The George Street Cycleway Eggstravaganza was FUN, FUN, FUN!!

Good Friday turned out to be a beautiful day with sunshine and warm air.  The long weekend vibe had taken over Sydney with less cars about and people out enjoying the day.  S-boy and I headed off early to put up clues for the hunt.  We had a lot of fun doing this and got lots of strange looks along the way.

We hid 10 large numbered laminated eggs to find.  These had an activity on the back for our hunters to complete.

Some examples...

Then there were a selection of small Easter Eggs to find and to take a picture of team member next to them.

There were a few secret items on the ride that teams could earn bonus points by finding. 

5 hidden Milky Joe's

A crocheted 'fried egg'.

And a crocheted cat yarn bomb.

Plus two secret categories.. "Most photo bombs" and "The Good Samaritans" (most good deeds).

So on this perfectly sunny day we all met up at Prince Alfred Park and organised teams ready to go...

There were 6 teams in all with two teams not wishing to meet up at the Norfolk after as this was part of a bigger ride for them.  I hope they had a bit of a hunt or at least checked out the cycleway on the way!

Team 2 above - with definitely the best decorated bike of the day and cute puppies along for the ride!

Team 8 - Jake from Sydney Body Art Ride HQ and lovely family!  Check out Jake's great blog on the day here.

Team 13 - otherwise known as 'Team Doge'.  These guys travelled from over near Macquarie Uni way and were full of enthusiasm!

And Team 1 - which was not just Edyta but Kerry and Kerry too!  (Just couldn't find a group pic).

And so everyone set off and with our job done we headed to the Norfolk to wait for them all.  All these pics above and below were taken by the teams as part of the hunt.  They were all kind enough to share them with us.  Here are some action shots:

Take a photo of a 'Hi 5"

Take a photo of 3 bike symbols.

Take a photo of a 'Good Deed'.

Take a photo of the cutest animal you come across..

Clearly the day's winners!

Take a photo of some 'bunny ears'.

Take a photo of a team member on the cycleway.

The WorkShop are also located on the George St Cycleway.  Look them up, they hold all kinds of crafty classes!  We held an egg-decorating competition there as part of the hunt and the winner got a gift voucher!!

Plus there was lots of hilarity to be had with our photobomb egg…

And here are a selection of other eggs found and bonus pics that were too creative and funny not to share…

Then it was off to the Norfolk to hear about everyone's ride and do prizes.  Here were the winners.  

Most clues found: Team 13 (Team Doge)
Most Creative Pictures: Team 1
Most Bonus items found: Team 8
Good Samaritan Award: Team 2
Most Photobombs: Team 13
Workshop Egg: Team 8

This was so much fun to organise, but the best thing of all was everyone who came and showed enthusiasm for biking, cycleways and interacting with the community!! 

Here is an awesome go-pro video made of the day by Team Doge!

Also if you go for a ride along the George Street cycleway make sure to check out the yarn bombing that our teams discovered. This work is done by Queen Babs.  You can find her on instagram under the handle queen_babs.

Happy Easter!!

George Street Cycleway Eggstravaganza!

To celebrate the opening of the George Street Cycleway, come on a bicycle scavenger hunt with us (The Feather Brigade) on Good Friday! (18/4/2014)

Meet us at the corner of George Street and Cleveland street in Prince Alfred Park at 1.30pm for a 2pm kick off. We will be sending everyone off in small groups to find the hidden surprises, allowing you all to explore the cycleway at your own pace. City of Sydney is also kindly providing us with Easter Eggs to hand out to passersby!
After we will be meeting at the Woolpack Hotel(cnr of Chalmers Street and Redfern st) for prize giving, general chitchat and drinks.

**All participation is at own risk, riders are responsible for their own wellbeing and safety**

What you need to bring:

Bicycle and helmet
Digital camera or phone camera (scavenger hunt involves picture taking)
Friends
Money for a drink or two

Tell us you are coming on our Facebook event page here: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/478635155570881/?notif_t=plan_user_joined


More details to follow!

Happy Velo Day!!

