Pedal UpdateISSN 1321-1870No. 191, July-August, 2009

Pedal Update is the newsletter of the Bicycle Institute of South Australia Inc., and is published six times per year. BISA is incorporated in South Australia and is a member body of the Bicycle Federation of Australia (BFA). Material published in Pedal Update is copyright. Articles and graphics may be copied and republished by non-profit organisations, provided that the author and Pedal Update are given credit. Opinions published in Pedal Update are not necessarily those of BISA. The Editor endeavours to ensure that information published is accurate, but recommends that readers contact the authors for confirmation if necessary. Editor: Sam Powrie editor@bisa.asn.au

Copy deadlines for 2009 are: 22nd August, 17th Oct & 19th Dec. BISA on the Web: www.bisa.asn.au

All submissions welcomed!!!BISA’s Mission: To promote cycling for transport, fitness & recreation in S.A and to represent all cyclists at the

local, state, and national levels by working collaboratively with other interest groups and governments.

Road Hazards? Call DTEI: 1800 018 313Printed by ‘Copies and More’, Glenelg - phone 8295 7522

Next Committee MeetingWednesday, July 8th 2009 at the Conservation Council, Level 1, 157 Franklin Street, Adelaide starting at 7.00pm.

Entrance door may be locked, please ring adjacent door bell to gain entry.The BISA Committee meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month (except for January). All welcome!

Ride of Silence 2009in full colour too...

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Chairperson’s Report, May - June, 2009.

Committee Member Role & Portfolio Contact

Jeremy Miller Chairperson, BUG Coordination.chair@bisa.asn.au

0438 837 372

Sam Powrie Vice-Chairperson, Editor Pedal Update.84400092 (h)

editor@bisa.asn.au

Stephen Janes Treasurer8204 9341(w)

treasurer@bisa.asn.au

Patrick Sunter Member, Website Support.

Richard Bentley Membership secretary, Website Liaison, E-News.8352-8762(h)

membership@bisa.asn.au

Sue Carson Member, Adelaide Touring Cyclists Rep.

Website.Darren Jones Web Manager webmaster@bisa.asn.au

As I write this report, it is the middle of winter, quite literally- the winter solstice is but a few days away, but today I am again happy that I live in Adelaide, a city blessed with the best cycling climate in Australia.

As most of us know, a few modifications to the bike, and it can be quite successfully ‘winterised’ – but sometimes it is modifications that we need to make to ourselves that are a little harder! Not having the option to drive a car (I don’t own one) means that I have to be a little calculating in how to deal with distance, wind, weather and energy levels. Most of the time it is ok, though a few weeks back I was caught in one of the most incredible downpours that even the little window on my gear shifter had a puddle inside it.

Events like that is good excuse to go out and buy some more winter gear! The simplest little things like good gloves, a breathable jacket and waterproof overshoes make a huge difference to comfort both during, and following a ride - espe-cially if one does not have a place to change into another set of clothes! Currently winging its way across the world (the beauty of internet mail order!), is a set of rain trousers that I am hoping will not make me look too bizarre! They are called Rain Mates: http://www.rainmates.nl/Rainmates_omschrijving.php and are more like rain chaps then trousers – after all, when cycling it is always the tops of my legs that get really wet and cold- so this kind of makes sense (though I think that the fashion police might arrest me).

I would like to say a big thank you to all those who turned out to the Ride of Silence this year. It was an interesting day with about 200 cyclists on the ride from Victoria Square in the centre of Adelaide to the Semaphore foreshore. I have received three main comments on the ride this year, 1- that it was too slow, 2 – that it was too fast, and 3 – that it was not well enough publicized (with an accompanying list of suggestions to get the word out more). To comments 1& 2 I have the same response, which is this –

“I am sorry that you found the event too fast / slow, we will take your comments on board for next year, and certainly will make sure that we have better marshalling of the event to keep the speed at a certain level. We can not please everyone- and if the ride needs to be faster / slower then we will investigate what needs to be done to accommodate this”

