Every first Friday of the month, Honolulu’s downtown and Chinatown districts attract connoisseurs of art, food and music festivities. Of course, parking is always a hassle, so to encourage more transportation to this event via bicycle, a friend Vincent decided to establish a Bicycle Valet service, free of charge.
Cute boys and lovely ladies dressed in their finest vests and cutoff jeans to watch over bicycles while their owners enjoyed the evening out.
Vincent, the mastermind behind the bike valet:
The cyclist turnout was high, and future expectations of increasing attendance via bicycle is extremely positive!
February 8th, 2010 · Devan - Nashville · No Comments
A lot of events popping up for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show weekend in Richmond, Virgina. Keith and myself with a few other Nashville riders as well as Halcyon Bike Shop will be there. Cannot wait! Let’s get out there and represent the girls! Who’s all going?
So it seems that frames made of bamboo are kind of hot these days. There are finished frames, do-it-yourself kits, courses, and charity organizations all offering bamboo bikes in some way. Apparently the material makes for a nice ride that’s stiff with a bit of flex. I’ve done some superficial googling for you:
http://bamboobikestudio.com
http://www.calfeedesign.com - the triathlon model
http://www.organicbikes.com
I assumed that this was a new trend geared towards the LOHAS crowd. Well, wasn’t I surprised to come across this:
114 year old bamboo bike
I think these bikes are all beautiful and would love to take a bamboo bike out for a test ride.
We don’t have a velodrome here in Singapore. So… we tried the bowl over at the skatepark yesterday. It was a friggin’ hot day, nevertheless, it was all good.
I’ve been lazy and just finished sorting out my great memories of bike trip to Australia. I miss the weather back thereee, it is snowing here in Nagoya today, awwwww! so I would like to share some pics of my holidays to keep warm here like the sumer time…
Riding in Melbourne is great. It’s really flat and everything is close together so it is easy to ride around.
I went to see my friends there. I met these lovely messengers at CMWC Tokyo.
The funniest guys in Melbourne! Gotta see Brian & Lane if you are ever around there. They know how to throw a party. It is really great to have cool friends all over the world.
Melbourne was over 37℃, I was just about sit down in the shade of a tree… then 2 guys on bikes came up and said “Are you Brian’s friend?” I was like “Yeees…” Mmmm, I recognized him by his dread locks hair from CMWC tokyo. We didn’t know each other, he is from Dublin and Im from Nagoya but we start getting some drinks and became friends. It was just an accident that we met in Melbourne but it happens when you ride a bicycle!
For New Years Party…
Swimming in the living room!?
OMG these guys were so hilarious! They have a swimming pool in the living room, RAD!!!
Ausie BBQ
Exploring the city...
Lots of good coffee shops in Fitzroy
NUTS! tee & Love Wheels Nagoya Calendar. *Thank you*
Thanks a lot to everyone who made my trip so much fun, to all the great people I met who helped me out, put me up and showed me an awesome time. All the things made me want to move into Australia more. Im definitely coming back soon. See ya!
February 5th, 2010 · Marie - New York City · No Comments
Just a heads up on this upcoming NYC Transportation Alternatives event this Thursday, February 11th:
Celebrate Valentine’s Day, bicycling, Transportation Alternatives and all of our sexy members at this year’s first mixer. Join us at NYC Velo on Thursday, February 11th. $10 will get you in the door, where free snacks, Brooklyn Brewery beer and who knows what else await!
Join or renew your membership at the door and we’ll wave the admission fee. If that isn’t reason enough, NYC Velo will extend its longstanding 10% discount for T.A. members to all products, as well as an extra 10% off any winter jacket and other special seasonal sales. Plus, in tribute to our evening’s theme, we’ll have a special contest to see who loves bicycling the most…
February 4th, 2010 · Sandy - Shanghai · No Comments
The ever-fashionable Betsey J found these great images of Catherine Baba in Paris, shot by Tommy Ton. Amazing - makes me wish I looked so glam on my ride!
