Choice magazine has run a comparison of seven folding bikes with a range of designs and prices, to see what sort of quality and ride you get. Two bike experts assessed each bike for quality of construction and components, ease of use and rideability. They also got six keen recreational riders to try them out. Of course to read the results you will either have to pay online - or pop down to your local library.

See the cute promotional video

Why walk miles to and from your car with heavy picnic baskets then queue up in the never ending gridlock after the show? Are you one of the clever ones who uses a bicycle to solve summer show parking headaches? Easy access to front row seats - with all your amenities on hand from panniers or strapped onto the carrier.

Remember to bring good lights and reflective gear.

Here are some of the great summer concerts and shows that you might like to bike to:

• Moonlight Cinema at Kings Park
• Vic Park twilight concerts
• Fremantle Outdoor film festival
• Joondalup Pines Picture Garden
• Sunset at Subi concerts
• Fremantle Arts Centre Courtyard free music
• Armadale concerts in the park

Cycle to the Fremantle Arts Centre Concert
Feb 17 Spooky Men's Choir

Perth Bicycle Network Community Stakeholder Consultation report

See the consultant's report (600 Kb pdf) The final consultants report was completed in December

It includes feedback from Local Government, surveys, community meetings, BUGs and of course the BTA. Find out what respondents say about their preferences for types of road solutions, where the black spots are, and what they think should be done to improve the network.

Thank you to all those members who sent their feedback about the Perth Bicycle Network. The BTA submitted your views to the Department. You will enjoy reading some of the great ideas about ways to improve cycling facilities. See the BTA submission (246 kb pdf)

BTA members views- How to improve the PBN

If Australians really knew the cost of car transport - would they be willing to pay the price?

Moving Australians Sustainably: Transport Policy in the National Interest,(740kb pdf) outlines the costs and makes recommendations to take Australia forward into a more sustainable future.

Recycle your company's unsustainable car dependence

How much does your employer spend on parking and maintaining it's car fleet? Can you think of better ways to spend those hundreds of thousands of dollars? Maybe it is time to rethink the old paradigms. This tool kit provides all the information to start a bicycle fleet including ways to shift management thinking.

Download the How to set up a successful bikefleet toolkit. (2.7 MB pdf)

For more info visit TravelSmart Australia's web site

Missing Cycling in the West?

The Department for Planning and Infrastructure has withdrawn financial support for Cycling in the West so no hard copy will be distributed. You can still find the rides calendar here online and we are looking at alternative means to communicate with our members.