• Cycling Promotion Fund New Lobby group - has some good resources.
• Wheels of Justice Site dedicated to seeking justice and legal rights for cyclists.
• Amy Gillett Foundation Site dedicated to seeking safer cycling and better understanding by motorists.
• Bicycle NSW (includes list of BUGs, under Advocacy button)
• Bicycle Federation of Australia National cycling issues. Links to other groups.
• Aussie Cycling-links to cycling clubs and groups, and retailers, from jub.com.
• Bicycles.net.au-a resource site with links to cycling clubs, shops and groups

• Sydney Cyclist- forum site for Sydney cyclists.
• Pushon BNSW Pushon magazine and advocacy site.
• MASSBUG Marickville South Sydney BUG.
• Bike North web site for cyclists in the Ryde to Hornsby area BUG
• BayBug Canada Bay BUG
• Cairns BUG - some good ideas and resources
• Critical Mass

• Australian Bicycle Council Federal Govt body. Lots of references on bike planning, National Cycling Strategy and links to RTA and other state's plans and guidelines.
• Cycling Resource Centre - more from the ABC. Useful site for info.
• Bikeability checklist - check your local Council's streets for bike friendliness.

• Velib - all about the Paris city bicycle project.
• Summary - for mayors and Councillors interested in the City Bike concept and how to implement it.
• International Bike Fund- extensive Bibliography of bicycling publications.
• Victoria Transport Policy Institute Comprehensive Canadian sustainable transport site, with many bike related articles.
• Cycling: the way ahead for towns and cities -Guide to councillors on cycling (from the EC).
• Cycling Concepts -excellent Danish book on designing for bikes.
• Towards safe and non-restrictive cycling - Dutch and Finnish paper for EU on safe but convenient cycling.
• example of a model Council Cycle Strategy (UK) from UK Dept of Transport

• Aust. Transport Research Forum 2001 - road safety and cycling papers
• NZ Cycling conference 2001

• carfree cities - campaign gaining speed in Europe. Examples of places that work without cars, like Venice.

• Street Smarts Safe riding techniques by John Allan.(remember to change right and left as this is for the USA).
• Bike to Work
• Bike to School
• commuting tips
• more on commuting and cycling
• SPACE Toronto bike safety guide.
• San Francisco bike coalition - check out the "Coexist" posters on road safety and courtesy. Look at the rest of the website too.
• Love Your Bike - Fast lane/Fat Lane. Manchester bike campaign.

• Bike-it A back street guide to Inner City cycling by Bruce Ashley from Marrickville South Sydney BUG.
• Bikely.com Bikely- mapping site for bike routes. Do a search on LBUG and get all our rides.

• Park Tools Handy bike repair and maintenance tips

• Road Bike Rider Subscribe to their free e-newsletter, lots of useful stuff on cycling, training, bikes.

• Health and Environmental Benefits of Bicycling Article in CarFree Times by Paul Camara.
• Pedal Power Editorial inTheTimes (UK). "The modern cyclist is making an elegant and intelligent response to pollution and traffic congestion."
• BMJ article on heart disease - British Medical Journal often has pro cycling articles - do a search on their site.
• UK Select Committee on health relevant sections of this report supporting more cycling.
• Summit on Childhood Obesity in 2003 NSW Govt response. Also see on same site the NSW Govt Obesity Action Plan at .../obesityactionplan.pdf.
• The lion, the witch.. Article on obesity in MJA.
• Keep moving Cardiologist Dr Lyn Pressley on exercise and the heart. SMH April 2006

• D Engwicht - Less Traffic Australian traffic fighter. How to have less traffic in your suburb.
• Better places for walking and cycling article from USA on how to get people out of cars.
• Travelsmart in Victoria see the articles on cycling from the Work page.

