For sure! They also should make a compulsory registration for pedestrians. Because your paying depending on how many cylinders you have on your car, the fater you are and the more you should pay!

But more seriously, I wouldn't be against if it was only $15 a year and that can give your bike a littlle bit more protection against the thiefts...

Used to have to in WA when I was a kid. Had little metal number plates an' all.

gee what next our shoes?

if you want an excuse to wear brightly coloured lycra hot pants and shave your legs then buy a bike by all means. it's none of my business.

but if you are going to ride 6 abreast and take up both lanes of the road while ignoring traffic lights and road signs on your way to sip your low fat skinny soy frappa mocha cinos, then you should be held accountable by registration.

stamp said...

if you want an excuse to wear brightly coloured lycra hot pants and shave your legs then buy a bike by all means. it's none of my business.

but if you are going to ride 6 abreast and take up both lanes of the road while ignoring traffic lights and road signs on your way to sip your low fat skinny soy frappa mocha cinos, then you should be held accountable by registration.

ditto , I just cancelled the red thumb issued by some smelly lycra clad half strength decaf skim latte(why bother) sipping wally(or sympathiser of these strange stinky gits)

Not sure where you guys live with riders 6 abreast?? I live bay side in Melbourne and along with a couple of thousand other Lyra clad cyclist ride beach road of a weekend. At least during the earlier part of the morning when the more serious riders are out it is only ever 2 abreast. We the riders are probably the most vocal when another rider breaches either road rules or rider protocol.

As for the Lycra, half of the bike seat is actually built into the seat of the Knicks, without these you will not be able to to walk for the rest of the week.

Finally, a large majority of the cyclist are paid up members of bicycle Victoria. This gives us public liability insurance, some income protection and medical gap insurance and a magazine subscription all for the princely sum of $150 a year for a family. A hell of a lot better value than my KBV membership. Oh and you also get a registration tag you can attach to your bike...

Smithy said...

Not sure where you guys live with riders 6 abreast?? I live bay side in Melbourne and along with a couple of thousand other Lyra clad cyclist ride beach road of a weekend. At least during the earlier part of the morning when the more serious riders are out it is only ever 2 abreast. We the riders are probably the most vocal when another rider breaches either road rules or rider protocol.

As for the Lycra, half of the bike seat is actually built into the seat of the Knicks, without these you will not be able to to walk for the rest of the week.

Finally, a large majority of the cyclist are paid up members of bicycle Victoria. This gives us public liability insurance, some income protection and medical gap insurance and a magazine subscription all for the princely sum of $150 a year for a family. A hell of a lot better value than my KBV membership. Oh and you also get a registration tag you can attach to your bike...

I'm with you on the 6 abreast bollocks (typical excuse of "it's my frikken road" motorists who hate cyclists)however I.m tired of the 'Padding 'argument .get a comfy seat or stick a sock down ya jocks and ditch the stinking lycra and adopt cool flappy cotton.(you'll be less of a target for motorists too) the argument for cycling lycra for numpties is up there with boadies over wetties for kitesurfers Why anyone (besides pro riders) would want to ride a bike with a seat that amounts to two bits of leather covered metal that gives you ball cancer is beyond me.

Mr float said...

Smithy said...

Not sure where you guys live with riders 6 abreast?? I live bay side in Melbourne and along with a couple of thousand other Lyra clad cyclist ride beach road of a weekend. At least during the earlier part of the morning when the more serious riders are out it is only ever 2 abreast. We the riders are probably the most vocal when another rider breaches either road rules or rider protocol.

As for the Lycra, half of the bike seat is actually built into the seat of the Knicks, without these you will not be able to to walk for the rest of the week.

Finally, a large majority of the cyclist are paid up members of bicycle Victoria. This gives us public liability insurance, some income protection and medical gap insurance and a magazine subscription all for the princely sum of $150 a year for a family. A hell of a lot better value than my KBV membership. Oh and you also get a registration tag you can attach to your bike...

I.m tired of the 'Padding 'argument .get a comfy seat or stick a sock down ya jocks and ditch the stinking lycra and adopt cool flappy cotton.(you'll be less of a target for motorists too) the argument for cycling lycra for numpties is up there with boadies over wetties for kitesurfers Why anyone (besides pro riders) would want to ride a bike with a seat that amounts to two bits of leather covered metal that gives you ball cancer is beyond me.

Sorry no jocks either, just adds to the chaffing.....unless you have more of a female shaped anatomy a wide seat is not a comfy seat. A narrow seat with the second half built into your pants so it moves with you is the most comfy seat going, give it a go. Did have a good laugh The other day though when i went past a dude riding with his knicks inside out.

