Becycle Society Present:

The UK Premiere of the award-winning film documentary, ‘Veer’
as part of ‘Bike Night’ – A night of art, music and urban cycling culture at the skate park.

The evening also features visual art installations, local dj-sets and performances from BMXers. It is hoped that the evening will also act as an opportunity for people in the local area interested in cycling and art to network and hang-out. Entry is £5 and is open to all. All proceeds are used to help the Becycle project.

Veer explores the fast-growing bicycling culture by profiling five people whose lives are inextricably tied to cycling and bike-centric groups they belong to. The film follows these characters over the course of a year, offering a behind-the-scenes look at their personal struggles and triumphs. Veer examines what it means to be part of a community and how social movements are formed.

Being a fairly lazy sort of fellow i decided a couple of years ago to buy an electric bike.

I had a particularly good week at sea and after several bottles of wine at a friend’s house with an internet connection and pay pal i found myself the owner of an electric bike and a monster hangover.

The bike is great it’s an izip cruiser, it was the cheapest and coincidently funkeyst one they made. when the batteries are new and fully charged you can expect around 15 miles on the flat at a reasonable speed of between 10 and 15 mph.  None of the figures quoted here have been tested in any way and are at best to be considered to be wildly inaccurate.

So it isnt particularly fast and it also doesnt have gears, this combined with a very heavy steel frame means that you cant really pedal it.
but thats ok because i dont.
pedal i mean.
not as a rule..
apart from up hill…

I figure if i have a motor its pointless to pedal unless i want to keep warm, otherwise i tend to spill too much beer and that as we all know can become tiresome aswell as expensive.
Soon i plan to fit another battery and a sub woofer to the bike giving me more
speed and greater range.

I absolutely love it and would recommend it to anyone, the forks and super fat bastard rated fully sprung seat make even the most cobbly of streets a total joy.
I have changed by bike only slightly by moving the batteries to a rather nice box on the back but apart from that it is pretty much standard.

I hope one day to put it on a train and come up to cruise the mean streets of Aberdeen (and to get danny and chriss to help me with a couple of things) soon.

Tytti from “PELTONIEMI – MADE-TO-ORDER” (www.tyttipeltoniemi.com), a wee fashion and desgin shop up on Chattan Place, is promoting Becycle and the Becycle cause with these amazing handmade shopping bags. How cool is that? Go check out her fantastic shop if you are around – and give her a hug. (prints on the bags done by – who else? – Llyod).

two pretty fixies near Belmont street - Sunday, Oct. 18th

In the past two years since I arrived, the number of fixed gear bikes up here on Aberdeen’s roads went from 1 to 100 and counting. We’ve been noticing a rapid increase in fixie riders and we’re hoping that we’ll have a meetup soon. There’s a forum we’ve been posting on if you want to join! http://www.londonfgss.com/thread20536-3.html

Fucking A! Finally, my old friend Ralle from Rapido – the bike courier I work for in Cologne – posted the first Rapido podcast mixtape with some of the good beats and tunes he used to play for us at work. Hope this becomes a regular!

listen/download here

Playlist

Sergey Suokas – Morning Love
Greg Scrase – Koko (Runner18 Remix)
Florence and The Machine – You`ve Got the Love (The xx Remix)
The Family Simpson – My Funny Valentine
Daft Punk – Fragile Tron Legacy
Marlene Magnoli – Flatter Davon Kleiner Flattermann
Fingoonet – Bouddha Dub
Dave I.D. – X-F
Russian Circles – Malko
Jimi Tenor/Tony Allen – Selfish Gene
Hildegard Knef – Heute Morgen War Termin (Andreas Dorau Remix)
Karen O and the Kids – Hideaway
Paco del Stinko – Ring them Bells

Aged 24, Alastair Humphreys left England to cycle round the world. His journey along the length of the Earth’s three great landmasses (Africa, the Americas, Eurasia) took more than 4 years to complete.

Hi all,

A warm welcome to all the new Becyclers of ’09, and of course to all of those re-offending! I hope you’ve all had a great summer and are ready to hit the books for the upcoming year. But when you’re not hitting the books we’ve got some pretty awesome events coming up for you guys to check out, where you can meet new faces and of course talk bikes!

First of all I want to invite all you guys to meeting this Friday the 9th of October in Taylor A31 from 18:00 to 20:00 where we’ll talk about the history of Becycle, our future projects and to find volunteers who are willing to help keep it alive. It’s a lot of work but at the same time it’s a lot fun, we really need your help and Becycle wouldn’t be possible without all the awesome ladies and gentlemen like you who help keep it running. We are also part of the uni’s volunteering awards scheme that you can sign up for if you feel the need to beef up your cv a bit! Other than that the meeting is a good chance to meet new faces and there will of course be snacks, drinks and a movie screening.

We also want to invite you all the Thursday night rides, another great chance to meet people and have fun on your bike. We meet at Elphinston hall on campus every second week at 21:00 and just cruise about Aberdeen. See our website for more details. It’s a nice way to explore the city and a good excuse for hitting the pub afterwards, but remember, a full set of lights is essential! On top of our fortnightly rides we’re planning a night of art, music and urban cycling culture at Transition Skate Park down at the beach where we will also be premiering the film Veer for the first time in Britain! http://veerthemovie.com/

Much love from your becycle founder and president,

Dani and Ben