Bikeology Festival » 2008 » June

Hot film, cool theatre

Molly Turnbull — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:50:32 +0000

we had an amazing day at Bikeology, a relaxing informative ride at John Jansen Nature centre yesterday, and tonight we have our last Bike Month event. Come to cool off at Metro Cinema tonight in the Citadel and see ‘Pedal’

@ 7:30 at Metro Cinema, in Zeidler Hall Main Floor– Citadel Theatre, 9828 101A Ave.

the movie’s free and we have a whole bunch of prizes to give away. See the ‘donors’ section of the website above for a list of all the generous bikes stores that donate really nice prizes throughout the month – let’s hear it for a vibrant cycling community!

more infor on Pedal:

http://www.powerhousebooks.com/titless06/pedal.html

It’s an inside look at the New York Courier scene, filmed during the Cycle Messenger World Championships. From the website above:

“ in motion and at ease, checking out each other’s bags, lingering over modifications to bikes and bodies. Between events like sprints, distance racing, and skid contests, Sutherland shows us the riders’ elegant physicality, complex individuality, and unique community that crosses boundaries of race, gender, age, and class. And he doesn’t shy away from the blood and bruises that come part and parcel with the messenger’s life.”

oh yeah – the movie’s free and we have a whole bunch of prizes to give away. See the ‘donors’ section of the website above for a list of all the generous bikes stores that donate really nice prizes throughout the month – let’s hear it for a vibrant cycling community!

come, cyclists, commune

Molly Turnbull — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:09:45 +0000

Guided Bicycle Nature Tour

June 29th
1 to 3 pm
A nature guide will take us on an easy trip – this ride is for everyone – easy. Children on bike and trailer are welcome. We’ll start at John Janzen Nature Centre and meander at a leisurely pace. This ride is rated for novice cyclists and will include lots of discussion stops. Bring water (lots of water), food and sunscreen. A fresh look at Edmonton’s natural landscapes and responsible bicycling in our natural areas.

This will be a perfect way for some of us to mellow out and simmer down after a lovely, exciting day at Bikeology.

The big day

Molly Turnbull — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:54:50 +0000

Remember your first bike? Your ride down to the corner store? The first time you fell in love with….riding? Come to Beaver Hill’s Park, 105 st and Jasper, between 12 and 5 today and recapture your youth. Reinvent your passion. Resuscitate your joi de vivre. Bring your bike for a free tune-up and refresh your ride.

Bikeology this year will be having many of the old favourites and some new events:

Local musicians powered by Solar Energy Society’s solar panels

Bike-nic poetry and other ’spoke’n word

children’s entertainment

craft table for all-ages bike bling

local stores’ information booths

pedal powered smoothies

free mechanic tune ups

and eco fair

wide range of bike information and bike enthusiast to chat with

scavenger hunt

self-guided tours of historic downtown Edmonton

quizzes and prizes

more prizes!

Bring your bike, there’ll be plenty o’ bike parking AND free mechanical checks.

See you there!

sweet music

Molly Turnbull — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:37:54 +0000

tomorrow at the Bikeology Festival we have some sweet local bands. Come out and enjoy. The festival runs from 12-5 and is at Beaver Hills park on 105 st and Jasper Ave

Lara Farascan

The Ferris Wheel

Joe Nolan

Paper Ghosts

The Bummers

Daniel Moir

Bikenic Poetry

Andrew Pahl

Rob Taylor

MiteyMiss

Molly Turnbull — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:22:46 +0000

We were warmed and enchanted with a visit from Momentum Magazine’s Ilrike Rodrigues yesterday. Momentum is a magazine out of Vancouver that you can pick up for free at Earth’s General Store. It’s all about cycling, especially commuting – and it’s a fun read. Ilrike, or Ile, is a columnist for the magazine and writes about a broad range of subjects, including traveling by bike.

Ile traveled here with her folding bike to explore part of the cross-Canada trail (pics on flickr scroll above). She also checked out the massive multi-use trail we have in the valley. Sometimes we forget what a gem our river valley is. If you’d like to find out more about Ile’s opinion of the trail, stay tuned to Momentum magazine and Ile’s own website:

http://www.miteymiss.com/

nippy

Molly Turnbull — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:08:48 +0000

I like living in a Northern city, where people show up and have a great time in high winds at +12 C to drink pedal powered smoothies. There was more than a handful of toques at the Mocktails today. As you might see in the pictures on the flickr stream above, we used some ‘road closed’ road signs and many bungie cords to hold down the tents in the wind. Interesting imagery there. Lots of people nonetheless lined up to have a smoothy made from frozen berries, bananas and soy milk.

