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Our podcast - Adelaide Cyclists/ Bicycle Institute of South Australia

A podcast co-production about cycling in Adelaide, South Australia, by Adelaide Cyclists & the Bicycle Institute of SA. If you have any comments or ideas we'd love to hear from you.

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Podcast #6 July 2010 - Road Safety with Professor Fred Wegman

This months podcast is an interview conducted by BISA’s Jeremy Miller with the South Australian Thinker in Residence Fred Wegman.

Fred Wegman is one of the world’s most respected road safety experts. For 30 years he has worked for the Netherlands SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research and he is currently the managing director.

During his term he is to look at making our roads safer by looking at our roads, the vehicles, road users who use them and and travel speeds limits. Jeremy Miller interviewed him last month.

Read a transcript of this interview here.

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Podcast #5 May 2010 - Stephen Yarwood's keynote address at the 2010 BISA AGM

This podcast is the keynote address at the 2010 Bicycle Institute of South Australia AGM by Adelaide City Councillor and as you will hear, mayoral candidate, Stephen Yarwood.

Councillor Stephen Yarwood will officially announce his candidacy for Mayor today, Wednesday May 26, and that is good news for cyclists and after you listen to the address you might think it is good news for the city of Adelaide as well.

Stephen Yarwood describes himself as an urban futurist he's also a town planner, research officer for environment, development and resources committee of state parliament, he's lectured around the world and is interested in Asian cities. he's currently doing his master of business administration and has been given a scholarship to complete that it Denmark over the next few months.

We hope you enjoy this very current address by Stephen Yarwood.

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Podcast #4 April 2010 - Long distance cycling

Consider what sort of fitness it might require and planning and on the road support. Would you do it for a good cause? Meg Smart and a group of cyclists from her EFM gym at Lonsdale are doing the ride and their charity is the Flinders Medical Centre Neo Natal unit. They hope to raise $50,000.

Their ride starts on Sunday May 2 after only 6 months planning but it hasn't all been easy - they've had setbacks as you will hear. We hear from Meg as she was about to leave Adelaide.

The web address to donate is http://www.everydayhero.com.au/meg_smart

We also talk to a few of the participants at the start of the Savings & Loans Coast to Coast ride including the GM of The Smith Family, Graham Jaeschke and Ashleigh Moore from Cancer Voices SA.

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Cancer Voices SA at the start of the Coast to Coast at Stirling

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Podcast #3 Earth Ride 2010 and flash mob special

Sunday 28th of March is Adelaide City Council and BicycleSA are hosting an Earth Day community ride.

Aimed at promoting environmental sustainability, including sustainable transport options and encouraging behavioral change among patrons. Incorporating the outer city squares, Earth Ride - Adelaide 2010 will take bike riders on a car free, entertaining and educational journey through the city streets in support of Earth Hour.

On Friday 19 to promote the Earth Day ride a flash mob event took over King William St outside the Town Hall for five minutes from 12.30pm. Music was played, cyclists were invited to ride around the road and inflated earth balls were thrown from the Town Hall balcony.

At 12.35pm as the traffic resumed on King William St I spoke with BicycleSA CEO Christian Haag about the intentions of the Earth Ride and progress towards more car free days in Adelaide

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Podcast #2 March 2010

In this program Angus Kingston talks to Ianto Ware; Adelaide musician, festival promoter, cyclists and author of 21 Nights In July - the Physics and Metaphysics of Cycling and meets Travis Gottschutzke, an Adelaide Cyclists community member.

Get in fast and win a copy of 21 Nights in July from BISA. Listen and answer an easy question. More details...

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Books and links mentioned in this podcast

21 Nights in July - The Physics and Metaphysics of Cycling by Ianto Ware

Published by Format Press (Adelaide)

Available online from Format Press or The New Internationalist Shop.

Need for the Bike by Paul Fournel

Bison Books (2003)

One More Kilometer and We're In The Showersby Tim Hilton.

HarperPerennial; New Ed edition (2005)

The Sweat of the Gods: Myths and Legends of Bicycle Racing by Benjo Maso.

Mousehold Press (2005)

Tomorrow We Ride by Jean Bobet

Mousehold Press (2004)

Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi by William Fotheringham

Jonathan Cape Ltd (2009)

Format Festival, Adelaide Feb 27 - Mar 14 15 Peel St, Adelaide.

Renew Adelaide.

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Past podcasts

Podcast #1 - February 2010

In this program Jeremy Miller, the chair of BISA, talks to the SA Minister for Transport Patrick Conlon about the future of cycling in Adelaide and the next stage in planning a cycling network

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Read the full transcript of this interview with Patrick Conlon here.