Moving Adelaide
Adelaide City Council invites you to a series of lunchtime discussions on various topics that will inform its Integrated Movement Strategy review.
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Australian Single Speed National Championships
The coolest mountain bike event of year has finally made its way to the iconic Adelaide Hills for a weekend of racing, classic trails and single speed mayhem.
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Upcoming events:
Grand Slam Challenge #4 - 28 August - Echunga
Grand Slam Challenge #5 - 9 October - Mt Pleasant
Ride to Work Day - 12 October - Adelaide
Annual Tour - 15 - 23 October - Lower Lakes and Coorong - SOLD OUT
Amys Ride SA - 6 November - Adelaide to McLaren Vale
Gear Up Girl Challenge SA - 27 November - Adelaide

Free Rides Programme
Each year, over 1,000 organised rides are delivered as part of Bike SA's free Rides Programme. The June edition is out now. Download the latest Free Rides Programme here.

Upcoming Bike Maintenance Courses:
Comprehensive Bike Care: 20/8
Bike Gears & Brakes: 15/9
Basic Bike Care: 11/10
Advanced Bike Maintenance: starts 16/10

Score a polar training kit
Register for Amy's Ride SA before 1 September 2011, and you could win some Polar bling, including the new Polar RCX5 Bike Multisport unit and complete Polar Cycling Kit consisting of Long Sleeve Jersey, Short Sleeve Jersey, Wind Vest, Bib Nix and cap valued at over $1,048.*

Why wait? Get your kit, start training and meet your personal challenge at the 2011 Amy's Ride SA.

*Terms and Conditions apply. Winner will be required to agree to their photos as part of event promotion.
More info and register>

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Get your team together to win a Trek bike
Get a team together for the 2011 Amy's Ride SA, and you could win a Trek Ion Super bike.*

As leader of the pack, you probably know someone who deserves a new bike.

Round up all your mates to join your team, spread the word and get riding -  any team with more than 20 members can win it!

A second Trek Ion Super bike will be rewarded to the highest fundraiser for the Amy Gillett Foundation. So if teams aren't your thing, getting sponsored to ride the event might be.

For more information on the event, fundraising and to register, go to www.bikesa.asn.au/amysridesa.

*see website for terms and conditions.

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The Awards will be presented to people who have given back to the community through their activities to promote and develop mountain biking in line with SAMBA's four strategic objectives; Advocacy, Trail Care, Community Development and Industry.

If you've got somebody you'd like to nominate in any or all of the categories, just send us a quick email to samba@samba.asn.au with your nomination and why you think they deserve it.

It should be a great evening so bring your family and friends.

Buy tickets and get more info on the SAMBA website: http://samba.asn.au/component/k2/item/89-samba-movie-and-community-awards-night

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Riding a bike saves you money
Want to put away a million dollars or shave 13 years off your mortgage? Believe it or not those are realistic savings from swapping a car for a bike, according to an investigation by the Bicycle Network.
Using credible economic sources the Bicycle Network has revealed the serious savings you can make running a bike instead of your number 2 car. The results are startling. Even if you a running a cheap used-car for getting in to work, it's going to drain $11,000 of your precious income each year if you are paying for parking. Riding a bike to work? A lightweight $1,000 a year. And that's a good bike.
"That gives an annual saving of at least $10,000 ($833 a month) for those drivers who switch to the two-wheel option. A lot of people run a second car without a clear idea of what it's costing them - if you run the numbers you'll find the bomb is costing you a bomb," Bicycle Victoria CEO, Mr Barber said. "There is so much more people could be doing with that money than burning it up in a vehicle that spends 94 per cent of its life doing nothing." If you are 45, you are going to have to be satisfied with half a million dollars - but a diligent young saver of 25 stands to make a million dollars to spend in their retirement. Think about it - you can pay yourself to pedal. A detailed report is included in the latest edition of the Bicycle Network magazine Ride On to be released in early August.

