updated CORE files.
site off line for 20 minutes.
all is tested and well
Yogi

TCB Courier: Pizza + Candy from Joe Lumbroso on Vimeo.

found a blog all about
 

http://bryantwatch.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/michael-bryants-privileged-c...

Interesting how it pans out... 
the world is Watching

See you on Sunday.

Come and park your bikes and have a swim .

Looks like a scorcher, so bring your eskeys and lots of drinks It looks super hot... hmmmm come have a swim.

Once agin the BFF came to Sydney and as per usual was a part of the Bike valet Parking. I always like to do something rather than just go to an event like that.

I did manage to see a bit of one movie and that bit brought a tear to my eye.  It was a movie about a race accross Africa.  A movie about the human condition and how little you really need to live. How easy is it to leave behind your iPhone and technology and your comfy bed and walls and mustard and tomato sauce. Living with the simple things like sustanace and water and a cover over your head when the weather is not nice.

I can not understand how a fixie makes anyone cool. What makes someone cool is their "coolness" So what is their coolness. Well I suppose it their ability to be at one with themselves when they just do the thing they do. You can buy cool. It 'vibes off you"  naturally.

Recently in CRANKED 3 (the sydbma zine) I saw that "hipster" is no longer a 'hate' word but more of how to explain the fad that is looking like a bike courier but not being one. So basicly they are couriers without radios as someone put it. In fact HIPSTER has become a vibe of (and i quote from Cranked 3) HIPSTERS ARE OUR CHILDREN.

this link http://www.core77.com/blog/technology/never_mind_ringtones--how_about_vroom_tones_14944.asp

basicly validates my argument. Unfortunately ...

A while ago my wife managed to slide into a curb rather sideways . She bent something that took 8 months to arrive. They rented us a car. I had the choice of a standard mid sized car or a Prius. I took the prius.

Updated the site with a new theme... do u like it?

also added a copatcha or what ever it is.. so comments and spam bots just STOP.

good luck I say

deleted over 100 false users and many many comments to buy Viagra and carbon motorbike helmets.
Took ou t indi media rss feed and replaced it with workingbike feed http://workingbike.storytlr.com/

more info

http://www.greenups.net/

You’re invited to GreenUps – set to become Australia’s hippest and most influential green social scene.

Sydney’s Green Drinks has been resurrected by some of the cities new guard of eco movers and shakers keen to breathe new life into the environmental and sustainable social scene.

www.rocketfuel.net.au has made us some caps.
Proceeds go towards ACMC2010
talk to Joe on the street if you want one.

Macca & Slick Rick assault the empty streets of Adelaide. 517151K style.

Ok. This is a new level of douchbaggery and I've had it with the fixie kids.

It's freezing in New York. It was nearly in the single digits this morning (ok ok i don't want to start a pissing contest, some of you work in colder places, but I was freezing) and it dumped about a half foot of snow yesterday which is all iced over now and annoyingly slippery.

on friday night the PHP  was updated to the most recent version.
Of course there was not a super smooth transition.
Site was crash tackled for about 36 hours.
Fixed sunday morning at 9.30.
sorry about the down time folks.

pic nicked from http://www.funmunch.com

Tonight I spent almost 3 hours updating our site. AGAIN
I added an editor and updated the install version.
I also added an image up loader so now you can upload images FROM your computer. but be told that there are limits to how much you can upload. So please remember to OPTIMIZE your images for web.. meaning that Print resolution is not needed on websites.

Also the background now is static and looks terrible when the words scroll up over the unreadable bit. I will get onto this set of images over the next few days. currently removed

Here is a pic of Barney when he was much younger at Macquarie Place. Notice he has Hair under his helmet and that thing on his face is a smirking smile under a MO.

enjoy.

You know we are about Bikes The City and general Bike Culture. This site relies on readership and the information on the page.

We represent urban bike riders who make money doing what they enjoy the best RIDING.

Those immersed in the culture who are totally a part of the Bike Courier industry and live by it during the week and on weekends. That what this site is about.

Sometimes those guys from the city venture into 24 hour XC racing and other weekend events and prarties, not to mention other "cat" type runs about town.

Myself I am an ex-courier but I remain what I consider PRO ACTIVE. I do this by maintaining this site and attending parties and being involved with almost everything bike except ADVOCACY. But, I do report on it. I subscribe to a few lists and feeders and the like. Some people from the industry form all over the world have met me or know of me.

I find that when an Australian Courier organizes an event for single speed only, thats no big deal BUT .. WHO IS a messenger who checks this site every day and complains when removed from admin wont put a word up about his own ride?

Got sent a link to this by James "Maverick" Barrett.

he was working for top gun long long ago in a golden era. He got his name from top gun as he was sick of being called JAMES. He is the aussie accent in this.

look for Tribe-pt 2 in related to see second half

article ripped from
http://www.livenews.com.au/articles/2008/12/02/What_is_the_fixy_phenomenon

* Richard Birdsey from Bicycling NSW gives us the lowdown on fixed-wheel bikes.

You’ve probably seen them around town. Those new bikes some bike couriers ride with no gears and no brakes.

Sure they look good. In fact, they look great. With no gears, cables and often no brakes they look clean, sleek and uncluttered.

Aficionados talk about the incredible ‘oneness’ you feel with the bike and the unprecedented level of control.

And their street cred is undeniable – along with a few well placed tattoos and piercings there’s nothing cooler in the alleys of Newtown than a fixie.

read more...

pretty impressive bike stunts.

you can see some Sydney sights all over the place.. it starts on The Pyrmont Bridge

Arrived pop account wed 26th nov,

Hi all,

Still some great events happening this week as the Big Bike Love festival draws to a close,

Regard Gallery| 372 Wilson St, Darlington (opp Carriageworks)
Till 30 November
Road:From Deadhorse Down – Rob Barton
There are a few things you don't expect to do in life. Buying anti-bear spray is one of them.
In July 2008, Rob Barton, Andrew Walker and Michael Carroll left Sydney to ride their bicycles south from Deadhorse, an Arctic oil field base, to Alaska's southern border. Over two months and 3000 kilometres their bikes traversed the surreal Alaskan landscape, encountering bears, moose, camouflaged locals and forty breeds of mosquito.
From Deadhorse down is a small, photographic snapshot from the top of the world; a deafiningly silent frontier at the mercy of everything beneath it.
http://www.regardgallery.net.au/

The Trophy Room | 545 South Dowling St, Surry Hills
Friday 28 November
Road: Ride-thru - Spokesman & Spinster
One night only - 6pm
http://bffsydney.org/road/

Saturday 29 November
RoadMap - Gallery Crawl

I don't know a few of these brands but here is a list of 50 best bikes

http://independent.net-genie.co.uk/Outdoor_Activity/22213/the_50_best_bi...

I really enjoyed this.
nice groovy sounds with cool vid.. don't get much better.

well finally some BFF 07 stuff

http://www.deus.com.au/gallery/bike/film-fest-party/

check it out SYDBMA as captured by WORDLE. I loaded our home page today and this is what it produced.
I like it. if you have the time have a closer look by clicking the image... (java required)
I am Naming this " SYDBMA the site"