Back in the Day!

I love old childhood pics of people on bikes.  The two below are S-boy and his brothers riding.  So cute.  All four of them still ride when they can.  It can be a fun and frustrating experience to teach children to ride bikes but it really is just one of those life skills that just keeps on giving.  Like learning to swim.

 

This picture below is S-boys dad riding in Turkey (possibly Sinop).  He would probably be around 20 yrs old here (last guy on the right).  I love that there is a gang all dressed lovely ready for a ride.

So it might be time to revisit your old bike snaps... It will make you warm and fuzzy for bikes all the more!

The Need for Tweed - Satisfied!

Oh lovely dapper gents and well-heeled ladies, its that time of year again.  The time of year where the combined forces of Seventy8 and Rocket Fuel co-conspire and sweat blood to bring you the most stylish ride of the year..

Bring your own picnic, don't forget your camera and come dressed in your finest tweedy apparel...  All details are here: Sydney Tweed Ride!  Hope to see you there!!

**** New date for Sydney Tweed Ride*** Due to rain, the ride has been postponed to Sunday 21st July.  We are going - are you???

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!

Today We Did This

Just like the title of this lazy Sunday blog -  Today we did this...

 It did involve some bikes...

And more of this...

And some random sewing...

And more pretty bikes.

 Many musical instruments...

And some actual riding....

So what were we doing?  We were practising ukulele-playing and having a half-hearted jam session in the sunshine, on a glorious day.  Hope your Sunday was fun and lazyish too!

Wooping it up for the Woop Rolling Festival!

It was a beautiful crisp Autumn day, the kind where the colours of the leaves and the sky seem more vivid than ever before. Add to this the colours of 1000+ bikes and their owners and you have a festival of delights! On Sunday the Feather Brigade headed to the most joyous of events and the first of it's kind in Sydney... the Woop Rolling Festival, held along the cycle way of Bourke street from Waterloo to Woolloomooloo (approx 4km). Our heads were spinning from looking at everyone while we pedaled along... Bike culture was everywhere!

So with our bike gang we set out to ride and to ride in style... And well if we bewildered the few serious, grim cyclists along the way... all the better!

J-Bot

S-boy

K-star

L-pop


S-I am


Milky Joe... crocheted bike-loving monkey friend!

We bumped into our Sydney Cycle Chic buddies, looking very busy and working hard helping children to bling their bikes!

The ever-busy Miss Saskia!

And the gorgeous Miss Sonja!

We watched in admiration at the hard work of bike friend to all -Yogi, who always works tirelessly at bike events. He was the bike mechanic of choice, and he was at it non-stop. Big thanks Yogi!!

We bumped into bikeling friends from other days.. and made some new ones who we hope to see again!

There were street entertainers, a vintage bike display (Wolfies), and unicyclists. Gotta love unicyclists!

There were cute matching outfits...

And loads of lovely eye-candy to admire...

Tokyo Bikes, always stylish!

Oh look I had to put mine in there.. ha ha!

Then there was this dude... Awesome!

Here we are wooping it up with sweets from Bourke St Primary's Cake Stall. YUM!

The Festival attracted people across a broad spectrum, and was family friendly. Clover Moore - Bikeling Superhero was there, gosh we really have to make her a cape to wear!

There is always time for bike love on cycleways xx

Aaaw shucks!

We made time to shop of course, checking out Sable and Argent as well as the LoFi Markets.

Then we wooped it up on the way home... cool tricks on bad bikes!

Big thanks to I heart Sydney Bike Lanes and Cycleways for all the effort put into making a great day! And should you want to keep the cycle vibe going why not join us for our upcoming Market Ride or follow us on Facebook.