From August 28 until September 30, Bicycle Queensland are running a competition to win one of 4 prize packs from POC. All you need to do is sign up as a new Bicycle Queensland member for a monthly or annual membership, and you will go in the draw to win 1 of 4 POC products worth up to $450 each!
As part of this offer, any new, annual members will also receive 3 months of free membership – so even if you don’t win a prize from POC, you still receive 3 months of free BQ Membership.
Bicycle Queensland membership includes public liability and accident insurance for all kinds of riding (except racing), and our partners provide free legal advice in the case of an accident. BQ Members also receive discounts from a variety of retailers, and at BQ events.
You can join Bicycle Queensland as an individual member, with a valid concession card for concession pricing, as a Household of 2, or a Household of 3 Plus. We also have a School Student option.
If you’re already a Bicycle Queensland member, you can still be in the running to win one of the POC prizes – just log in to the BQ Portal and update your mailing preferences, slecting that you can be contacted for promotions. Once that is done – you’re automatically entered. And if you refer a friend to Bicycle Queensland, you can receive 3 months added to your membership as our way of saying thanks.
Terms and Conditions:
Prize draw and offer closes Tuesday 30 September, 2025.
Four winners each can choose a POC road or trail helmet or sunglasses. Excludes Cytal Carbon.
15 months for the price of 12 is only available for new, annual members
The 15 months for the price of 12 offer needs to be activated by the link on this page, and cannot be done retrospectively
By being added to our promotions mailing list, you may be contacted by POC or another BQ Partner
Bicycle Queensland is pleased to announce a comprehensive regional tour through Northern and Southern Queensland, scheduled for September 2025. The tour will be led by Bicycle Queensland’s Director of Advocacy Andrew Demack, and aims to engage with local Bicycle Queensland members, bike riders, the bike industry, tourism bodies, schools, universities and regional councils across Queensland. It is your chance to come along, have your say and help shape the future of bike and scooter riding in Queensland.
The Regional Forum Tour underscores Bicycle Queensland’s commitment to advocating for bike and e-scooter riding as a vital component of community health, sustainable transport, and tourism opportunities for the state of Queensland. Throughout the tour, Andrew Demack will meet with stakeholders to discuss the benefits of bike and e-scooter riding, effective transport planning, opportunities for recreation and the significant impact of riding on local economies and community well-being.
Andrew Demack already visited communities between Cairns and Townsville earlier in 2025, including attendance at the Queensland Mountain Bike Forum – his findings are already published.
Regional Tour dates and locations
Date
Time
City
Location
Meeting RSVP
15/9/2025
4:30pm
Mackay
Mackay Meeting Room, Jubilee Community Centre, 258 Alfred St Mackay
(More towns, dates and locations are being finalised – email media@BQ.org.au for details)
Andrew Demack expressed enthusiasm about the upcoming tour, given it is a chance to connect directly with BQ Members, the broader riding community and decision and policy makers around the state.
“Bike and e-scooter riding play a crucial role in enhancing the liveability of our communities, promoting active lifestyles, reducing traffic congestion and even delivering clear economic benefits. We look forward to discussing these important issues and advocating for better infrastructure and policies throughout Queensland’s regions.”
BQ encourages you to attend a forum near you, to connect with BQ, share your local experiences and challenges and contribute to shaping advocact for better bike and scooter infrastructure and policies.
Bicycle Queensland would like to thank the Queensland government for their support in undertaking this essential regional advocacy work, so we can understand the trends and challenges facing bike riding and micromobility. Bicycle Queensland aims to work with the Department of Transport and Main Road to communicate the investment opportunities around infrastructure and actions to best serve BQ members, stakeholders and communities.
Bicycle Queensland are happy to announce that BQ Members can now save at BikesOnline, one of Australia’s online retailers.
BQ Members receive a 10% discount on purchases between $300 and $5000. This is a great offer for BQ Members around Queensland or Australia! The code for the offer is in the Portal – log in to access it along with nearly 30 other great discounts for BQ Members.
