{"id":2684,"date":"2017-04-04T11:52:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T01:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2025-04-06T01:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T14:02:36","slug":"yarrabug-radio-show-434-monday-4th-april-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2017\/04\/04\/yarrabug-radio-show-434-monday-4th-april-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"YarraBUG Radio Show #434 Monday 4th April 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FYarraBUGRadio%2Fvideos%2F1396372463761278%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/yarrabug\/episode-201704031000\/vale-jim-freeman-and-mike-hall\">Vale Jim Freeman and Mike Hall<\/a>: after several recent 3CR programs dedicated to the <a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.curvecycling.com.au\/pages\/indian-pacific-wheel-race\" target=\"_blank\">Indian Pacific Wheelrace<\/a>, Val and Chris attempt to process Fridays <a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/victoria\/cyclist-abandons-ride-route-my-whole-family-have-been-having-sleepless-nights-20170402-gvbufs.html\" target=\"_blank\">unbearably tragic news<\/a> of <a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bordermail.com.au\/story\/4568507\/indian-pacific-wheel-race-cancelled-due-to-death-of-cyclist-mike-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Halls death<\/a> on the Monaro highway outside of Canberra. Mike was one of the <a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Hall_(cyclist)\" target=\"_blank\">worlds greatest ultra endurance cyclists<\/a> and an <a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.inspiredtoride.it\/\" target=\"_blank\">event founder<\/a>, going back to the <a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/tourdivide.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tour Divide<\/a>. As a mark of respect, cyclists all over the world quickly\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/cyclingtips.com\/news\/fallen-endurance-racer-mike-hall-honoured-in-tribute-rides\/\" target=\"_blank\">organised tribute rides<\/a> to Mike, with thousands turning out in <a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/cyclingtips.com\/news\/fallen-endurance-racer-mike-hall-honoured-in-tribute-rides\/\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne<\/a>, <a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/cycling\/hundreds-ride-to-opera-house-in-memory-of-cyclist-mike-hall-20170401-gvbpi2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney<\/a>, Adelaide and Brisbane on Sunday 2nd April. A <a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/187943011712333\/\" target=\"_blank\">Perth tribute ride<\/a> is planned for later this week. With thanks to <a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/75nLfaIfDHY\" target=\"_blank\">Sam<\/a> and Steve, we play audio of Andrew Pike&#8217;s moving speech for Mike from the Melbourne ride conclusion at Wurundjeri Spur, Yarra Bend.<\/p>\n<p>We also <a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=10154177067212191&amp;id=21311767190\" target=\"_blank\">reflect<\/a> upon the <a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bordermail.com.au\/story\/4553950\/cyclist-killed-near-benalla\/\" target=\"_blank\">passing of\u00a0Jim Freeman<\/a>, a long time <a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mbtc.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club<\/a> member and friend to many. Cycling news also includes Philippe Gilberts\u00a0unexpected win in the <a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/cyclingtips.com\/news\/double-mechanical-ruins-boonens-flandrian-fairytale\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tour of Flanders<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/victoria\/elevated-cycling-freeway-for-melbournes-speedy-commuters-20170402-gvbxdh.html\" target=\"_blank\">proposed elevated &#8220;cycleway<\/a>&#8221; for Melbournes inner west at part of the West Distributor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3475\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2684-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2017\/04\/03\/1000\/201704031000_yarrabug_64.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2017\/04\/03\/1000\/201704031000_yarrabug_64.mp3\">http:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2017\/04\/03\/1000\/201704031000_yarrabug_64.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2017\/04\/03\/1000\/201704031000_yarrabug_64.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"201704031000_yarrabug_64.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 27:35 &#8212; 25.3MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('2684-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_2684-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_2684-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?powerpress_embed=2684-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vale Jim Freeman and Mike Hall: after several recent 3CR programs dedicated to the Indian Pacific Wheelrace, Val and Chris attempt to process Fridays unbearably tragic news of Mike Halls death on the Monaro highway outside of Canberra. Mike was&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2017\/04\/04\/yarrabug-radio-show-434-monday-4th-april-2017\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[1574,940,1575,1572,603,1570,1569,1566,1557,1560,325,1528,1561,1573,1565,1567,209,786,502,1549,1562,584,1571,1568,1563,1564],"class_list":["post-2684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","category-show-summary","tag-ipwr-tribute-ride","tag-adelaide","tag-andrew-pike","tag-brisbane","tag-chris-star","tag-elevated-cycleway","tag-footscray","tag-footscray-road","tag-indian-pacific-wheelrace","tag-jim-freeman","tag-melbourne","tag-melbourne-bicycle-touring-club","tag-mike-hall","tag-perth","tag-philippe-gilbert","tag-shepherds-bridge","tag-sydney","tag-tour-divide","tag-tour-of-flanders","tag-transcontinental","tag-ultra-endurance-cyclists","tag-val-nagle","tag-west-distributor","tag-whitehall-street","tag-wurundjeri-spur","tag-yarra-bend-boulevard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ksuk-Hi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2701,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2017\/04\/27\/yarrabug-radio-show-437-monday-24th-april-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":2684,"position":0},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #437 Monday 24th April 2017","author":"admin","date":"27 April 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Talking with Sarah Imm, the new Bicycle Mayor of Sydney: on this weeks program Chris catches up with\u00a0Sarah Imm\u00a0about her plans as the\u00a0new\u00a0Bicycle Mayor of Sydney\u00a0and how\u00a0the role was created, her involvement with the\u00a0Indian Pacific Wheelrace memorial ride for Mike Hall\u00a0in Sydney, how the\u00a0#bikeshopeat with Kristof Allegaert\u00a0came about, her plans\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Podcast&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/category\/podcast\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/SarahImm_BicycleMayorOfSydney-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/SarahImm_BicycleMayorOfSydney-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/SarahImm_BicycleMayorOfSydney-1024x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2679,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2017\/03\/27\/yarrabug-radio-show-433-monday-27th-march-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":2684,"position":1},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #433 Monday 27th March 2017","author":"admin","date":"27 March 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Senator Janet Rice talks bicycle funding & riding in Melbourne's west: on this week program, Steve talked with Jesse Carlsson at the Indian Pacific Wheelrace\u00a0launch at Curve Cycling about a fortnight ago - and today is day 10, when the race leaders finally hit Melbourne! 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