Initiatives, research and events where bicycles create positive social change
Every so often, I really leaving Melbourne – especially on days like today!! Today was the Ginger Pride Rally 2017. As a passionate and enthusiastic lover of redheads, I sorely missed not being able to support my fellow copper-topped brothers and sisters in person today (*sigh*). The Melbourne event looked awesome! It was not only a …
Celebrating my first PhD Milestone! It has been a year since I started my PhD. This week I am celebrating submitting my first (of three) PhD Milestones – my Early Candidature Milestone Report (ECMR) – Hooray! Those of you who are regular readers of this blog will know that there have been a few ups …
Christmas is nearly upon us. In our house we have a strict no present policy. This is primarily for environmental and ethical considerations, but also because we are consciously and actively reducing our impact on the environment and our reliance of material possessions to more towards a more sustainable, thoughtful and minimal existence. Within the confines …
I am hoping to collate some ideas, reflections and experiences from SSWC 2016. Hence an invite to riders involved in the SSWC 2016 to participate in an academic research project. At this stage, I am still formulating possible research directions as I have been very disheartened at the lack of interest and exposure that singlespeeding has had …
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What a weekend. Very hard to put into words an overview of what we experienced at the Singlespeed World Champs 2016. But I can give you a SSWC 2016 ARSE Event Wrap. I am not going to give a race review or a trip report, but limit myself to 4 main points – why 4? …
Ten days ago I participated for my first time in the 3 hour MTB Chicks in the Sticks Event. This is an all-female registration event, although partners, family and friends were in attendance en mass on the day. It was held on Sunday 28th August, and it had the largest turn out to date of …
Cycling Projects is a national-wide UK charity whose focus is to provide community engagement projects so that all community members have access to cycle on a regular basis, including older people or those with restricted mobility, but especially for people with disabilities. Wheels for All is their flagship service. It is a great initiative designed …
There are a number of things I love about this innovation – the invisible bike helmet. Yes, it is primarily about bikes and most certainly about creating positive and safe biking change. However, it is a reinvention of the normal and breaking many (social and technical) barriers. Here are some reasons why this innovation is …
by Sachie Togashiki I found an interesting article about the development of bicycles for rehabilitation for hemiplegic patients. Sufferers of apoplexy, a percentage of which is overrepresented in mortality rate in Japan, tend to have a secondary disease, which is hemiplegic, after surgery. In order to recover from hemiplegia, rehabilitation is needed, but it usually …
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Digging through Rotorua’s mountain bike archives, I found this little gem. I thought it was a particularly interesting initiative as it was focused on getting more men riding, whereas it is usually women who are the focus of such programs. I was especially excited about the follow-up outcomes that emerged out of this program. Background …