SBUG Christmas Party 2016
SBUG Christmas Party 2016
Venue: GREENDALES RESTAURANT, 719 Greenwell Point Road, Pyree
Date: Friday, 9th December 2016
Time: 6:00pm
Cost: $35.00 per person.
The venue is fully Licensed or BYO, wine only. $3.00 corkage.
The evening will start with Canapés followed by a choice of 3 mains and 3 desserts.
Mains – Select 1 main
- Oven Baked Chicken Breast filled with Baked Ham and Camembert served on Seasonal Greens and Chat Potatoes with Cranberry Jus
- Seared Fillet Mignon with Creamy Sweet Potato Mash, Steamed Green Beans and Red Wine Jus
- Atlantic Salmon with vegetables
Desserts – Select 1 desert
- Apple & Rhubarb Tart with Custard
- Cheese Cake with Ice cream
- Christmas Pudding with Custard
Payment is to be made by Electronic Funds Transfer or deposit at Bendigo Bank to the Shoalhaven Bicycle User Group account. Ensure you include your Name and Xmas Party in the payment Reference box.
Bank Details
Bendigo Bank
BSB 633000
Account Name: Shoalhaven Bicycle User Group Inc.
Account No: 156821456
IMPORTANT
Email Les Cornish with your choice of main and dessert to cornish460@hotmail.com by WEDNESDAY 30th NOVEMBER.
Remember to keep a copy of your choice of meals to simplify serving on the night.
Les Cornish
SBUG Social Secretary
Trip away to Victoria – October 11th, 12th & 13th, 2016
On 11, 12 & 13 October, 2016, SBUG members will be travelling to Victoria for a few days cycling around Alexandra and Mansfield, including the new completed rail trails.
All members are welcome. Contact Les or Anne Cornish on 02 4422 8559 for more details.
Cootamundra Bike Festival – October 22nd – 23rd, 2016
The Rotary Club of Cootamundra’s Coota Bike Festival is a weekend of bike riding fun, catering for all levels of cyclists. There are plenty of events for cyclists and plenty to look at if you don’t ride.
On Saturday October 22 the main event will be held, the Cruisin’ Coota ride with 3 ride distances to choose from, 94km, 60km, 38km or 10km. These rides will be supported and have drink stops along the way.
For more details go to http://www.cootabikefestival.com.au/
BIKE WEEK – Kids Learn to Ride Day
SCHOOL KIDS LEAN TO RIDE DAY
SBUG have received a request from Shoalhaven City Council’s Road Safety Officer, Kathy Wiseham for some assistance at Sanctuary Point Public School on Friday 23 September with a Learn to Ride Group of school children for Bike Week.
The school is having a bike day at the Sanctuary Point ‘Learn to Ride Facility’ on Clifton Road and they need a couple of experienced people to come down and talk bike safety and check the kids bikes and helmets. Year 3 will be at the facility from 10.00am – 11.00am and Year 4 will be there from 12.30pm – 1.30pm. Kathy Wiseham will be with the kids as well giving out brochures and goodies.
Any members who are available to help please email Mel at redshiftxyz@hotmail.com as soon as possible. It’s for a great cause – helping the kids to prepare and then ride safely. It’s also a good promotion for SBUG.
NSW BIKE WEEK 2016
‘NSW BIKE WEEK’ RIDES – SHOALHAVEN
Saturday, 17th SEPTEMBER, 2016 – Dolphin Point Mountain Bike Ride. More details below.
Sunday, 25th SEPTEMBER, 2016 – White Sands Park Huskisson to Plantation Point and return. More details below.
What you need to know;
Easy rides, specially for families & beginners – all cyclists welcome!
Free give-aways to participants.
All cyclists must wear a correctly fitted helmet
Participants should have their bike in good working order
Safety check of bike and helmet before the start
Shoalhaven BIKE SURVEY
All cyclists, family and friends even non riders are strongly encouraged to complete this quick and easy on-line Survey on bicycle usage in Shoalhaven.
The Survey was drawn-up by SBUG with help from Shoalhaven City Council and the Heart Foundation.
It asks a few simple questions regarding your demographic, bike and riding habits, what you would like to see in the way of new cycling facilities, or why you don’t ride.
Results will be used to ascertain the interest in bicycle riding in the Shoalhaven and to determine future infrastructure and facilities for cyclists. So it is very important that we get a good response.
Go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/shoalhavencycling
SBUG Cycling Shirts
At the August, 2015, monthly meeting a sub-committee was formed to investigate some standard cycling shirt designs that could be screen printed with the new SBUG logo and wording. The committee decided on a plain red shirt, which should be reasonably easy to obtain in the future. The new logo and wording has been screen printed on the front, back and each sleeve by a local printer. Shirts are being sold to SBUG members only however membership is still only $20.00 so anyone wanting to join our group and purchase a cycling shirt can go to our on-line membership application at https://shoalhavenbug.com.au/membershipforms/
IMAGES OF THE SBUG CYCLING SHIRTS
The shirts have been purchased on-line at a very reasonable rate (subject to stock availability and currency fluctuations). Screen printing brings the total cost of each shirt to only $40.00 for short sleeve and $50.00 for long sleeve.
