Cheeky Transport

Basic Mechanics Course Tomorrow – 1 place left.

After lots of requests, we’re running maintenance classes again. We’ll get some more details and a schedule up online here soon.

Tomorrow night, Wednesday the 19th of August, we’re covering some basic skills including wheel removal and installation and flat tyre repair. More advanced topics will be covered in future sessions.

The session runs from 6.30pm for around 1 1/2 hours. It’s limited to a group of 4 so we can make sure to pay attention to everyone. The cost is $50. Give us a call if you’d like to attend. We’ve got one spot left for tomorrow night.

We Brake For Cake

Girls on Bike ‘we brake for cake’ scavenger hunt details

That’s right girls it’s time to get on your bikes! Come on out for a fun afternoon riding around Sydney in the Rocket Fuel ‘we brake for cake’ scavenger hunt, Sunday September 6, 2009

Registration, sign on and payment at 1.00pm at Taylor’s Square on Oxford St, Darlinghurst. You will be handed a set of clues, things to do and collect in and around the city before we all meet back up to have a BBQ* prize giving and swap stories of the day.

You will need to bring with you

• your bike – all types of bikes are welcome.

• $5 for entry

• a bag / basket to carry items on your bike

• a bike lock

• some money to buy some of your scavenger hunt items

• a good sense of direction and most importantly be ready to have a great time exploring the city on your bike.

Great selection of prizes up for grabs including ones for best dressed and cutest bike!

See you there!

P.S Boys are welcome to ride too!

*will include food for vegetarians

This is an unsupported ride, all riders accept responsibility for themselves and their bikes, all Road Rules apply.

Royal Flush – This Saturday Nite.

The Pista Resistance kids are throwing a poker run on Saturday night, but details are scarce at the moment. What we can tell you is that it’s open to all comers, fixed wheel or not, and should be a blast. Does three of a kind beat two pair?

Royal Flush – A Pista Resistance Event..

The Pista Resistance kids are throwing a poker run on Saturday night, but details are scarce at the moment. What we can tell you is that it’s open to all comers, fixed wheel or not, and should be a blast. Does three of a kind beat two pair?

Horus and Deloris Gallery – Exhibition Opening

Lena Obergfell is an artist and a customer of ours, and her new exhibition ‘Habseligkeiten’ is opening at Horus and Deloris gallery in Pyrmont tomorrow night, and running until the 29th of April. Check it out.

Coming up: ‘PURSUIT: A Performance Event’.

We met Jon and Robin in the shop today, two artists putting on this event. It’s on at Carriageworks for free on the 14th of February from 7.30pm. Check out those first two websites and think of the possibilities – bike powered, mutant violin, laser light show is what I’m imagining.

Pursuit is a chamber orchestra of mobile, bicycle-powered acoustic musical instruments with wireless transmission technology that will inhabit the vast foyer of CarriageWorks.

Using everything from horns on handlebars, to complex constructions with wind, string, or piano actions, Pursuit is a choreographed spectacle of sound, speed and light based on pedal power. This unique one-day free event will be developed by internationally acclaimed composer and violinist Jon Rose and media artist Robin Fox during their residency at Performance Space.

Bike Training Courses Coming Up..

If you or someone you know wants to get their city riding skills up to scratch, check out the Sydney Community College course below..

BACK ON YOUR BIKE COURSE

Sat 22 & 29 Nov, Sydney Park $69.00 (inc GST)
If you want to learn to get Back On Your Bike in Sydney, then this course is
for you.

Haven’t ridden in a while and feeling a bit rusty? Is your bike gathering
dust in the garage? Get some confidence back by learning new skills and
enjoy your bike again. Do some exercise and discover Sydney’s new cycle
ways. Learn how to check the bike and even take the front wheel off to fit
it in the car. Enjoy a cycleway ride with a group.

This course is run by Sydney Community College and Tanya Bosch.
It is one of a series courses which also includes “Commute by Bike”

See http://www.sydneycommunitycollege.com.au/class/srre1-4

Easter Trading..

We like long weekends almost as much as we like bicycles. Adam’s off to Queensland, Dave and Lee are having family time and I’ll be taking my 3 speed roadster down to the Southern Highlands for a day ride in the classic English style..

Accordingly, our trading hours for the next little while is as follows:

Enjoy the long weekend – ride your bicycle…

Bicycle Security..

Lock It Or Lose It

 Via the ever-awesome Velorution comes this great article on securing your bike, originally published by the UK’s CTC. There’s some really good advice on the tactics that are used against common types of locks, and how to counter them – particularly the scourge of the mini hydraulic jack that can bust open even the most heavy duty D-Lock.

Our favourite lock is the 3.25″ x 5.5″ Kryptonite Evolution Mini, which is big enough to lock most bikes, but small enough that it can’t be levered open. 

It’s a pain to have your bike stolen, but almost as bad to have your wheels taken – it happened to me in the supermarket car-park on Christmas Eve a few years back. A heavy braided cable looped through the wheels to a D-lock is good, but a pain to lace up every time. Pitlock skewers replace your regular quick release skewers and seatpost with a bolt up key. Cheaper versions use an Allen Head or 5-sided nut, but the Pitlock key is randomly chosen from hundreds of different shapes.  

Upcoming Events and Classes

We get heaps of requests for maintenance classes, and although these aren’t being run by us, these two courses from Sydney Community College look pretty good..

• Beginners Bicycle Maintenance

Conducted by a qualified bicycle mechanic, learn how to fix a puncture, remove a wheel and replace a tyre, maintain their brakes, adjust gears, check steering, pedal, axle and wheel hub bearings, check the general safety of bike and set up your bike with a correct and safe riding position.

• Back On Your Bike

Havent ridden in a while and feeling a bit rusty? Is your bike gathering dust in the garage? Get some confidence back by learning new skills and enjoy your bike again. Do some exercise and discover Sydneys new cycleways. Learn how to check the bike and even take the front wheel off to fit it in the car. Enjoy a cycleway ride with a group.

Also, Gear Up Girl is back on again. The workshop is on the 9th of Feb, with the Challenge ride on the 8th of March – International Women’s Day.

“Gear up Girl is about getting women of all ages and abilities on their bikes. This year we are excited to present two days of cycling fun: the Gear up Girl Workshop and the Gear up Girl Challenge.”