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Women on wheels: 10 tips to enter your first bike event

Entering your first cycling event can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. Here’s a few tips to help you get the most out of the wonderful world of bike racing...

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E-bikes exciting the WA masses

E-bike use continues to expand in WA as a broader range of people buy into the flexibility assisted bike riding brings to the table.

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WestCycle Subscriber e-News: March

Latest happenings from the peak body for all forms of bike riding in Western Australia.

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Tour de Detours: Testing detour functionality on the Mitchell Freeway

There’s been a few detours on the Mitchell Freeway of late associated with the Smart Freeways Project. We get a lot of feedback about these detours so in the interests of lived experience, WestCycle donned helmets and rode through three of them last week.

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WestCycle applauds $28.5m investment in WA’s bike path network; more needed

The Federal Government has distributed most of its $100 million Active Transport Fund across the country, with about $15.5m going to 12 WA projects. With local governments injecting another $13m into the 12 projects – half which are regional – the total investment comes to $28.5m. WestCycle welcomed the investment, noting WA’s share of the federal spend was above average.

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WestCycle Subscriber e-News: February

Latest happenings from the peak body for all forms of bike riding in Western Australia.

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More women riding bikes: Better bike paths just the beginning

Gender-sensitive cycling infrastructure alone are not enough to shift the female cycling participation needle, according to a recent French study.

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Bike it to Ballidu Gravel wins Community Sport Event of the Year!

In just its second year the Boekemans Machinery | Case IH Bike It To Ballidu Gravel festival took out the SportWest Community Sport Event of the Year at the WA Sport Awards at Optus Stadium last night.

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WestCycle Subscriber e-News: January

Latest happenings from the peak body for all forms of bike riding in Western Australia.

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Three dead bike riders in three weeks…Is it time to accelerate the delivery of the cycle network?

WestCycle is talking to government about a sustained and consistent increase in the funding for walking and cycling infrastructure, to reach 10% of the road budget within four years.

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Time to get serious about safe passing laws?

After some tragic incidents, WestCycle CEO Wayne Bradshaw had a positive meeting with the Minister for Road Safety, David Michael, and advocated for bike riders in the media.

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Yes you can ride a bike while pregnant – here’s a few tips…

Riding a bike can be a safe and enjoyable way to exercise while pregnant, with a few precautions given there’s really two of you on that bike...

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Time to climb? Brigadoon Super Challenge returns in 2025

The Brigadoon Super Challenge offers 50km (moderate) and 100km (tough) sorties through stunning hills with plenty of climbing!

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We’re bringing Women on Wheels to Mandurah & Joondalup!

Women on Wheels is an introduction to bike riding for women, trans, and non-binary people of all ages (18+). These workshops are all about building confidence, learning the basics, and having a good time with supportive female instructors.

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Ride Perth’s best loops with friends and visitors during #RoadNats25

Whether you're hosting visitors or just keen to expand your horizons, we've collated a few of Perth's best-loved rides from the river loop to the heritage trail (gravel) with GPX files for easy download to any bike computer.

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WestCycle Subscriber e-News: December

Latest happenings from the peak body for all forms of bike riding in Western Australia.

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Buoyant crowds buzz across Boorloo Bridge!

Riders, runners, walkers and rollers streamed across the Boorloo Bride this morning, as ‘first crossers’ piled under the Bridge’s Noongar-inspired, giant weathered steel boomerang and digging stick piers.

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All aboard the Healthy Streets Bike Bus!

It was all aboard a WestCycle-driven Healthy Streets Bike Bus recently as part of the Asia-Pacific Society for Physical Activity (ASPA) Conference that drew an international audience to Perth!

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20% Off Ride Secure Membership for new members!

WestCycle has published our 2025 WA Election priorities, which centre on the need to accelerate the delivery of the Long-Term Cycle Network.

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Boorloo Bridge complete but what about the rest of the bike network?

WestCycle has published our 2025 WA Election priorities, which centre on the need to accelerate the delivery of the Long-Term Cycle Network.

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WestCycle Subscriber e-News: November

Latest happenings from the peak body for all forms of bike riding in Western Australia.

