MAGAZINES SPRING/SUMMER 2014/15 bikesa love your ride 7 FIT FOR SUMMER Take the easy road to a toned and trim beach body VOTE BIKE Why a cycle-friendly council matters BUY LOCAL The best Aussie products for your bike GETTING TRACTION What's the next two-wheeled trend? WIN! ONE OF 10 REID BIKES SEE PAGE 19 Tis time the World watches us SANTOS DOWN UNDER ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA 17-25 JANUARY 2O15 ENJOY THE RIDE - GET MORE INFORMATION AT TOURDOWNUNDER.COM.AU ADVE01Z01FB - V1 introduction 3 WELCOMEbikesa CONTENTS 5 MEMBER PROFILE Aimee Reid cycled her way to a healthier CHRISTIAN HAAG HON. JAY WEATHERILL MELVIN MANSELL body – and lost 50kg along the way 6 BICYCLE FRIENDLY CEO, BICYCLE SA PREMIER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA EDITORIAL DIRECTOR SA, WA, NT & TAS We map Adelaide’s cycle-friendly shops and markets – and its bike-hire places 8 CITIZENS’ jury The SA government has brought together 37 members of the public to chart a course to calmer streets 9 VOTE BIKE Councils control 80 per cent of our roads, so vote for a cycle-friendly future 12 BUY AUSTRALIAN A round-up of the best Aussie-designed and made products 14 BY THE NUMBERS A visual overview of Bike SA’s yearly achievements ach year over 70,000 people ride yclists and drivers have the outh Australia is the natural home with Bike SA, whether on one same objective – to get to their of cycling in this country. We enjoy 15 ON TOUR E of our mass participation events C destination safely. Sa near-perfect climate, good roads Bike SA offers bikes and guided tours or our regional tours, Adelaide But having the same goal doesn’t and wonderfully easy access to the for a weekend away or a longer break Free Bike hires or the thousands of necessarily mean sharing the same surrounding countryside. 16 BIKE TO A BEACH BODY children and adults we teach how perspective – and sometimes drivers Unfortunately, like many other places, Personal trainer Denise O'Connell charts to ride safely. and cyclists may think of each we can only truly embrace cycling if the easy route to a toned summer torso Over recent years it has been other as obstacles rather than fellow the roads are safe and efficient. So we terrifically rewarding to see how road users. must all welcome the State Government 18 CALENDAR many more people are riding for For cyclists, not wearing a helmet, decision to launch a Citizens’ Jury, which Bike SA offers opportunities to ride every transport, mostly in the inner not having a bike light or absent- is devising modern, effective strategies week. See what’s in store for 2014/15 metropolitan areas. mindedly cruising through a red light for sharing our roads. The jury comprises 20 AFTER THE FIXIE The transport choices we make is as dangerous as a driver making 37 members of the public, chosen at We take a look at what’s next in the generally come down to cost and an abrupt turn, blocking a bike lane random. They have been given a great world of two-wheeled trends convenience and for those short or swinging open the car door. opportunity – and responsibility. trips to the shops, your friends or Then add into the mix, pedestrians Hopefully they will find way to negate 22 TAKE THE CHALLENGE your local restaurant, jumping on walking against traffic signals, the intense emotion of the car vs bicycle Tackle the BUPA Challenge Tour and ride your bike is unbeatable – it’s free, perhaps while listening to loud music debate, dramatically improve traffic flow the same roads as the world’s best you can park your bike outside your on head phones. and make travelling through the city 23 THE RIGHT ADVICE destination and you will generally But road users shouldn’t be inviting and safer. Lawyer Nick Spyrou shares some get there quicker as you glide divided into groups. Many cyclists I urge them to be adventurous in important tips about injury compensation through city gridlock. and pedestrians drive cars and vice spirit and test the restrictive boundaries But in order to encourage those versa. The simple fact is, no matter we so often set for ourselves. Nothing is 58 per cent of South Australians how we travel, everyone needs to easier to follow than a good – make that who say they would ride more if they play a part to ensure we share the a great – idea. The jury’s contribution felt it was safe to do so, we need road harmoniously. will also lend considerable support to PROJECT EDITOR Gordon Kanki Knight to demand better and safer cycling That is why the State Government Bicycle SA, which leads the campaign ART DIRECTOR Chris Bowden infrastructure for all. has asked 37 South Australians to for better cycling infrastructure, safer WRITERS Chris Komorek, Denise Betts, Nikki The November local government think of innovative solutions as part streets and getting more people on bikes. Tucker, Julian Ferguson, Christian Haag elections will give us all a chance to of the State’s second Citizens’ Jury. The Advertiser unreservedly MAP ART Georgia Gabrielle make our vote count and make our The Jury has begun its supports this valuable work. Indeed, PHOTOGRAPHY Matt Turner, Tait Schmaal, roads better for all. deliberations. we celebrate it. 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My off time consisted of sitting around doing not a lot. WHAT DO YOU RIDE? Focus Cayo “I was bigger than size 20. I had to Team road bike; Ironhorse mountain buy men’s clothes – men’s jeans, men’s first time in her life. Rowing appealed, Her healthy lifestyle now includes bike; BT track bike. jumpers, men’s everything. That was a so she joined a club and started eating well, but she has never big wake-up call, when I was still in my training. She was encouraged to get succumbed to fad diets. What’s your favourite BIKE SA very early 20s, part of me realised that fit for rowing by riding her bike. “I only changed my exercise. But after EVENT? The Grand Slam series. I needed to do something. I realised “I found that riding was the you change that, you think, maybe if that I was really, really overweight.” favourite part of my rowing training. I started eating a bit better as well…” HOW FAR DO YOUR RIDE PER WEEK? Today, Aimee is an incredible 50kg And I was a shift-worker at the time, “I used to eat anything that was quick These days, about 150km a week.