For comment three I would like to make this response – “please, please, please – if you have a good idea and want to act on it then ask not what BISA can do for you, but what you can do for BISA” – we are more then happy to support, auspice and encourage ideas not only related to the publicising and promotion of specific events like the Ride of Silence, but to any cycling projects in South Australia. If you have skills and energy that you feel could be brought to BISA then feel free to get involved!Happy cycling and enjoy this issue of Pedal Update!Jeremy Miller, Chairperson. chair@bisa.asn.au

BISA Committee, 2008

Contributors: Jeremy Miller, Richard Bentley, Ian Radbone, Heather, Michael Dwyer

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BISA is working on upgrading the BISA Website, and better integrating it with the membership database. The goal for the new website itself is to better represent BISA’s role and current projects to the public, and allow members to stay up to date and get involved more easily with what’s happening in the organisation. We are also installing a system called CiviCRM that will streamline administrative tasks such as maintaining membership mailout details. The software these upgrades are based upon are free, open source and widely used by other non-profit organisations. We hope to finish working through these changes in the coming months and take the new site live - keep an eye on future Pedal Update and E-News editions for further news. Richard Bentley, Website Committee Coordinator. membership@bisa.asn.au

BISA Website Update.

The Adelaide City Council’s Bicycle Action Plan is being implemented. Bike parking is an important part of the plan. Ninety new bike rails have been installed on footpaths this financial year, and the council has also provided more bike parking by taking out a car parking space on Pirie Street and Rundle Street. Parking at each location holds ten bikes.

Each of the council-owned U Parks now has undercover bike parking located near the entrance of the car park. So there’s no need to leave your bike out in the rain if you work near a U Park. The U Parks also have secure bike parking - $11 a month (plus $50 deposit for the key) will get you a bike lockup box in the Rundle Street, Central Market, Gawler Place, Grenfell Street and Wyatt Street U Parks. $260 a year (plus $50 swipe card deposit) will gain access to a bike cage at the Wyatt Street and Topham Mall U Parks. The Topham Mall site provides 24 hours access. Wyatt Street access is only during opening times.If you can think of good ways that the Council can improve bike parking in the city, including locations that really need bike parking, please contact Ian Radbone, the ACC’s transport planner, 8203 7797, i.radbone@adelaidecitycouncil.com.au. Ian writes “I’m happy for residents to contact me, in fact we will be looking for problem areas during the course of next financial year.

Reference: ACC Bicycle Action Plan: http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/adccwr/publications/policies_strate-gies/bicycle_action_plan_2008-2011.pdf.

BISA’s Chairperson Jeremy Miller has been liaising with DTEI with regard to the fate of the on-road bike lanes on Port Road in the section running along the front of the brewery and Bonython Park. There has been some uncertainty about this as the DTEI plans and illustrations available on-line appear somewhat inconsistent (see ‘gallery’ at: http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/coast_to_coast_lightrail).

BISA now understands that a shared-use pathway will be constructed off-road along the border of Bonython Park, replac-ing the current in-bound bike lane on Port Road! The position BISA has put to DTEI staff is that, while many cyclists will welcome the provision of an off-road facility (and BISA is pleased to see funding allocation and construction of such facilities), it should be noted that this style of facility is generally best suited to recreational riders, and caters poorly for commuters who need to travel at speed. Even though it may be designated cycle only, experience has proved elsewhere that these paths become de facto shared use paths, with pedestrians, and particularly dogs presenting a hazard for cyclists.

BISA would also point out the construction of an off-road bike path by no means guarantees that it will be so used. There is every likelihood that - given the several sharp bends apparent in the off-road path planned (see web reference and plan dia-gram) – commuting cyclists will simply continue to use the main traffic lane into the city along this section of Port Road, canceling out proposed advantages for both cyclists and motor traffic.

The Bicycle Institute would support construction of both an off road recreational link that that is part of the Adelaide Coun-Cont. page 8

New ACC ‘on-street’ bike parking

Major New Bike Parking Provisions in the City.

BISA Raises Concerns re. In-bound Bike Lanes on Port Rd.

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On the Edge: Perth to Adelaide by the Coast Road (Part 8)Michael Dwyer continues his account of an epic ride across the Nullarbor.

