program that encourages workers to feel good and have fun by commuting to work by bike and experiencing the health, financial and environmental benefits. The event encourages individuals and also workplace teams to participate. Information is provided to help workplaces build facilities and develop policies to support employees who cycle to work. In October 2006, 10,000 first-time riders and regular commuters registered prior to the event. An estimated 30,000 took part on the day throughout Victoria. Other events Several other events have been run in the past, including: Great Melbourne Bike Ride: in March 2003, 14,000 people participated in this event including the premier Steve Bracks, eclipsing the previous Australian record for a mass bike ride of 11,000 riders in 1992. Relationship with other cycling organisations From 1979 the organisation was a member of the peak Australian body representing non-competitive cyclists, the Bicycle Federation of Australia, but discontinued its affiliation during 1998. On 7 August 2007 the Australian cycling sector which included the Cycling Promotion Fund, Bicycle Industries Australia, Cycling Australia, Retail Cycle Traders Australia and the Bicycle Federation of Australia launched its key asks in Canberra for the upcoming 2008 federal election. Bicycle Victoria was one of the peak organisations included in these key requests. but did not participate in the cycling sector's federal election campaign. In September 2007, Bicycle Victoria, Bicycle NSW, Bicycle Queensland and Bicycle South Australia announced the formation of the Bicycle Coalition; an agreement to work together on several projects such as National Ride to Work Day. Bicycle Network is not a partner of the Amy Gillet Foundation (http://www.amygillett.org.au) Local bicycle groups (known as Bicycle User Groups, or BUGs) which campaign in local areas for improvements, organise rides, bike education and maintenance workshops and provide a grassroots basis for wider bicycle campaigns - were established by Bicycle Victoria in 1990. However, this relationship was subsequently discontinued. Bicycle Network Victoria sometimes works with these groups on projects like the "Super Tuesday" bike count. Relationships with BUGs have been uneven. Bicycle Victoria's support of the Grand Prix at Albert Park (1993) led to resignations of many key BUG members across Victoria (see below). Controversies Albert Park Grand Prix Bicycle Victoria's support of the Grand Prix at Albert Park (1993) was unsurprisingly controversial. BV also ran the Great Melbourne Bike Ride around the circuit in 1996, prior to the first Grand Prix, thus apparently conferring the support of