Reminder: Red Tuque Ride March 7th

New Urban Velo!

Found HERE

Contents include: Pain in the Neck, Roller Racing, Bicycle Advocacy Stimulus Package, Discovering the Bicycle in Bogotá, Pacific Northwest Gallery, Residue, Bikes on Film, Getting a Handle on Handlebars, Chainring BCD Gauge and No Exit.

Anyone want to buy a trampoline with me?

Cold Weather Depression

So the ride home last night was  (insert word) and this morning was no better. I am starting to think Mother Nature is trying to drive us crazy by making us either freeze outside or stay inside and build dangerous things like a SEE SAW BIKE as seen on gizmodo  and pick ourselves off that way. 

Urban Steed Swag

We're making our own shirts and hats! So watch out for them. 

Or if you don't want to be a walking billboard then make your own hat DIY style. There are many ways to make a hat but I prefer to use Bike Hacks

I just want to be free...ON A BIKE

Duffy Coke Commercial inspires girls to ride bikes... thank to Urban Velo for the tipoff

Hello, blizzard. My bike shall defeat you

Article in Globe and Mail on : Winnipeg's blowing snow, monstrous potholes and glaring motorists won't keep me from my daily thrill

Fort Gary Bike Club have a schedule. Five races

The Fort Gary Club has a schedule. Five races. Each of them rather long. It's going to be a good summer. There will be pain. There will be pleasure. And there will be a belt buckle for the overall series winner. Your best four results count toward the overall competition. Look for some MUERTO exhibition events as well. Coming this spring. Spread the good news.Hit up their website for more info.

Urban Velo Single Speed Commuter List

Urban Velo has a great post on their blog about single speed bikes and their prices. I know we are not there yet with the temperature at - 32 (with wind) today. But I promise you after February comes March.

ridemanitoba.ca

So it is coming into the works but I have a feeling it is going to rock life as we know it in the Peg City. Watch out MPLS BIKE LOVE cause George and Brad are making the shit happen!

FBM Art Contest!

Art Contest: Art Ain't Ill-Eagle due Feb 29th. Contest rules are that it can be any size any medium but you have to be able to mail it for you have to snail mail it in. The winner get some sqag from FBM.

Submissions should be sent to:
FBM Bike Company
ATTN: art ain’t ill-eagle
1 Helen Dr.
1st Floor East
Johnson City, NY 13790

Local Winnipeg Friend's Bike Film (go Caroline!!)

was talking about bike films tonight with a coupe friends and Caroline (who is a women mechanic and courier at Natural Cycle) mentioned she had made a film about bikes...it is pretty much one of the best bike films I have seen in a while if you ask me...nailed it on the head Caroline!

Bike Short Film Festival Calling for YOUR Videos

It has come to Winnipeg, so why should not Winnipeg be in it? Cause I know lots of you ride around with video cameras strapped to your handle bars and helmets...




Bike Short Film Festival

Olympia Cycling Club Informational Dinner: (submitted by Colin Antaya)

I won't be attending cause I am a celiac and do not belong to the Olympia Cycling Club, however it might be interesting. I don't know if you have to be a part of the Olympia Cycling Club but it does say something to that effect and it is not hosted with other shops.

Also looks like there is another women's group in the works, wonder if their women mechanic is hosting that idea or maybe this is just divide an conquer technique between all the shops? Who knows. Guess the only way to find out is for you to go.

When: Thursday, February 26 at 6 pm

Where: Deluca’s, 950 Portage Avenue

Free Lunch? Well, not really. You are, however, invited to a pasta dinner at Deluca’s Fine Foods, hosted by the Olympia Cycling Club.

The Olympia Cycling Club puts on mountain bike races, the Wednesday night series at Bur Oak, as well as endurance events like Reach the Beach and the infamous Red Ass 300.

The purpose of the dinner is to enjoy an evening with as many cyclists as possible, and to expand the scope of the Olympia Cycling Club. Although you could just have dinner and leave, we hope that you will stay a while and give us your input on a couple of things we’ve been talking about. Some of these are:

. Bike racing - planning events, high performance training, travel for racing
. Riding for fun and fitness (events and activities other than traditional racing)
. Olympia Feminin - the cycling group for women
. Bikes as transportation - cycling advocacy & community development
. Starting a Kids of Mud group for west Winnipeg

And did I mention that you will get to rub shoulders with cycling legends like Scot (one T) Miller and former Olympian and senior bike courier Lindsay Gauld?

As for rubbing shoulders with Scot and Lindsay...well when you have your own boyfriend in a bag, would you want any more?



Olympia Cycle on Portage

Orioles Bike Cage

Heard about this but the post from FGBC confirms it...

Orioles Bike Cage

The Orioles Bike Cage (they call it a cage because it is a cage) is on the cusp of "opening". The OBC is a community-owned bike repair station, with used parts and skills training available for those in need and willing to help out. The permissions and insurance and all that for the space are in place, and last week FGBC'ers Bill and Teagan A. and I, and a host of other west Winnipeggers got the space cleaned out and a bunch of tools and gear dragged in.

The opening hours for the space are shaping up as Thursday nights, after 7 p.m. At least for now. I could see a weekend shift being added once warmer weather hits. This Thursday (and for the next couple, probably) will probably be set up work - getting tools, workbenches, etc. sorted out. It's a pretty loose, take-all-comers sort of a collective, so anyone who has a spare hour to help out would be most certainly welcome.