After cycling 2,670 km from Perth, Christmas Eve had arrived. The Nundroo Roadhouse and resident joey where I camped the night wished me well and pointed out the horrible corrugated dirt road leading to the coast. This was the road to Fowler’s Bay and a place for me to spend Christmas. I felt I should use my fishing gear since I had bought it and carried it all the way from Albany. I had this romantic notion to sustain myself by catching something to eat. The wind was di-rectly in my face on angling towards the coast and the powdery, rocky road surface made the going heavy work. Plus some superb examples of road corrugations made it a good road for powerful four wheel drives but bad for heavily laden bicy-cles. There is a place called Coorabie half way to Fowlers Bay and I found it amusing that a place with a disused school and a few buildings warrants a name on an Australia wide map. Certainly no café there. It was a hard slog into Fowlers because of my general condition. The photo below is probably a bit of an injustice to the entrance of the village.

Fowlers Bay has a small shop which caters for tourists and fishermen and will make a coffee. It has a camping ground with washing facilities so I immediately set about wash-ing clothes and making myself comfortable rather than relaxing. It was half way through a cloths wash that I met Trevor. Trevor was on holiday from the Barossa where he drove trucks loaded with grapes. He had a proper beat up four wheel drive at Fowlers Bay, not one of those pretty SUVs. His vehicle was twenty years old and he knew how to take it anywhere no matter what the terrain was like.

He also knew how to catch fish and so said to me after discovering my humble fishing wants, “You want to fish, I want to fish. You have a bike but I have a four wheel drive. I think you better come with me. So, lets go.” I dropped the washing and went for the better activity. Trevor was chasing whiting that day. There were schools of fish in the shallows of the bay and they were easy and tantalizing to see. But seeing was not catching. I walked up the sand hills to take the photo of that fishing location. My feet sank up to the ankles and put new strains on my cycling legs.

Then it happened. My knee started to throb with a pain unlike those cyclists normally feel. The joke is that cyclists actually like pain, they ride far and fast and are happy to make the lungs gasp and the legs tremble with fatigue. The pos-terior can become red raw but still they don’t stop. But this was not simply a pain, it ap-peared to be an injury. At first I blamed the sand hills but that was unfair. Then I blamed sitting in a car but that was unfair too and probably clouded by ideology. I hoped it would go away but the pain stayed on especially in the morn-ing. I grudgingly decided that it was as a result of over use of the bike legs. OK for a young bloke to go so hard and far but maybe not so for someone nudging sixty though there are certain-ly older long distance riders than myself about. Whatever the cause be it age, riding style or old injuries coming back to plague me there was the problem of getting home. How was I to continue without good legs. I put that question off.

Trevor and I had no luck with the whiting on the bay so we popped back to the town jetty. There, Trevor caught fish and I was happy to catch a small tiddler which I threw back. That night I had fish for tea, not mine and also not from a tin. In my fish meal ideas, I didn’t think of this possibility. Along came Ernie into the camp ground. Ernie has a dune buggy and for the last nine years has been coming to Fowlers Bay from outer Melbourne to ride the dunes every year. Ernie helped me

Entering Fowlers Bay across the mud or salt flat. The sand hills stretch off to the right

Sand hills on Fowlers Bay. There were schools of whiting in the shallows which would not bite.

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cook my rice and lentils to go with the fish but declined my bottle of red I bought from Nundroo. Trevor on the other hand gladly accepted a glass though he really was a beer lover. We started to get on famously. Christmas day dawned and the

wind blew but this is no deterrent to a four wheel driver so Trevor and I drove off. Scott’s beach across the dunes was the target with its salmon. I have never been driving across dunes like that and Trevor knew exactly what he was doing. It was up and over at crazy angles and I feared overturning and getting bogged very often but it never happened. At one point on the beach he let the pressure out of the tyres to a floppy 15 lbs so as to avoid getting bogged. It was most exciting. Trevor caught a very acceptable salmon that day, one of the few fishermen on the beach to do so. I caught nothing but learnt a lot about the game.

