Cycling attitudes in Sydney

20% of the london number of trips, 33% of the deaths, sugging it's about 60% more dangerous than london...

But wtf is going on with number of bikes being bought?! How many were bought in london last year?

http://www.thehippy.net/nucleus/index.php?itemid=776

*Sales of Australian-made cars collapsed from almost 250,000 in 2005 to just 201,623 last year — a drop of almost 20 per cent, according to preliminary figures released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.

For those in the bike business, however, it's a different story, with bicycle sales out-stripping vehicle sales for the seventh consecutive year last year, according to the Cycling Promotion Fund.
Australian bike sales extended their lead over cars for 2006, with almost 1.3 million sold.*