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Learn Advanced Bike Maintenance
Do you want to confidently undertake the regular tuning and cleaning tasks required to keep your bike running? Our Advanced maintenance course covers: removing, repairing, adjusting and replacing each of the major mechanical working groups. This course is ideal for those who have undertaken previous instruction in one of Bike SA's other maintenance courses. This popular course may also interest fleet mechanics or resource managers who would like to maintain their fleet in-house rather than rely on a local bike shop; Next scheduled course starting on 16/10/11 check our website for more details and bookings.

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In late 2009, URPS, in conjunction with Tonkin Consulting, Swanbury Penglase Architects and Environmental and Biodiversity Services, was engaged by the Adelaide, Campbelltown, Norwood Payneham & St Peters, Port Adelaide Enfield, Tea Tree Gully and Walkerville Councils and the Department of Planning and Local Government, to prepare a Management Plan for the eastern section of the River Torrens Linear Park. The Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board has also been represented on the Steering Committee overseeing the project.

While the Study Area covers the immediate area around the River Torrens and extends from the foothills at Athelstone to the Adelaide Park Lands at Port Road, the Management Plan will not apply to the Adelaide Park Lands which are managed under the Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005.

Initial consultation was undertaken with key Government agencies and other stakeholders in late 2009 and an Issues Paper was subsequently prepared. In early 2010, two workshops were held to test the findings of the Issues Papers. The first was held with Government agencies and Elected Members from the affected Council areas, while the second was held with invited community groups (identified by the Councils) and was also open to the wider community.

As a result of these workshops and the community comments received, a Draft Management Plan was prepared and considered by the Steering Committee. After further consideration by Government agencies and the Councils, it has now been agreed the Draft Plan should be released for wider community comment.

The Draft Plan is being released for comment from 10 to 31 August 2011, with notices, advising of the release of the Plan for comment, appearing in local newspapers in the affected Council areas. In addition, a public information session outlining the key recommendations of the Draft Plan will be held at 7.00pm on Tuesday 16 August 2011 in the Don Pyatt Hall, Norwood Town Hall, 175 The Parade (enter off George Street). You are invited to attend this information session.

The Councils are keen to receive community feedback on the Draft Plan. A copy of the Draft Plan is attached above, and can also be downloaded from www.urps.com.au/report.pdf
Comments are welcomed and can be submitted by completing the attached Feedback Form and emailing it to geoff@urps.com.au or alternatively by mailing your comments to URPS, Suite 12/154 Fullarton Road, Rose Park SA 5067, by Wednesday 31 August 2011.

PARK(ing) Day is a global event that was started in San Francisco by arts collective Rebar in 2005. Last year there were 700 PARKs in 140 cities across 21 countries and 6 continents, in Adelaide's first attempt we bad 12!

It's based on the idea that paying a parking meter is like ?renting' a public space, and instead of parking a car, why not park something else?

PARKs are surprising, fun additions to the everyday street environment, and powerful symbols of communities wanting to improve urban quality.

International PARK(ing) Day is an "open-source" project where Rebar has created a ?how to' manual that has inspired and empowered individual groups all around the world to instigate their own creative PARK.

Registration for this year's event is now open, and can be done through our website, www.adelaideparkingday.com

With the assistance of the Adelaide City Council, we are working hard to make this year bigger and better than the last, including the after party!
Adelaide PARK(ing) Day is being coordinated by a volunteer collective of designers (urban designers, planners, architects and landscape architects) and we are seeking the support of the:

• Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA)
• New Architects Group (NAG) of the Architects Institute of Australia (AIA)
• Young Designers Group of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA)
• Design Institute of Australia (DIA)

Anyone interested in helping assist the co-ordination and running of this year's event should contact the committee through the website, twitter or hotmail - all support would be gratefully welcomed!

Follow us at:
www.adelaideparkingday.com
twitter.com/adlparkingday
Email adelaideparkingday@hotmail.com

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Share the Road Tour 2011
The Amy Gillett Foundation's mission is for Safe Bicycling in Australia and our vision is for Zero bike-related fatalities.

This is your chance to be part in a once in a lifetime experience as a participant in our major fundraising event for 2011 - the Share the Road Tour Tasmania.

