Moreland BUG

This is a friendly reminder that our ride has re-scheduled for this Sunday. I look forward to see you all this Sunday.

Meeting Point and Time:
Meet at Royal Park Train Station at 10:30am (opposite Melbourne Zoo)

Date:
Sunday 21 December 2008

Theme:
Please feel free to dress yourself and your bike with Christmas decorations

Venue:
Lunch at 1:00pm at Belgian Beer Café
557 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
www.belgianbeercafemelbourne.com

Route:
The route is a surprise and you will find out on the day

What to bring:
Mobile, Money, sunscreen, camera

RSVP:
By Friday 19 December 2008 to rides@morelandbug.org

Due to the bleak forecast for today’s weather, the Christmas ride has been postponed. Please keep next Sunday free (weather permitting) for the next ride. Veena will send out an email, with more info, throughout the week.

You are invited to the Moreland BUG Christmas ride.

Venue: Belgian Beer Cafe, 557 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

Date: Sunday 14 December 2008

Time: 10:30am, meeting at Royal Park (zoo) train station (route yet to be decided)

RSVP: By Wednesday 10 December to Veena

Cost: Pay for your own food & beverages

Join Moreland BUG as we cruise down the Merri Creek trail and Yarra to Abbotsford for a tour of the Farren’s collection of vintage bicycles.

We’ll return by the Merri Creek to CERES, or you can catch a train from Collingwood Station. This is an easy ride and all are welcome.

Distance: 15km
Rating: Easy, on bike paths
Date: Sunday, 9 November
Time: 1 - 5pm
Start: CERES cafe, cnr Roberts and Stewart Streets, Brunswick East, 3057, 30 B7
Finish: CERES cafe, Brunswick East

Note: 1pm is our DEPARTURE time, please arrive early and if you’d like lunch or a coffee at the cafe before hand, allow lots of time (lunch can take more than an hour to order, eat and pay for on a beautiful Sunday at CERES)!

Please do RSVP including your phone number. (We need at least 10 people for the tour. We should be able to accommodate everyone, but if numbers are too great, we’ll give Moreland residents who register before 2 November first priority.)

This Wednesday 15 October, on Ride to Work day, there will be a meeting and gathering in memory of the cyclist who lost her life on September 18.

There will be a group meeting on Swanston Street out the front of the State Library at 8:00am. At 8:10am, the group will ride slowly down Swanston Street to the Melbourne Town Hall, where there will be one minute’s silence.

You are encouraged to leave a flower at the site of the accident (corner Bourke and Swanston) as the gathering makes its way to Town Hall.

Pedestrians are welcome to join the group on the day.

The National Ride to Work day is on Wednesday, October 15, 2008.

Around Moreland, the following Ride to Work activities will be happening.

The City of Moreland is hosting a breakfast in the Victoria Street Mall, Coburg, from 7:30am - 9:00am.

Commuter Cycles (14 Prentice Street, Brunswick) is offering espresso coffee (with a barista and machine in for the day) fresh fruit, and bacon & egg sandwiches, plus a quick bike tune up if you need it.
When: 7am to 10am
Cost: A gold coin donation, and that you register for Ride To Work Day.

Human Powered Cycles (38 Harrison St, Brunswick East) is offering:

• 8-9am - free intro bike maintenance training
• Free puncture repair all day
• 10% off parts and accessories all day
• 5-6pm - free intro bike maintenance training
• 6-8pm - drinks and pizza with the crew… open to everyone!

BV have a comprehensive list of other community breakfasts around the city and state.

Please remember to register, as the stats of how many people ride helps bicycling advocacy (and you have a chance of winning some great prizes!).

If you haven’t ridden to work before and you are not sure where to start, have a read of Bicycle Victoria’s “Where do I start?” guide.

The ride to explore the Maribyrnong River to Brimbank is on tomorrow.

Meeting at 8:45 for a 9am start so don’t forget that daylight savings begins tonight!

See the earlier entry for full details.

Explore the Maribyrnong River to Brimbank Park, then take the Western Ring Road path to Jacana or Gowrie Stations (on the Broadmeadows or Upfield lines) then return to the Zoo by train. Very keen riders could head home via the Merri Creek.

Meeting point will be out the front of Royal Park Train Station.

What to bring – lunch money (or own lunch)

Distance: ~ 56km one way

When: Sunday 5, October 2008

Time: Be there at 8:45 for 9:00am start

Pack some lunch for the day. Please bring some spare tubes for tyres just in case you have a puncture along the track.

The plan is stop at a cafe at Brimbank Park for lunch (They do serve tea/coffee but unsure whether they provide lunch.) We will be riding along some very steep hills.

If your running late please feel free to call Veena and we can wait for you - 0412 574 897

See you there!

A friendly reminder to you all that the Moreland BUG ride is on this Sunday (September 14). It would be great to see more faces from the BUG group turn out for this beautiful ride.

We will be riding to Westerfolds Park, Templestowe along the Yarra Trail and possible to Eltham.

Where: Meet at the Fairfield Boathouse near the cafe along the waterfront (the Boathouse is just off Heidelberg Rd near Panther Place, and right on the Yarra River trail bike path).

Date: Sunday 14 September, 2008

Time: 10:45am for a 11:00am start

Distance: 30 km

Please remember to pack some lunch for the day!

If you’re running late, please feel free to call 0412 574 897 and we can wait for you.
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Don’t forget that there is a ride leaving Flinders St Station (meet at the mosaic at Clocks TAB) at 10:05am on Sunday 17 August.

We will ride to Beacon Cove along the light rail trail then follow the bay past St Kilda. We will stop for lunch along the way then catch the train back when we have had enough.

Email Ross Millward to register interest (we will wait for you if you haven’t turned up).

Bathers optional.