YarraBUG

On todays program Chris has interviews with George Mihailides, Charlie Farren and locals that Steve recorded at last weeks No Boulie Tacks Protest Ride on Yarra Boulevard,  Adam Bandt speaking at The Fox Hotel to celebrate the demise of the East West Link, plus news of the all new blinky-dink bike glove from The Bicycle Channel and a word from Murphy Slaw on important news about Bicycle Infrastructure - Australian style. I hope to have an in depth interview with Mr Slaw in the next few weeks, and his creator. Local news includes works on the Merri Creek shared path at Northcote, Commuter Cycles Garage Sale, Cycling and Traffic Safety Public Forum organised by Moreland City Council and VicRoads and Cycling and Wrenchworthy Bicycle Shed launch and fundraising tea party.

Its a stunning autumn morning in Melbourne as Val and Faith welcome studio guest Elliot Fishman to the show. We all share our bicycle moments, a combination of unseasonal magpie swoops. riding down mountains and dooring before taking a look at some local news. The #boulietacks protest ride on Sunday was well attended, and our colleague Steve interviewed several attendees as well as capturing some of the speeches, you can check that online here. The Particpate Melbourne Draft Bicycle Strategy survey is open until May 8th and is your opportunity to tell the City of Mebourne what you would like to see changed or improved about bike riding in and around the city.Dr Fishman of the Institute for Sensible Transport has been living in Utrecht while completing post-doctoral research and joins us today to share his observations on the planning that goes into creating cycling as a significant mode of transport in the Netherlands. We discuss some of the most significant differences between approaches in NL and Australia including, road heirachies, planning and mandatory helmet laws.As usual we run out of time and quickly run through some upcoming events including the Full Moon Ride and next week's Art + Climate = Change Bike Tour.

We first interviewed Loretta in May 2013 when Good Cycles was just getting started, so this week Chris catchs up for a recap about their inspirational achievements and developing social enterprise programs during the last two years. Local bike news includes City of Melbourne: Temporary closure of Main Yarra Trail at Alexandra Avenue near Morell Bridge, City of Yarra: Merri Creek Path Closure: Clifton Hill Rail Bridge & Creek Parade, Rushall Reserve shared path consultation, The Squeaky Wheel: Art + CLIMATE = Change 2015 Bicycle Tours, Commuter Cycles Dynamo Lights Demo and Stop the tacks on Kew Boulevard protest ride.

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Chris talks to Lachie Thomson about the 23rd Cycle Messenger World Championships starting in Melbourne this week. We discuss the changing nature of bike courier work due to the impact of the internet, a run down of CMWC events including a road ride to Mount Donna Buang, CMWC open forum at The Baron Said, time trial on the Yarra Boulevard, opening group dinner, Cyclotrack at the Harrison Street Velodrome, Fyxo Swap Meet, Bespoke Chainrings Goldsprints Party and all the main events happening at Docklands over the Easter weekend.

It was a warm, but damp, autumn morning as Val and Faith welcome Kip Jordan of the Melbourne Whip to the studio for this edition of the Yarra BUG Radio Show. We share our bike moments before running through a couple of news items including the Milan-San Remo race held the night before and the Brunswick Junior Clinic Championships.Kip tells us all about the Melbourne Whip, a local publication showcasing Melburnians and their bikes, that he started up out of a curiosity about the stories behind people's bikes and wanting to share them. With no background in publishing, photography or editorial, this creative project has taken ona life of its own and led to many new friends! We finish with some upcoming events including the CMWC 2015, the Womens Ride and a handful of those listed at BikeFun.

Val and Faith make it to the studio in hot blustery conditions where they are joined by studio guests, Caz Whitehead and Anna Thompson. After sharing our bike moments we move on to the week's news. The Australian women are tearing things up at the Track World Championships in Paris with an impressive list of achievements including Anna Meares' 11th World title. Still on the subject of racing, Melbourne cyclists are racing each other on shared bike/pedestrian paths prompting calls for Strava to not support segments on those paths and us to raise the question; is it time to move on from shared paths? Recently twenty-five women took part in a mass Everesting on Mount Donna Buang, attempting to ride 8848 metres (the elevation of Mount Everest) with repeated laps of the mountain. Caz and Anna, both participants, share with us why they took part and what it is like to push the limits of your endurance. And why? We finish up with a quick wrap up of upcoming events on the bike around Melbourne.