The daytime running and night lights we use

30 January 2024

Mulga NewsHow To Tutorials

After our recent evening ride to watch the Flight Drone SkyShow over Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin on Australia Day we received a few questions about the lights we use on our personal bicycles.

There are four things we consider when selecting front and rear lights for our personal bicycles:

1. how well they increase the likelihood we will be seen during the day,
2. how well they increase the likelihood we will be seen at night,
3. how well they will enable us to see when it gets dark, and,
4. how long we can use them at maximum intensity before they need recharging.

Every couple of years we review the bicycle lights available on the Australian market to see if there are any new lighting products we should be considering. Our last review was in October, 2023.

How to calculate the steepest hill you can climb

26 October 2023

Mulga NewsHow To Tutorials

Riding up hills is perhaps one of the most common topics we hear discussed on our cycling tours. Often the conversation is started by a guest who is riding one our hire bikes as they find the gear ratios on Mulga’s hire bike make it easier to climb up hills than their own, so they want to know more.

Important Safety Recall: Shimano 11-Speed Cranksets

26 October 2023

Mulga News

Shimano has published a global product safety recall of its 11-speed bonded Hollowtech road cranksets manufactured between 1 June 2012 – 30 June 2019.

The Story Behind Our Funky Orange Workshirts

04 May 2023

Mulga NewsInspirational

Some of you have noticed we are wearing a new style of orange high-vis workshirt when we are running our tours with the message “This Is A Conversation Starter” embroidered across our backs. We are often asked “What’s the story with your shirts?” The answer is very inspirational and best answered by the initiative's co-inventor Daniel Allen.

Start 'em Young - Bikepacking as a Family With Our Two Year-Old

12 April 2023

Inspirational

Two parents plant the seeds of outdoor exploration by taking their two year old on an overnight cycling trip.

Finding Time

29 March 2023

Inspirational

“Finding Time” is the story of two friends whose connection goes far beyond a love for cycling. David Smith MBE and Steve Bate MBE are both living with degenerative conditions that will eventually take away their ability to ride. But it doesn't stop them from making the most of the time they've got. Watch their story here.

Introducing Peg, our new location scout

18 January 2023

Staff Profile

Name: Peg

Position: Location Scout and Fixer

Email: Peg@mulgabicycletours.au

Instagram: @peg.thrill.seeker

How to use the what3words app

02 February 2021

How To Tutorials

In this tutorial we are going to show you:

1. How to find your what3words address
2. How to save a what3words address
3. How to find your what3words address lists
4. How to share a what3words address
5. How to navigate using both what3words and Google Maps
6. How to navigate with what3words in compass mode
7. How to find the what3words FAQ

The what3words app is a tool Mulga Tours may use to communicate our location to you or, if we are separated, ask you to use to provide us with your location. It is particularly useful in situations when there is no known street address such as in parkland, large crowded open spaces or on remote or unnamed roads.

We’re now using what3words

24 January 2021

Mulga News

One of the difficulties many of us have is how to communicate our exact location to others when we are in unfamiliar surroundings such as on regional roads or places where there is no actual street address. This is made particularly stressful if you become lost, or you come across an incident requiring the assistance of emergency services.

what3words has created an easy solution to this problem. They have divided the entire surface of the Earth into 3 metre x 3 metre squares and allocated a unique three word address, such as ///induce.transcript.fashioning, to each of these squares.

We’re in search of Quirky Australian Cycling Routes

07 November 2020

Instagram Posts

Recently Ruben Lopez @rubydrummr cycled across the United States from Poo Poo Point in Washington, to Pee Pee Creek, Ohio.

This got us wondering about how many #QuirkyAustralianCyclingRoutes we could come up with.

Eyre Peninsula in South Australia has Nowhere Else Road. Is this a starting point or finishing point?

#QuirkyAustralianCyclingRoutes can be on any theme, be very short in distance or very long.

Let’s have some fun!

Please post your ideas and share this post with your friends.

We may even be able to turn your suggestions into a fully supported bicycle tour.

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