The man himself
Stefan with his bubble ensemble
Jay in his Best Dressed Luigi outfit and bike
Princess Peaches x 2
Lee, Sohpie, B (first girl on points), Oi 002 and Jewlz
Riders before the race
Mario impersonator
I had a great time at the Super Mario Track race on Saturday night, the moon was full, the weather was warm and Em and I were good to go in our matching Princess Peaches outfits. We rocked up to the usual haunt, The Cricketers in Surry Hills with Jay (Em’s boyfriend) who had the most superb Luigi costume and car/bike combo I’ve ever seen. Not surprisingly he won Best Dressed.
After much chat and bike perving Lewis (The Ringleader) came out with the manifesto in hand. After a couple of minutes Em had the route, check points and strategy sussed, she had her “I’m in the mood to kick some arse” Tiara on and I had a feeling the arse about to be kicked was mine.
Lewis gave the green light and it was game on, I looked around to find Em and she was already 10 metres up the hill and on a mission, “Shit!” I’d better get my pink sparkly skirt into gear. First stop, Harry’s Café De Wheels, via Kings Cross (Sydney’s red light district). I thought it may be interesting riding through that part of town dressed as we were, but all Em and I heard were yells of encouragement “Tutu! I love you!” “Go Pinkie!”
Next stop York St, via half a dozen flights of stairs that I’d much rather forget about and through The Domain avoiding concert goers on the footpath. Oops, “Sorry!” I got too close to the back of another rider and ended up kissing his back wheel.
Onto Wharf 10 at the harbours edge, this is where I lost Em, she was out of sight and I made the mistake of following another rider who was more lost than me. Quick call to Em, some general directions and we were back on track, up the hill to Broadway. Em was in fine form, she was up those hills like the Energizer Bunny, she was pushing me to my limits and I realised this wasn’t going to be my usual alley cat cruise around the city dropping into checkpoints to socialise and have shots of Vodka. After receiving lipstick kisses from the Three Point Turnz girls we were off to Hyde Park to pick up the secret checkpoint manifesto.
We were greeted by Susan who offered up a lucky dip that in my case was not so lucky, I pulled a ghost blooper which resulted in a shot of rum, yech. Collected the manifesto and away to the secret checkpoint to find the boys, once there we partook in a game of foot down to get our manifestos signed.
We were on the home stretch, Moore Park, Em was off in a puff of pink and blue. Screaming through the city, like horses that know they’re on their way back to the stables after a long ride. “Where is everyone?” It’s a decent sized park with not much light and a few hills. I was looking forward to flopping my ridiculously hot and sweaty body onto the hopefully cool grass when a child’s bike was thrust before me. One more checkpoint to complete, ride the kid’s bike around the 3 grassy hills, back onto the path and you’re done.
After a gathering and presentation on the grass we all made it back to The Cricketers for some drinks and tales of accidents and near misses. I have to say I enjoyed this alley cat the most out of all of the ones I ‘competed’ in. I don’t know whether it was the silly outfit or the full moon or whether it was because it’s the first time I’ve actually competed, and that was only because I was chasing Em. I’ve never been to an alley cat that has recognised female winners as well as male winners so maybe having that extra recognition made it seem more worthwhile competing. There were more girls than I’d seen before turn up to this one which was great, about 8 all up. B was the first girl in points and Em and I were the first girls across the line, the results show Emily + Meg tied but Emily definitely won, she totally kicked my arse and I’m happy for it!!
I’ve been going to the Mitchell Road Auction Centre for a few years now. It’s a great place to pick up old school furniture and pieces on the cheap! They’ve always had a few bikes there but on my last visit I saw that they have introduced a bike auction. I would totally recommend checking this out if your after a something to knock about, ride to Uni or after a frame to build up a budget bike. Auction everyone Monday at 1.30. However you can’t make the Monday, suss it out on Sunday and cast an absent vote.
January 30th, 2010 · Kathleen - Toronto · 4 Comments
Last fall I started getting into mountain biking:
That’s me with a great borrowed bike: a Marin Pine Mountain hardtail. Now I need to get my own bike as the spring race season is only a couple months away. Do any mountain biking chicks out there have advice on a good option for a womens specific recreational level hardtail?
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