Then along came Fred. Fred was from Alaska where ice and cold is normal. He came to Australia often to relax and have a holiday. And drink! He may well have been in the grip of the grape or was just in the holiday mood. I joke that those who drink less than me are wowsers and those who drink more than me are alcoholics. There is more to tell of my time in Fowl-

ers Bay but space does not permit. ‘Til the next edition of Pedal Update... Michael Dwyer. m.dwyer1@bigpond.net.auEd: Pedal Update thanks Michael for the effort that has got us this far to Part 8. We’ll make sure that his account is published at the new BISA web site’s Touring Pages. Got a great ‘touring story’ you’d like to tell? Get in touch!

My other new friend Ernie (right) has a bigger dune buggy than this $600 ‘toy’ on the left. The child on Christmas day was very nervous but Dad was nearby with a remote engine cut out in his hand. Which child is enjoying it more?

Left: We saw the black school of salmon in the waves then the porpoises came in to see what they could catch. We were very lucky to take one, pictured. Right: Here comes Fred carrying three cold beers for us to help with the fishing on the jetty. They were highly ap-preciated as there was no pub at Fowlers Bay. He kept the supply up all afternoon...

On the Edge (Part 8) continued.

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Ride of Silence 2009This year BISA’s Ride of Silence was capably organised by Committee Member Sue Carson with input from the rest of the Committee and several key BISA Members including Field Marshall Michael Dwyer. A new route was chosen for 2009, starting at Victoria Square and ending on the Foreshore at Semaphore. This year we were blessed with a nice sunny day and some 300 plus riders turned out for a great ride. Indeed the sun brought out some colourful and interesting outfits as well as some great bikes.

As Jeremy has indicated in his From the Chair, the ride poses problems for a number of participants riding with children and for others who want to go either slower or faster. The Committee will think long and hard about this as we really want this ride to grow into something all can participate in. Indeed, it has been suggested that we call it The Chattering Ride rather than the Ride of Silence and let it morph into something altogether more celebratory - so many seem to enjoy the social atmosphere on the day! If you have any suggestions at all they are most welcome. We’ll start planning next year’s ride straightaway so Please check BISA’s web site regularly for details.

Big thanks again to SAPOL for their help and invaluable assistance in making the ride a success on the day. Semaphore seems like a great destination for 2010, but if you have other suggestions we’d like to hear them. Contact Jeremy at chair@bisa.asn.au.

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Ride of Silence 2009

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South Road/Tram Park Bike Overpass Update.

Several BISA members including Stephen Janes, Michael Dwyer, Helen de Martino and myself, as well as Adelaide Tour-ing Cyclists Sue Carson joined a steady throng of interested citizens at 3 hour open session at the Black Forest Primary School on Saturday 27th June. There was an excellent visual representation of the bridge complete with moving cars and pedestrians. An unfortunate glitch had the cyclists flying or floating so they were retired from the picture for the day.

Project staff including director Paul Gelston were in atttendance answering questions and endeavouring to take on board a range of questions and suggestions from the visitors. BISA was particularly interested in the cycling bridge access for cyclists from the South close to the bridge. A suggestion was made for an underbridge cycle path connecting North and South-side terraces and also enabling ready access to Tramway Park. Another aspect discussed was bicycle parking. The prospect of providing secure parking similar to the new ‘enclosure’ infrastructure in WA and Victoria was discussed. There has been a decision made to take permanent car parking out of the plan and so the provision of more substantive bicycle parking appears opportune. One area of concern was noted in that on-road bicycle infrastructure has not been provided. While there will be wide kerb-side lanes on South Road they will be seen as run off lanes for broken down vehicles rather than bicycle lanes. The belief that redevelopment of South Road would include provision and recognition of cyclists rights to occupy this road may have been mistaken. Many members of the cycling community and of BISA will be disapointed by this lack of recogni-tion. The BISA delegation took the opor-tunity to ride down to Morphetville and were pleased to see the Tram Way Park section adjacent the race course is rapidly taking shape. The Glenelg to City bike path will soon be a real-ity. The Beckham Terrace/Winston Avenue crossing remains as a minor barrier requiring council and/or DTEI attention.

