Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society

Free bicycle-blender smoothies at the northwest end of the High Level Bridge, today at 4pm!  Free Bike-to-Work breakfast tomorrow morning, from 7-9am, at the southwest end of the High Level!  Critical Mass Friday afternoon, followed by a dance party at BikeWorks at 9pm!  Saturday evening: ride-in outdoor movie at Victoria Cricket Patch.

And don’t forget to join our bicycle “float” on Canada Day as we ride down Whyte Ave as part of the Silly Summer Parade. Any level of silliness welcome!  E-mail us for participation info: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

June is Bike Month in Edmonton!  Join in all the fun at countless events including bike movie nights, bike to work breakfasts, salons, rides and of course the Bikeology Festival on Saturday June 19th.  Visit http://www.bikeology.ca for all event listings.

Come to Victoria Park Cricket Pitch at 9:30pm tonight (Saturday, June 27).  Bring a wooly blanket, a thermos, and a picnic, and join us for free music and a movie at the outdoor bike-in movie. Bring the little ones.

Map: http://www.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ptab=2&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=115819725382412605454.00046d4dd82071c3b1124&t=h&z=17

Info: http://www.bikeology.ca/bikeology-information/

Bikeology Ride-In Outdoor Movie. Feature film ‘ET, the Extra Terrestrial’

Saturday, June 27, at around 9:30 p.m. - Victoria Park Cricket Pitch, 12130 River Valley Road

It’s the cycle-in outdoor movie event of the year! There’ll be a pre-movie picnic with live music.

Jill Pollock and her Ukulele
Aroot’s Bazaar with their world beat fun

Music is powered by solar panels!  Also hear the announcement of the writing competition (see top of events list for details). We recommend you bring bug spray, a blanket, a picnic basket and a chair to enjoy the movie.

Barb’s Bike Shorts: “Bicyclette, Mon Ami”, Feature:  ”ET, the Extra Terrestrial”

Crazy amounts of free bikey fun this week.

There are free bike movies screening all throughout the month of June.  You can get all the details on the Bikeology website, or a summary on its Google calendar.

Films include Portland’s Filmed-by-Bike, Offroad to Athens, Monkey Warfare, Canadian Bike Shorts, Nebraska Supersonic, and ET, the Extra Terrestrial.

Not enough?  Missing Breaking Away or Les triplettes de Belleville?  Or having a Ralph Macchio craving requiring another viewing of The Karate Kid?

Alternative Video Spot has a shelf dedicated to bike movies for the month of June, so go grab a bike flick and relax after the sun sets.

(You can also e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to recommend films for next year.)

Bikeology 2009 is full of fun bikey events. Celebrate the culture of cycling in Edmonton.

Someone arrived at our site by way of the search phrase, “How long does it take mechanics to fix a leak”.

The answer, from Bikeology a few years ago: under 5 minutes.

June 21
Ride-In Outdoor Movie and live music by The Family as part of Bike Month
Cycle to Victoria Cricket Pitch, 12130 River Road
9:30 Bring your own picnic and enjoy the folk and blues music of Edmonton’s The Family band.
The outdoor movie will start when it gets dark at about 11:00 or so
Featuring ‘Barb’s Bike Shorts’ - short films about cycling in Edmonton produced by Rainbow Bridge Communications and ‘Goonies’, a Stephen Speilberg film
It’s a 1980’s film, so ‘80’s is an option - Cindy Lauper skirts, deck shoes, big pastel necklaces, Hewey Lewis white suit jackets with the collars turned up, mesh muscle shirts with numbers, long earrings and really tight Levi jeans. Come dressed to do the time-warp!

Up and coming this is week for Bike Month are some ways to explore your inner bike love:

Bicycle writing circle: Sit around sipping something hot while musing about the bicycle. (June 5, 10am-12 pm)
Trashanista: Bicycle Jewelry Class - make ‘trashion’ with salvaged bike parts (June 5, 7-9:30 pm)

Also note that until June 21, you have the chance to prove what a badass you are on paper in a writing competition with a cool prize. See the Bike Month webiste for more event details, and be sure to add our Bike Month Google Calendar to your own calendar!