Tomorrow we’re lined up for a visit from Don Iveson, a fabulous cycling city coucillor, for our bikey breakfast on the Southwest side of the High Level bridge between 7 and 9 am. See you there!

one busy week

Molly Turnbull — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:49:28 +0000

two fabulous velo-love events have already happened this week. Here’s the next 4 (!) for this week:

Mocktails on the Bridge

Thursdays June 26th
4-6pm @ Ezio Faraone Park, North West side of the High Level Bridge, at 109th St Stop by on your way to/from your commute for a smoothie made in a blender powered by bike! Meet other bike ridin’ folk! Snacks, information and fun times will be provided.

Bikey Breakfast

Friday June 27th from 7-9am.

Stop by for free coffee, juice, granola bars, cinnamon buns with a side of velo love! Mechanics will provide free bike maintenance checks. Cinnamon buns don’t arrive until around 8 ’cause we like ‘em fresh out of the bakery

@ 109 Street & 88 Avenue – The Bicycle Bottleneck on the South West side of the High Level Bridge

Rumour has it that Don Iveson, city councilor is coming down on his bike commute to work. He’s well versed in matters of sustainable transportation and how more people cycling make a city cleaner, healthier, quieter, safer and generally a better place to be. If you’d like to see a wee video where Mr Iveson presents Bike Month with a city proclamation to kick off the festivities, scroll down to the blog entry “Barb’s Bike Shorts from June 2″

Owen Richel Memorial Critical Mass

Friday June 27th @ 5:30pm
For Owen Richel’s Story see this short video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oTF-jXCwFw

Meet outside of city hall to take to the streets! Critical mass rides are a fun way to demonstrate use of the bicycle as an efficient and freeing form of daily travel. Dress up, dress down, tape flowers to your bikes for Owen or just come out and ride from Edmonton City Hall to Gazebo Park in the Strathcona area. www.edmontoncriticalmass.com

Bikeology Festival – all free!

Saturday June 28th from Noon – 5pm
Beaver Hills House Park at Jasper Ave + 105th St

Edmonton’s Wild Ride Festival! Contests, local live solar-powered music, free bike tune-ups, trials team (jumping and dancing with bikes), cyclists of all nature to talk with, pedal powered smoothies, and eco fair and more! Bring your bike, your friends and your sunscreen for a fantastic velo party!

Home-built trailer competition

at the Bikeology Festival

show your home-built bicycle to judges between 2:30 and 3:30
$200 prize at 4:00
special note will be taken for bikes made of reused parts

Guided Bicycle Nature Tour

June 29th
1 to 3 pm
All riders welcome. Children on bike and trailer accompanied by adults are welcome start at John Janzen Nature Centre, leisurely pace. This ride is rated for novice cyclists and will include lots of discussion stops. Bring water, food and sunscreen. A fresh look at Edmonton’s natural landscapes and responsible bicycling in our natural areas.

Molly Turnbull

780 264 9752

molly@fourofus.ca

June is Bike Month in Edmonton!

www.bikeology.ca

Thanks to the Bike Stores!!

Paul Turnbull — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:21:41 +0000

The Bike Month Coalition would like to extend a huge amount of velo love to our amazingly supportive bike stores. These stores have provided promotion and a ton of free stuff for us to give away at many of our events.

Mechanical fascinations

Molly Turnbull — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:13:39 +0000

Tonight we’re at the Three Bananas Bistro and Café again tonight from 7-9pm. It’s on churchill square. We’re talking about fascinating bike mechanic stuff. Some of our panel members will bring cool things to look at and poke and talk about. Bring your own or just come down for the discussion. Perhaps there’ll be heated debates about free wheels, fixies, sealed bottom brackets, slicks, and cog ratios. Don’t know what any of these mean? Come down and learn something and enjoy the velo love.

Critical Movie

Molly Turnbull — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:55:51 +0000

Tonight’s movie, for June 23, was ‘You never Bike Alone’. I highly recommend it. It’s a balanced look at the Vancouver Critical Mass (edmontoncriticalmass.com): history, conflicts, bike activist who hate or love it, reasonable arguments for and against it and, best of all, the weird and wonderful collection of things and people - tall bikes, trailers, small bikes, car bikes, choppers, naked riders, underwear riders, costumes, signs, jugglers, trick riders. And the people who stop to do twister on the Lions’ Gate Bridge. And the people who take up a parking spot with a garden planted in the engine block. And and and. It’s a visual inspiration of cycling as normalcy and cycling as an artistic expression. If you want a copy, the Edmonton Small Press Association (edmontonsmallpress.org/links.html) who hosted the evening still has a few copies. They’ll bring them to sell at the Bikeology Festival on Saturday, if they have any left. We ought to play it again for next Bike Month. I’d see it again and again.