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Women on wheels: Open roads ahead for vision-impaired riders

Being vision-impaired is no impediment to women experiencing the joy of riding bikes, as two tandem ‘stokers’ told us recently.

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$140m+ Boorloo Bridge to open on 22 December

The Boorloo Bridge will open its 6m wide paths from Victoria Park to the CBD on Sunday 22 December with a family-focused event.

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Applications open for $100m active transport fund

State and Local authorities - and other eligible organisations - have until 13 January 2025 to tap into the Australian Government's $100m Active Transport Fund!

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Celebrate cycling in WA Seniors Week!

At the recent Ride2Work Day celebration in Forrest Place, we spoke with the Over 55 Cycling Club and the Cycling Touring Association about what bike riding brings to older West Australians..

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WestCycle Subscriber e-News: October

Latest happenings from the peak body for all forms of bike riding in Western Australia.

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Women on wheels: Did you know?…

Did you know women are more likely than men to ride bikes if they know they can ride on separated cycling infrastructure?...

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WestCycle Subscriber e-News: September 2024

Latest happenings from the peak body for all forms of bike riding in Western Australia.

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Can We Make Orrong Orright?

Main Roads WA is consulting stakeholder organisations and the public as it tries to work out how to make Orrong Road right again. Or, at least, less wrong...WestCycle Active Transport Manager Dr Georgia Scott is hopeful...

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Booming gravel scene a boon for Wheatbelt’s Ballidu!

The Bike it to Ballidu Gravel festival is back in Ballidu this Saturday (21 September) as around 450 gravel riding enthusiasts from around the State plus their entourages turn the tiny Wheatbelt township on its head – but in a good way!

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Woman on wheels: Cassia Boglio has gone gravel and is loving it

Perth-based gravel specialist Cassia Boglio talks about her experiences riding the biggest events in the US recently.

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WestCycle brings big picture to Road Safety Roundtable

WestCycle CEO Wayne Bradshaw was there representing people who ride bikes at the recent Road Safety Roundtable hosted by the WA Government to address the rising road toll.

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Spring into Bike Commuting

Check out this helpful article for any women thinking about jumping on a bike and commuting to work this Spring.

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The Road Cycling National Championships are coming to Perth for the first time since 1997 – what can we expect?

WestCycle tapped a few prominent bicycle brains on how the event and racing could go, starting with the road races.

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WestCycle Subscriber e-News: August 2024

Latest happenings from the peak body for all forms of bike riding in Western Australia.

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Active Transport Update: August

This month, I spent time with hundreds of fellow transport enthusiasts at the Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management Ltd (AITPM) National Conference, that was held this year in Perth. And more...

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Bike it to Ballidu Gravel 2024: Local lore & speccy wildflowers in a WA gravel mecca!

“Bike it to Ballidu Gravel has really put this place on the map as a gravel destination – there are riders groups coming through here all the time now."

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What happens when governments prioritise active transport?

Welsh MP Lee Waters MS has been at Parliament House in Canberra discussing how his government drove massive active transport change - including 20m/h (32km/h) limits in all built up areas across the nation.

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Avon’ some of that! York set to welcome 500 riders for the 2024 Canola Classic cycling festival

The Canola Classic is back as York welcomes the big energy of 500 bike riders to a fully blooming Avon Valley on Sunday 18 August.

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Fed Govt invests $350m in urban infrastructure – Cycling projects could benefit

The Australian Government has made $350 million available to boost community infrastructure in lower-income suburban areas - cycling projects could benefit.

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WestCycle Subscriber e-News: July 2024

Latest happenings from WA's peak body for all forms of bike riding

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56 groups across Australia unite to call for urgent target-based transport reform by 2035

If Australia is serious about decarbonising transport, it must quickly establish strong and effective targets, 56 groups have urged.

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Daughters & Dads delivers bike and life confidence in Como!

The second instalment of the WestCycle-led Daughters and Dads Program delivered crucial life confidence to girls and their dads via bikes!

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WestCycle responds to City of Perth draft Bike Plan 2025-2035

The City of Perth has published a draft Bike Plan that looks forward a decade to 2035. WestCycle has responded and urges people to do the same before Friday, 26 July.

