bikes

Getting women on to bikes

3CR-Mark-DrehlichVal and I took a break from the Yarra BUG Radio Show over the summer and this was our first day back in the studio, you might hear a couple of glitches! We eased into the show with some news, the Herald Sun Tour and of course the mass Everlasting on the previous weekend. Our studio guests for this show were Mark Drehlich of Cycling Victoria and Jacinta Costello of Ladies Back on Your Bike. They came in to talk about the The Women’s Ride, an initiative of Cycling Victoria together with The Squeaky Wheel, Vic Health and the Amy Gillett Foundation. While organised by Cycling Victoria it relies on grassroots initiatives to get women onto their bikes, all on the one day, April 12th.

We finished up with a couple of events, literally, after running out of time. We’ll be back in the swing of things next time around!

You can tune in to the podcast online here.

 

The Squeaky Wheel gets the good oil

Last week Val and I rung in spring with studio guests Pip Carroll and Jette Achleidtner from The Squeaky Wheel. The Squeaky Wheel runs rides and programs that foster engagement with Australian culture by bike, one of my annual favourites with them is 2014-10-20 09.58.50the MoreArt bike rides, and since spring is a busy time for them we wanted to run through what they have coming up. Have a listen to hear about whats going on and also to hear about the other programs they run and they way in which they use engagement with Australian culture as a tool for getting people onto their bikes.

We also remembered Bill Deller, a colleague at 3CR who sadly, passed away suddenly recently. RIP Bill. We’re going to miss you.

You can tune in to the podcast here.

Paul & Charlie Farren on the Yarra Bike Radio Show on 3CR

The Farren Collection

Paul and Charlie Farren are bicycling royalty in Melbourne. They’ve been advocating for bicycles for decades and there aren’t many organizations, clubs, associations with anything to do with bicycles in which they haven’t been, or still are, actively involved. They also just happen to have one of the most amazing bicycle collections in the world.

The Farren collection is housed in a museum in Richmond, Melbourne and is rarely open to the public. We featured the collection in Treadlie magazine in 2012 and it was at an even earlier shoot for a Treadlie centrefold that I first had the opportunity to check out the bicycles in the collection. Occasionally, bicycles are brought out for the Melbourne Tweed Ride and various exhibitions, for Paul and Charlie the bicycles are very much there to be enjoyed, within the limits imposed by their age and condition.

The Collector: Paul & Charlie Farren Issue 10 Treadlie Magazine

Recently the collection was captured for Bicycling Through Time: The Farren Collection, a stunning book that documents not only the bicycles but the stories of their previous owners, of Paul and Charlie’s adventures chasing them down and of their place in history, socially and mechanically.

Val and I invited Paul and Charlie on to the Yarra Bike Radio Show to chat about the collection and the book but, alas, there is only so much you can cover in a half-hour radio show.

Paul and Charlie have very kindly decided to open the museum for two hours on Saturday, especially for listeners of the show. Its a very rare opportunity to check out the collection and, if you’re so inclined, buy a signed copy of the book.

Paul & Charlie Farren on the Yarra Bike Radio Show on 3CR

In the meantime you can listen to the podcast of the show with Paul and Charlie here.