http://www.nutsatthewheel.com "Accidents waiting to happen" Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:40:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the city news for week of Sept 21st there will be coupons to cut out to redeem for free helmets for citycyle subscribers. The advice I have is that the coupons can be redeemed at city council libraries. This is great news as I became a subscriber this week! During ... http://www.nutsatthewheel.com/free-bicycle-helmets/ (Copy of e-mail to the Brisbane Lord Mayor) Thank you for taking the time to read this e-mail. I have written to you before regarding improving cycling facilties in Forest Lake and was very pleased when we eventually received  more road markings which I believe has contributed, as ... http://www.nutsatthewheel.com/shared-paths/ I watched this segment on DW-TV this morning. 100 Euro fine plus administration fee if cyclists for each red light they are caught running by police bike units in Germany. If you argue or the police think you did this on purpose the fine is increased to 200 Euros plus and ... http://www.nutsatthewheel.com/german-police-clamp-down-on-cyclists-who-break-the-law/ Stuck in Hong Kong waiting for visa to go to Kazakhstan. http://www.nutsatthewheel.com/march-23rd-2010/ This great ride is on again on November the 28th. leaving from Ipswich at midnight. For more information on this event contact the organiser: Dino Morgante  Tel: 0412 617 221 Email: morgantefamily@optusnet.com.au http://www.nutsatthewheel.com/2009-midnight-century-160-km/ 612 ABC Brisbane have asked, "Do you think cyclists in Brisbane don't understand the rules of the road? Get in touch." Interesting range of responses. http://www.nutsatthewheel.com/612-abc-brisbane/ On Friday the 13th of August I'm off to Mt Isa again to take part in this great event for charity. Saturday 14th of August is the third annual Border Run Charity Ride from Mt Isa to the Northern Territory. Post ride BBQ and function will take place at the Camooweal ... http://www.nutsatthewheel.com/2009-border-run-charity-ride-mt-isa-northern-territory-via-camooweal/ Time for another update. The trip to the tour de France went really well. Rode 650 Km in the 5 days that we had to ride. Lost count of the amount of Cols, Mountains and other large lumps we rode up. Some photos are up now in the gallery. The ... http://www.nutsatthewheel.com/august-9th-2009/ Only 3 1/2 weeks now until I head off on my trip to the Tour de France. Going with Sporting Tours from the UK and a couple of mates from Brisbane. http://www.sportingtours.co.uk/edfa Looking forward to the trip from Zurich to Geneva on the train, and spending some tough days on ... http://www.nutsatthewheel.com/tour-de-france-trip/ mov03790 http://www.nutsatthewheel.com/burner-test-fire-in-melbourne-in-april/