Cycling
Built for Sydney 2000, this Olympic venue’s future is in doubt
Australia’s peak body for cycling has accused the NSW government of leaving athletes in limbo over the Dunc Gray Velodrome in Sydney’s south west.
- by Chris Barrett
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Londoners don’t have to. Should Sydneysiders need a helmet to ride?
Police are issuing almost half the number of fines for cycling without a helmet as they did five years ago. If Sydney wants more cyclists, should adults need one to ride?
- by Mary Ward
‘Lost too soon’: How two green lights and a bus’s blind spot led to tragedy
A council planning manager had told the court all governments were constrained by budgets. “But we are dealing with human lives,” a coroner countered.
- by Cloe Read
Anger, confusion after ‘mind-boggling human error’ triggers epic cycling race debacle
Things took a turn for the worse when a text message started flashing up on the phones of excited participants.
- by Nigel Gladstone
British Olympic legend reveals terminal cancer diagnosis
Six-time Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Sir Chris Hoy has been informed he has two to four years left to live.
- by Liz Perkins
Want to get cycles and scooters off CBD footpaths? A solution was around in 1995
Share the footpath or set out on an epic adventure? This city journey is more complicated than it looks.
- by Felicity Caldwell
‘I had to learn to walk, talk and just be a human’: What keeps Korey pedalling
A Paris champion who has overcome a couple of near-death experiences will push through to two marquee events, including one in Brisbane.
- by Nick Wright
Sunrises, doughnuts and beer: Lachlan Morton’s epic Australian cycling record push
The Australian professional cyclist is a day from Sydney – and is on track to smash the record for riding around Australia.
- by Garry Maddox
Labor ushers in taxpayer-funded rebates for electric scooters, bikes
From Monday, the Miles government will subsidise the purchase of e-scooters and e-bikes across Queensland in a bid to reduce carbon emissions.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
How the Amy Gillett Foundation got back on its bike
A charity named after an Australian Olympian killed while cycling has been rescued from insolvency by some of Australia’s best-connected business figures.
- by Chip Le Grand
Cyclists hit back after mayor labels them a ‘Greens mouthpiece’
Bicycle user groups, who found Adrian Schrinner’s May comment “incredibly offensive”, were finally given the right of reply in City Hall.
- by Tony Moore
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