Happy Velo Day to all the bike riders, bike mechanics, bike planners, and bike community out there!

WE LOVE YOU (AND YOUR BIKE)!!

Now usually at this time of year we would be waking up early tomorrow and heading to the Bourke St cycleway to spread the bike love message, but sadly this year we are busy busy.  Life has got in the way.  Soo we got in early and put a little cheer up already for all you lovely bicyclists tomorrow!

Now to see if you can find our little messages…

(Cross fingers - that most messages remain intact until this time)     XXXX

And if you aren't riding along Bourke tomorrow - never fear.. We took pics and will blog happily about them soon!

Making a new bike beautiful!

The next best thing to riding your bike is decorating it... It took a while to decide on colours but I love the end result! 

I made two skirtguards attached with a combination of cable ties and micro-binder clips.. The pattern can be found at Ravelry and is pretty easy to follow! 

Then I attached a foxy bag I bought off eBay by cable-tying through the strap hoops and around the handlebars! DIY handlebar bag success! Perfect for my tissues and portable stereo! 

Then my Witch went in her pride of place as bike mascot.. This is her third bike so far and she has braved all weather conditions quite well! 

I added cherry spoke decorations that J-bot (the kindly Lass) found for me on her trip to Japan.

And then as crocheted heart on the back basket, feathers (gang insignia) and red fairylights (battery-powered).  

Looking beautiful! 

Now back to riding to more adventures!!

If you are going to wear one.. at least make it pretty!

We have done several helmet blogs in our time. Mostly rants about the law compared to other countries. Sometimes it's just easier to wear one so you don't get screamed at by every jackass on the street or in passing cars. This has been my stance of late, a big 'just leave me the heck alone'.  

Anyhoo my helmet was looking  shabby due to the fact I kept bumping it on everything and chipping the paint... 

So I stuffed paper towel in all the holes, covered the underside with some tape around the edges and went to town with the silver spraypaint!

After all if you are going to wear the bloody thing, at least make it match your shoes..

I also added a simple lace black headband so I wasn't such a chrome-dome..

Ta Da! Like new again. 

Aargh helmets, I'm wearing one, now if only all those same people (the yelling types) would at least give me a metre's space I'd think it worth it! 

Happy 2014! Hope it's electrifying!

How was everyone's Christmas and New Year? J-bot and I gave been so busy that we haven't blogged in a while. Sorry about that, life got in the way! 

We both have moved house and so have been exploring our new abode's and their surrounds. J-bot went on an exciting action-packed trip across Europe and I got a kitten friend (Satellite Fox) for Picnic Jeeves! Like you do.. 

Now back to bikes...

So I moved to Kingsford (eastern suburbs of Sydney for you overseas folk). Really pleased with the bike lanes heading towards the city, but found that heading towards the beach was not possible on my gazelle because she's made for flat land my lovely Sister Abernathy...

My lovely Gazelle.

I pondered the problem for a bit. I tried another bike to get over to Bronte but it was all too hard. I was also finding my commute to Annandale exhausting to ride (50min each way on top of a very physical 10 hour day). I found myself riding less.. *insert loud GASP here*

And then I thought electric. I looked into getting Sister Abernathy converted but she would take too much configuration. Boo! I was very sad, it meant a whole new bike. I love Sister Abernathy, she has been a loyal friend and we had gone on some great adventures together!

So after talking to stylish peeps in the know with electric help, I heard about Sydney Electric Bikes. We went and had a test ride and were excited by the electric assistance. S-boy and I both ordered normal bikes and had them converted with a SEB volt kit. 

So meet 'The Nebula Mission' (a lovely Dutch Lekker)

And 'Nero the Red', S-boy's Tokyo CS..

And oh my gosh.. When we picked them up and rode them home we were instantly hooked. SO MUCH FUN! Electric bikes turn the hilly terrain of Sydney into Amsterdam! Amazing! 

The zoom, the whizz, but also the ability to choose your level of assistance! If you haven't tried an electric I advise booking a test ride with Jake at Sydney Electric Bikes! 

So tomorrow I say 'Goodbye' to Sister Abernathy and I still feel a little sad...