The starting point of my new morning commute. Not going to complain

A part of the Upfield Bike Path through Royal Park has been closed for 4 days. It looks like they are redoing the bike path.

Last night I saw they've finally put up a detour route map. I complained about the lack of a detour route map last week, I imagine other people did too.

The detour is safe and almost entirely on a shared path which is great, but unlike a car detour where you can just say 'detour that way' the bicycle network isn't good enough where figuring out your own detour is going to put you on the safest infrastructure.

Planning for bicycle path works always need to assume the bike rider is a child as they possibly are.

The Footscray Rd bike path looks like it's completely back to normal after years of disruption for the Westgate Tunnel works.

No works at all along the path and it's back to its original alignment.

Last night to backup an argument I was having I rode to measure the Elizabeth St bike lane and saw that someone on the street has trimmed their tree and dumped it in the bike lane.

The argument was about how wide the lanes are compared to the Wellington St lanes.

The result was that the Elizabeth St bike lanes are generally narrower than the Wellington St bikes lanes.

Wellington St bikes lanes are 240cm most of the way between Johnston St and Gipps St but narrow down to 210cm at some points after that.

The Elizabeth St bike lanes are 230cm at their widest point (but only for one block) and 215cm for the rest of it's length.

The Albert St bike lanes are generally 150cm wide, but have 2 blocks of 210cm at the Nicholson St end.

Both measurements included the gutter which isn't really ridable space.

An interesting little change to the bike lane on Ireland St in West Melbourne.

They've switched the painted bike lane so that it starts on the right. This is because all car traffic here can only turn left whereas almost all bicycle traffic is going to turn right or head straight on.

A similar thing exists on Canning St in Carlton when crossing Alexandra Pde.

#transportation
The Top Countries on the World #Happiness Report Love Riding #Bicycles
"the report evaluates GDP per capita, social support, life expectancy, and other key indicators, one major factor behind these nations’ high rankings is their investment in urban livability—putting people first and prioritizing #sustainable, bike-friendly #infrastructure”
“Riding a #bicycle makes people happy. More #cycling, more #happiness"

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As a little #DIY project I made this construction for the front carrier of my #Brompton. It holds my suitcase, made by #Lat56, where the suit is folded up around the hanger.

When I put the shoulder straps around my handlebars, I can even add my backpack on top, for some more storage. Perfect for getting to #concerts all over the country.

On my way home from Critical Mass I spotted this weirdness.

There are two signs here that say the shared path ends....but it doesn't. The shared path continues across the bridge and into Kew.

I'm pretty sure these signs are new since the last time I rode past here a few months ago.

I wonder what weirdly broken process in the City of Yarra resulted in these signs being installed here.

The Victorian government spent a lot of money and time upgrading the Walmer St bridge recently specifically for cycling so it doesn't make sense that the bridge wouldn't be a shared path.

The Guardian: TfL bans most e-bikes on trains amid concern over igniting batteries (London/ebikes) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/26/tfl-to-issue-ban-on-e-bikes-after-concerns-over-igniting-batteries #bicycles #ebikes #BikeTooter

Hadn't heard of this brand of bicycle before. Either Shimano 600 or Shimano 105 biopace. (entire cassette and chain looks rusted to heck, must have been in someone's backyard).

Fix cost would be: tires/tubes/chain/cassette/brakes at a minimum I think, so not a $50 bike LOL... I would say $200+ total after repairs, but still not bad for an old steel bike, if you were a collector. Also re-wrap handlebars, probably.

Maybe more if you go for some loud tires, probably Panaracer GravelKing in yellow, if they have it.

"You don’t need vehicle levels of traffic control for bicycles. People on bicycles are really just pedestrians. A bicycle is just an elaborate bit of footwear."

https://lcc.org.uk/news/interview-with-james-may/

#JamesMay on #bicycles, via #LondonCyclingCampaign

We notice @ternbicycles hasn’t posted on Mastodon about this, so we’re sharing this news with the Fediverse: Tern Bicycles has a new (Gen 3, 2025 model) Tern GSD, "Our Best Cargo eBike for Families.”

If our kids were still young, and budget allowed, we’d love to have one! Check them out: https://www.ternbicycles.com/en/bikes/473/gsd?utm_campaign=gsd-g3&utm_source=mc-reg&utm_medium=email&utm_content=email1&mc_cid=8c4ba2b09a&mc_eid=1473c4e3fb BTW, we got a kick out of clicking their day/night option—and that photo made us wish libraries had Terns for bookmobiles!

Look at this cool surfer dude.
#bicycles #surfing

A classic cycling situation. A sign that says there is a cycleway, but no cycle way to be seen.

We eventually realised that the two way cycleway mentioned was the shoulder of the road which had some mid protections later on.

When your bus only comes 3 times a day, it's great to have a parallel bicycle path.