'Yes, I'll definitely be switching to a Melbourne Bike Share bike for next year's Tour.'
Thanks to the surge of interest in my last post on my adventure on the Melbourne Bike Share system, here’s a little postscript…
Aussie cycling legends Cadel Evans (2011 Tour de France winner, for those who may have been on Mars and missed it) and Matthew Goss joined a great promotional event staged last week to raise money for youth mental health and promote the use of Melbourne’s city bikes.
Participants in Suit up and Ride are invited to dress in corporate attire and race Melbourne Bike Share bikes around the cycle-friendly Docklands.
You can watch Cadel’s ride on this YouTube clip.
'I'll get BMC to add a carbon fibre seat post, then we'll be fine.'
Thanks to Richard Monfries for bringing this to my attention, and Cadel may have to look out for me in next year’s event.
That’s great. I missed this completely. I certainly hope they can get the bike share system to work, even if it means making it completely free for a while at least (I think that’s what they did in Paris), and finding some way of dealing with the helmet question – maybe even an exemption within the CBD.