YarraBUG

On this weeks program, Steve pays a visit to 3CR studio one after a long break off air and we attempt an brief overview of upcoming Spring Classics and Womens WorldTour in Europe. Chris interviews Cat & Danielle from Wrenchworthy Bicycle Shed, an autonomous space for women, non-binary and gender diverse people interested in bike maintenance, about moving to Thornbury and their future plans. Chris interviews Gordon Oakley from RACV about Melbourne Bike Share arriving in Yarra with three new stations, the problematic h_lm_t situation, opportunities for bike share integrating with public transport and rising participation numbers in Melbourne over the summer months.

Val and Faith are joined by Simon Stainsby and start the show with some local and international bike news.

On todays show: after a recap including yesterdays Melbourne World Wide Naked Bike Ride ride around the bayside suburbs, continuing saga of NSW bicycle laws and tech glitches in the studio, Chris manages to speak to Cr Philip Mallis from Boroondara Council about the long awaited final step to complete Darebin Yarra Trail link, a missing link that's taken several decades to build and much campaiging from the local community. Our second guest is John Englart talking about his experience as an observer at COP21 in Paris, protests against Notre-Dame-Des-Landes (NDDL) and cycling through UK and France.

Val and Faith get the lowdown on a new way to improve your ride through the streets of Melbourne from Anthony Aisenberg, BikeSpot.

At this years Sustainable Living Festival, The Squeaky Wheel, CrowdSpot and Treadlie presented the forum: Riding in Melbourne: Perceived fear or real risk? This forum was also a launch for the new BikeSpot project, a collaboration, enabled by a TAC Community Road Safety Grant, between The Squeaky Wheel and CrowdSpot, to understand the bicycle riding community's perceived level of safety compared to historical crashes at locations across Melbourne.Panel included: Anthony Aisenberg, Director at Crowdspot, Pip Caroll, Founder and Director at The Squeaky Wheel, Jane Waldock, Manager Sustainability and Strategic Transport, City of Yarra, Alexander Sheko, Consultant, GTA Consultants and questions from the audience. Check yarrabug.org/radio for the entire forum audio as seperate podcast.

Val and Faith kick off this week's show with studio guests Emma Grella of Fondo Cycling and Mark Drehlich from Cycling Victoria. We start by sharing our bicycle moments before moving onto local cycling news, including the track National Championships in Adelaide and the 2016 Jayco Herald Sun Tour, as well as an update on proposed cycling laws in NSW.Mark and Emma tell us all about The Women's Ride, now in its second year and plans to make this bigger and better and we discuss the growth in riding by Melbourne women in general.We finish up with just a few of the events coming up in a busy month inclusing a Suits Ride, the Treadlie Bike Hub, a forum on perceived safety riding in Australia, EcoCity Rides and a host of others.

On this weeks program Chris catches up with David Borella from BIKESydney. We discuss ongoing impacts of the NSW government removing College St Cycleway, proposed massively increased fines for 'cycling offences', with riders being required to carry identification while riding, as a trade off for minimum passing distances similar to SA, QLD and Tasmania.Despite deteriorating riding conditions for Sydney cyclists, alongside an antagonistic political environment, we talk about unintended consequences of this government overreach and what you can do to fight back again these draconian laws and fines.

Val and Faith kick off this pre-Invasion Day show with an excerpt from Paul Keating's Redfern speech and David Bowie's Let's Dance. We share our first bike moments for the year before taking a look at news in the bike riding world including; Simon Gerrans fourth win of the Santos Tour Down Under, Tyler Farrar finishing a stage on a spectator's bike, Bridie O'Donnell's brilliant world hour record, and disturbing incidents involving riders in both Melbourne and Sydney.We move on to talk about Spinlister, the peer-to-peer bike sharing site Faith recently tried, and proposed changes to legislation in NSW and how they effect cyclists.the program finished with a list of events including those listed at BikeFun, The Squeaky Wheel and melbourne Bike Rave.

Here's another one of our Veloaporter summer specials: this episode is all about how men can easily cycle to work, study or leisure and still remain stylish. Sarah and Troy share their cycling fashion tips, clothing choices and how to easily ride about town.More resources: Antonio Centeno - Dress Like a Man  James Gallichio: The Fundamentals of Style

Another Veloaporter summer special: this episode is all about riding e-bikes with Sarah Imm and Paul van Bellen from Gazelle Bicycles Australia.Plus some very chill Charlie Parker tunes.Photo credit: Cycling Dutch Style