• types of bike parking different!
• IBF page on bike parking where to put racks. Also lots of references to makers (mostly US). Cora gets a mention.
• Bicycle Victoria's bike parking handbook

• Paul Schimek- Bikedilemmas Problems for bicycle advocates

• Earth Policy Institute - July 17 2002, Lester Brown on bicycles.
• Michael Wardlaw - Steps to a better cycling future - How safe is cycling?- safer than you think. (look under Resources, Conference papers, Autumn 2001) A similar article is at www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7276/1582.

• SMH -read the Herald letters page and maybe write an e-letter to the Sydney Morning Herald at letters@smh.com.au.
• -some letters I have written
• - Jenny Ward "Idiots on two wheels, Cane toads of the modern era" - recent anti-cycling letters in the SMH and replies.

• John Forester's Home page "Cyclists fare best when they act like and are treated like drivers of a vehicle"
• bike lists try labmembers list for US bike talk. Go to archives for a dip in. Now on Tahoo Groups I think.

• Dr Drivers road rage site
• Slower Speeds UK site campaigning for slower speeds.
• Big 5 road safety measuresJack Mclean (Australian road safety expert) on benefits of speed reduction.
• Recovery magazine vol 7 no 2-Dan Keegan- Road Citizenship. Articles on road safety - we need different ways of training drivers. (note - involves a large pdf file download)

• Trento Bike pages - Touring in Europe
• Amsterdam bicycles - beautiful photo essay on Amsterdam, including many pics of bikes!

• SheldonBrown extensive bike stuff (click on Harris Cyclery)- good on gears and wheels and general bike knowledge.
• RCMoeur-Signman US cyclist and traffic engineer. See his pages on bicycle signs and on bike planning

• Win-Win solutions to reducing emissions from motor cars Analysis of how to reduce car dependence by Todd Litman, from VTPI in Canada.
• Solving traffic problems UK Transport expert PBGoodwin on congestion pricing and how to fix the traffic.
• Whose Roads Arguments for cyclists right to use the road

• Global Warming and the Greenhouse -its REAL! New Scientist web articles.
• Real Climate Real climate scientists discuss the science behind Global Warming. Anti GW myths debunked.

• CJCampbell on Oil Depletion and the coming oil crunch ( from a website dieoff.com devoted to proving the End of the World is Nigh.)
• Australia, oil and sustainability "Oil: Living with less", From WA Sustainable Transport Coalition.
• Berlin Peak Oil Conference 2004 report on the world oil supply situation.
• Prof David Goldstein, Caltech" Lateline interview on oil and energy.

• RTA - check out the Road Rules or download bike maps. ( Bicycles are under "Traffic".)
• NationalBikeRegister - scheme to cut bike theft in USA

• the fence - London cyclists fight for free fence parking - bit of a hoot.
• Humour - You know you are a cyclist when...
• Survival for cyclists - Korean style but applicable here (nb-they drive on the right)
• Canetoads of the modern era

• Do you suffer from avelopia? a medical condition with an easy cure.
• article for Heckle in the SMH (unpublished)
• Yehuda Moon- daily cartoon about a bike shop. Some subtle humour.

• BNSW ride leader guidelines 2003
• Short LBUG rides calendar (word doc)download and print out this 2 sided rides calendar for giving to friends or leaving at bike shops etc. (If you cant do doublesided printing photocopy page 1 onto the back of page 2 and cut into 3).
• LBUG brochure download and print out this double sided 3 fold brochure for giving to friends or leaving at bike shops etc. (Photocopy page 2 onto the back of page 1 and fold into 3).
• Sign on sheet for rides. for use by ride leaders.

• Advocacy workshop 17/2/01 at BNSW
• Talks at BUG workshop Oct 2001 at BNSW
• Poor facilities leads to poor cycling A letter to Ove Arup (City Bike Plan consultants) on cycling in the CBD
• Letter to Minister of Transport on 50K general urban speed limit
• Women and Cycling report by Contessa Hajinikitas from Cycle Planning (Sydney) (Word.doc).
• Women and Cycling report by Contessa Hajinikitas from Cycle Planning (Sydney) (web version).

This page last updated 14/9/08. If links not working please let me know.

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