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From the team that brought you Keep It Wheel last October comes ‘The Moving Feast’ - a celebration Sydney’s cycling and foodie culture!

On Saturday 24th September from 9am, we’ll be cycling to 3 of Sydney’s foodie hotspots; and farmer’s markets along the way.

An East Side ride from King’s Cross markets to Taylor Square markets.
 

The West Side ride has been cancelled due to low number but we’ll now be including Eveleigh markets as a stop on the one ride!

At the end we’ll meet up in Prince Alfred Park for a huge picnic party to enjoy music and the food we’ve collected along the way.

Click here for full details of the routes as well as an itinerary for the day.

Gadis Azahra and her Bandung Cycle Chic friends, having a fun picnic at Babakan Siliwangi.”We do hope more lovely cyclist will join us next time “- Bandung Cycle Chic. check out more of their photos and video here

via Bandung Cycle Chic

How cool is this chandelier made from rims and bike chains? Creative and functional, I like it.

Via Recyclart

Thanks Sophie!

‘Keep it Wheel’, part of the 10:10/350 global day of positive action on climate change, aims to promote bikes as a fun, clean and attractive alternative to getting around town.

“We’re aiming to show Sydney that cycling is not just great fun, good for your health, the environment and the community, but also an opportunity for the business owners along the new cycle ways.” David Gravina

The ride begins at Single Origin on Reservoir St, Surry Hills at 10am and will fan outacross Sydney in 10 teams of 10. Each team will have a leader and the routes aregraded from newbie to pro so all cycling levels are welcome. Along the way riders willhand out ʻKeep it Wheelʼ bike love packs to local business owners which are designed to spread ʻbike loveʼ by thanking them for putting up with the cycle way.

As the day is about spreading the bike love message, anyone and everyone is invited to partake in the fun. To further promote European-style cycling, riders are being asked to favour style over speed, leave the lycra at home and dress in their ʻSunday Bestʼ.

The teams converge at midday in Centennial Park to join the VegOut picnic where a huge ‘350’ sign will be created from people and picnic blankets for an iconic photo to add to the global 350.org campaign. The picnic is BYO or lunch-packs can be pre-ordered from www.vegpledge.org/vegpacks.

Where: Single Origin, Reservoir Street, Surry Hills.

When: 10 AM, Sunday October 10

Wear: Your Sunday best!

Bring: A bike, some friends and lunch (or pre-order a vego pack before October 8).

More info here keepitwheel.org/

And this is why they’re doing it!

If it comes to the topic of climate change, one is being confronted with a long list of things that aren´t allowed anymore. However, to speed up the necessary change in our  society, we don´t need prohibitions, but examples, dreams and social experiments.

Therefore, the Green Music Initiative created an Off Grid Experiment – the Green Music Fahrrad Disko. It´s all about music and energy without  an electrical connection / power supply.

The DJ is only going to be able to play, if there´s enough people (minimum of 4 at a time) producing power by cycling. Which means the DJ can only give you something – music – as long as you´re giving him something – energy. Pretty simple.

The Green Music Fahrrad Disko has it´s premiere on thursday, 19. August 2010 in Berlin. The event starts with a bike tour from Bar 25 at 5pm, which is gonna lead to a secret location. There, DJs of Bar 25 will play as long as enough power is being produced.

If you wanna get involved, RSVP here. More info here.

I put a basket on the front of my geared bike. It’s not my daily ride, but it has its uses.

Like hauling beer…

For the vege lover…

Via instructables

A couple of weekends ago, when it was hot and sunny (seems like eons ago), I ventured out to the Trout Lake Farmer’s Market at its new location in the north parking lot of John Hendry Park. The move from it’s former location by the community centre on the south side of the park means no parking for customer vehicles.

The group that organizes the market, Your Local Farmers Market Society, has taken this lack of parking as an opportunity to promote cycling, transit and walking as viable ways to get to and from the market. Pedestrians and transit-users are encouraged to bring along rolling carts to wheel around their purchases, and cyclists have it easy, with unofficial parking along the fence of the adjacent alley. Plus there are a couple bike routes that run to the park from different areas of town.

I did keep my eyes out for valet bike parking, a more and more common service at community events, however I only saw a tent that was promoting a specific brand of bikes and allowing test rides. Perhaps I missed the valet parking station?

At any rate, more people seem to be choosing sustainable and healthy means of transportation to support the choices they are making by purchasing local, organic and delicious farmers market fare.

Car-free alley behind the market is flanked by bikes ridden by market-goers.

Masses of Vancouverites scouting out produce, baked goods, cheese, meat, ready-to-eat to-go meals, plants, crafts and more at the market.

Delicious sunflower sprouts grown at the University of British Columbia and transported to the market by bike.

Nicest tractor I’ve seen in a long time.

Get out those commuter bikes again folks because it’s Bike Week!!  I am doing a ton of stuff at work (Department of Transportation) to promote commuting in by bike and general bike fitness this week:

We are staffing a bike week celebration table to get employees signed up for the Mass Commuter Challenge, we are hosting a biker’s social and breakfast on Friday morning, and offering two bike maitenance workshops here at work.  One on the essential “How to Change a Flat Tire”, and one on “Drive Train Magic” to show those geared folks how to work on their derailleurs.  I’ll try to post a pic or two from the events.