Saw us at the Royal Show?

If you are interested in taking advantage of our show offer, drop us an email via info@velocitywa.com.au or order directly from www.velocitywa.com.au.
We deliver to Perth metro within 24 hours.

Here is the book site

Velo-city:Perth 288pp book about WA's cycling culture is available from here

Publication date set!

Velo-city Perth will be available at the International Grand Prix at the Midvale Speeddome 20 November and the Santos Great Perth Bike Ride on 21 November. It will then be available at bike shops etc.
We are currently setting up a web page, which this blog will redirect too, and that will have online purchasing info.

Thanks very much for contributing

and keep it coming! Some people have said they have uploaded the stories here, but I don't think that's possible, so if you think you have done that, and haven't had a response from me, please email!
And if I have said I will contact you, I will, I'm working my way through the list. Thanks!

Collecting stories about cycling in Perth

I'm writing a book about cycling in Perth, to be published in spring 2010, and I am looking for people to interview - or stories and photos to run, if anyone fancies writing articles themselves.

It will be called Velo-City: Perth and will be an appreciation of Perth and cycling and how well they go together, but I don't want it to just be me banging on about it, so I really want to get as many people into the book as possible. I'm looking for a wide range of stuff, from people's stories about how they got into cycling; to their beefs about infrastructure (or delight at a favourite bit of PSP); experience with insurance companies.

Perhaps you have thoughts you like to share about:

• Helmet wearing
• Red lights – is it ever better to not wait for the green?
• Uses for old tubes
• Cures for numb toes or saddle sores
• Favourite coffee shops
• Favourite pre-ride and mid-ride snacks
• Bell ringing – communication tool or annoyance?
• Experiences at the mass participation events

 

If you don't want to write a whole piece about, say helmet laws, or the freeway ride, you could just put your main thoughts in bullet points, or even give me a one liner that sums it up.

On the side panel of this blog are some other suggestions – it’s a bit like a shopping list at the moment, so excuse the lack of structure.