Vivid Bike Light Spectacular

Guess what bikeling friends...?  Its time for the Vivid Festival again in Sydney which means we are organising our Vivid Bike Light Spectacular!  For those of you new to our Vivid ride - check out pics from our last Vivid event here: http://featherbrigade.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/vivid-night-of-lights.html

This year we are doing things a little differently.  For starters it will be a longer bike ride, starting from Sydney Uni.  We will wind along the waterfront of Glebe and Prymont before bedazzling Darling Harbour and then whizzing around Walsh Bay before heading up to the Rocks and then finding a suitable stopping point near the MCA.  There we will have a vote for "Best Decorated Bike" and "Best Decorated Person" with prizes (oooh).  After that the fun you have is up to you - check out the lights of Vivid on the festival walk (and don't forget your camera).  We will have a follow up competition on our blog for the "Most Creative Photo" from the night, so happy snapping!

Ideas for lights - think battery-powered fairy lights, glow sticks, light sticks, twirlywhirls, wheel lights, light up toys, solar powered lights.  Let your imagination take over!  Our favourite was the glow sticks taped to wheel spokes - very effective.  We found our lights at Kmart, $2 dollar shops and Ebay.

Ideas for high vis - wear your high vis in different ways, snap bands, arm bands, Tron stripes... the possiblities are endless!!   We ask that you come ready to ride on the night so we can all admire each other and then GET BIKELING!

Feel free to contact us via facebook or through the blog if you have any questions.  We look forward to seeing you there, no matter what 'type' of bikelist you are and  - SPREAD THE WORD!

A Vivid Night of Lights!

Wow... We are still recovering from the buzz of our bike ride to Vivid. All our lovely attendees did a fabulous job of pimping up their bikes with lights. Such a good job in fact that many people thought we were part of Vivid ourselves ("What exhibit no. are you?) or trying to sell glow sticks ("How much?"). Believe me we could have made a fortune! The crowds made things a bit difficult when we go to Circular Quay (next year we will head in a bit later), but it was worth it to hear the exclamations of astonishment as we went past and the looks of amazement from small children everywhere! The ride itself was fun, with bells ringing we cruised by gawking bystanders at Darling Harbour and then around the Rocks to Circular Quay! Sadly we did have to park our bikes as their were so many people about but I wonder how many people took a photo of them all locked together lit up like a Christmas tree. Check out the pics...

J-Bot with fairylights on Florence

Darling Fred on his gorgeous new bike... a glow stick bike birthday!

The lovely Sister Abernathy, my girl.

S-boy's ride... trippy like him.

The effervescent Kerry!

Miss Nina's wild ride, more fairylights ta da!

A glow stick attachment frenzy went on and the night only got brighter!

Bike decorations were as individual as their owners!

Even my witch celebrated by donning a light saber.

The gorgeous Kerry, a true lady and our bike-buddy-to-all friend Yogi's ride.

Group Shots!

Then it was time to check out the lights of Vivid while confusing the hoards around us who still thought we were part of the exhibits themselves...

Proof - Kerry takes her bike everywhere!

J-Bot lit up like a Christmas tree next to Darling Fred.

Yogi and Kerry showing us how bikes are always part of the action.

Oh Darling Fred you look so dapper here!

J-bot doing her best impression of the Statue of Liberty.

Customs house... just a little light change makes all the difference.

Bike sweatshop in order to power the lights.

Kerry joined in to help.

Yogi styling it up, working it.

Kerry's most tripper lights.

Miss L-Pop riding in style, nice beanie Miss!

The city looked amazing as did all the other Vivid lights!

Ohhh thank you to everyone for coming and making a Feather Brigade dream come true. Ever since we got our bikes we have wanted to do an insane Bike Light up, and well you all made it happen spectacularly. We can't wait to do it to our bikes again!

Pish Tosh xx