Once bitten

27 August 2010 / Posted by Brett Phillips

Image: Taken from the Once Bitten website Bikefest is working with the City of Melbourne to create three short clips that respond to issues around road harmony. This year, they have devised a vampire theme to tell the story - and they NEED YOU. If you have ever fancied yourself…
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Ideas for the future

27 August 2010 / Posted by Brett Phillips

Image: Taken from the Bikefest Better By Bike application form Bikefest are thinking of ways to blur the edges of bike culture. And to do this, they need you. If you have an idea for an art, design, youth, community, schools, music, health, social justice, performance, writing, reading, algebra or…
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Craft Hatch at Bikefest

27 August 2010 / Posted by Brett Phillips

Image: Taken from the Bikefest Facebook page. Circa 2010 Image: Taken from the Bikefest Facebook page. Circa 2010 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=447606&fbid=140869755927627&id=140861209261815 When you ride a bike, you develop a certain appreciation for human powered outcomes. You also develop an appreciation for nifty items that can make your journey more comfortable, safe or…
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Line of Sight

26 August 2010 / Posted by Brett Phillips

We love Lucas Brunelle's film title 'Line of Sight' and what it represents for the fixy world. In the trailer, one of the riders describes the Line of Sight as 'a place in between cars, in between trucks and buses...taking a certain line through a curve or corner that people…
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Mutts is Nutts!

24 August 2010 / Posted by Brett Phillips

Image: Courtesy of Mutts Nutts Racing, England. Circa 2010 Our first thought when we saw Mutt Nutts Racing's new ride yesterday was "wow, there has been some serious thought go into this puppy!" The MNR II is one very neat machine. Apart from the obvious attention to detail, the MNR…
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The future?!

22 August 2010 / Posted by Brett Phillips

The inner geek in us just couldn't help but think about the future of gravity bikes when we saw this little baby. Think about it, multi level courses, mirror finish tracks, super bikes capable of intense and frictionless speeds. Mad battles of life and death. Bring it on we say!
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Murder by Death

21 August 2010 / Posted by Brett Phillips

They may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected Western classicism; where an album’s sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico…
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Girls on bikes

17 August 2010 / Posted by Brett Phillips

Image: Konspirace Alleycat, original photographer not credited. So its around 2 hours to hump day and we thought you may need that little bit of motivation to make it through the rest of the week. I know that we sure did. So sit back, relax and let the cool cats…
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