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Join Freestyle Cyclists Inc
If you would like to be more involved, you can become a member of Freestyle Cyclists Inc, the not-for-profit incorporated governing body of Freestyle Cyclists. Membership costs $10 per year, and gets you an invite to our general meetings. Click here to join.
Real Safety
Bikes shouldn’t have to mix with heavy, fast traffic. Separate bikes from cars on busy roads and watch cycling become more and more popular as a way of getting about. In local streets, stop rat-running traffic – local roads are for local people not for short-cuts.
Helmet Laws Kill Cycling
Around one in five Australians cite helmet laws as the main reason they don’t ride a bike. Riding a bike is good for your health and saves the community money – that’s true whether or not you wear a helmet. The loss of health benefits from discouraging cycling alone outweighs any benefit from mandating helmets, and that’s before you factor in all the other benefits of cycling.
Crowdfunding court costs
Freestyle Cyclists and Upright Bicycle Riders of Australia invite you to contribute to our crowdfunding campaign to raise money to cover fines and court costs for anyone who takes a helmet fine to court.
https://www.gofundme.com/ssgcd9ns
Background:
If you are fined for not wearing a helmet, and you take it to court, we will pay your court costs and fine (subject to availability of our funds).
There is currently $1600 in the fund, and a number of cases pending, so please donate.
You can donate to the fund at gofundme.
Help us make bicycle riding normal in Australia again. Thank you for your support.
Next Ride
Melbourne Freestyle Cyclists ride on Sunday October 13th at 11.00am, starting at Heatherdale Station, take a Lilydale or Belgrave line train from the City. Catch the 9:56 Lilydale or the 10:16 Belgrave, alight at Heatherdale.
The ride goes along the Eastlink trail and joins the Dandenong Creek trail, finishing at Dandenong. There is a good cafe at Jells Park where we can stop for lunch.
Please RSVP so we can look out for you at the start.
Further information: Kathy 0481 372 956
Tee Shirts
Order your Freestyle Tee Shirt here essential wearing (wouldn’t be seen on a bike without it).
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Discouraged Cyclists, More Cars, More Injuries
- This is a guest post by Chris Gillham, who maintains http://www.cycle-helmets.com/, a rich repository of facts and statistics on Australia’s helmet law disaster. With Australia’s National Cycling Participation surveys suggesting either a decline of more than a million from 2011 to 2019 (if the population percentages of 2011 and 2019 are applied only to the 2018 population) ...more
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This is a guest post by Chris Gillham, who maintains http://www.cycle-helmets.com/, a rich repository of facts and statistics on Australia’s helmet law disaster. With Australia’s National Cycling Participation surveys suggesting either...
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Traffic Infringement Notice issued 4 August 2017 Timeline 4 August 2017 On 4 August I was issued with a TIN for not wearing a helmet. Three members of the QPS...