Merri-bek BUG

Please join Phuong and fellow members of the Moreland BUG for the social ride this Sunday, from Brunswick to Altona via Cheetham Salt Lake.

Date: Sunday 29 March 2009
Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Meeting Venue: Upfield Bike Path between Railway Hotel and Brunswick Train Station, Brunswick
Distance: 40 km with a few hills
Surface: Bike Path
Suitable: Children and All bikes

1. From Brunswick to Mordialloc along Beach Road

Date: Sunday 8 March 2009
Time: 9:00am to 11:30am
Meeting Venue: Upfield Bike Path between Railway Hotel & Brunswick Train Stn
Distance: 40km with a few hills
Surface: Road
Suitable: All bikes
RSVP: Please e-mail to rides@morelandbug.org by March 6 2009

2. From Brunswick to Altona via Cheetham Salt Lake

Date: Sunday 29 March 2009
Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Meeting Venue: Upfield Bike Path between Railway Hotel & Brunswick Train Stn
Distance: 30km with a few hills and moderate, good, elite level of riding
Surface: Along various bike path
Suitable: All bikes
RSVP: Please e-mail to rides@morelandbug.org by March 27 2009

And remember that the Moreland BUG events, including upcoming rides, are listed on our Google Calendar.

Title: Fish’n’Chips at Williamstown

Date: Sunday 15 Feb 2009

Time: 11:00am to 3:00pm

Meeting Venue: Upfield Bike Path between Railway Hotel & Brunswick Train Station

Distance: 30 km

Surface: Bike Path

Suitable: Children and all bikes

Organiser: Veena

This is reminder that Moreland BUG has their first ride this weekend.

Title: Yarra Boulevard Challenge Ride

Date: Sunday 8 Feb 2009

Time: 10:00am to 1:00pm

Meeting Venue: Upfield Bike Path between Railway Hotel & Brunswick Train Station

Distance: 20 km

Surface: Roads, Hills

Suitable: All bikes. Road bikes are an advantage

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.