I'm so excited to work with The Squeaky Wheel to launch 'Westie Women on Wheels', a FREE cycling skills program for women who live or work in Melbourne's west. The program is for 'interested but concerned' women who have basic bike skills…
We recently moved house and office and along with it all our bicycles – a kids balance bike, single speed, ladies step-through, fold up and cargo bike (if that sounds like a lot we got rid of another three before…
Bike Buddies is a website which matches aspiring bike riders with experienced riders ('Angel Buddies') in Sydney. The volunteer Angel Buddies meet with aspiring riders and provide the guidance that a new rider needs to feel comfortable and confident. Together,…
We love the idea of Good Cycles - a Melbourne-based social enterprise/not for profit mobile bike service that fixes your bike while you're at work, university or even at home. Professional mechanics are teamed with trainees and together they…
If you've ever felt a little unsafe walking home by yourself late at night, we've discovered a great scheme in New York City that could easily be replicated anywhere in the world. Jay Ruiz and his team of volunteers escorts late-night…
It's pretty chilly today and we have soup on our mind. SoupCycle is a soup subscription service based in Portland, Oregon. They're unique because they deliver your hot, steaming soup selection (along with rustic bread or a mixed green salad)…
Does Fitzroy/Collingwood has the greatest density of bike shops per square kilometre in Melbourne? Being Fitzroy locals we had thought we were familiar with all the bike shops in the area - but just recently we stumbled across Mottainai Cycles.…
With the weather warming up, every day is just an excuse to drink another smoothie. Brisbane business The Smoothie Cycle brings a slightly different experience to the smoothie blender - the smoothies are pedal powered! You can opt to pedal your…
We visit Sydney several times a year and we've had great fun discovering the city's ever-expanding network of cycleways with a rental from Humble Vintage. Now City of Sydney has a free pocket-sized booklet featuring eight adventures for you and…
The video's a bit grainy but it shows one of the most innovative bike parking structures we've ever seen. Swipe your smart card, put your bike on the hook and it hoists it up the 'tree'. Retrieve your bike by…
It's the end of the week and the beginning of a 4 day long weekend for us here at CycleStyle thanks to the Melbourne Cup holiday on Tuesday. We'll be back dispatching your orders on Wednesday 2 November. In the…
This week we're doing a series of post about cycling to work, to help get you in the mood for Ride to Work Day next Wednesday 12 October. To start us off, check out the video showing how commuters to…
Roll-Up is a new bicycle valet parking service which is launching at State of Design. Instead of locking your bike up to the nearest lamp post, cyclists can get their bike valet parked for free by the fun-fair themed Roll-Up…
Dutch beer brand Grolsch has partnered with Dutch bicycle designer VANMOOF to produce a unique commuter bike to help celebrate the arrival of Grolsch Draught in Australia. The customised 3 gear VANMOOF x Grolsch bicycle comes complete with green mudguards…
Brrr cold weather is definitely pie weather, which makes us wish that Bike Basket Pies were able to deliver pies to our door! Bike Basket Pies is a one-woman pie baking and delivery service based in San Francisco. Natalie Galatzer sources…
June 2010 marked the beginning of our first winter of CycleStyle. Our favourite posts for that month: Use the iPhone App SizeMyBike to find the right bike for you. We test-ride the Melbourne Bike Share scheme. Guys' cycle chic fashion…
Magnificent Revolution is a not-for-profit education project based in London. The organisation has been running since the summer of 2007 when they first built a bicycle powered cinema at the Big Chill Festival. MR uses bicycle power generators as educational…
via Cool Hunting You know that Anarchy in a Jar is not going to be any sort of fuddy-duddy company with a name like that. Working out of her Brooklyn apartment, Laena McCarthy creates jams that she sells locally to…
We've written about bike-related vending machines before - here's another handy one dispensing Schwalbe inner tubes for those pesky punctures. via Bike Hugger
B-Line, a company based in Portland, Oregon, demonstrates the kind of loads that is possible to deliver on a bicycle (or in this case, tricycle). Their tricycles are faster, cleaner and cheaper than conventional trucks and the ubiquitous white van…