As intrepid becyclists prepare their bikes and mallets, French newspaper Le Monde gets in on the act;
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Archive for the ‘links’ Category
Reading through issue #1 of the Bristol based Boneshacker Magazine. It’s fantastic! Conceived by James Lucas who started a community bicycle workshop more or less like ours down in Bristol, ‘Boneshacker is a collection of articles, stories and anecdotes about people and projects doing great things with bicycles.’
Full to the brim with photography and illustration, we hope that it will both inspire and entertain, raise awareness and bring a smile to your face…and appeal to both bike-heads and to those who may not yet even have experienced the true joy and freedom that can be found from our two-wheeled friends.
Issue #2 is in print and the magazine will be published quarterly, printed on recycled paper etc. It’s a pleasure to read. Order your copy for £5 here: http://www.boneshakermag.com/
Yo! Check out the new Glasgow Bicycle Community Project that opened on the 10th of July 2010. Give them a shout and a good luck! So nice to see there are more of us now!
http://www.glasgowbikeshed.org/
We are a Glasgow based Community Social Enterprise run by volunteers that recycles bicycles from a variety of local sources and promotes safe cycling in town.
Refurbished donated bikes and re-usable parts will be reconditioned and sold in the shop. All other parts such as steel, aluminum, alloys, rubber etc will be dismantled for scrap. It also offers bicycle related training and advice to local communities such as puncture repair, bike maintenance and cycle training. A part of the workshop space will be available to customers two days a week to visit and to use the tools to repair their own bikes under the supervision of our mechanics.
The project is committed to promote cycling and re-cycling in Glasgow.
In case you don’t know it, this is a really nice blog to read through every once in a while: http://www.copenhagenize.com/
What a fantastic place! http://www.keirinberlin.de
Hopps! I’ve found this beginners’ guide to bike maintenance incredibly useful, maybe you guys find it useful too :) [download pdf here] I miss becycle, wish my home uni had something like that!
-Aggie :)
Had to look for a while for what I was after, but on the way I came across this awesome collection of pdf’s on Shimano’s North America site: Tech Tips on all things Shimano (MTB & Road sets).
I know of 5 Aberdeen cycling related pages on facebook. Anyone know more? (please comment).
Skirts & Spokes Aberdeen
Mission: To get more ladies out on thier bikes & improve our fitness!
During Summer (April – September) Aberdeen’s new ladies cycling group meets every Tuesday evening at 6.30pm at the Boating Pond (next to the car park) in Duthie Park.
see also here: http://www.skirtsandspokes.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/SkirtsandSpokes
Aberdeen – Thursday Night is Ride Night!
The plan is to meet every second Thursday at 9pm and to ride around town for an hour enjoying our bikes, enjoying our city of Aberdeen and showing the city that there is a bicycle culture here. The ride is open to everyone, and it definitely ain’t competitive. No one’s going to get left behind (except if you’re walking). The idea is to just chill out on bikes with some other people on bikes. (see more infos on this site)
Aberdeen Fixed Gear
Aberdeen’s fixed group. A place to arrange and start a fixie culture in the grey city. Post your bike, post your ideas!
Holburn Cycles
and ourselves, beCyCle – Aberdeen’s bike collective, open workshop and free bike lending
look for them, join them, participate!
Dave Horton, who kindly hosted us, Robin Parker and myself (Daniel), when we attended a conference about the Ethnographies of Cycling, held at Lancaster University and hosted by the Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe), runs this pretty interesting blog. A summary of the workshop is on there as well.
For planning some rides around Aberdeenshire and other occasions, Alex recommends these sites>
bikely.com
Put very simply, Bikely helps cyclists share knowledge of good bicycle routes. It can be quite tricky traversing a car dominated city by bicycle, particularly when you need to travel an unknown route to a new destination. But the chances are, someone has cycled that way before you. Bikely makes it easy for him or her to show you the best way.
cycle-route.com
Cycle Route is a great site for finding Cycle routes, mountain bike trails and single track that has been tried and tested. Add your own routes using the new Cycle route planner. Comment on other routes that you have tried, give them a rating and help others decide where to Cycle.
Check out all the rest @ http://www.yehudamoon.com/
ABOUT “BICYCLING STREET SMARTS”
This compact tutorial, available as a 46-page booklet and this online version, will increase your safety and confidence while bicycling on any road, whether you are a beginner or an expert. http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm
Sheldon Brown – the Bike Guru who created the web’s largest resource for bicycle maintanence and repair manuals. IT’S THE BIBLE!! And hardly a day passes at the workshop that we don’t talk about stuff we found and learned from Sheldon Brown. Many Things are done in his spirit. 
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/
Sheldon Brown passed away in February 2008.
WE HONOUR HIS LEGACY
We use this shop a lot! Pretty good deals adn certainly cheaper than most stuff you’ll find in town. Free next day delivery!
A bi-monthly free PDF magazin. Urban Velo is a reflection of the cycling culture in current day cities. Readers are encouraged to contribute their words and art.
Critical Mass Aberdeen aims to build on previous critical mass gatherings in the city and others around the world in celebrating cycling as an alternative to motorised forms of transport for every day travel. [the site hasn’t been updated in a while]
University of Aberdeen – a Travel plan that will encourage all members of the University community to use public transport, bicycles or communal transport for travel into the University and between campuses.
Aberdeen Cycle Forum! A voluntary group seeking to encourage and develop cycling within Aberdeen.
Parktools – Looking for help on how to perform a repair or maintenance exercise on your bike? At Praktools you’ll find an extensive library of repair instructions free for your use right there on their website.
BicycleTutor.com was created by Alex Ramon, a bicycle mechanic, library clerical and photographer currently living in Vancouver, BC. The site features excelent VIDEO tutorials and manuals. You can also eMail Alex with questions.
The Bike Station is Edinburgh’s bicycle recycling and cycling promotion charity.
Derailer is a community-run, completely FREE bike shop with an all-volunteer staff. They offer various services to Denver’s cyclists. (one of our role-models)
Wiki – Community bicycle programs (also known as Yellow bicycle programs, White bicycle programs, bike sharing, public bike or free bike) are one variation on an international movement to environmentally friendly transportation.
http://www.bikecollectives.org People like us – the bike collective network wiki.
beCyCle 