Didn't realize that there actually was a reason for boardies over wetties

Liar is a bit harsh....

I do agree with one view however that if you get hit by a car you are either dead or mamed, I also agree that a lot of cyclist are more dangerous than the cars around us in fact in my view cycling is more dangerous than when i go kiting or windsurfing.

Careful what you wish for!!!

What would be next.

Windsurfing?
Kiting?
SUP?
Surfing?
Joggers?
the list goes on.

Rego'ing a bike will not lead to better cyclist behaviour - nor will it stop idoit drivers taking out cyclists.

The vast majority of cyclists and drivers co-exhist in harmony - leave it at that.

should register conspiricy theorists.

Smithy said...

Not sure where you guys live with riders 6 abreast?? I live bay side in Melbourne and along with a couple of thousand other Lyra clad cyclist ride beach road of a weekend. At least during the earlier part of the morning when the more serious riders are out it is only ever 2 abreast. ...

It's 2 abreast until those 2 approach another group of 2 (or a parked car) then it becomes 4 abreast unless a faster group of 2 coincides then it's 6 abreast.

The riders moving over never look behind, never drop back to single file, they always just move over and force anybody behind them to deal with it.

This is usually done while chatting with mates and having a nice social time.

If you ride or drive Beach Rd with any frequency then you know this is true.

It is infuriating for drivers because it leaves them with no road and because of the attitude of entitlement and contempt for other road users.

Cyclists should ride single file so the faster cyclists can use the second space to overtake. Overtaking cyclists should wait in the queue to get past slower cyclists and not just weave into the right lane. The law says cyclists "... must not ride more than two abreast ..." It doesn't say you have a right to ride two abreast all the time. http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/SafetyAndRules/RoadRules/Bicycles.htm

Cyclists should only move into the right lane after looking to see that it is clear for a reasonable distance, and signalling their intention.

As a result of the weekend morning parking ban on Beach Rd there is an expectation among drivers and residents that cyclists would stay in the left lane. Obviously there is no legal requirement but you would expect some sense of fair play to apply. This is not the case.

It is ok to move right and hold up the cars if there are parked cars and the move is done with sufficient space to allow the cars in the right lane to reduce speed without emergency braking.

Add to the road hogging the abuse of people as they get into/out of cars, skimming doors and lane splitting, is it any wonder people get pissed off?

As for Lycra, for commuting I wear lycra shorts or tights because they are the most comfortable and easy to maintain and to keep my street clothes clean for the destination. For noodling on the bike or going to the shop I just wear street clothes.

My shorts are mostly black. My tops are brightly coloured, non-logo. There is nothing worse than some hairy arsed man wearing transparent white lycra shorts. (There is nothing better than a hot woman cyclist in transparent lycra shorts [}:)] ).

There is nothing sadder than fat middle-aged dudes in $200 logo lycra and $5000 bikes slogging along at 20kph on the road.

There is nothing more infuriating than a whole team coloured peloton riding two abreast at peak hour blocking traffic chatting about crap.

Macroscien said...

Are against or pro ?

www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/riding-roughshod-20120204-1qyt6.html

anyone that wears lycra and has a bike more than $6000, additionally only rides 3km to the cafe to meet his bikefriends for a soy chai latte should be registered and taxed to the max for being posers.

I cycle everywhere

I ride between 2 and 400kms every week - week in week out month in month out. Have been for the past 3 years or so.

I wear non branded lycra - why would anyone give a sh!t what cyclists wear or why they wear it.
I also try to do a group ride every Sat am 6am til about 8am when there is little to no traffic on the road.

I'm not sure what the fuss is about. When i'm driving my car and see a pack of cyclists i slow down wait until safe then pass. Why does that create such a drama for some drivers.

I live on Nepean hwy so yes I do drive and ride there constantly. I ride just over 6000 klms a year all on weekends at an average speed of 32 klms/hr. I won't ride weekdays because of the traffic, nor do I usually ride after 10am because of traffic and the cyclist have turned into browns cows. I don't stop for coffee, I wear black Knicks and plain colored tops or one the bike shop gave me. I usually don't ride with groups of more than 10-12

We ride 2 abreast when we can because single file the cars will pass you with inches to spare. When 2 abreast they give you more space. When passing other cyclists the cyclist at the back of the pack will usually check and call if it is clear. When passing parked cars those at the front signal there is an object coming up, also advise of glass on the road or other objects.

I have seen a cyclist spit on cars because a dog in the back seat barked at them, and I have seen P plater car divers deliberately swerving at bikes to give them a scare.

As previously said, don't label everyone the same. It is that kind of attitude that would see Sports like kite surfing banned.....