This week Jo looks at the cycling boom in London and asks one of its most public advocates, Barry Mason of Southwark cyclists, why?

This week BikeLove catches up with Sue Abbott, a lifelong cyclist from Scone, who is appealing her conviction for not wearing a bicycle helmet.

This month Cadel launches his autobiography, 'Close to Flying'. In it he describes his journey to the world stage of cycling. Having just won the cycling World Championship he now gets to wear the revered rainbow jersey but he is a cyclist that cuts a controversial figure within the cycling scene.

This week we take a look at the brilliant initiative of bicycle valet parking.

This week I talk to Scott Drummond one of the co producers of this years VERY exciting, 2009 Bicycle Film Festival!!!

Interesting to talk to cyclists who have discovered riding by force of hand. If they hadn't had their license taken away they may never have discovered the joys of two wheels!

Awesome art exhibitions located in the hidden laneways of Sydney... best explored... by bike!

This week I speak to an expert on Magpies and get to the bottom of why they like to pursue cyclists. More impressively, she gives us some top tips on how to prevent them from swooping you!

I talk to Elaena Gardner about her up and coming adventures overseas. She has just received a Churchill fellowship to explore how other cutltures do cycling advocacy!

The inaugural bicycle scavenger hunt gets underway... an inspiring way to see the very best of Sydney!

Robin Moore's music video has had 500,000 hits. Lance Armstrong has even tweeted about it. Does poking fun a the different cycling factions have universal appeal or is it only funny to those in the 'club'?

I speak to Meindert... a charismatic Dutch man about his optimism for the Sydney cycling dream!

This week I leave the microphone with my husband at The Golden Barley in Enmore, Sydney. What happens as the penultimate stage of the Tour de France unfolds. A gruelling slog up a killer mountain which is Ventoux

I chat with Daniel Talmont at La Grande Cafe on Level 9, 301 George St at the Alliance Francaise.

This week on BikeLove I get to speak to Rick Smith, creator of the very cool Yehuda Moon comic strip. Based in Ohio, Rick accurately captures the most engaging aspects of cycling culture via his cartoon charcters, Yehuda, Joe and Thistle. Together with their adventures and wardrobe of customers you're able to dip into the charming world of the Kickstand cyclery!

If you're a cyclist... fancy a job at Fairfax? Their facilities are the best in town!

Sydney's first Tweed Ride...

Geoff Huntley talks about his one wheeled adventures through India, Bangladesh and Nepal

Staying dry as the heavens open...

Over the last 25 years, Brettski has become at one wtih the Sydney cityscape. His buns of steel defy gravity and his road manners are impecable... he is the longest serving bike messenger and he does Sydney proud!

This week I leave the bike at home... Ever walked along the coastal park of the Royal National Park? It's beautiful and I'd thoroughly recommend it, especially the wild, fresh water swimming holes along the way. I went this Easter and I didn't take my camera, instead I took my audio recorder.

This week a brief glimpse at how involved we are with our bikes. Do you take yours into your bedroom? Are you addicted to bike porn? Can you spend hours admiring your metallic playmate?

A very special BikeLove this week. This time last year I was lucky enough to watch The Tour of Flanders in Belgium. An awesome one day race that tests the brute strength of the riders. 260kms in total, the race begins from the flat low lands and then makes 15 climbs heading towards the finish at Ninove. Many parts of the race are cobblestone, big, flat, gruesome barbaric cobblestones… the kind that make you teeth jitter and arms kill.

This week BikeLove visits London and more specifically interviews Jack Thurston from The Bike Show. London is riding on the tide of the bicycle revolution. The number of cyclists is astounding compared to just a few years ago. If London can perform such a great turnaround, so can Sydney. I talk to Jack about riding in London and the more recent bicycle renaissance.

This week BikeLove heads to Evandale in Tasmania to witness the very special National Penny Farthing Championship! This race has been gaining in popularity over the years and 2009 had a record turn out! Not for the faint hearted, the competitors zip around the tight circuit at 40kms an hour whilst balanced over 5 foot in the air. And it's the original fixed wheel bicycle, even as you take the corners you still have to pedal.. Exhilarating to watch, listen to the MP3 and find out how the race unfolds.

This week on BikeLove I interview Susan Goodwin of Rocket Fuel. A female entrepreneur, she has put the Shazammm into the style of cycling with her retro caps and capes! She previously designed for Mambo and decided the cycling world could do with a re-style. No more do you need to grace the streets wearing lycra or high viz!

this week on BikeLove I took part in Rider Spoke which came to the MCA. An interactive bicycle art project - it's pretty compelling! Roaming around the city with a GPS/mobile strapped to your bike. Listening to a seductive voice ask you questions and encourage you to make recordings around the city. You also have the chance to listen to other people's recordings. I spoke with Matt Adams one of the founding artists of this project.

This week I spoke to Rod Cooper and Robin Fox of Pursuit. They, along with Jon Rose, have created a number of amazing instruments… all propelled by bicycles! there’s drums, a turntable, pipes, violins and ukuleles. The experience is going to be an all senses extravaganza as bicycles roll around creating sounds in snychronised tandem under the old Carriageworks. They’re playing at Sydney Carriageworks on 14th February 8pm… should be a good one!

This week BikeLove talks to members of the Nunnery! A bicycle workshop in Redfern where you can take your bike and learn how to fix it for free! Lots of tools and spare parts to use… even whole bikes if you want to get into cycling but don’t want to spend up until you know you’ll enjoy it! (as if you wouldn’t!!) We spoke to Julian who has been there the longest so is kind of in charge… We also spoke to many other volunteers and users of the workshop. They are always on the look out for spare bike bits… so if you have a bike or some tools you no longer need why not donate! Find them at 1 Phillip St, Redfern every Monday from 5pm til dark!

This week I interview Pete McDonald, Australia’s current National Road Cycling Champion. He had a stunning, exciting victory where Michael Rogers, three times world champion, was left eating his dust. Just five years ago, Pete worked as a bicycle messenger in Sydney’s CBD… no wonder he got good at sprinting fast! The National Road Championships lasted a gruelling 4hr 10min 34sec, along a course of 163.2km at Buninyong, near Ballarat. His victories don’t stop there, since picking up the National champion jersey, Pete has won the Tour of Wellington! Who knows what victories lay next in store!