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Archive for November, 2009

Brunswick Cycling Club – Evening Enduro #2

Brunswick Cycling Club Inc. are holding an evening of racing at the Harrison Street outdoor velodrome.

Everyone is welcome to come along and watch a good night’s racing, and enjoy the BBQ!

When: Saturday, December 12, 6pm – 8pm
Where: Harrison St Velodrome, East Brunswick

Full details on the club’s website and in the attached enduro flyer.

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Final BUG meeting for 2009!

The final BUG meeting for this year will be held on Thursday, November 26 at 7.30 pm in the Edinburgh Castle Hotel, 681 Sydney Road, Brunswick. Hope to see you there!

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Spokes in the Wheel: refugee bike program looking for volunteers

A program called Spokes in the Wheel, which operates out of Engineers Without Borders, is running a bike program for kids from Sudan living in Melbourne.

The program includes fixing up second hand bikes for the kids, and running learn to ride sessions. Spokes in the Wheel is looking for people who want to be involved in the program, either as bike fixers or learn to ride trainers; people are needed for the upcoming EWB conference on Friday 27th Nov, as well as in an ongoing capacity on Saturdays (bike ed in Dandenong and Braebrook) and Sundays (bike fixing at CERES Bikeshed).

For more info contact: spokesinthewheel@gmail.com

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Ride to Fawkner Festival

One more sleep till the Fawkner Festival! Should be a bit of fun.

If anyone would like to ride together in a suitably relaxed manner, Bill has organised a ride from outside the Railway Hotel (a.k.a. ‘Noise Bar’, located where the Upfield Shared Path crosses Albert Street, MEL 29 G8) at 9:30am (Sunday, November 15).

Bill has factored in oodles of time, to suit all riders, kids etc. Hope to see you there!

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The Melbourne Bicycle Film Festival

The Melbourne Bicycle Film Festival kicks off this week and runs to the end of the month, with a range of film events (surprisingly :), art shows, parties and rides. Local events are happening over the creek at Human Powered Cycles and in Brunswick at Commuter Cycles.

Full details are on the Film Festival website.

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The East Brunswick shimmy

News from Kylie Huard, the Strategic Transport Planner at Moreland City Council:

Just wanted to let you know that we’ve been successful in our application for a $160,000 grant for the East Brunswick shimmy. This brings our bicycle budget to over $1 million this year! The route links Canning Street to Barrow Street via East Brunswick, and consists of a variety of treatments including refuges across Brunswick Road and Glenlyon Street, contraflow lanes, path widening and surface improvements and wayfinding. I just wanted to thank the BUG for their support with our submission.

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