Some shirts are currently available in all sizes and members wishing to purchase a shirt are asked to contact Les or Anne Cornish on (02) 4446 0449 to arrange a fitting. After current stocks are sold, shirts will be ordered and screen printed in minimum lots of 10 shirts with delivery time of around 4 weeks after 10 orders have been received.
ORDERING
The process of ordering is;
- Contact Les or Anne Cornish for a fitting.
- Pay $40.00 (short sleeve) or $50.00 (long sleeve) by cash or into the SBUG bank account as described below.
- Email Les and Anne at cornish460@hotmail.com to confirm your order and payment.
PAYMENT
Bank account details for electronic funds transfer or by payment at any branch of the Bendigo Bank are as follows;
- Bendigo Bank: BSB 633000,
- Account Name: Shoalhaven Bicycle User Group Inc.,
- Account No: 137326617
- Please include your name and the word ‘Shirt’ in the payment reference box.
Les and Anne Cornish
(02) 4446 0449
cornish460@hotmail.com
Narooma Weekend Away – July 2016
SBUG members are again planning a weekend away to Narooma on 22, 23 & 24 July, 2016. Rides on Friday afternoon, Saturday & Sunday varying from easy short rides to longer more challenging rides in this picturesque coastal area and the surrounding farm land. Mountain bikes are recommended. All members are welcome. Contact Wayne Beckenham on (02) 4423 7430 for more information.
Ride Around the Lake Illawarra for Charity – Saturday, 7 May 2016
Time to saddle up folks..
Ride Around the Lake is the Illawarra’s own recreational Cycle for Charity and your invited!
This year will be the 7th edition of the ride and will be held on Saturday, 7 May 2016. The ride is about ‘breaking the cycle’ of youth at risk of homelessness, by raising awareness and funds for the Lighthouse Youth Initiative.
We challenge you to help us ‘break the cycle’, pledge to fund raise, and ride around the lake. Every dollar counts and why not kick it off with a donation to yourself and invite friends and businesses to sponsor you..
The ride is based on fun and participation, non competitive and a great family day out. Hundreds take part on a safe scenic course that is fully supported by services as traffic controllers, 60+ course marshals, first aid, refreshments, course signage and loads of activities and food options that wait you at the finish- plus the thrill and fun of “Riding Around The Lake’!
Two recreational ride options..
Ride Around The Lake – a 40km, flat ride loops the lake and surrounding suburbs
Family Lakeside Ride: a 10km ride (5km out and back along the safe and scenic foreshore cycle way)
Course Map: HERE
Any road worthy bicycle and approved helmet is accepted, so come on enter now, tell your friends, family and work groups.
START LOCATION
Lakeside Reserve,
Lakeside Parade,
KANAHOOKA NSW
START TIMES
40km: From: 7.30 to 8:00am
10km: 9.00am
How to Enter
Simply complete the online entry on the Register Now page.
Charity
Lighthouse Youth Initiative helps break the cycle of ‘Youth at risk of Homelessness’ in the Illawarra. The program provides accommodation and life education programs for disengaged young people.
2016 What’s In Store?
Apart from another funtastic ride and supporting youth at risk of homelessness, we have loads of news on the way..
For a sneak peak visit our NEW website
Increased Fines for Bicycle Offences
Bicycle Fines – More Education, less Big Stick.
Bicycle NSW presents their position on the new fines for bicycle offences;
Dear Members and Friends,
Recently we discussed the mandatory Photo ID issue, and this elicited a great range of responses. Thank you for this.
This week we wanted to present the Bicycle NSW position on the large increases in fines for bicycle offences:
- Not wearing a helmet: from $71 to $319. Equivalent to the motor cycle fine, even though a motor cycle has much higher power and can reach much higher speeds.
- Running a red light: from $71 to $425. Equivalent to cars, even though at many intersections bicycles are unable to trigger the traffic signal. This is a 500% increase.
- Riding dangerously: from $71 to $425. This is a 500% increase.
- Not stopping at children’s/pedestrian crossing: from $71 to $425. Equivalent to cars.
- All other general bicycle fines: from $71 to $106.
Our position remains that we oppose the automatic equivalence of bicycle and motor vehicle fines. The fines should be based on the potential negative consequence of the offence. For example at present, some speeding fines for heavy vehicles are much greater than for cars because the potential consequences are considered.
At Bicycle NSW we believe any policy or regulatory changes should make riders safer and encourage riding, so as to benefit health, transport, community and the environment. We do not believe that these fine increases will help achieve these aims. As NSW roads face more and more congestion, the Government should be looking at ways to encourage bike riding as a form of transport, rather than discouraging riding.
