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'Bicycles are the new toilet paper': bike sales boom as coronavirus lockdown residents crave exercise

Australia’s peak representative body for cyclists has called on governments to transform roads into cycleways to ease traffic on bike paths

Australian bike retailers are struggling to keep up with the boom in sales since coronavirus restrictions came into force last month.

“We’re the new toilet paper and everyone wants a piece,” Grant Kaplan, manager of Giant Sydney, a bike store in Sydney’s CBD, tells Guardian Australia.

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Health authorities share call to limit visits to cottage country amid pandemic

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Public bemused by Labour infighting over leaked 'hate' dossier, says Anneliese Dodds

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Dominic Raab to be grilled over Government's handling of coronavirus crisis amid calls for probe into 'slow response'

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Government website for key workers to book coronavirus tests stops taking applications just hours after launch

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Row after Dominic Cummings attended key scientific group's coronavirus meetings

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