If you’re not already a member, you can sign up to Bicycle Queensland to receive all the listed discounts on the Member Rewards page, alongside public liability and accident insurance, free legal advice and further discounts for BQ Events and at partner BQ Link stores.
– The discount code entitles all Bicycle Queensland members to a discount of 10% off any purchase between $300 and $5,000 at BikesOnline.com.au. – Discount excludes gift vouchers and items on sale. – This offer is not redeemable for cash and cannot be used in conjunction with other vouchers. – To redeem this voucher, simply visit BikesOnline.com.au, add the items to your cart and apply this code on the checkout page. – This voucher code is valid till 30 June 2026. – Please see the terms and conditions on the BikesOnline.com.au website for further details regarding delivery costs and availability. – Discount cannot be applied retrospectively. – The terms of this offer may be updated at the discretion of BikesOnline.com.
Bicycle Queensland interim CEO Liana Heath and Director of Advocacy Andrew Demack attended the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) first-ever Active Transport Forum on Friday 15 August.
This is a great initiative by LGAQ because it gives an opportunity for larger Councils with more resources and more staff to share their innovations and resources with smaller Councils. This inaugural forum had presentations from TMR experts on safe bicycle infrastructure design, and from Councils on projects including safe street environments around schools and connecting sections of bikeway. Bicycle Queensland’s presentation looked at the feedback we received from holding forums for bike riders across every major centre in the state.
Bicycle Queensland continues to ask Brisbane City Council (BCC) to immediately implement a safe and equitable solution for cycling and walking across the Story Bridge, as it has done after previous natural events. The current situation in which cycling and walking has been shut down indefinitely, while motor vehicles continue uninhibited across the bridge, is unacceptable in its preference for cars over cyclists and pedestrians. Bicycle Queensland has, and continues to ask, for an interim solution for the Story Bridge that allows safe access for active transport users.
“A bike bus is basically kind of like a normal bus,” Kathryn explains. “It has a pickup point and a drop-off point, and everyone travels together. But on a bike bus, everybody is cycling. They’re on their bikes instead of being on a physical bus, so it’s about visibility and safety of people cycling together in a group. You know, there’s a lead and a tail rider and everyone rides together, and everyone’s heading to the same destination, just like a bus.”
People could travel safely, and volunteers have been assisting to ‘drive’ the bus. This doesn’t meet the needs for those who need to use the bridge at different times, and of course it is no good for walkers, runners, or anyone not on a bike.’
Story Bridge fashion walk protest on 24th August
Following an announcement that the Kangaroo Point Bridge will be closed for half a day for the Brisbane Fashion Festival on 24th August, the Story Bridge Alliance have announced a protest fashion walk on the Story Bridge to continue raising the issue of the inequity shown to cyclists and pedestrians, in favour of motor vehicles.
“If Council can roll out the red carpet on the Kangaroo Point green bridge for a fashion show, they can certainly make space on the Story Bridge for the thousands of us just trying to get to work. It’s disappointing that Council can swiftly close a major active transport corridor for a fashion show but remains slow to provide practical alternatives for everyday commuters. We’re stepping up to show just how out of step this approach really is.”
Bicycle Queensland has, and will continue to ask, for an interim solution for the Story Bridge that allows safe access for active transport users.
This September 3-4 Tour de Cure will be running their annual Can4Cancer and Stride for a Cure fundraising walks. The routes for each day are identical, with participants choosing to undertake a 21km or 10km course, both of which start and finish at The Officers Mess in New Farm. Tour de Cure is a not-for-profit organisation which runs quality events to raise vital funds for cancer research, support and prevention projects. Since 2007, Tour de Cure has raised $130+ million to support cancer projects, which has resulted in 193 cancer research breakthroughs.
