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A couple of months ago we opened Sundays. We’re now extending our weekday hours and will stay open till 6.30pm.
From 21st November, our new hours will be:
Monday – Friday 8.00am – 6.30pm
Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 11am-4pm
When our new café opens mid-December, we’ll extend our weekend hours… stay tuned!
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I for one am gladdened to finally see some leadership in Australian politics regarding climate change. For too long our political leaders have had a ‘let’s wait and see what the rest of the world will do’ stance so even though I don’t believe placing a price on carbon to be the best response (Let’s see carbons limits and compulsory reductions on emissions) I will be attending the rally organised by Getup on this Saturday the 12 March.
If you are interested the invite is below.
Today shock-jocks on talkback radio have …
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Pedal-Powered Film Festival
CERES Global and The Otesha Project (Aus): Cycling for Sustainability are joining forces to bring you an evening of inspirational films (powered by YOU), food, drinks, and other very fun activities all in the name of raising funds for two projects whose common mission is to educate and act towards a sustainable and equitable world.
Future Spark are generously donating their time and their super bikes to power a host of films carefully picked out for their messages about how grassroots actions can create sustainable change in communities throughout …
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Melbourne Bike Fest is coming! “Bikefest is a community initiated celebration of bikes in everyday life”… in the Bike Fest crew’s own words.
The Festival runs 24th to 28th November and there’s STACKS of stuff to catch including parties, award nights, film screenings, debates and of course bike maintenance sessions. We’re proud to be sponsoring the festival and contributing to such an awesome local event about bikes!
And guess who’s running the bike maintenance workshops? It’s us! We love teaching and sharing bike maintenance skills. The sessions are on the Sunday (28th …
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May 1 & 2, 2010
Join in the fun celebrating all things cycling.
This is not just a road ride or mountain bike event- it’s all things bicycling that we can squeeze in one weekend- from penny farthings to bike polo to roadies racing, unicycles playing hokey, fixies doing whatever they do. Bike chariot tournaments, art bikes- rides & display, cyclocross racing, trials comp, social group rides, a skills comp for kids and bike orienteering (the fun police has regretfully put the h**fy bike toss off the agenda, though we can’t see …
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Forwarded, with thanks, from Melbourne’s own BikeFun. Check them at bikefun.org or Twitter @bikefunmelb.
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Pub Bug – Friday 16th April
6:00PM Mountain Goat Brewery Cnr North St & Clarke & St Richmond
Woodend to Broadmeadows – Sunday 18th April
Distance: 68km. Path: Predominantly quiet rural roads
Option 1: Meet:Southern Cross Railway Station, Spencer Street Bendigo train (via Woodend) departs at 10:35am
Option …
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Welcome to April!
We’ve got a heap of exciting news “straight from the workshop to you”. In this edition
special offers on Allegro and Gazelle bikes still available until the end of the month
Australian made bike gear… great local products
dates of upcoming bike maintenance trainings
reduced pricing on the Gazelle Innergy electric bikes announced
our range of Kona bikes grows… again!
gearing up for the darker months: increased range of lights (battery and dynamo!) and mudguards
staff news: Quentin starts his Cert III
This month’s controversial poll! VECCI: “Should …
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Forwarded from the amazing crew at http://bikefun.org/
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Critical Mass – Friday 26th March
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5:30PM – State Library. Bring your clothes.
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Petty’s Orchard Ride – Sunday 28th March
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9am for 9:30 departure – 17 Park Cres, Fairfield. Bring some food to share,
and space to stock up on goodies at the Orchard! Questions:
elvira.griffith@gmail.com/0448992852
Join us on a ride along the Yarra Trail to the Apple tasting festival at
Petty’s Orchard in Templestowe. Glide past billabongs, wetlands, areas of
revegetation and regeneration by our beloved Yarra River. Arrive at an
organic fruit orchard, and pick your favourite apple out …
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Free tickets to shows at the Arts House for cyclists, pedestrians and public transporters…
Full details at www.artshouse.com.au
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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 …
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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…
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This newsletter forwarded from http://bikefun.org
Check back at http://bikefun.org/calendar.html for latest updates, or follow us
on twitter @bikefunmelb
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Critical Mass – Friday 26th February
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5:30PM – State Library, Swanston St, City. Ride together in safety. Optional
party after the event see below:
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Cross Campus Enviro Network – after Critical Mass
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‘Creative Dissent: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE’
An evening of bikes, poetry, music & mischief: indoor fixie racing, poetry
slam, open mic…
Fundraiser: $5 o.n.o on the door, food & drink inside!
Mystery location! Come straight from Critical Mass, or join us at Tooronga
station for directions to the gig.
Latecomers collected …
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The Otesha Project is a group of enthusiastic folks who cycle around Australia to raise awareness about sustainability issues and have a fantastic time doing it. Human Powered has been working to support Otesha for the last 18 months and we hope we can continue supporting the group for much longer! The 2010 Otesha tour is about to leave town. This post is a goodbye to the crew and a collection of photos mainly from when the group took over the store on Wednesday with last minute preparations before they …
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Saturday 20th @ Harrison st Velodrome Brunswick. Juniors: 1pm, Seniors: 6pm
Featuring Club Sprint session as part of the Club Track Championships, held at the outdoor velodrome on Saturday 20th, in conjunction with the Evening Enduro.
Riders from other clubs may ride the Enduro but are not eligible for the club sprint rounds.
Come for a great night out – more info www.brunswickcyclingclub.com