- limited to 35 participants who will ride over 500km in four days through spectacular northern Tasmanian countryside
- Wed 16 Nov to Sun 20 Nov 2011
- our aim is to raise $250K that will directly contribute to the production and launch of our national bicycling awareness campaign
- ride with current and past pro-riders including Phil Anderson

For further details about this fantastic event go to at www.amygillett.org.au/strt2011-overview

The 13th Australian Masters Games
Get in the Game in Adelaide 7-16 October 2011. The Australian Masters Games will again return to Adelaide in October resulting in thousands of competitors converging on the City to take part in one or more of the 59 sports available in 10 days of competition. The 13th Australian Masters Games will feature Cross Country Mountain Biking, BMX and of course Cycling (Road, Criterium and Track) events offering something for all riding enthusiasts. The Games are about participation, not elite sport, and encouraging lifelong participation in sport. With 59 sports on offer, there is a sport for everyone. You can enter as an individual, enter a team or enter and be placed into a team. It's a great opportunity to spend time with friends and meet new people. While competition is important, one of the key attractions of this unique event is the social interaction and spirit of camaraderie experienced by participants. There's an entire social program including an Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony and a variety of nightly entertainment that will be held at the exclusive City of Adelaide Games Village. The City of Adelaide Games Village, located in central Adelaide, will be the hub of social activity throughout the Games. Games participants will be able to enjoy the festivities, both on and off the field. Standard registrations for the event have now closed, however a late registration period currently remains open so whether you are a social rider or an avid competitor now is time to go online, register and get in the game To register or find out more about the sports and social events on offer during the Games visit www.AustralianMastersGames.com.

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Perfect Bike Angel
Bike Cherub Angela reports on her experience with her Bike Angel: "Libby is the perfect Bike SA Angel. Her wealth of experiences and expertise made for a most delightful first time encounter and invaluable learning opportunity for me. Despite the damp weather, I greatly enjoyed every moment of our ride together. The Bike SA Angels and Cherubs Program is a brilliant idea. I'm so very glad that it exists - there are endless benefits to reap from it. In the light of Cadel Evans' superb Tour de France win, I hope that more people are attracted to cycling, especially female cyclists. (Is there a women's equivalent of the Tour de France???) I am certainly inspired by Libby and look forward to extending my cycling aspirations...Thanking Bike SA once again for such a deeply beneficial and highly motivating program." We're keen to hear from more Bike Angels who would like to mentor women new to riding. Please contact Chris at office@bikesa.asn.au or call 8168 9999.

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From breakfast ride to Tourmalet
Bike SA Executive member Catherine Davies sent this report from France: "Here I am on top of the Tourmalet with other group members and yet I haven't always been an avid cyclist. About 12 years ago I had a sports injury and was advised that I should give up running. I bought a mountain bike and then heard about Bike SA's free rides program. I started with the Breakfast Rides and initially found 25km on the flat a real challenge. With the support of newly found cycling friends including Maureen and Ray Merrick I was encouraged to ride longer distances and found myself entering Bike SA events like the Grand Slam series. 100km rides in the Adelaide Hills on a mountain bike is quite a challenge so 4 years ago I bought a hybrid and started weekly rides in the Hills, participated in some Grand Slam rides and the Coast to Coast ride. A couple of years ago I decided that to celebrate turning 50 I would go on a cycle holiday to see the Tour de France. In May 2010 I bought my road bike and began to train for the event. On the advice of my physiotherapist (Julie Knights) I joined a gym (Satori Women's Health Club) and she devised a specific program to strengthen particular muscles. I discovered RPM classes which is a great way to have an indoor cycling workout when the weather is unfavourable for riding outside. I enrolled in Mega Spin cycle classes (www.megabike.com.au) and started cycle specific training with competitive cyclist Nick Wood (www.nickwoodfitness.com.au). I recognised the need to experience bunch skills so I joined the Mega Bike Saturday morning rides and on Sundays took to the hills with my Bike SA friends including Alison Lock and Susan Jones. 2011 turned out to be a fabulous year with Cadel being the first Australian to win the Tour. For me the whole experience was capped off by being on a Phil Anderson Cycling Tour (www.philandersoncyclingtours.com) with the legend celebrating 30 years since he won a yellow jersey in the TDF. I learned so much from Phil and his assistants Greg Griffiths and Laurie Noonan (UCI and Cycling SA commissionaires). I am now looking forward to more riding, practicing what I have learned and planning to celebrate my next birthday on another Tour."