To make the charity events possible, Tour de Cure have received a consent to occupy City Reach Boardwalk (Brisbane City), New Farm Riverwalk (from Eastern end of Howard Smith Wharves section to New Farm Park, New Farm), Kangaroo Point Bikeway (from Rotherham Street to Dockside Ferry Terminal, Kangaroo Point) and Mowbray Park Internal Shared Pathways (East Brisbane ) from 8:30am to 2:00pm on both days, via Brisbane City Council Transport Planning and Operations.
The 21km participants will arrive at Officers Mess at approximately 8.00am and have a staggered departure from 8.30am, while the 10km participants will arrive at Officers Mess at approximately 10.00am and have a staggered departure from 10.30am.
The events are expected to have 200 participants and 100 participants respectively on Wednesday 3 September, with 120/150 for Thursday 4 September bvetween the 21/10km walks.
The 21km route will head towards Brisbane City before crossing the Kulripa Bridge to Southbank. They will then continue along the foreshore through Kangaroo Point and will then catch a ferry from Hawthorne Ferry Terminal to Teneriffe where they will return along the riverside to New Farm.
The 10km route will head towards the city via Howard Smith Wharves, crossing the river using the Kangaroo Point Bridge. They will then continue along the foreshore towards Hawthorne, where they will catch a ferry to New Farm.
Due to the staggered departure and the differing walking paces of the participants, the field of walkers will be quite spread out.
Participants will adhere to normal pedestrian rules, walking on pathways, crossing at lights where applicable. There will be no infrastructure set up along the course – just a slightly higher volume of foot traffic.
Bicycle Queensland extends our sympathies to the family and community of the woman tragically killed over the weekend in Edgewater, Perth. She died after being struck by a high-powered, unregistered electric motorbike, which Police say was being ridden recklessly by a 17-year-old who has since been charged with manslaughter.
This devastating incident is a stark reminder that the widespread availability and misuse of illegal e-mobility devices pose serious risks not only to those who ride them, but to every user of shared paths, roads and other public spaces.
While the incident occurred in Western Australia, the same types of devices are easily purchased in-store and online in Queensland, despite being illegal to use on public roads and paths.
“The e-motorcycle device actually does have a place legally – on purpose-built motocross tracks such as QLD Moto Park near Boonah,” said Andrew Demack, Director of Advocacy at Bicycle Queensland. “But using these devices on paths and roads in our suburbs and cities is just as dangerous and illegal as young people hooning on petrol-powered motorbikes – except maybe more dangerous because they are much quieter.”
These devices – often incorrectly marketed as e-bikes – can travel up to 60 km/h and beyond purely under throttle assistance from the motors that can have 5000W of power or more. The e-motorbikes are not even equipped with pedals, and far exceed Australia’s legal limit of 250W continuous power and 25 km/h of pedal-assisted speed. That makes them, by law, unregistrable electric motorbikes – yet they are still widely available online and in some retail stores.
Many are purchased by teenagers and less experienced riders, with little awareness of the legal or safety risks. Public frustration is rising, with increasing reports of these high-powered devices being used recklessly on bikeways, footpaths, and walking trails and mountain bike trails across Queensland – and Australia.
Enforce existing laws around illegal e-bikes and PMDs with immediate effect
Ban the sale of non-compliant devices that exceed speed and power limits
Support public education to help people understand what’s legal and safe
Empower police and transport officers to test and remove illegal vehicles
Encourage speed-governing measures on existing devices where possible
Queensland has an opportunity right now to address this issue to prevent future harm. The current mix of unclear rules, unregulated sales, and growing use of high-powered devices is a recipe for exactly the kind of fatal incident we saw in Perth. Not if, but when.
On July 22, Bicycle Queensland joined Queensland Walks in presenting to the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into E-Mobility, alongside representatives from RACQ, QFES, QUT’s Centre for Future Mobility, Dr Richard Buning from UQ, Lime, Neuron and Foucoult Dynamics.