Richard Bentley. membership@bisa.asn.au

Reference: http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/south_road_upgrade/content/glenelg_tram_overpass/news

cil trail network, and a on-road fast commuter lane, already used by many cyclists to access the city on a daily basis. We have received responses from Angelo Lanzilli, DTEI on May 11th as follows:

“The off-road cycleway arrangement had been proposed by Adelaide City Council and is a dedicated cycle lane that can be used by all cyclists. We recognise the importance of commuter cycling, so a separate pedestrian footpath will also be provided to ensure that cyclists and pedestrians can travel to and from their destinations safely. On further developing the scheme with Council’s input, it was seen that having another marked cycle lane on road was a duplication, particularly as the dedicated off-road cycle lane runs parallel and close to Port Road. We appreciate your comments and will take them into consideration and discuss it further with Council as we further develop the design.”

BISA sees this as an important issue. The off-road path outlined in DTEI plans does not appear satisfactory from a com-muter cyclists p.o.v and appears unlikely to provide the identified outcomes. We will be liaising with both the ACC and DTEI to express our concerns on this matter. Members and friends are encouraged to contribute by contacting BISA’s Chairperson, Jeremy Miller (chair@bisa.asn.au), DTEI Project Director, Angelo Lanzilli (Angelo.Lanzilli@saugov.sa.gov.au) or the Adelaide City Council’s Transport Planner, Ian Radbone, (8203 7797, i.radbone@adelaidecitycouncil.com.au). Reference: http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/coast_to_coast_lightrail

The proposed shared path flyover is closest to the viewer.

In-bound Bike Lanes, Port Road (cont).

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Cycling News Roundup.1. Stolen Bike Alert #1: Dan Cheesman had his fixed-wheel bike stolen from outside the gates of WOMAD – it is quite unique and it would be great to see it returned to its rightful owner.Frame is approx 1972 Carlton Cobra - chromoly frame, approx. 56cm (with a “bad brains” sticker on the seat tube - a lightning bolt hitting the white house!) Parts include silver Surly flip-flop hubs, silver Alex 700c rims, Maxxis Courchevel tires, Brooks leather saddle - brown, original cranks (cotter pin type), Shimano platform clip-less pedals. Contact Jeremy Miller if spotted, chair@bisa.asn.au

2. Stolen Bike Alert #2: Gil has sent out a plea of help for recovery of 3 bikes/frames stolen from his house at Glenelg. Details: Vitus Road Bike (Blue & Black), Craftworks Rail (Silver Grey/ Black decals) & a Genesis Pursuit/Track bike (Blue & Black).Contact Gil at 0401 509 609 or gilli.atkinson@gmail.com

3. Australian Cyclist Back Issues: David Hemmings has a set of Australian Cyclist and Pedal Update backissues that he’d like to give away - Australian Cyclist (1993 to present) & Pedal Update (October 1993 to present). Almost every issue! Contact: Dave Hemmings, 0410 130 285.Ed: Sounds like a great offer from Dave!

4. New BISA Bike Stickers for Members & Friends: BISA is reprinting our bike frame stickers. We’re looking at reproducing our well known ‘classic’ set in reflective mate-rials, maybe with some different colours and on a stronger and more water resistant base. We’re also considering some new titles & some smaller versions such as those available from CAN in New Zealand. [Ed; see page 12]But we also want to hear your own ideas for more effective messages. Please put your creative minds to work and send in the results to the Editor or Jeremy at chair@bisa.asn.au. The longer ones may end up on a some special BISA T-shirts... See back page for an example of what’s coming.Sam Powrie, Editor. editor@bisa.asn.au

5. BISA Secretary Position Vacant: Looking for new opportunities, a high-paid Executive package, a new bike every year and all the chocolate cake you can eat? Well we can discuss the conditions later... But in the meantime BISA needs someone to take care of meeting minutes, record in and out mail and be a general contact for the organisation. It’s a key role in the organisation and great experience for someone interested in bicycle advocacy. Not too onerous at all. Please contact Jeremy Miller for details (and the full package!) Jeremy at chair@bisa.asn.au

6. Bikes for Deadly Treadlies! Alice Springs Youth Ac-commodation & Support Service (ASYASS) provides sup-port for teenagers around Alice & also run “Deadly Tread-lies”, which uses bikes and bike building, to engage young

people, teach skills & involve them in bike events. Deadlies have a small workshop so young people can build their own custom vehicles, which they are proud to own. Some BISA members may have seen their short film at the film festival or their website at www.asyass.org.au.

