Bike Friday in Brisbane, July 2008
BURN CARBS NOT HYDROCARBS
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Bike Friday Film Festival, Rides and Demos

Just the tikitTM for doing the CBD shuffle in Melbourne - pedal, tram, pedal - and save gas money, time and the planet. Read about Bike Friday in Australia 2008 | Read the Burn Carbs Not Hydrocarbs in Sydney report

Hello Friday Friends in Australia,

Greets from your roving Customer Evangelist ... Bike Friday is heading for Brizzy in July. I'm traveling from Sydney with my Express tikitTM via lo-hydrocarb train rather than plane, thanks to our Brisbane dealer Epic Cycles. Please note this demo model will be for sale for an as-is retail price of $1200* when its downunder tour of duty is complete - no sense schlepping it back to Eugene. Zero shipping if sold in Brisbane or Sydney. I depart for the USA August 6. *Normally this bike would be $1390 USD, plus shipping $300, plus 10% GST.

So... please join us for the following events: a mini-sustainability symposium (Sat July 5), a Bike Friday Adventure Film Fest (Wed July 9) and a Bike Friday Club social ride (Sat July 12). I can be contacted any time via email lynettec@bikefriday.com or cell 0420 968 967.

Welcome New Bike Friday Australian dealers and tikitTM agents: We've been working hard on setting up dealers in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra (see how we're doing at www.bikefriday.com/dealers). They are so new they haven't quite got test models on the floor yet, but will soon. Feel free to call them, pop in and introduce yourself as a member of the fold, congratulate them on their fine decision to represent your trusty travel companion.

Joining Epic Cycles (81 Baroona Rd., Paddington, Queensland 4064 Phone: 61 7 3368 2324) in Brisbane, a long time Bike Friday Test Ride Dealer, you will soon see Bike Friday Bicycles at the following locations:

In Melbourne: Cycle Science 478 Whitehorse Road in Mitcham
Phone: 03 9874 8033

In Sydney: Bike Bar 228 Oxford St. in Bondi
Phone : 61 2 9525 7552

In Canberra: Cycle City, on the corner of Wattle & Hall Street in Lyneham,
Phone 02 6249 1806

We are still looking for a Dealer location in Perth, so if you have a favorite local bike shop there, please email Australian rep Peter Berra and let him know about them.

Sydney folks - staying in the loop: BF Club of Sydney leaders Christine and George Floyd have done an amazing job organizing rides for you over the past few years. They travel a lot and may not be able to provide you with the same generous attention from now on. So join the Australian Bike Friday Club Message Board, a YAHOO group, to stay in touch with local Fridays and propose rides and events in your area. As this is an Australia-wide list, please take care to always prefix your post with the city you are in. Of course, you can always contact the Australian Bike Friday Club founders themselves, Margaret Day and Bronwyn Laing, with questions.

UPCOMING EVENTS IN BRISBANE ...

July 5 *BURN CARBS NOT HYDROCARBS IN BRISBANE* Bicycle commuting for a Better Brisbane | Download Poster | Official Webpage
WHERE: King George Square Cycle Centre, (KGS Busway, from platform 2, cnr Roma and Ann)
TIME: 2.00 to 3.30pm
WHAT: A panel of Brisbane movers and shakers in the cycling community present a "mini-sustainability symposium" of new, novel and increasingly necessary ways you can transform your daily commute. Meet cycling advocates, tour the King George Square cycle facility and open your mind to bicycles built for a sustainable future - the multi-modal/folding bicycle. The tikitTM, Bike Friday's answer to global oil addiction, will be demonstrated. Thanks to new Pocket Llama owner Fiona Galloway, www.cycle2city.com.au, www.epiccycles.com.au, and www.bikepedtrans.com.au for organizing this event .

Wednesday July 9 BIKE FRIDAY ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL | Download Poster
Galfromdownunder Film Fest @ Epic Cycles, Brisbane
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)
WHERE: Epic Cycles, 81 Baroona Rd Paddington, Brisbane
presented by The Galfromdownunder, lynettec@bikefriday.com, 0420 968 967 (Australia)
TIME: 7pm - 9pm, Peru screens 7.15pm, Route 66 screens 8.15pm
COST: Donation for Satipo Peru Orphanage (featured in the film) appreciated RSVP: lynettec@bikefriday.com
-- 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

Sat July 12 - BF CLUB SOCIAL RIDE - ALL BICYCLES WELCOME!
led by BF Dealer Epic Cycles' John Pittendreigh, 07 3368 2324 (shop), 0415 290 884 (mobile)

START: 9 AM Epic Cycles, 81 Baroona Rd Paddington, Brisbane
ROUTE: Something familiar and social
DISTANCE: Not too far
GRADE: Easy
FINISH: Approximately 12 noon with a stop for morning tea, then back to the shop to talk story and browse

Read more about Bike Friday in Australia 2008 and in case you missed it, the multimedia report of this year's Annual Gathering in Cowra

Join the Australian Bike Friday Club Message Board

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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