The session highlighted both the promise and the pressure of the e-mobility boom, especially in urban areas. Key concerns from those who presented ranged from the safety of privately imported and modified devices, to rider education, infrastructure gaps, and the need for clear and enforceable regulations.
BQ’s submission called for:
Increased investment in active transport, especially separated infrastructure
Mode share targets to guide planning and transport policy – aiming for 10% of trips via active transport (walking or riding)
Investment in infrastructure to match the mode share goals – lifting from the current funding of under 1% of total transport funding
A stronger focus on the desirability and safety of walking and cycling, especially as urban congestion grows
A reduction of speed limits on local streets to 40km/h to protect vulnerable road users
Match import and sales regulations for e-mobility devices to the legislated standards, and run a professional public education campaign to support that
BQ’s Director of Advocacy Andrew Demack pointed out that the need for separated infrastructure for all riders was essential. But clarification is required around what a shared path is, and what a bike path is. Currently the differences and therefore the e-mobility speed limits for the different paths, is not signed. This has lead to confusion for many users.
Queensland Walks was clear on their message, that the rise in e-mobility must not come at the cost of walking and riding. “Footpaths are for walking,” Queensland Walks President Greg Vann reminded the inquiry, urging dedicated infrastructure for all micro-mobility users to avoid conflict and confusion.
Other presenters shared concerns about non-compliant devices, particularly e-scooters capable of exceeding 25km/h, which RACQ identified as unregistered mopeds. Both RACQ and QFES supported crackdowns on illegal imports especially around unregistered e-motor bikes that are frequently sold as e-bikes. They have called for stronger battery safety standards, and emphasised the need to educate both riders and parents about what the rules are.
Commercial hire operators Lime and Neuron along with manufacturer Foucoult Dynamics presented their safety records and called for better infrastructure and clearer parking policies, while academic experts from QUT and UQ reinforced that improved infrastructure – not stricter rules – has the biggest impact on compliance and safety.
BQ Interim CEO Liana Heath reminded the inquiry that active transport delivers connectivity, access, equity, and health benefits across the community – values at the heart of the Brisbane 2032 legacy that the Queensland Government is committed on delivering.
Where to from here?
The inquiry is ongoing, with more presentations being made on both the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. Bicycle Queensland believes that there is already a need for immediate action from the Queensland State Government in three key areas:
Infrastructure: the lack of specific infrastructure for bikes and e-scooters was a common theme, with all presenters highlighting that the lack of purpose-made infrastructure was one of the leading issues for injuries. Additionally, forcing e-mobility devices and bikes onto footpaths has reduced confidence in walking – which is the main mode of transport for everyone. Proper investment in separated paths is an immediate requirement, with transport funding to match a mode shift goal.
Illegal imports: BQ and RACQ pointed out, many of the e-devices (both illegal e-bikes and some privately owned scooters) are illegal, unregistered motor vehicles. Their import and sale in Queensland must be blocked. This is an action that Fair Trading can take for Queensland with immediate effect, drastically reducing the sale and use of illegal vehicles that are headlining negative press on the e-mobility movement and creating over-representation in hospital admissions.
Education and enforcement: Queensland has some very thorough rules in place around e-mobility use including who can use what devices and where, and limits for assistance from the electric motors. Beyond illegal imports, education needs immediate action. The Queensland Government need to invest in a thorough, professional public education campaign to inform riders and parents about the limits on devices and their use. And then they need to enforce it.
BQ Chair, Rachel Nolan urged caution regarding over regulation, emphasising the need to focus on enforcing current laws and public education, before crackdowns, “We caution the Government to use current levers and education before mandating new rules. We want to promote riding and e-mobility, not introduce further obstacles or complexity”.
As Queensland’s voice for bike and scooter riders, BQ will continue to advocate for safe streets, smarter policy, and sustainable solutions that support both existing riders and the growing diversity of people using e-mobility to move around.