Orioles Community Club (part of the larger ensemble of Valour Communuty Centres) is at the corner of Burnell and St. Matthews, and the OBC is at the back of the gym.

halloewen

Free Bicycle Mechanics Course

The Manitoba Student Transportation Network and Natural Cycle are partnering to offer a free bicycle mechanics course for teachers and community volunteers wanting to develop their repair and bike building skills.

Join us for two 6-hour sessions on consecutive Sundays starting March 1st at 10:30a.m. It is expected that interested participants will contribute by volunteering in their community or school to help fix bikes. We are offering this course free-of-charge because we believe in sustainability, and the bicycle as an efficient and accessible form of transportation for all age-groups and all income levels. So, sign up, have fun, and share your passion for bicycles where you can, when you can.

No previous mechanical knowledge is necessary. The course is a hands-on overview of every system of the bicycle and the key principles of mechanics. All tools, materials and bikes are provided.
In order to spread this opportunity amongst the many community bicycle projects in Winnipeg and interested school programs, we ask that you complete the form attached. Instructor to student ratio is 3:1. If we cannot accommodate everyone, we will keep your name on reference for the next course.

Please circulate to interested individuals and organizations. Interested participants should email the completed form to cycleworks@naturalcycle.ca by February 21th, 2009. You will be contacted to confirm enrollment the following week.

Love Sent by Bike (support your local courier bike co-op)

Ahem. So you may be aware to a greater or lesser degree that I work for a bike courier co-operative here in Winnipeg called Natural Cycle. As we consist of a bunch of young folks who a) don't know how to market to the corporate world, and b) like fun things, I'm excited to announce that we have come up with a valentine's day spectacularriffic offer!

Even if you don't live in Winnipeg and are receiving this, all you need to do is know someone in Winnipeg that you would like to send a cute, bike-themed valentine's greeting to. None of this pressure to find a mate and bowl them over with romance and flowers and expensive stuff, just the ability to express sweet sentiment to someone you think deserves a boost in their day! Plus, you can support this great business that a lot of great people are dedicating a lot of time to.

Here's how it works: you can choose from a number of options (outlined below), reply before February 11th (next Wednesday), and on the 13th (note: we don't work on Saturday, so the delivery won't actually be ON valentine's day, but then again, your valentine probably won't be at work then either), your valentine's package(s) will be delivered by a bicycle messenger (aka cupid). So mom, if you want to send dad a singing telegram at work, or if you live in Vancouver and want to send a pal in Winnipeg a nice valentine's treat, I can hook you up! Here is what we have to offer:

1. Straight up valentines cards (2-sided, probably about the size of a quarter-page). These will be bike themed, and have cheesy bike puns on them, like "I bike you a lot" or "wheel you be mine" or "you turn my crank". These will be for sale, if you just want to buy them and deliver them yourself, at Natural Cycle, 91 Albert St. They will be available next week.

Price: $1.50 per card, 4 for $5

(also: we had the idea of, upon request, laminating them and making spoke cards so you could stick them in your sweetie's spokes! Please let me know if this idea interests you, I think it would be fun but would need to know in advance if there is interest)

2. Personalized Valentines card delivery - you can choose (or have us choose) a card, write (or have us write) a personalized message to whoever you're sending it to, and then we deliver it on the 13th!

Price: $5 for downtown and surrounding areas (including Wolseley, West End, Osborne, St. Boniface, etc.)
- a couple of bucks more for further out
- talk to me if you want to send out several; I'm sure we could work out a fair price deal for that

3. Organic chocolate package - this includes the above-mentioned valentine's card, as well as 2 chocolate hearts (each about the size of the palm of your hand) from Organic Planet Worker Co-op. They're real delicious, solid chocolate, and as we all know, hearts=love.

Price: $15 for downtown/surrounding areas
- a couple of bucks more for further out

4. Poetry reading or singing telegram! This is the ultimate package - if you order this, a costumed courier will deliver everything in package 3 (card, chocolate), PLUS, a freakin' singing telegram! You can come up with your own poem or song, or you can use some that we have (ask me if you want to see some samples).

Price: $25 (offer is only good for downtown/surrounding areas, not the boonies)

As for payment, you can pay by cash or cheque - you can come down to Natural to drop that off from 9-5 on a weekday, or just give it to me sometime.

That's it! If you are interested, or have any questions, please get back to me. Feel free to forward this or put it on the ol' facebook (which I don't have) or whatever it is that you do these days.

Thanks for your time,

Cory

Bike Messengers Band Playing on Sunday Feb 8th

LETS DIE (BORN BAD/CROSSBAR CASUALTIES/MORE)
CKUW FUNDRIVE
Event Info
Host: CKUW
Type: Party - Night of Mayhem

Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: RUDOLPH ROCKER
Street: 91 albert street
City/Town:
Winnipeg, MB

Band Line Up:
BORN BAD
CROSSBAR CASUALTIES
HUMAN GARBAGE
BLASTER MASTER

For a taste of what couriers can serve up on the floor, here is their youtube of the song Receptionist by Crossbar Casualties:

Present by FGBC:You Are Entering the World of Pain

FGBC Race:House of Pain

More info when they post it..

They also have a calendar found here

Homes for Urban Steed

BiG BIG BIG thanx to Kirk at Organic Planet who has put Urban Steed on the stand (spelling errors and all).

http://www.organicplanet.coop/

Ice Bike/ Tom's Riding Video

Pics of Ice bike will be up as soon as I get though some other pics on my camera.

Till then, you can watch Tom's Video (from http://www.thetrainingcoop.com/). I bumped into him at Ice Bike



Congrats to Rupy who ron and all again who raced!