It's been a busy couple of weeks in cycling. Last Wednesday's Ride to Work Day encouraged people to share - or sample for the first time - the joy of commuting by bicycle. At the weekend, more than 14,000 people took part in the Around the Bay in Melbourne, while some 10,000 "took the lane" across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the Spring Cycle (I rode with my nine-year-old nephew, Aidan, who has already locked me in for next year). In Queensland, there was the Brisbane to Gold Coast.

But perhaps the most interesting news item was last weekend's launch of the Australian Cyclists Party.

A week is a long time in politics, and for the past seven days I've been tracking some of the developments as the party rolls into life.

Or rather, sprints into life. The Cyclists Party hopes to challenge in the upper house in the next state elections in Victoria and New South Wales – and due to the stringent demands of the latter's regulations, the party needs to submit a membership list in a few weeks' time to be eligible for the NSW elections in early 2015.