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5th Australian Cycle Tourism Conference - Call for papers
The 5th Australian Cycle Tourism Conference and Rail Trail Symposium will be held in Canberra, 1-3 February 2012. The conference will be held on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 and will address topics related to cycle tourism both in Australia and internationally. The symposium will be held on Wednesday 1 and will cover issues dealing with the development, marketing, use and maintenance of rail trails with a particular emphasis on how NSW may progress with the development of new trails.

The call for papers is now open. To submit a proposal visit http://cycletourism2012.edetails.com.au/. For more information contact Dennis Puniard, National Institute for Sports Studies, University of Canberra dennis.puniard@canberra.edu.au or mobile 0407 220 885.

The discussions will take place 12:30pm to 1:30pm, at Ground Floor Seminar Room, Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, 77 Grenfell Street, Adelaide.

The following discussions will take place:

Friday 12 August: Managing the ring route. How do we manage the ring route to be a useful bypass of the City while supporting the more intense land use along its length proposed by the Inner Rim Strategy?
Friday 19 August: Creating great public spaces.
What is the role of transport planning in creating great spaces?
Friday 26 August: Traffic congestion and what to do about it.
Is traffic congestion inevitable in vibrant modern cities? Should we see it as a tool to be used in promoting more sustainable transport?
Friday 2 September: Classifying our streets.
A road classification is a useful means of guiding how we want our streets to perform and what we want them to look like, for example, we can classify them by traffic function, mode use, or something broader, e.g. boulevards, laneways. What are the possibilities? What rules for priority between different uses and road management should be applied to the different road types?
Friday 9 September: Sharing our streets. What are the opportunities to integrate innovative urban design and movement practices to promote sharing street and footpath space.

We're looking for a wider audience so please extend this invitation to your colleagues and your mailing lists. However, the numbers in the room are limited; please book early as space will limit the numbers.
RSVP to Deana Luciano on 8203 7350 or d.luciano@adelaidecitycouncil.com. We look forward to seeing you at one or more of these discussions.

Australian Single Speed National Championships
The coolest mountain bike event of year has finally made its way to the iconic Adelaide Hills for a weekend of racing, classic trails and single speed mayhem. The main race is set to take place at the Eagle Mountain bike park, and registration will be early on Saturday morning in the Quarry at Eagle. But, as always with the Single Speed Nationals, this year's event does not start, nor does it finish with the main race. This is a weekend event, designed to showcase the delightful trails of the Adelaide Hills, not to mention South Australia's best food and beverages. The weekend will include plenty of group rides, all the crowd favourites like the huffy toss, and a few new but equally quirky events expected by any single speeder who knows his freewheel from his derailleur. The weekend will include a dash for cash, the track stand comp and bike quoits, just to name a few. Participants can opt for a Racer entry and earn the chance to become the Single Speed National Champ for 2011, or you can just come along as a party animal. A party animal entry will include participation in all side events and group rides as well as the right to get stuck in to the Saturday Barbie, the after party, and the Sunday Morning Hangover Brekky Ride. Like a good South Australian hamburger, a racer entry includes the lot. So come along and have some easy going fun at the coolest race of the year. Join single speeders from all over the country and let the Adelaide Mountain Bike Club and the Adelaide Single Speed Society treat you to some good old fashioned South Australian Hospitality. And don't forget your superhero kit.

When: The weekend of 24 and 25 September 2011.
Where: The main race to be held at the Eagle Mountain Bike Park, however the event will showcase a range of classic Adelaide Trails and drinking holes over the weekend.
Theme: Superhero

The Australian Single Speed National Championships is presented by Adelaide Mountain Bike Club and the Adelaide Single Speed Society.

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WIN A TEAM JAGGAD Cycling Outfit for men or women - valued at $240