Rode to school, rode to get a uni degree in Urbanism where he learnt that cycling was the antidote to personal, societal, urban and world woes. He worked as a bike messenger and raced road bikes for a decade before going back to study Teaching. Patrick has completed a BA in Education; the UK National Standard for Cycling Instructors; the Victorian BikeEd certificate; Austcycle & SkillCycle from the Aust Sports Coaching Commission; City & Guilds (British Std) Bicycle Mechanics and a BA in Urban Planning.

She first got into bikes to impress the boy over the road but then fell in love with the fun and freedom of getting around by bike. She’s cycle toured all over Europe and Australia, and uses the bike everyday as her main form of transport to get to work, go for a swim, head out to the pub...

Was 14 when she first hopped on a bike in the backyard. She used it to get into mischief and rode at Uni to experience adventures. After a few years of not riding, she picked it up again aged 53; found it made a lot of sense to ride a bike and kept going until she ditched the car in 2018. She says, one of the best things she’s ever done is to ride a bike.

Graduated from riding around the backyard, to riding around the block, to eventually riding around the Sydney CBD. 25 years as a bicycle courier and using cycling as his primary transport option at home and abroad suggests he enjoys this cycling thing (a lot!). Aside from having logged over 1500 hours facilitating group cycling courses George has taught around 750 adults to ride a bicycle for the first time in our specialist 1:1 Learn-to-Ride sessions.

First discovered cycling for transport when he moved to Utrecht at the age of 19. His passion for cycling quickly grew; he took up mountain biking, bike polo, and cycle touring. He now uses his bike to go anywhere and everywhere and loves helping others to do the same.

Was introduced to the world of bikes at university. During a soul searching overseas trip after Uni, she was exposed to a sheer number of cyclists in Beijing, Copenhagen and Amsterdam. Returning to Sydney and bored of her research job, her love of transport and travel by bike lowered and she stumbled upon BikeWise. She is most content when on two wheels and loves seeing smiles, good manners and thank-you waves on Sydney's roads.

Was too timid to ride as a kid until his younger brother embarrassed him to finally get on two wheels. BMX was great, then after a 15-year pause he became a dedicated cyclist for getting to parties and work. Then it became work, employed as a BikeWise instructor and CBD bicycle courier. Bruce delivers both kids and adult courses.

Growing up in the burbs where all the fun stuff was a good car ride away, cycling meant freedom. As an adult I still love the sense of freedom and kid-like fun you get from riding and I love sharing that experience with my wife and daughter. My favourite types of riding are mountain biking, touring, commuting and soon gravel.

Dad, husband, nurse, bicycle courier and keen cyclist. José first got into cycling as an adult as a way to commute to his office in Mexico in 2009. The commute was 20km each way and he did it on a single speed. The more he rode, the more he got the bug. Jose transitioned from a single speed to a track bike, then a roadie, then a cyclocross bike. His favourite bike is his single speed cyclocross!

Madeline grew up in Germany in a family that couldn’t afford a bike nor, when she finally got a hand-me-down, could they fix a simple puncture. In her 20s, she rediscovered the freedom of commuting short distances and in the 2020 lockdown, she realized how easy it was to cycle longer distances. Inspired, she set out to cycle from Germany to Türkiye to meet her Turkish father. What started as a personal journey quickly turned into a 15-month adventure, spanning 23 countries, from Germany to Australia. Since returning, she’s passionate about teaching others how to fix punctures and showing how accessible cycling can truly be.