In April ASYASS contacted BFR - they had just about run out of bikes in Alice. We organised a Bike Drive For Dead-lies, aiming to get enough to fill a container. Deadlies said they could arrange transport. We announced the rdrive to members heard in April & placed notices with BikeSA, Ad-elaide Mountain Bike Club, and Flinders Medical Centre. To date (6 July June) we have 130+ mountain bikes, kids bikes and BMXs on hand, so are just about there. Again, my back lawn is covered in bikes.

Deadlies have now run into some trouble securing funding and have postponed the shipment until August or maybe September. We’ll be calling for assistance with packing the container closer to those dates.

Around 60 people and organisations offered bikes - my thanks to each one of them, no space here to mention you all. Special thanks to Plympton Cycles for a large donation of frames etc; Harry Joyce (Goolwa BUG), BicycleSA, AMB Club, Flinders Medical Centre, and 3D Community Radio, Sue for collecting bikes in the southern area; Dean for two good mountain bikes plus a Merida road bike; to Kerstin O for a great Giant mtb and a large sack of accessories; Rickos for continued help in Campbelltown & FamiliesSA for donating some of their older bikes. Also to Clarks Cycles, Kensington, for their long term support, of BISA’s recycling projects.

Mike Brisco, Coordinator.bris0014@flinders.edu.au

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Join Your Local Bicycle User Group (BUG) or Start a New One.Updated BUG Contact List (April 2009).

Organisation Contact person Contact Phone/emailAdelaide Hills Council Kath Cooper 8339 3049 (h)

City of Adelaide TBC

City of Holdfast Bay Danielle Tannenbaum 8229 9867

City of Marion Rose Gasiorowski 8375 6850 (w) 0411 130 532

City of Mitcham TBC

City of Onkaparinga Vinh Ngo 8348 4549 (w)

City of Port Adelaide Enfield Brian Acland 8242 0866 (h)

City of Unley Ashley Campbell 8297 6249 (h) 8303 7260(w)

Dep’t Water Land & Biodiversity Mel White 8463 7976 (w)

EPA (Env. Protection Authority) Glenn Sorensen 8204 1024 (w) 0403 403 004

Flinders Medical Centre Mike Brisco 8365 7489 (h) 8204 4105 (w)

Kangaroo Island Manfred Meidert 8553 0383

Goolwa and District Harry Joyce 08 8555 1526

Mawson Lakes Rebecca Dunow 8260 3333

Mount Gambier Sharon Holmes 8723 0805

North Terrace Precinct David Ladd 8303 4558 (w) 0408 089 340

NRG-Flinders/TerraGas TBC

DisabilitySA Sam Powrie 8348 6000 (w)

Parliament House BUG Mark Parnell MLC (Greens) 8237 9111

Salisbury Andrew Hall 8259 5107 (w) 8250 4255 (h)

TAFE SA Adelaide Campus Yvonne Ladd 8207 8623 (w)

TAFE SA Regency Campus Michael Southern 8348 4549 (w)

TransportSA Peter Larsson 8364 5212 (h) 8226 8214 (w)

University of Adelaide, Waite Campus Ryan Farquharson 8303 8461

West Torrens BUG Terry Grealy grealy[at]internode.on.net

Women's & Children's Hospital Kevin Duffy 8161 6455 (w)

Member Heather has been following up the ongoing saga of misplaced emergency services reflectors on Adelaide’s roads. She writes “Dear Cyclists, I know of 8 misplaced SA Water cat-eyes, hazardous to cyclists, that were recently removed. I am aware from BISA’s Pedal Update that there are other cat-eyes in bike lanes and routes, but not the locations. Please let me know if you see any, as I believe I now have contacts to remedy this. The guidelines require that these be placed in the centre of the road, perhaps because emergency workers can find them quickly, they’re not hidden by parked vehicles & they’re not too dangerous for cyclists there - some cyclists have come off and has suffered extensive injuries.

