Hi all -- Only a month after launching, MBUG already has 30 members. Yay! (That's about 1 new member per day, on average, which means that we'll be as big as...
http://portphillip.vic.gov.au/global_garden_party.html The Global Garden Party Sunday 13th April 2003 12.00pm - 5.00pm St Kilda Botanical Gardens, Blessington...
I'll be there too. Apart from meeting the good citizens from PPBUG, my fellow travellers from the Melb Community Gamelan orchestra (please... gamelan is not...
Hello disparate friends As cyclists and all-round ratbags I thought this might be of interest to all of you, or at least that you wouldn't mind casting a vote....
Hi everyone -- The Cycling Promotion Fund is holding a free workshop on how to deal with the media on Sunday 18/5. It is aimed at BUGs & other bike-activist...
Do you feel the tidal pull - that primordial compulsion to get on your bike and cruise along silvery paths? That's right it's full-moon ride time again! This...
Greeting cyclists The May Full-Moon ride last Friday night was the second biggest ever and a great time was had by all. On the usual route of Eltham to Fitzroy...
Hi everyone -- I'm pleased to report that MBUG has had its first lobbying success. It took the Council almost 3 months after we met with them at the Bike...
Good Stuff! That's achieving the goods. Can I ask what does Bicycle Victoria do? Was thinking about joining but since I'm not much of a joiner naturally I...
HI all Sorry, bad news about Sunday ride. I can't make it this week and in fact I'm not going to organise anymore either. I just can't face another appointment...
Hi all -- I have just spoken to a journalist from the "Melbourne Leader", and they are going to run a story on the start-up of Melbourne BUG. I've arranged for...
Hi everyone -- There's a new, clear voice for cycling advocacy in the City of Melbourne -- Melbourne Bicycle User Group (BUG). Melbourne BUG's INAUGURAL...
Hi everyone! Just a quick reminder... ... MELBOURNE BUG -- INAUGURAL MEETING -- JUNE 16 There's a new, clear voice for cycling advocacy in the City of ...
So how was it? Said I was going and missed yet again.. SORRY! What's on the cards then? Cheers k2kyinmel ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!?...
Hi Kelly -- The Inaugural Meeting got MBUG off to a great start. We had an attendance of 36 people, and signed up 11 new members. Membership now stands at 56....
Hi Justin Sounds most promising. Looking forward to the next one! Thanks Kelly ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only...
Dear Members, I am delighted and enthused about the collection of ideas,passions and visions represented in Mondays meeting. My personal perspective comes...
Hi Dhugall & everyone -- I think everyone would agree that it was a great meeting on Monday night. It was a very diverse (in the true sense of the word) ...
To coin a phrase . . . What do we look like to 'those out there'? I think lodged in many *completely* non-cyclists' minds is: "Why would you want to ride a...
Hey all.. I guess this is probably the appropriate place to discuss this kind of thing, so here goes.. I'm getting a little disappointed with my bike just...
Dear Peter, I find that letting half the air out of your tyres creates enough drag to necessitate using a lower gear. Cheap and effective, albeit dangerous....
I love your signature, Mark. Luka Bloom is my favourite singer, and how couldn't he be, with a song like the Acoustic Motorbike? With lines such as The...
Hi Mark, and all Melbourne BUGers, I didn't actually attend Russell Greig's "Cycle Instead - Encouraging Behaviour Change" presentation last year (couldn't...
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Hey there, I have meaning to join for a while now and have finally done so. I have just read some of the previous messages etc and look forward to hopefully...
I asked the shop assis if he was ... SHaM - Simple Harmonic Motion refers to what goes on between the ears of said employees . . . ===== A man there was, tho'...
Hi everyone -- There will be no MBUG General Meeting held in September -- the meeting scheduled for Monday September 8 has been held over until next month. The...
NEXT FULL MOON RIDE -- WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER ... Moonriders! Tomorrow night (Wed 10 Sept) it's time to chase that glowing orb again through the wilds of...
BV have just updated their page on issues in the city of melbourne. http://www.bv.com.au/content.cfm?submenuid=58&contentid=239 Cycling is part of what makes...