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Twilight ride Tuesday night

Tuesday, November 14, 2006; Bsyd

new weekday opening hours (and some personal venting)

What a shit week. Probably the worst in my whole life I reckon, except when I thought my dad was going to die. Nick’s dad is sick, John’s knee is blown up, Dave has had a mental breakdown due to work overload. The pre gong ride rush has been overwhelming, especially with Dave and John off, and we made a few mistakes this week. I am not used to making mistakes. As well as all that, I am sick  , and have just broken up with Tiff, the woman who I thought was my soulmate. Can’t believe I made it through to friday, reallly . I know it’s not appropriate to bring this stuff up here, but it’s my bloody website! Anyway, a couple of pretty imprtant lessons learnt. Look after the ones you love, and , don’t work so hard. These are interrelated!

Anyway, this will explain why I would risk offending and inconveniencing you, our valuable “customers” (I hate that word), by no longer opening between 8 and 10am.

So, effective immediately, our trading ours will be

Mon – Fri  10am till 6:30pm  (tuesday night mechanic courses 6:30 – 9pm)

Thursday 10am – 8pm

Saturday 10am – 4pm

Sundays Gone riding!

Adam

Summer Solstice 06 – coming soon

Due to the great fun we had last year with the BikeSydney Summer Solstice – it will be back – evening of the 21st Dec, morning 22nd Dec. Put in for your day off now.

BFF

HOw good was the Bicycle Film Festival ?!

Friday night I was a bit drunk, and I was hooting and hollering at all the crazy moves on screen.

A HUGE thanks to Brendt from SF and Phuong for all their efforts. MOvies parties, bike culture. Very inspiring.

A couple of people were in today enquiring about fixies. It’s ON!

What was your favourite movie?

Sydney Bicycle Film Festival 2006

CHANGE OF VENUE!
Due to technical difficulties, The Bicycle Film Festival will now be screened at the OLD GEOLOGY BUILDING easily found next to the Glebe footbridge on Parramatta Rd.

Just thought I’d also let everyone know where to be for FREE Bicycle Film Festival events!

FREE PARTIES!!!

Thursday 26th October
BIKES ROCK PARTY! Bicycle Film Festival Launch

Hermann’s Bar
7pm-12am
Come party hard with:
Tom Stone and the Soldiers of Fortune, Say Cheese and Die!, Vincent Over the Sink, Peter Costello, MC Sunny D, Chooch-a-bahn DJs,
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Friday 27th October

Reception

6-7pm
Old Geology Building (next to Glebe footbridge on Parramatta Rd)
Free wine, juice and vegetarian nibblies! Come and get excited about the first screening of the BFF EVER IN AUSTRALIA!

Bicycle Film Festival Afterparty
The Townie (Newtown)
11pm-late
Come, relax and chat over a beer or lemonade…

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Saturday 28th October
Bicycle Film Festival Closing Party
Hermann’s Bar
11pm-3am
Dance the night away with Dual Plover’s Winner and DJ Small Cock.

SOS!
Help is still needed with:
- valet bicycle parking. Come and relieve Fiona (from MASSBUG) for an hour or two so she gets to see at least SOME of the Bicycle Film Festival screening! Volunteers urgently needed to help on Saturday and a couple more people on Friday would be good too. So far, Fiona appears to be looking after the bicycle parking full-time on both days! It’s time to help her out!
Contact Fiona on paulfi@optusnet.com.au
- general ushering of people and various other things… If you’re able to help out on Friday night from 5:30pm, let me know as soon as possible and I’ll assign you a job! Yes! Go jobs!

~ Phuong ~

Spring Cycle Tomorrow

The Sydney Body Art Riders will be attending the Spring Cycle tomorrow. Come and join us. Meet us behind the stage in St Leonard’s Park at 7.30am for a ride across the Harbour Bridge. You need a helmet, bicycle, shoes and undies/budgie smugglers/G-string. We will provide the paint.
 

Bicycle Film Festival this friday

PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE CHANGE!!!
SCREENINGS AT THE OLD GEOLOGY THEATRE!!!

Science Road, University of Sydney (next to the Parramatta Rd footbridge)

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY UNION ACCESS CENTRE IN PERSON OR BY CALLING 1800 013 201!!!  

Coming soon, a very exciting program at Sydney Uni on Friday Oct 27 and Saturday Oct 28. Complete with valet parking for your bike. And parties afterwards!

Check out the awesome programme at Bicycle Film Festival

photo exhibition in Newtown.

Newview Gallery Oct 16-19

277 Australia St Newtown 

Opening Tonight from 6pm

by John Domeny

Cars are so, so energy inefficient

The following snip is from the summary of a CSIRO report on the future of cars. An interesting read if you have an interest in sustainable transport.

To me the killer fact is only 13% of fuel energy is used to propel current vehicles. Pretty outrageous when you think about it. Sure, less cars, more public transport, more active transport, better designed communities etc are essential but cars are going to be around for a while so why not make them better.

Be interested to know the energy efficiency of a bike. Must be pretty high. Any ideas anyone?

From the CSIRO:

Fuel cells could be a long-term solution to transport-related greenhouse emissions, but in the meantime car makers could do a lot more to improve vehicle fuel use, says CSIRO’s low emissions transport leader David Lamb. “Today’s typical car wastes most of the energy it gets from the fuel,” Lamb told the NRMA summit (see Truss: consumer demand should be the basis for alternative fuels take-up). “Only about 13% of the energy is used to propel the vehicle,” he said. “The rest is wasted in friction, noise, heat, braking and mechanical losses.” Car makers “already know” many technologies that could improve fuel efficiency, but they all cost more, he said. “They would have supplied them already except that fuel was so cheap. Engine improvements will arrive quite quickly now that fuel is more expensive, but they will cost about 10% more than today’s car.” Over the next six or seven years engines will generally get smaller and accommodate 5% or 10% biofuels, Lamb said.

http://www.csiro.au/csiro/content/standard/ps12m,,.html

Velo Social

Velo Social last month was great. A top bunch of people drinking in the pub, then cruising up to the cross for a big Dumpling meal. Next VeloSocial will be some time in daytight savings

 We will have a special bicycle driven surprise

Andreas’ fair dinkum Aussie bike at the Claire

Dave pointing out some o his handywork on Crazy Dave’s bike

Velo Social on the road

Rideleader John (in glasses)