Hello all!

I know I’ve been posting a lot of Victorian stuff this past couple weeks and I promise there’s some great NSW and QLD stories to come this week.
But for the time being I want to extend a special congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Better By Bike competition which ran as part of the Melbourne Bike Festival.

I so enjoyed judging all these entries, and the creative ingenuity I saw from designers and non-designers alike really impressed me.

There were four nifty categories, described below:

Handy – Got a technical improvement, a whole new project, an engineering revolution, a nifty streamliner, a modification?

Happy – Found a way to make the rider smile, make the city safer for cycles, a system, a program, an event?

Healthy – Can you get more people riding, more diversity, more engagement with community?

Hot – Can you make bike riders look even better, brighter, more comfortable or cool?

And these were the winners…

HANDY WINNER: Stuart Wallace for Buttguards (Winner of a DQ subscription and a Dahon Mu P8 Folding Bike)

HAPPY WINNER: Benedikt Josef and Josh Wright for Bike Check (Winner of a DQ subscription and an Allegro Onya)

HEALTHY WINNER: Michael Efford for Bamboo Bike (Winner of a DQ subscription and a Gazelle Chamonix Pure)
 *Also read our story about Bamboo Bikes on Habitusliving.com

HOT WINNER: Amy Carr-Bottomley for Woven Scarf (Winner of a DQ subscription and a VanMoof No.5)

Not to be forgotten are the fabulous finalists…

HANDY FINALIST: Michael Hodges for Retractable bike stand

HANDY FINALIST: Erin Ender for Stretch Lowrider
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HAPPY FINALIST: Dave Clark for Bike Buddi – a social networking site for your bikes (not you!)
HAPPY FINALIST: Carl Shepherd & Outlines Landscape Architecture for Monash University bike steps
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HEALTHY FINALIST: Alan Page for Ebike Legislation
HEALTHY FINALIST: Matt & Hugh for Little Mule – an awesome cafe/bike shop in Somerset Lane, Melb CBD 
*Read our story on Little Mule on Habitusliving.com
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HOT FINALIST: Roger Wettenhall for Casesafe
HOT FINALIST: Bianca Vallentine for Capes – these will send you flying!

Read here for more on the event, including photos from the night.