Darebin BUG Rides Update – March 2010
Darebin Bicycle User Group http://www.darebinbug.org.au/
*Rides usually depart from Jika Jika Community Centre, (cnr Plant St and Union St, Northcote), unless otherwise stated.

Rides in March 2010:

Sunday 14th of March 2010
Families on Bikes (Easy)
Join us for our ride to the Darebin Community and Kite Festival at All Nations Park.
More info, Kathy 0410 667 634, kbrunning@optusnet.com.au

Sunday 28th of March 2010
Social Ride 60 km (Medium)
Petty’s Orchard Apple Tasting Festival (Entry $10) www.heritagefruits.org
Depart at 9.30am from Jika Jika.
Ride along the …

Coming to the Kite Festival this Sunday (14th March)? Ride to Northcote’s All Nations park (behind the Northcote Plaza) for the Festival and leave you can leave your bike safe with the Human Powered crew for the day. We’ll be providing free valet bike parking between 10am and 5pm. And we’ll have some basic supplies to help where we can when it’s not too busy. You know, a pump and some lube. Or just come past and say hi!

And purely for illustrative purposes, here’s a shot of us doing some …

A new shared-use pedestrian and cycling bridge has been constructed above the water pipes across the Merri Creek.
Council is now seeking community input for the naming of the bridge. This route provides an alternative to the busy St Georges Road and High Street bridges and the Rushall Station pedestrian bridge. The new bridge links to the Capital City Trail, Edinburgh Gardens, St Georges Road shared path and Westgarth cycle route. The shared cycle and pedestrian bridge and connecting paths are being facilitated and funded by the Victorian Government, …

So many bikes! And we love them but we need to pass them on to make room for more arrivals.
For a limited time if you purchase a Gazelle city bike, we’ll throw in a Basil pannier bag and Gazelle AXA lock at no charge. Sweet! You choose the model from the Gazelle Bicycles range of city bikes (including the Chamonix, Medeo, Fuente, Basic, Toer Populair, Innergy electric and more). You choose a Basil Preston Shopper single bag, Basil Mirte Shopper single bag or Basil Blossom Postman single bag.
Terms and conditions

This …

Stop! Wait! Too soon, too soon!! We were plannining our next social ride for the evening of the 5th March but it’s crept up mighty fast. So fast that we’re a bit under-prepared. So we’ve postponed.
The next social ride will be Friday 19th March.
Meet at HQ (562 High Street Thornbury) at 6.15pm
Bring your bike, your bike lights and something warm for if it cools down.
Check back here for more details over the coming week or register your interest by email to joel@humanpowered.com.au
Here are some photos from our last social ride…

I bumped into a fellow riding a noisy fixie on Merri Parade a few weeks back. I rode up beside him and said hi. We got talking and by the time we’d ridden across to Heidelberg road, he had made a couple of interesting points about cycling and Melbourne that stuck in my mind.
One of these points was mentioning he’d dropped in to Human Powered a few weeks before hand. “You guys have got some awesome gear but I wanted to set this one up on the cheap.” And I …

In its 3rd year of production this calendar features collaborations between photographers/Melbourne ladies and there bicycles. We’ve got a few still on the shelf and it’s definitely time for them to be up on the wall so we’ve reduced them to $15 per copy.
Featuring Photography by:

Leah Robertson
Jay Rayner
Claudia Phares
David Van Royen
Stephanie Boyle
Zoe Schepisi

Printed full size A3 – Bound on Heavy Stock (280gsm) Silk Matt – Black and White – with metallic silver font.
Limited edition – print run of 500 only.