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Cyclists are prohibited from using the bridge except for special bicycle events, notably the " MS Summer cycle " which is a fundraising event for multiple sclerosis and the " Around the bay in a day " Bicycle Victoria event that raises money for the charity The Smith Family.

The move attracted opposition from the Public Transport Users Association, Australian Greens and Bicycle Victoria.

The move attracted opposition from the Public Transport Users Association, Australian Greens and Bicycle Victoria.

Lobby group Bicycle Victoria continues to advocate for improvements to the trail, notably the removal of a staircase that interrupts the path at Gipps Street in Collingwood.

* Bicycle Victoria – Capital City Trail

* Bicycle Victoria – Manningham St Bridge

* Bicycle Victoria on the Maribyrnong Trail.

Bicycle Network Victoria ( BNV ) is a community-based not-for-profit organisation, one of the largest cycling membership organisations in the world ( 43, 000 members, 2009 ), whose mission is to get More People Cycling More Often.

The name was changed from Bicycle Victoria ( BV ) to Bicycle Network Victoria in July 2011.

Bicycle Network Victoria is financially self-supporting and independent.

Some events and programs receive specific government and commercial sponsorship, though Bicycle Victoria maintains financial independence as an organisation.

Bicycle Network Victoria has two offices located in the CBD of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The organisation was established in 1975 It is assumed the Bicycle Victoria receives advertising revenue from the promotion.

Bicycle Victoria have supported Australia's compulsory bike helmet laws, which began in 1990 and are the strictest in the world, since actively enforced with heavy fines, particularly in Victoria.

As noted above in mid 2011, Bicycle Victoria formally announced that it had altered its mission statement and name to become Bicycle Network Victoria, a health promotion organisation with charitable status, further alienating itself from those seeking freedom not to wear helmets in safe situations away from traffic dangers.

* Norman Carter, Australian theatrical producer in Bicycle Camp, Java, in numerous camps on the Burma side of the construction, and later in Tamarkan, Thailand.

The National Bicycle Association was a third, separate Australian sanctioning body.

Despite sharing a common name this association had nothing to do with the original United States based National Bicycle Association that was formed in California in 1974 and ironically merged with the National Bicycle League and ceased operations as an independent body in December 1981, the same month and year the Australian namesake was formed.

The craze for cycling in the 1890s is portrayed in the poem Mulga Bill's Bicycle by Australian poet Banjo Patterson, and many other ballads from the time.

Lenders is also a member of the Australian Services Union ; Bicycle Victoria ; and is a fellow of the Williamson Community Leadership Program.

The Bicycle Federation of Australia ( BFA ) was the peak Australian body representing non-competitive cyclists, and directly represented over 20, 000 cyclists who belonged to its affiliated groups in all states of Australia.

In 1998 Bicycle Victoria, which has the largest membership of all Australian bicycle advocacy organisations, did not continue its affiliation with the BFA.

* Australian Bicycle Council: Australian Bicycle Council Membership

* 1992 First crossing of the Australian continent by bicycle-The Australian Bicycle Challenge, a off-road race through the remote Outback.

Bicycle suspension refers to the system or systems used to suspend the rider and all or part of the bicycle.

Bicycle touring, also known as cyclotourism, involves touring and exploration or sightseeing by bicycle for leisure.

* Bicycle hub, the central part of a bicycle wheel

Bicycle infrastructure and the standards underpinning bicycle infrastructure planning are poor and bicycles receive relatively very low levels of funding by both central and local government.

* Bicycle seat, a saddle on a bicycle

The university has recently unveiled a new plan for a friendlier campus for bicyclers called the " Bicycle Master Plan " which aims to transform the campus into a safer and more accessible place for bicyclers and to promote the increase of bicycle ridership.

Bicycle motocross or BMX is the sport of racing bicycles in motocross style on tracks which use an inline start and have obstacles, and also refers to the bicycle itself, which is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.

George E. Esser founded the National Bicycle League as a non-profit bicycle motocross sanctioning organization in 1974.

* The Bicycle Doctor, a laughing, malevolent clown disguised as a doctor who destroys the protagonist's beloved bicycle after feigning attempts to repair it in a nightmare experienced by Pee-Wee Herman in the film Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

* Bicycle trainer, a device that attaches to a bicycle and makes it stationary for indoor training

From the late 1950s, the Schwinn Bicycle Company made use of children's television programming to expand its dominance of the child and youth bicycle markets.

* Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, an annual one-and two-day supported bicycle ride from Seattle, Washington to Portland, Oregon

* Sterling Bicycle Co., a 19th century American bicycle manufacturer

These activities include the highly acclaimed Bicycle Little League ( for kids 8-12 ), summer camps ( kids 13-16 ), and bicycle safety clinics.

* Eric Wilkinson, ( 1976 –), poet / musician who wrote Black Through A Distortion Pedal ( San Francisco Bay Press ) and started indie, social theoretical hip-hop band, The Dialectics, noted for their EP " Bicycle: A Transportation Communique ," which advocates bicycle riding as a form of social justice.

* Bicycle Facilities: Lafayette has a limited number of dedicated commuter and recreational bicycling facilities, including a bicycle lane on each side of Johnston Street from UL-Lafayette area at Lewis Street to near Ambassador Caffery, ending at Ridge Road.

Sponsored by the Three Oaks Spokes Bicycle Club and usually held on the last day of September since 1974, it has become the Midwest's largest one-day bicycle century ride.

At Brownville bicycle riders along the Lewis & Clark Trail Bicycle Route can choose between the Steamboat Trace or the Hamburg Option.

* Bicycle helmet — protective helmet for bicycle riders

In July the mountain is the site of Newton's Revenge and in August the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb, both of which are bicycle races that run the same route as the road race.

Scottish immigrant Alexander Winton, owner of the Winton Bicycle Company, turned from bicycle production to an experimental single-cylinder automobile before starting his car company.

** Bicycle trailer, a wheeled frame for hitching to a bicycle to tow cargo or passengers

* In 2006, Rivendell Bicycle Works introduced a bicycle model named the " Blériot 650B " as a tribute to Blériot.

* Lotus 108 ( 1992 ): a bicycle ridden by Chris Boardman to win a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, also known as the " LotusSport Pursuit Bicycle ".

* Bicycle suspension, system of linkages that connects a bicycle to its wheels