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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
We visit Sydney several times a year and we’ve had great fun discovering the city’s ever-expanding network of cycleways with a rental from Humble Vintage.
Now City of Sydney has a free pocket-sized booklet featuring eight adventures for you and your bike in inner-Sydney.
You can order a hard copy of the booklet by calling 9265 9333 or just download the ride you want.
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
We’re gearing up for Ride to Work Day tomorrow – are you excited too?
This year we’re riding to the City of Yarra Ride to Work Day community breakfast at Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy. We’re sponsoring some fun spot prizes for stylish cyclists – skirt garters for the ladies who are cycling in their skirted finery and fun bells for those with bell-less bikes.
You may even spot Cr Alison Clarke, the Mayor of the City of Yarra, in a bespoke Pageant Queen Reflective Sash. Cr Clarke is a mad keen cyclist and rides an electric Gazelle bike to her meetings as it’s faster and more convenient than driving from place to place. What a great Ride to Work Day ambassador!
See you tomorrow!
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
The Sydney Rides Festival launches with a bang this Saturday with the Street Fair of Cycling Goodness!
Join the party from 10-4pm at Taylor Square, Darlinghurst (on the Bourke Street cycleway cnr of Bourke Street and Oxford Street Darlinghurst).
There will be food, coffee, music, games and workshops. There’s also free bike mechanics and free valet bike parking thanks to the City of Sydney. Some of our goodies will be available for sale at the market stall run by Bicycle Film Festival Sydney, so make sure you drop in to this fabulous event.
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
After a winter hiatus, we’re back at Blackbird Market next Saturday 8 October. It’s a lovely local market held monthly in The Workers Club and features up and coming contemporary fashion and jewellery design, vintage clothing, live music, DJs and delicious food and drink – all on a beautiful afternoon.
Come on down between 11am-4pm and check out our bike goodies – from bells to skirt garters and just in time for Ride to Work Day the Wednesday after on 12 October.
Blackbird Market
Saturday 8 October 11am-4pm
The Workers Club
Cnr Brunswick and Gertrude Streets, Fitzroy (map)
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Food and cycling are probably our two favourite things, which is why we’re so excited to hear about ‘The Moving Feast’, a celebration of food and cycling in Sydney.
The new event is taking place on Saturday 24 September at 9am which is 350.org‘s Moving Planet day – so it’s also a day to promote moving away from fossil fuels (and taking our food and transport systems with us!)
Two groups will cycle along two separate routes (East Side and West Side rides) visiting Sydney’s farmer’s markets and food hot spots on the way. The rides will end with a party in Prince Alfred Park at midday so that you can enjoy your food with your new friends!
Check out the Moving Feast page for full details (including route and maps) and follow their Facebook and Twitter pages.
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Thursday, September 15th, 2011
The Bicycle NSW Spring Cycle is Sydney’s largest celebration of bike riding. This year’s event held on Sunday 16 October is part of the new Sydney Rides Festival from 8-16 October.
For the hard-core cyclists there is the traditional 55km Classic Ride but this year there is also a shorter 16km City Ride, a more leisurely amble which will feature many of the highlights of the longer ride (including riding over the Sydney Harbour Bridge).
You can register for the ride here. $5 of each entry fee goes to charity and this year the Spring Cycle is proudly supporting 3 charities:
- National Breast Cancer Foundation – Team Pink
- Amy Gillett Foundation
- Bicycle NSW Environmental Trust
To make the event a really fun day out, Bicycle NSW are running several competitions including a best-dressed competition. You could opt for a super-stylish Parisien look, deck yourself out in head-to-toe tweed, dress as your favourite super hero or go as way out as you can.
The winner receives a $250 voucher to spend with us! So what are you waiting for?
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
This weekend take your bike shopping by joining a ride and rummage through the op shops of Brunswick.
The ride begins at 11am Brotherhood St Laurence Op Shop Brunswick (109 Brunswick Rd Brunswick) and the nearest railway station Jewell or Rushall.
End Point – Coburg Railway Station. After the ride you can compare our finds at a Coburg cafe!
Treasure Hunt bragging rights for:
- Best find for under $5.00
- Coolest thing you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- Best bad taste / Kitsch item.
- Craziest costume.
- Most stylish ‘DIY’ Diva award.
- “Project Inspiration” Award (Tell us what you are going to make with your op-shop find)
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Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Tangled Journeys is a day celebrating the art of decorating your ride with yarn. Whether it is practical pieces, like skirt guards, saddle covers, maybe even handlebar bags, to frivolous fun with tassles, pom poms and tube covers. It could even be items to wear!
There will be examples to see, a kick-start with a crochet expert setting people off on their first project, patterns, yarn and the Taco Truck.
Some of our lovely crafty products will be on display and on sale on the day, including our crochet skirt guards, snoods and trouser cuffs.
See you this Sunday from 10-4pm!
Harvest Workroom
512 Lygon St, East Brunswick
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Thursday, August 18th, 2011
The newest addition to the Fitzroy/Collingwood bike shop enclave is Tokyo Bike, a small independent bike brand hailing all the way from Yanaka, Japan via Sydney.
