Copenhagen – City of Cyclists from Copenhagenize on Vimeo.
Seen on the Cycling in Auckland Website
City of Cyclists – This could be Portsmouth?
June 22nd, 2010
portsmouth live tv video of the event
June 9th, 2010Dominic Loves his bike
June 6th, 2010
Love Your Bike Portsmouth – Video
May 31st, 2010Love Your Bike Portsmouth – The event
May 31st, 2010
What a wonderful day. The sun was out all day, bikes galore in many shapes and sizes. Such a good vibe flowing both inside and out of the skatepark. Many thanks to all those that contributed and turned up to enjoy the celebration of bikes and creativity.
Please post your images of the day to either the Flickr group or email to me at: claire.sambrook@port.ac.uk
I would also love to hear your feedback on the day. More photographs will be posted over the coming few days.
Its a 10am start at Southsea Skatepark
May 26th, 2010
Southsea Skatepark is the venue for the main Love Your Bike Portsmouth event from 10am-5pm. Limited quantities of goodie bags so to avoid being left out get there early.
It’s going to be an action packed day with Ben Wilson showcasing his bikes and welding on site. Death Spray Custom will be airbrushing bikes, Tokyo Fixed Gear have a mini shop, Gocycle will be offering demos of their bike and showcasing special custom editions, RAW Bamboo will be bringing a few of their bikes and the new Fixei range will also be unveiled.
Ben Wilson’s Donky Bike below:
There will be loads of workshops and offers of help with customisation from various people including Portsmouth Creative Movement, Stu Rodda, Ian and Adam Macpherson. Badger Press will be bringing a screen printing set-up so that you can design your own bags etc, The Caravan Gallery will be bringing their own eclectic mix of cycling photographs and Southsea Gallery will be selling artwork including some of the spoke card designs.
Bike Polo and BMX Demos and the winner of the Schools Competition will be announced.
To check out the full list visit – http://www.loveyourbikeportsmouth.co.uk/love/contributors
From 4pm head to Albert Road where Ian Parmiter will have an exhibition of Vintage Bikes with DJ Set and have your photograph taken on a penny farthing, ROKii Clothes will be announcing the winner of their bike and then head to Little Johnny Russell’s for free food at 6pm.
Really look forward to seeing you all there.
Love Your Bike School Competition
May 25th, 2010
Harbour School, Redwood Park School and Priory School were each given two bikes last month. One of the bikes was a wooden starter bike and the other a second-hand bike. Their task was to customise the bikes as much as possible. The photograph above is from Harbour School with their wonderful display of ideas for the graphics for the wooden bike. Below are some photographs of the customisation process and the finished bike.
Below are photographs from Redwood Park School – the horse bike and also their wooden bike which can currently be viewed in Bellamy’s Antiques window on Albert Road.
I will update this post soon with further details on the bikes and Priory School entries. The winner will be announced at the event on 30th May and they will receive a trophy designed by local blacksmith Peter Clutterbuck and a free workshop on screen-printing by Badger Press.
Window display – Bellamy’s Antiques, Albert Road
May 22nd, 2010
Make sure you visit Bellamy’s Antiques on Albert Road where a showcase of bikes can be seen including Chris Borneo’s Major Nicols restoration bike, Dave Kirby’s bike sculpture, a wooden bike from Redwood Park School in Cosham and spoke cards from artists all over the city. Also featured is a canvas by Farkfk, Deckchair by Rory Berry which was part of the Southsea Deck Your Chairs project last year.
Thanks to I Love Dust for the branding and Sifer Design for installing and printing the vinyl. Lastly thanks to Debbie Parker from Bellamy’s for her support.
You can also see many more bikes in Debenhams, Southsea. Link to blog post.
Free Promotional Items – come early on 30th May limited supplies
May 21st, 2010
Because we love you all so much we have put together a rather special Cyclist Bag full of goodies. Jasmine Robbins struts her stuff wearing the bag and reading the newspaper. In each bag you will receive a pack of 20 different spoke cards for your bike wheels, sticker pack, Official Love Your Bike Newspaper featuring 50 cyclists around the city, badges and if you are extra lucky you might receive a bike charm. Starts at 10am.
All designed for you to love your bike.
Badger Press – Screen Printing Bikes
May 21st, 2010
I spent the afternoon at Badger Press in Fareham. Stephan Caspar, Kirstie Larsen and the crew were screen printing some amazing designs which will be for sale at the event on 30th. Make sure you get there early though because there are limited quantities. The designs featured here are from George Sharp and Mark Matcham who are both 2nd year graphic design students in Brighton. Samme Snow was also screen-printing and you can his designs and more from the others at the event.
Badger Press “is an open access printmaking studio established by Michael Griffiths in 1982. Staffed by volunteers and visiting lecturers, the press is run as a social enterprise, with all profits re-invested to provide stock, equipment and maintenance for its users.Recently the Badger Press has been in the forefront of research in the UK into photopolymer (solar plate) printmaking. Specialist courses are offered in the new, non-toxic medium and the Badger Press supplies plates by mail order.
The studio has easy access and ample parking. It is located a few minutes walk from the centre of the historic market town, Bishops Waltham, near Winchester in Hampshire, and a few hundred yards from a nature reserve and open countryside.”
They are also offering a Summer Pass for students and artists for £50.
The Pass is valid between 1st June and 30th September and holders can use the facilities for an unlimited number of sessions subject to availability.
The pass is valid for a full or half day. Costs for consumables (paper, inks and screen emulsion) are additional.