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WestCycle recommits to Laverton Cycling Project

WestCycle reaffirms commitment to The Laverton Cycling Project to encourage bike riding among kids in remote communities.

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Ngoolark is go!

Nannup Ngoolark MTB Jump Park officially opened last week (19 June) to add another notch in Nannup's burgeoning mountain bike network.

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Boekeman and Case IH back Bike it to Ballidu Gravel: “It puts Ballidu on the map…”

Events like Bike it to Ballidu Gravel simply don’t happen without local business support and so we’re stoked to welcome Boekeman Machinery and Case IH onboard as naming sponsors for our event this year.

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WestCycle Subscriber e-News: June 2024

Latest happenings from WA's peak body for all forms of bike riding

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Central Perth to get a criterium track?

WestCycle is engaging the government to incorporate a criterium track into a proposed Supercars street circuit at Burswood Park.

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Zig zagging through tight budgets: City of Kalamunda explains Kalamunda Road changes

City of Kalamunda says new works are an ‘interim measure’ to improve safety, but a cycling lane remains a long way off on Kalamunda Road

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“If you build it they will come”: Unlocking active travel’s potent potential

WestCycle Board Member Ben Swan explains the role WestCycle and WA's broader bike riding community is playing in creating change away from car-centrism and toward safer, better connected communities.

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Shifting gears on car-dependency

More and better shared paths, congestion zones and charges, de-paving roads, restricting car parking and investing in urban green spaces were just some of the methods being used to achieve change.

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WestCycle Advocacy in Action: May 2024

From infrastructure to safety to policy, WestCycle Active Transport Manager Dr Georgia Scott highlights latest engagements.

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WESTCYCLE: FEDERAL GOVT’S $100M ACTIVE TRAVEL INVESTMENT IS…A GOOD START

WestCycle CEO Wayne Bradshaw welcomed the initial investment while highlighting the fact vehicle alternatives are critical to our collective future transport, environment and community needs – and further commitments will be required.

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Daughters & Dads Cycling pilot program flies high!

WestCycle’s Daughters & Dads Cycling program has built bike skills and confidence in the girls - and closer relationships with their dads.

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WA Govt invests $45m in MTB trails all over state

Premier Roger Cook, Transport Minister and Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti and Environment Minister Reece Whitby hit the Kalamunda MTB Trails Network yesterday to announce a $165 million 'outdoor adventure' investment package over the next four years, including $45m on MTB facilities across WA.

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WestCycle Advocacy in Action: April 2024

Recent WestCycle advocacy: Primary and secondary path useability and safety, micromobility and freight, METRONET connectivity, the Fremantle Traffic Bridge and more...

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FREE SEMINAR! How the City of Vincent made their local streets safer

Join us for a National Road Safety Week seminar to hear directly from City of Vincent CEO David MacLennan about why the City of Vincent reduced the speed limit on their local streets, how they did it, and what the feedback has been.

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Beeloo Series returns to bring Nyoongar waterways knowledge to all bike riders!

The Beeloo Riding Series is back in 2024 with inspiring bike rides around Perth’s waterways.

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Ticket to ride! Subsidised bike and scooter rentals win over low-income users

People on lower incomes use shared bikes and scooters like they use public transport if the price is right, researchers have found.

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Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti opens Mooro-Beeloo Bridge BMX/MTB pump track in Bayswater

WA's best junior bike riders gave the new Mooro-Beeloo Bridge BMX/MTB pump track the thumbs up as the $1m facility was officially opened by Transport Minister and Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti.

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WA Govt backs trails expansion with latest grants round

The WA Government is not resting on its laurels when it comes to the State's world class trails network, with a fresh round of trail grants announced worth almost $1 million over the next three years.

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Lawyering up: WestCycle’s newest Board Member is on the good path to better planning (of paths)…

Michael Voros is a keen bike rider who counts the complete Munda Biddi Trail as his greatest bike ride (13 days), believes everyone has a role to play in better cycling infrastructure - from orgs like WestCycle to individuals who care about how they get around.

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WA mountain bike trails your kids will love

If you’re running out of activity ideas for your kids as the school holidays wind up, grab your bikes and explore WA’s world class Mountain Bike Trail Networks – there are loads of great options for kids of all ages.

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