We’ve previously written about Tokyo Bike’s Sydney store on The Design Files and now husband-and-wife team Fuyuki and Yuki Sagahara have headed south to bring their colourful steeds to a lovely light-filled shop off Smith Street.
The fitout is simple but thoughtfully furnished with small tokens of Japan, from the sprig of cherry blossom at the entrance to the series of overhanging Japanese fisherman’s lamps.
Tokyo Bikes are made with the urban cyclist in mind. The wheels are designed smaller for more stop-start riding through city streets and are perfect for moving through Tokyo’s and Melbourne’s back alleys. The pared back frames are super-light and the colours are eye-catching. In fact, a Tokyo Bike is one of “50 things to improve Your life” according to the July 2011 edition of Monocle!
Four styles are available – the classic CS, Bisou step-through for the ladies (and enlightened gents), SS single speed and Sport for the speed demons. You are encouraged to test ride any of the bikes in streets around the store, hence the deliberate choice to have a shop off a main street.
The shop also has a neat curated collection of accessories, from Knog lights and locks to Gropes leather grips from the UK.
Tokyo Bike Shop Melbourne, 5 Peel Street, Collingwood +61 3 9417 2845
Monday 11:30am-5:30pm
Tuesday closed
Wednesday 11:30am-5:30pm
Thursday11:30am-5:30pm
Friday 11:30am-5:30pm
Saturday 11:30am-5:30pm
Sunday 12pm-4pm
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Melbourne weather forecast for Wednesday - Rain at times. Windy. 12-15 degrees.
In Melbourne it seems that we’re in store for yet more rain. But don’t let the drizzle stop you from getting out and about, because Wet and Wendy have taken over one of the city’s round disused news stand on the corner of Swanston and Lonsdale Streets and transformed it into a neat little stall.
The racks are filled with fabulous rain gear, from umbrellas to rain coats. The small retractable umbrellas with a cheerful rain print on the underside are $39.95 and the large umbrellas are $49.95. In weather-wear, the stylish waterproof cape coats are $99.95 and the remaining handful of samples of the silver and navy blue rain coats are $60 (snap them up quick – we sold out of our stock in a week and these are the last ones left).
The pop up shoppe is open from Tuesday 16 August to Thursday 25 August, on weekdays only and from 8am every day.
This week, why not LOVE THE RAIN!
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Monday, August 15th, 2011
Melbourne Cycle Chic has a Featured Fashion section where designers are invited to collaborate with the Melbourne Cycle Chic project and are set the challenge of creating pieces that work well on a bike, use sustainably sourced fabrics and of course look chic!
The most recent Featured Fashion collaboration is with A Name Is A Label. The concept behind the dresses is ‘stage wear for the streets’. The dresses use a combination of textiles, juxtaposing different textures, patterns and colours. All the fabrics are re-used, either because they were discarded or excess.
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Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Rock up to Friday night drinks with your own, perfectly chilled beers transported via bike.
BelowFour by Melbourne designer Ilya Fridman is a saddle bag with a difference. It’s a hard case which is super stylish and perfect to carry in your hand and it’s refrigerated too!
Just unclip the case from your seat and voila, drinks and snacks are ready for the party!
via Yanko Design
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
Last weekend was the start of Sydney Design 2011, an annual design event produced by the Powerhouse Museum including exhibitions, workshops, talks, seminars, installations and tours.
One of the new events this year is CultureCycle, a guided bike tour run in conjunction with ArtCycle on this Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 August.
The CultureCycle guided tour offers a way of viewing the city, experiencing cultural attractions and actively participating in Sydney’s design culture. Cycling, museums and crochet do have something in common! The day includes stops at the Australian Museum, Remy and Lees, CarriageWorks, Powerhouse Museum‘s Love Lace exhibition and a crochet workshop!
For more information, click here.
And for Sydneysiders, Sydney Design 2011 is your opportunity to check out Treadlie’s Made to Measure bike exhibition. For a peek at what’s in store, click here.
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Thursday, July 28th, 2011
The Third Annual Sydney Tweed Ride departs Sydney Town Hall at 9am this Sunday 31 July.
We’re assured that it’s an awfully fun affair – not pompous, just jolly!
If you have nothing to wear – never fear! A pop-up Tweed Outfitter will be stationed at MC Cyclery’s city store (230 Clarence St, Sydney) to doll you out in style.
The ride concludes with a picnic, Tweed games and a delightful fashion event.
For more information, click here.
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
We’re back for the winter edition of the Melbourne Design Market 2011 with our friends Jellybean Bikes (www.jellybeanbikes.com.au) this Sunday 24 July 10-5pm.
For the winter markets we’ll be bringing along some of our fabulous reversible capes, waterproof trenchcoats, reflective gloves and legwarmers and cosy scarves.
If you’ve never been to the market you’ll find an ever-inspiring, ever-tempting array of great design stalls, cool grooves, coffee and happy crowds. For more information about the market go to www.melbournedesignmarket.com.au
See you on Sunday!
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