Dave and Jen For Oxfam

Today was National Ride To Work Day. Apparently. Not being familiar with the initiative I only found out about it by way of a friend asking me how it went. We shared puzzled looks and hit the internet. The website is typical of Australian government initiatives and quite frankly looks abysmal. I’m not even going to punish myself by commenting on government copy writers using phrases like “maximise the return on your bike parking investment”. That way madness lies.

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To salvage the remains of a weekend spent in airports and on a very long and boring train journey, Jen and I returned to Brisbane with the aim of dumping bags on the floor and hitting the bikes for a quick ride. The quick ride quickly became our first time on a path we had previously discussed as a possible training route. Namely, New Farm to West End and back. This ride, which we have mapped online, travels mostly along the various floating platforms and riverside walkways that hug the Brisbane river. The weather at this stage seemed clear overhead. At this stage.

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