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Jam-packed, action-filled and always entertaining! This is the latest from HP headquarters. Never a dull moment!

Stock! take! sale!
This month’s most popular bikes
Training at HPC “heres-the-low-down”
And more training: CycleWise
The darker months (more thoughts on bike lighting)


Stocktake sale
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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…

We’re back! And what a scorching start to the year… not just the temperature but also more people pedalling around town!
I’ve started with some local news from the shop and pasted in this month’s BikeFun newsletter after that.
Happy summer cycling. Cheers, Bill and the crew
MORE BIKES, BETTER BIKES(!)
As always, we’re keeping a beady eye peeled for sweet bikes to add to our range.
1. some of the Kona range have made the grade and are starting to appear on the showroom. Already the Dew City, Dew and Dew Plus are here
2. …

2010 reasons to have fun riding your bike
The latest bike happenings from Melbourne’s own BikeFun!
Check back at http://bikefun.org/calendar.html for latest updates, or follow us
on twitter @bikefunmelb
Reasonably Fast Ride – Thursday 14th January
6:30PM Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne. Covering about 20km at a good clip.
Organiser: Stevie
Goatage – Friday 15th January
6:00PM Mountain Goat Brewery Cnr North St & Clarke & St Richmond
Midnight Mystery Ride & Urban Camping – Saturday 16th January
9:30PM – Royston Hotel – Cnr River & North Sts, Richmond
The return of gutter bike fun. The ride that was rained out …

Check back at http://bikefun.org/calendar.html for latest updates, or follow us
on twitter @bikefunmelb
BFM Boullie, Light Up Your Ride – Thursday 24th December
Meet: 7pm Imax Rathdowne St, Carlton and bling it up for the holidays!!
Decorate your bike with as much christmassy decorations and lighting as you can
bear, bring a can of food to donate to the Sacred Heart Mission and join other
community minded riders for an easy, fun, 15+km tour of the East Ivanhoe
Boulevard Christmas Lights with a pit stop afterwards in Westgarth for some
liquid good cheer.
Why: Christmas Merriment with Friends & …

Folks from far and wide roll up!
December is upon us again! That makes a full year of us living the Bike Life at High Street. My calculations show that we’ve serviced 12,197 bicycles and sold just over twice that many helmets since opening in December ’08. Some people question my figures and say they’re sometimes optimistic but surely a far more important question is what the second 12,197 helmets are being used for. I do not know!
December is set to be an extremely exciting month …

Hello!
Newsletter spotters: here’s a rare, mid-monthly edition written by a very excited Bill.
There are two events just around the corner worth extra mention. These are the Bicycle Film Festival and the Human Powered Cycles first birthday PARTY!
Human Powered Cycles FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY
Would you believe we’re turning one year old?? It’s true! and we’re having a ball!!
So, we’re hosting a party on Friday 4th December to celebrate and to thank all our friends and supporters.
From 6pm – 11pm at headquarters (562 High Street Thornbury)

live music through the evening
tasty drinks …

It really feels like not so long ago I was typing out the last newsletter. Another month must have flown by and now we find ourselves in the thick of the cycling season… “wow!”
We’ve had a stack of recent events plunging us into the deep end. I’m talking bike swap meets, Blessing of the Bike, Around the Bay and of course trusty old Ride to Work Day… “what a blast!”
Oh yes, another fun gig in October was the Go Bike festival. We spent some time down there showcasing the Gazelle …