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Shed Building Weekend 28th and 29th of January

commandanto — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:06:54 +0000

Okay folks- before re-opening our beloved workshop, we need to build storage for surplus bicycles. Construction-plans are up, now we need helping hands to set the roof!
Come to the beCyCle workshop at 21 High Street in Old Aberdeen from 10am Saturday till darkness! If you are not a DIY, cakes, hot soup, coffee and tea is just as warmly welcome!

Hope to see you at the new workshop this weekend.

Hasselblads ride bikes

greeni — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:49:21 +0000

Wheels of Change: How The Bicycle Empowered Women

greeni — Sun, 22 May 2011 15:14:17 +0000

The bicycle as cultural agent. Fantastic book and a great post about it here. Read more. National Geographic‘s Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) tells the riveting story of how the two-wheel wonder pedaled forward the emancipation of women in late-nineteenth-century America and radically redefined the normative conventions of femininity.

U bastard!

greeni — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:49:01 +0000

Good to know

greeni — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:06:24 +0000

For Cyril

greeni — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:10:13 +0000

Best Bike I’ve seen in a long time!

greeni — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:01:16 +0000

Check out the details. Seriously! http://www.cycleexif.com/ellis-cycles-953-special

Bike trip talk at Cellar 35

greeni — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:56:58 +0000

Rinky-Dink Bicycle Powered Sound System

selhurst — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:20:01 +0000

I encountered this (and subsequently spent some time pedalling it) while walking around London with some friends on Saturday.

http://www.baka.co.uk/rinky/works.htm

Sandy

Sunday Cider Ride

greeni — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:17:22 +0000

Click to view slideshow.

It was Sunday the sixth of March and Cyril, Ziai, Manuela, Mia, George, Pablo and Cameron assembled at Castlegate with one common goal – to ride to Cove Bay and a bounty of cheap cider.

The first part of the route took them around the Nigg Bay Golf course past the lighthouse. The wind was against the 7 adventurers but they persevered, finally reaching their destination. After emptying the shop of a local delicacy, White Ace, they made their way down to the bay where festivities took place despite the efforts of the breeze.

After this a strange thing happened; The sun, wind, excersise, and cider collaborated to produce some curious behaviour in the 7. Bicycles were used improperly but no lasting harm was done, Cameron’s knees would soon heal.

Next on the agenda was tea, a likely establishment was chosen near the bay and the steaming pots did eventually arrive after an improperly long wait. It is thought that important BeCycle business was discussed at this point, however no records survive.

The brave cyclist’s mission complete, they turned their handlebars homeward and despite an encounter with some cows, made it home safely.