Hanneli Mustaparta is a high fashion model who also happens to write a great fashion blog at Hanneli.com.
But the reason we love her the most? Because her blog’s profile picture features her linsome limbs on a bike dressed in a leather mini-skirt and some serious wedge boots.
With L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Week starting next week (14-20 March 2011), that’s off-duty model style we can really admire.
From the onset, New York-based Outlier has aimed to achieve the critical goal of providing garments that fulfill both a performance and design quality. In this hypebeast.tv video, we go behind the scenes with brand founders Tyler Clemens and Abe Burmeister to gain a better understanding behind their whole process.
No doubt if you’ve been caught out at least either forgetting your lights or forgetting your lock.
That’s why this design from the Seoul Cycle Design Competition caught our eye. Lurking by Lee Jumin and Kang Sukjin is a bicycle lock which is adjustable in length (fat lamp posts) and when you’re not using it, it slips under your saddle and functions as a light.
Simple, stylish and functional. We like it a lot.
There’s no better way to cool down after a ride than a dip in the sea.
Bike Fun Melbourne organise regular beach rides. All you have to do is text “beach rides” to 0412703483 or follow @bikefunmelb on Twitter to receive alerts. When it is going to be hot, they will give you 24 hours notice, ride to a Bay beach for fish’n'chips and a swim.
Sounds like a perfect summer’s day to us!
This morning we’re quite excited to share our latest discovery – Mojo Bikes, a custom build bike store based in Melbourne.
Custom made bike-making businesses are sprouting up all over the place these days, so why are we particularly inspired by Mojo Bikes? Because their video features a leggy Katie Holmes lookalike making eyes at the camera…
…and their photo gallery shows off their colourful bikes, including fixed gear, mixies and some lovely looking ladies step-throughs (Dutchies), against a background of some very recognisable landmarks of our home town – Melbourne Museum, Chinatown, St Kilda beach, Melbourne University and CBD laneways.
After the success of the first Cargo Bike Picnic last year (check out photos here), cargo bike businesses in Melbourne are organising a northside version, this time at Edinburgh Gardens on Sunday 27 February.
The cargo bike picnic is for people who are interested in the cargo bike lifestyle, people who are interested in buying a cargo bike but are unsure about it eg. how heavy it is, how safe, difficult to ride etc. They can look, test and feel the bikes and ask questions.
The people organizing the picnic are the importers of cargo bikes (Cargocycles, Gazelle , Countdown Cargo Bikes, Christiana bikes from PS Bikes, Taga, Kangaroo, Dutch Cargo Bike). People without a cargo bike are very welcome! Just BYO picnic and helmet.
Hopefully you will see me with my Taga and new baby!
Cargo Bike Picnic
Sunday 27 February 11-2pm
Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy (map)
As you know, we are big fans of Sarah Wilson’s blog and today there’s a little something special for you because we’re giving away one of our pretty wicker baskets!
All you have to do is pop over to her site and write a comment. That shouldn’t be too hard 
Good luck!
The Sustainable Living Festival (SLF) kicked off at Federation Square last Saturday 12 February and runs until Sunday 27 February. SLF showcases a huge range of exhibitors, talks, workshops, art, films and performances celebrating and inspiring sustainable communities.
This year’s SLF features Bike Town (organised by Melbourne Bikefest) from this Friday 18 February to Sunday 20 February. Bike Town celebrates the unique qualities of every bike (and the characters that ride them) in an interactive display. Each bike has its own patch of grass in a guided journey from Federation Square to the BMW Edge and members of the public are invited to cast a vote for the bike that best matches the characteristics of Bike Town’s townfolk – maybe the Beauty Queen, Sports Star, Environmentalist and Handyman?
Come down to Federation Square and look out for CycleStyle’s bike the most eye-catching, stylish bike in Bike Town!
Bike Town coincides with the Green Market that showcases over 100 exhibitors between Friday 18 and Sunday 20 February at Federation Square and Birrarung Marr, so why not make a day of it?
Gasp! Who owns these gorgeous green shoes?
Sally Singer is the new editor of the New York Times’ influential T: The New York Times Style Magazine..
According to her recent interview in Papermag, she rides to work every day on her bike. In YSL or Balenciaga. Respect.
(Thanks to The Common Elite for the tipoff)
We like bikes and we like films – so we’re really excited about Zero Carbon Moonlight Cinema, Melbourne’s first ever 100% pedal-powered outdoor cinema event as part of the 2011 Sustainable Living Festival.
The Melbourne Girls College Sustainability Collective with Future Spark are hosting an event whereby guests are encouraged to pedal in 15 minute sessions to generate the energy needed to power the film projector! BYO picnic, drinks and rugs though there will be a barbecue and a pedal-powered coffee cart.
Details: Friday 25 February. Gates open at 5.00pm with the movie beginning at dusk.
Venue: Melbourne Girls College, Yarra Boulevard in Richmond. The Yarra River will provide the backdrop for the event.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 concession and are available at the gate or buy online. To book a pedalling spot or for further information call Samantha Green on 0407 890 785.
