Bike Friday in Australia
Film Fests, Rides and Demos
May 2008 Schedule

Doing the CBD shuffle with a folding bike - ride, train, ride - and save money, time and the planet Burn Carbs Not Hydrocarbs in Sydney

Hello Friday Friends Downunder ...

I'm back on - spreading small-wheel cheer in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. Just returned from a blast in Cowra (read the multmedia report) with 120 Bike Friday folk at the Gathering - and thank you Margaret, Bronwyn, the Keasts and everyone for maintaining the small wheel rage!

Below are some events I've set up for May. Please join in. I can be contacted via email lynettec@bikefriday.com or cell 0420 968 967. I'll be in Melbourne May 1-14 and Canberra May 15-23rd. I'll be showing showing my Handlebar movies, doing local bike rides and showing the tikit^TMto your favorite bike shops (perhaps you can help us persuade on to become a local tikitAgent^TM?). Love to do the same in Brizzy and Perth too.

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Thursday May 1 - MELBOURNE
Cycle Sulawesi @ Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club presented by Colin Freestone, (041) 620-2121, Lynette Chiang 0420 968 967
54 Victoria St (cnr Lygon St) Carlton South. -- Friday Friendly Tour Company operator Colin Freestone will present a slide show to promote his January '09' tour of Sulawesi Indonesia; the Galfromdownunder will follow with a brief demonstration of the tikit^TM. Read more

Thursday May ?? - MELBOURNE
Let's ride, Melbourne! Email lynettec@bikefriday.com and let's get together between May 1 and 14 before I head to Canberra. We can piggy back onto an existing ride. All wheels sizes welcome.

Tuesday May 13 - MELBOURNE - BICYCLE FILM FEST
Galfromdownunder Film Fest @ BWM, Melbourne
DOUBLE FEATURE:
* 16,000 Feet on a Friday: Biking the World's Highest Paved Road (45 mins)
* Route 66 by Bicycle: Pedaling the Mother Road (45 mins)
6 Bond St South Yarra, Melbourne (just around the corner from Cafe E Cuccina on Chapel St)
presented by The Galfromdownunder, 0420 968 967 (Australia)
TIME: 7pm - 10pm, Peru screens 7.15pm, Route 66 screens 8.15pm
COST: Donation towards costs appreciated
-- The Galfromdownunder's award-winning bicycle films shot with a simple digital camera and minimal technology have been praised by cycling and multimedia audiences across the USA. Read more about Handlebar Movies
Thanks to Belgiovane Williams McKay (creators of the Telstra 'Too Many Rabbits in China' tv commercial), for the use of their theatre.

Thursday May 15 - CANBERRA - BICYCLE FILM FEST
Galfromdownunder Film Fest @ ANU, Canberra
Menzies Lecture Theater 4, Union Court, Australian National University
Directions
-- same details as for May 13 Melbourne event

Thursday May 18 - CANBERRA - BF CLUB SOCIAL RIDE
Bike Friday Club of Canberra - ride with the Galfromdownunder
ALL BICYCLES WELCOME!
led by Nic Gellie, (044) 867-2924 and Tony McKittrick (041) 882-2309

START: 10 AM Tilley's Cafe, Wattle St (near Brigalow St) Lyneham
ROUTE: Lake Burley-Griffin via Sullivan's Creek and Yarralumla Bakery
DISTANCE: 35KM
GRADE: Easy
FINISH: Approximately 12 noon at Hudsons Cafe in the Botanical Gardens
Test Ride the Gal's tikit^TM

Wednesday May 21 - CANBERRA
CANADA: COAST TO COAST ON A FRIDAY @ PEDAL POWER
Presented by Air Glide owner Tony McKittrick, +61 2 6270 4050 -- Pedal Power member and small wheeled cyclist, Tony McKittrick, will give a presentation on his epic 7,800 kilometre journey across Canada from June to September last year, followed by the Galfromdownunder demonstrating the tikit^TM. Read more THEN ... come and join your cycling friends upstairs for a chat and a coffee

THURSDAY May 29 - SYDNEY - Mini Sustainability Symposium
*BURN CARBS NOT HYDROCARBS* Bicycle commuting for a greener, saner Sydney
Coordinated by Lynette Chiang, 0420 968 967 (cell)
Clarence St Cyclery, 104 Clarence St between King and Barrack
TIME: 6.00 for 6.16pm - 7.30pm. Store open until 8pm.
Tired of of the peak hour standstill? A panel of Sydney movers and shakers discuss the many ways you can transform your daily commute. Several multi-modal bicycles will make a brief appearance including the Bike Friday tikit^TM. Thanks to Clarence St Cyclery for supporting this event; CSC do not endorse the purchase of any particular brand of bicycle at this event.

Burn carbs, not hydrocarbs, look forward to meeting you,

Lynette Chiang
Bike Friday Customer Evangelist
BIKE FRIDAY. PERFORMANCE THAT PACKS
www.bikefriday.com
3364 West 11th Ave Eugene, OR, 97402, USA
USA: 800-777-0258 | 541-687-0403 fax| 541-513-7711 cell Australia: +61 (0)420 968 967 cell Email: lynettec@bikefriday.com Personal Website: www.galfromdownunder.com


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