Initiatives, research and events where bicycles create positive social change
Style Over Speed – Radio segment featuring Leki About three weeks ago, during Brisbane’s Bike Week, I attended the lovely “Style Over Speed” event. On arrival, people were gathering and chatting, getting to know each other and checking out the assembled bikes. I spoke to a number of people on the night and one of those people …
Hooray! Exams are over for students – Congrats to all! As a reward for a busy week marking exam essays, I registered for a wicked 2-day creative workshop called The Art of Looping run by Alex Murray-Leslie (from Chicks on Speed – OMG!). I am super excited and can’t wait! Here is what we’ll be …
I’m gearing up (pun intended) for this weekend’s Singlespeed World Championship (SSWC) 2016 – the Carni-velo festival of the bike in Woodend, VIC. I’ve been so looking forward to this weekend – and have been getting more and more excited about it since I entered back in July (with a post of my favourite Singlespeed videos). …
Happy New Year all! I hope you have been enjoying your time on and off the bike – and gearing up for another productive year! Regular readers know that BCC is not your average mainstream cycling blog ….. it is anything but! For my first post of 2021, I am revisiting this blog’s manifesto and …
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This guest blog post by Jen Sheean is about the Brisbane Bicycle Film Festival. Onthe night, The Style over Speed crew rode from Brisbane city to the cinema at St Lucia, where the incredible cycOZ performed an infectious bicycle-inspired percussion set on arrival (see end photos). Last year, Bella and I entered our film Leki, …
It’s on again! The 2019 Brisbane Bicycle Short Film Festival is fast approaching. This year, it’s on Friday 29th March at the Schonell Theatre (UQ) St Lucia, Brisbane. This Bike Festival is a great night out and Space for Cycling Brisbane does a great job of putting this festival together. It’s not surprising that tickets …
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What is Bike Week? Bike Week runs from 28th April – 6th May and is Brisbane’s annual cycling festival. This bike festival is aimed at getting more people of different ages and stages riding bikes. I’ve been really looking forward to Bike Week this year. I had high expectations this year after having such a …
Hooray! Great news! Our short film ‘Leki’ took out the People’s Choice Award at the 2018 Brisbane Bike Short Film Festival on Friday night! For this film, I collaborated with Isabel Turner, who is the spunky, young designer who really made this film happen. Thanks to all! Bella and I wanted to say a big …
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I like listening to podcasts. I listen to podcasts on a range of topics – including trying some lesser known bike podcasts – just to see what is out there and what other bike nuts are up to. But as with any podcasting topic, biking podcasts can be hit and miss. It is a fine line …
Well, even though I have a mountain of uni marking, (perhaps despite it!), I thought it was important to get out and about on the bike – and I ended up having a thoroughly enjoyable and an EVENTful weekend – two events in fact! Style Over Speed Ride (Fri night) The first event was Friday night’s …