Michael Matheson-Deng and Bryce Taylor are riding a tandem from Perth to Canberra to raise funds for Lifeline Canberra and Dogs Canberra. Follow their 4,000 km journey and find out how to ride with them on the final leg home.

Garden City Cycleway’s first stage is open, with Stage 2 construction expected in 2027. Pedal Power welcomes the progress and is calling for clear delivery milestones, workable city connections and funding for the remaining links.

Harry Hall and his mate Charlie wanted mountain bike trails closer to home in Gordon. His family is carrying that idea forward through a community campaign. Pedal Power supports the call to assess the proposal and give Canberra’s south a stronger voice in infrastructure planning. Read about the community campaign and how to support the petition before 25 November.

New research highlights how unsafe women can feel cycling after dark. We explore the findings, Pedal Power’s support for local lighting advocacy, and what’s changing around Lake Burley.

Get the kids riding with our Ride Safely to School Week bingo challenge, 26–30 October. Complete all 16 activities to build safe habits and enter the draw for a $100 Rebel gift voucher!

Council is weighing options for Dunns Creek Road and surrounding intersections. Existing cycling routes and missing connections need a place in the decision.

A funding bid could turn 8.7 kilometres of disused railway corridor into a sealed shared trail between Queanbeyan and Tralee. Pedal Power is backing the proposal.

Ten years after Belconnen’s town centre master plan, cycling gaps remain on the government’s list for “future consideration”. We examine the progress and unfinished connections

Canberra has discussed a safe, direct cycleway between Woden and Civic for years. With Light Rail Stage 2B still facing a long planning and delivery process, Pedal Power says the cycling connection should proceed as an independent project, not remain indefinitely tied to the rails.

Spain’s new cycling laws require drivers to slow down, wait and give riders more space. Drawing on discussions within Australia’s cycling advocacy sector and her experiences in Madrid and the Canary Islands, Mikayla Weber asks whether Spain is truly a cycling paradise and what Canberra could learn from its approach.

A parliamentary report has criticised the consultation and lack of detail surrounding plans for the Hume Circle Precinct. The recommendations are an important step, but thousands of potential new residents will still need safe ways to walk and ride through one of Canberra’s most challenging intersections.

Your first ride to work does not require an expensive bike, racing clothes or a complete change of lifestyle. Ahead of National Ride2Work Day on Wednesday 14 October, here is how to plan a comfortable route, prepare the night before and turn one morning commute into something you may want to do again.

Three years of speakers, faraway cycling stories and one very close encounter with uncooperative Wi-Fi have given David Vanzetti and Kevin Graham plenty to remember. As they step down from Pedal Power’s Social Committee, David reflects on an unexpectedly enjoyable role and invites a new team to bring fresh ideas to Social Nights in 2027.

Could cycling help ease the cost-of-living squeeze? Executive Director Cecily Michaels reports from a Wollongong conference on car dependence, school bike buses and the volunteer advocacy that helped shape Canberra’s cycling network.

A dangerous branch was reported 14 days before cyclist died on a Canberra shared path, but the warning did not reach the right team for assessment. The ACT Government says Fix My Street has changed. Pedal Power asks how riders can tell whether serious hazards reported today are being identified and made safe in time.

New crossings and paths are being designed near Canberra schools. But what about the streets children use to reach them? We look at the whole school journey and how Pedal Power’s Safer Streets campaign could help make it safer.

Photo Credit: Paris Lord - Canberra by Bike

Scottish cyclist Connor McElwaine has completed an extraordinary 18,000-kilometre journey from Canberra Avenue in Glasgow to Canberra Avenue in Australia, with local riders joining him for the final stretch into the capital.