This exercise has taken 18 months during which BISA contacted the Minister for Road Safety, I phoned SA Water (and sent a follow-up email as requested, but was ignored), ACC contacted SA Water and I wrote to the Minister for Transport, with copies to SA Water, United Water, ACC and BISA. On Wednesday 10 June I noticed that SA Water’s four cat-eyes placed in bike lanes and routes in North Adelaide and Adelaide had finally been removed. On Saturday 20 June I noted that another four SA Water cat-eyes in the Western bicycle lane on Port Road in Hindmarsh had been removed. While I was out to check Port Road, I removed from bicycle routes (Exeter Road, Chief Street and Port Road) 17 bits of shrapnel - wheel weights, screws, bolts, washers, etc. There are some un-roadworthy cars out there! I am recycling the shrapnel to my neighbour – better than being washed into the drains and out to sea, or being swept up and transferred to the dump.Cheers! Heather.” Ed; If cyclists notice further incorrectly or dangerously placed blue reflective emergency markers please contact BISA with their locations - we’ll follow-up with Heather & SA Water.

Emergency Marker Cycling Hazards.

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Copenhagen Bike Lanes Come to AdelaideIn the Advertiser, June 5th it was reported that work has commenced on a Copenhagen-style separated bicycle lane running between the footpath and on-street car parks in Sturt St, City:‘The lane will be the first in South Australia to be constructed in the style common in Copenhagen, Den-mark, where there is a strong cycling culture. It will run along the northern side of Sturt St, between West Tce and Whitmore Square, and is scheduled to be completed by the end of the month. Sturt St's footpaths will be widened, car parking will be retained and traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction under the $300,000 project. Lord Mayor Michael Harbison said the bike lane was a safer option for cyclists and he expected similar lanes to be built across the metropolitan area once people got used to the idea. "It's important to us to break the ice so that we can let everyone know what this type of bike lane is like," he said. "Sturt St was a good option because it's so wide and doesn't have much traffic. We will be looking for opportunities to do this style wherever we can because the distinctive thing about it is that it separates cyclists not only from traffic but also pedestrians, so it's safer for everyone… Providing greater opportunities for cycling through the creation of more bike lanes means more people will choose to ride their bike to work or study in the city, which in turn means reduced carbon emissions and a greener city."Bicycle SA chief executive Christian Haag said the Copenhagen-style lane was an important part of the council's bike ac-tion plan. "They are very effective in separating cyclists from motorists," he said. "People tend to feel safer and the lane sends a very clear visual message that Adelaide is becoming a cycling-friendly city."BISA commends the ACC for this innovative step and looks forward to further development of such dedicated bicycle infrastructure within the ACC’s area. Ref: http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/scripts/nc.dll?ADCC:MEDIA:1084106729:pc=COUNCIL,svMLI_ID=151550,svBC=MR

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New BISA Frame Stickers - Coming Soon!Some recent suggestions for new sticker & T-shirt mes-sages:My bicycle takes me places a car never couldEvery bicycle is a love affairCars are killing the planetCargo bikes - Smart transport”I ‘love’ my cargo bike” (the ‘love’ being a love-heart logo)Cycle InsteadLife is better on a BikeCar free by choiceNo fuel tank, no emissions, no oil wars, no regretsFurther sticker suggestions? Contact Jeremy Miller at chair@bisa.asn.au

CONTENTS.From the Chair. 2Website, bike parking, Port Rd. 3On the Edge (Part 8) 4On the Edge (Part 8) 5Ride of Silence 2009 6Ride of Silence 2009 7Port Rd, Tramway Overpass 8Roundup 9Emergency Marker Hazards 10Copenhagen Bike Lanes 11New BISA Sticker 12

Below: Moving house with the Adelaide Long Bike.