesville Freeway reserve Robert discusses the idea behind creating Cycle Casey to improve riding for transport, living in a rapidly expanding growth area, improving wayfinding, building connected shared paths, access  to  public  spaces, secure bike parking and future activities.Local news includes the planets finally aligning for Gipps Street ramps replacement & Parks Victoria asking for public feedback on an all access ramp, Val interviewed by Yarra Reporter about new road rules introduced on 1 July, and public assistance required after a spate of dangerous oil dumping in the last week on inner Melbourne shared paths.

The Treadly Two , Tim and Het , chat on their slow ride from India to London . The increase in fines for touching your phone while astride your velocipede , our new freedom to enjoy the air quality in Melbourne's bus lanes and OBikes , a new kind of litter on the footpaths. For more information, check out their blog at  https://treadlytwo.wordpress.com/

Val and Faith kick off the show on a glorious winter's morning with studio guest Kat Carter of Rehub Studios. We share our respective bike moments before moving on to some local news including; City of Melbourne to name and shame vehicles parked in bike lanes (and a handy link for reporting them yourself), VicRoads campaign of awareness about laws affecting cyclists use of the roads and Bicycle Network's support for 30kph speed limits.We move onto bike fit and Kate takes us through the important elements of bike fit and how they interact with your own priorities, your body and the bike. We look at the most common injuries or concerns that can arise from incorrect bike fit, how your body works while it is on the bike and the ways in which you can identify that your fit on the bike might need adjusting. Kate leaves us with a couple of handy stretches that most cyclists will benefit from and illustrated in the photos below. You can find more information about bikefit here and a handy measurement process you can follow at home here. The Medicine of Cycling Group(US) also touches on much of what Kat discussed on the show for anyone who is interested in more information.  We didn't have time to run through upcoming events but you can take a look at WOCLE who are running a series of workshops for women in Melbourne's Inner North and also a seminar being presented soon by the Institute for Sustainable Transport.

On this special one-hour Radiothon edition it's a full studio with Faith, Steve, Val, Chris and guest Randall Stephens, discussing virtually everything from local news, world affairs, volcanoes, climate change, limericks and of, course, bicycles!We chat about a edge of the couch finish to the Critérium du Dauphiné, two hundred years of the bicycle, Yarra Councils 30 km/h speed limit trial in Collingwood and Fitzroy, upcoming Melburn Roobaix, Swift Campout Melbourne and of course, lots of lovely limericks from Randall Stephens for all you wonderful people donating to our show's radiothon target.You can also make a donation or subscription by calling 3CR on 9419 8377 during business hours and pledging to YarraBUG Radio or donate online at 3cr.org.au/donate

On this weeks show, Chris tackles diverse topics such as dot watching, Mike Halls last ride from Harrogate to Wales, 2017 Trans Am Bike Race and all-important brick safety.If you think road rage is an entirely modern concept, listen to Goofy transform from Mr Walker to Mr Wheeler from 1950! This weeks two features are courtesy of the Dutch Cycling Embassy with How the Dutch got their cycle paths (2011) and Systematic Safety: The Principles Behind Vision Zero (2017). Read here for Dutch Cycling Embassy long-read and additional presentations from Peter Furth.Local news includes Darebin Council Rushall Station footbridge update, especially if you've been avoiding the area for the last three months, with both the footbridge and intersection of Walker & McLachlan Streets in Northcote finally reopening. Next week on YarraBUG Radio we have a special one show show and whether you listen in on the tranny, streaming online, or catch up later on the podcast you should know that 3CR Community Radio and we rely on the support of listeners to stay on air. Have you seen Val Nagle's beard? We need a donation for every whisker on Val's chinny chin chin! Without your donation there is no radio station, and no bicycle radio show.  You can make a donation at https://www.givenow.com.au/cause442 and please make sure you put Yarra BUG Radio Show in the comments box as a show you would like to support. Every one who makes a donation will have a ridiculous poem or limerick written about them and it will be read out LIVE on Monday June 12th 2017.

Its a fine late autumn morning as Val and Faith are joined in the studio by Rowan Faltyn and Val's particularly persistent head cold. We kick off the show sharing our bike moments and some news including the upcoming 3CR Radiothon, the end of Bicycle Network's Ride On Magazine and Tom Doumoulin's win in the 2017 Giro D'Italia. Talk turns to the community of cyclists using Warm Showers a site based on reciprocal hospitality for cycling tourists. Rowan has both hosted cyclists and been a guest in Tasmania and Europe and we discuss the ways in which this model works particularly well for cyclists travelling the world and their hosts as well as it's old school origins in the 70s. We finish up with some upcoming events including Newbie Night at Melbourne Bike Polo on Wednesday and this Sunday's Wrenchworthy Workshop in Thornbury. And of course there is a reminder or two about this year's Radiothon. If you'd like to keep independent media like 3CR and the Yarra BUG Radio Show on the air then please donate at 3cr.org.au and mention the Yarra BUG Radio Show in the comments box. We'll be thanking everyone who donates live on-air on Monday June 12th with special guest Sarah Hammond.

On this weeks show, Chris starts with broad overview of the last fornight, from Yarra Councils special meeting on 2017-18 budget, the minimum passing bill being defeated in Victorian Parliament and ongoing issues where overdue bicycle infrastructure encounters both a complete lack of awareness and real funding from governments and bureaucrats.This weeks interview: Nat Bromhead from Bicycling Australia magazine discusses his article Threats, Claims Of Violence On Australian Anti-Cyclist Hate Page, Gary Hunts editorial Editorial: When Will Cyclists' Lives Be Taken Seriously, issues surrounding alarming attitudes towards bicycle riders on social media spilling in real life and what we all can do to de-escalate simplistic hate with awareness.

Val and Faith are joined in the studio on this foggy autumn morning by Elliot Fishman, Director of the Institute for Sensible Transport. We kick off the show by sharing our respective bike moments before taling a look at some news including; the failure of #ametrematters legislation to get through the Victorian Parliament, another stupid and avoidable crash with a moto in professional racing, this time in the Giro D'Italia and a submission by the City of Sydney to have a cycling course count towards Learner Driver's 120 hours log book total.We then take a look at some recent examples of the Victorian Premier's language about cyclists and how this plays out against a background of increasing emphasis on moving people and the efforts of local councils and government organisations to facilitate that.We finish up with some events coming up this week including YogHURT at Brunswick Cycling Club every Monday evening and the Central Victorian Atheists and Freethinkers meeting in Kyneton on Wednesday.

Ride and Rally to Parliament and Melbourne Bicycle Diaries: first up, Chris chats with Greens MLC Samantha Dunn about Ride + Rally to Parliament (8.15am, Wednesday 10 May) about the rather underwhelming Victorian state budget for active transport and how you can support #ametrematters minimum passing laws. Local news includes how you can make submissions supporting increasing bicycle infrastructure funding to Your Say Yarra by Thursday 11 May. This weeks second interview is with Rosie from Melbourne Bicycle Diaries about one bike, a sense of adventure and exploring Melbourne one bike ride at a time - pedalling furiously from Northside to Southside!

This weeks program is a May Day Special with a repeat of the Asher Wolf interview about her article Meet The Food Delivery Workers In The Decentralised Dickensian Online Gig Economy and what needs to happen to protect vulnerable workers in this deregulated service industry.  Also included is Australias riding to work history with observations about shearers bikes from The Argus Weekend Magazine (Sep 1945) & remembering MacRobertsons cycling history in Fitzroy.