We encourage all road users to follow the rules and share the road. We know that a good education campaign is the key to behavioural change. During the Government’s committee process there was no hard evidence that higher fines would produce greater compliance than an effective education campaign. The recent Queensland “Stay Wider of the Rider”, and the NSW motor cycle safety “Ride to Live” campaigns are good examples.
The proposed new fine levels seem ad hoc, draconian, and particularly to target bicycle riders. In fact, the new bicycle fines lead to some interesting anomalies, eg:
- Ride bicycle without working warning device (eg bell, horn): $106
- Pedestrian crossing a level crossing when an approaching tram/train can be seen/heard: $71
Which of these is far more dangerous? And look at:
- Car driving in a bicycle lane: $177
- Car driving in a bus lane: $319
Who is the vulnerable road user here?
At Bicycle NSW we will continue to work with the Government to achieve a better solution. To aid this, and support our voice, we suggest that concerned riders should write to their Local MP, and to the Premier seeking a reconsideration of these measures.
Ray Rice
CEOBicycle NSW – Creating a Better Environment for Cycling
L’E TAPE ASTRALIA
L’Étape Australia is the only official Tour de France event in Australia. It is open to riders of all abilities and provides cyclist with the closest experience to riding in the Tour de France an amateur can have.
At the front of the main peloton, there is an official Elite Wave sanctioned by NSW – AusCycling. The best cyclists in the country will come to Kiama, the Shoalhaven and the Southern Highlands to compete in L’Étape Australia.
Cycling manufacturer Shimano has issued a global review of one of its most prolific bike parts after widespread reports of malfunction and injury.
Key points:
- Bicycle part manufacturer Shimano has issued a global review of its cranksets
- There have been long-running complaints about the crank arm splitting from the body of the bike, causing crash risks
- The review was only launched after an investigation in the United States found the fault potentially contributed to a serious accident
At least 2.8 million cranksets globally are set to be the subject of an inspection and review program launched this week by Shimano, the largest manufacturer of bicycle components in the world.
It follows investigations by product safety agencies in the United States and the European Union after more than 4,500 complaints were made in just over a decade about the cranksets failing riders.
The crankset, or ‘crank’, is the part that connects a bike’s chain to the arm of its pedal.
But Shimano’s Hollowtech II model has become notorious for problems with its adhesion corroding over time, forcing the crank arm to split when pressure is applied to the pedal.
Canberra cyclist Henry Strong owns two sets of the affected cranks, and said it was frightening to be using potentially faulty equipment while cycling at high speeds.
“The feeling that you might have faulty equipment when you’re doing 75 or 80 kilometres [per hour], that’s quite terrifying,” he said.
“When you’re cycling, something going wrong could, of course, be fatal.”
The issue has been the subject of long-running online forums and dedicated social media pages.
“I don’t think I’ve seen [a recall] like this in this industry, it’s huge, it affects potentially thousands and thousands of people,” he said.
“This is something that should have been recognised years ago.”
Mr Carling counted eight bikes affected by the problem in his small bike workshop in Canberra, even though they were originally being repaired for different issues.
Shimano said it had not been able to determine the cause of the issue, but had now acted on the complaints after a US Product Safety Commission investigation found the fault could have contributed to a serious accident involving an American rider.
“We are deeply sorry that any riders have been affected by this issue,” a Shimano spokesperson said.
Shimano’s Australian branch declined to reveal how many complaints it had received about the issue, and how many units it anticipated were affected in Australia.
The company said it would launch an app in October to facilitate its replacements.
“But it’s too little too late, if you ask me,” Mr Strong said.
“You’ve already had thousands of people that have had incidents, many broken bones, some people hospitalised.
“It appears as though they’ve finally come to the point where they have to acknowledge it, but I think they should have done it a lot sooner.”
Mr Strong, who competes in triathlons, will not be able to use his bike without a replacement before the first race of the upcoming season in two weeks.
“I don’t feel particularly safe using this equipment,” he said.
“We trust that the equipment we buy and invest in will support us, and will be reliable and meet a certain standard.
“I think Shimano has failed to meet that standard by continuing to manufacture and sell faulty equipment for close to 11 years.”
Riders are directed to get their bike inspected at a Shimano dealer, who will decide if it needs to be replaced.
Mr Carling said he was bracing for an influx, but questions about who would pay to fix the issue remained.
“I don’t believe that should be the customer, it is probably going to have to fall back on Shimano, but how are they going to do that?” Mr Carling asked.
A spokesperson for the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it was aware of the recall in the US and EU, and that Shimano Australia had commenced an inspection and replacement program for affected cranksets.
“If a supplier becomes aware of a death or serious injury/illness caused by a product they supply, the supplier must make a mandatory report through the Product Safety Australia website,” the spokesperson said.
