Melbourne - city of bicycles

[Justin Fox]

Just a few pictures from my Melbourne trip this week.

Melbourne's city is just so flat and seeing so many people, of all types, on bikes as transport is just awesome.

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Call to action!

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Little Creatures food hall on Brunswick.

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Free bikes!

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They're lovely too.

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Christina went on a shopping frenzy. Bike stands like the one on the right are placed all the way down each main road and they're all very much used.

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Bit naf but I couldn't resist this chain shirt.

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Knog store on Chapel St. was awesome. I love the Swobo bikes they stock (was sooooo tempted to buy one!).

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Postie bikes are unmotorized of-course.

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Fixie's as fashion.

[Sp33dY]

Photos like that make me miss living in Melbourne .... ! I used to live only 7kms from the CBD, so night rides in the city were common practive in my teens!

Ive always wanted a postie bike. lol ..... Aussi Post also use the classic Honda Postie Bikes in the suburbs. In overly populated city areas (like the above areas) its either done by push bike, or wheely basket thing.

Are Little Creatures encouraging people to drink-ride ? hehehe :) (it's not a bad drop !)

[felixR]

looks like you had a ball down there!

what else did you there other than shopping and eating?

[hebe]

Niceeee....makes me wanna go to Melbourne and just ride on the city streets hahah

[Jarod]

Those Little Creatures bikes are an awesome idea!

[Justin Fox]

We did a lot of drinking. LOL.

More of a whole trip writeup on my blog here:
http://spamventdocument.blogspot.com/2009/01/melbourne-trip-2009.html

[Clifton]

did you say hello to ross?

[Justin Fox]

did you say hello to ross?

I did keep an eye out for him, would have if I had the opportunity! ;)

[Jazzle]

melbourne > sydney

although there is cycling campaign going on in syd cbd, it's still a bitch to ride there during working hours..

[singletrack]

Those Little Creatures bikes are an awesome idea!

Amsterdam has had a setup like this for ever! Infact bikes and people in Amsterdam have right of way over cars... lol ;)

[Jarod]

Amsterdam has had a setup like this for ever! Infact bikes and people in Amsterdam have right of way over cars... lol ;)

Hell yes Amsterdam is awesome for biking. Copenhagenize (http://www.copenhagenize.com/) taught me that long ago.

[singletrack]

Hell yes Amsterdam is awesome for biking. Copenhagenize (http://www.copenhagenize.com/) taught me that long ago.

good blog that aye.

[DANNY]

Thanks for this great thread Justin...Gives me an idea of what to get up to when I'll be down there for the Grand Prix ;)

[evil]

mels is awesome. Id so move there in a second!
the fixie scene is massive!

[felixR]

andy build a fixie already lol.. (or an ss)

[Justin Fox]

I've got to build a fixie one day. Tempted to just buy one already done with a flip flop hub. Benwah just sold off his Kona Paddy Wagon (so sad to see it go Ben) cheap on eBay, Masi make some nice ones too... tempting, maybe later!