I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike

There is nothing like riding past kilometre after kilometre of traffic that, if not for my bike, I would be stuck in. I, like many other Sydney siders, brave nasty traffic, disgruntled bus drivers and sometimes unpredictable weather to commute to work. One of the nicest things about the commute is riding up Parriwi hill with it's million dollar view and not a car within earshot.



My question today is why is Sydney (and in particular the government) so far behind most other developed cities in it's attitude towards cyclists? For a city facing mounting traffic and pollution problems and an obesity crisis to boot it just makes sense to encourage more people to ride to work. If a city as old and congested as London can make it happen I don't see any reason why Sydney can't make it happen too. If you're keen to save petrol, save money, save the environment and save on future medical health bills October 17th might be the day to give it a bash.

Go the All Blacks.....

New Zealand's opening game against Italy was hard to watch. Not only because it was only shown on one TV in the whole of Manly but more so because of my abhorrence of Doug Howlett. He's such a poof anyone could score tries on the end of the All Black backline. He's in the same boat as Geoff Wilson, glory hoggin nancy boys. That being said I did draw NZ in the office sweep so I get $80 if they win! Let's just hope Dougie gets hurt early in the tournament so I can enjoy supporting NZ. Go the All Blacks....

On another NZ sporting note: what is the name of the NZ badminton team??