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FOA Movie Night – Part Two: The BBQ (May 2013)
Hey hey
It’s time for another movie night after the lolfest that was the first installment.
This time we’re running it in conjunction with the good people at The Electron Workshop and we’re going to have a BBQ for those that are interested!
Tickets are not required but there will be a coupla gold coins for refreshments (NO BYO PLEASE) and said BBQ, as well as a cheeky raffle for a yet to be determined prize.
This will be lowkey, relaxed, but heaps of fun. bad commentary will be welcome as well as the appropriate oooohs and aahhhhhs when required from the sublime directing from whichever film we decide to watch (i may even have multiple options and put it to a vote/trackstand comp!!)
So come on down to The Electron Workshop on Wednesday May 22nd for part two of the FOA Movie Night.
HOW EXCITING!!!
ROBBIE MCEWEN WILL EVEN BE …
FOA Overnighter – April 27th/28th 2013
Unfortunately, due to poor timing and a lack of numbers, this event was cancelled.
However, Rolly and dead legs ventured out to The Upper Yarra Reservoir Park regardless and had a great time.
For a full write up and some pics, please see here
We will try to run this event again, just with more notice and a slightly revised route
- Rolly
TICKETS HERE
FOA is proud to announce it’s first ever sleepover!!!
Join us for a supported overnight camping trip to the Upper Yarra Reservoir Park on Saturday April 27th.
Just bring all your gear to the roundabout at the rear of Fed Square at 8am (SHARP) on the 27th of April and we’ll take it for you, allowing you to enjoy the cruisy ride to the park. The ride is approximately 65km (sealed) or 85km (unsealed) from Lilydale and there will be a sealed and …
FOA Film Night
Meeting 6.30pm at Fed Square for the Wednesday Night Ride, we’ll then roll over to Long Play for a drink/quick bite to eat, then project the films. We’ll be hoping to show 2 movies on the night (time permitting).
Film 1 will be a doco.
Film 2 will likely be an old classic to get everyone amped for the ride home.
Where – Fed Square – 6.30pm SHARP for a 6.45pm roll out
Long Play – 7.15pm onwards
First film will start at 8pm SHARP
If you miss out on tickets, come down to Long Play anyway and have a few drinks, let the vortex wash over you, then party on with those that are up for it once the films are done.
GET YOUR TIX HERE
Stray Cogs
Ponybikes, in conjunction with Three Thousand and the Sustainable Living Festival, presents Stray Cogs, Swap Meet & Bike Auction – Sat 23rd Feb @ 87 Capel St (Pony Bikes HQ).
Show & Shine video
A quick edit of the Show & Shine held by FOA/Fixed.org.au over the weekend:
Fixed.org.au Show & Shine, 2012 from Fixed.org.au / FOA on Vimeo.
Show n Shine
This summer is set to start with a big shiny bang!! Fixed.org.au, with a raft of sponsors and supporters, is having its first ever Summer Show n Shine.
The FOA Show & Shine is an evening event of fine bicycles and boutique stalls, situated in a 1920′s converted warehouse in North Melbourne. Enter your bike for $5 per category (see below for categories), win prizes, drink coffee, and peruse interesting stalls.
Hosted at the home of fixed.org.au, the Electron Workshop, the evening will be a chance for participants to showcase their pride and joy and check out the best bikes Melbourne (and hopefully other corners of Oz) has to offer. So start building if you’ve got something awesome in the works, start polishing if you’re pride and joy is covered in dust, or start scouring ebay if you want to be a …
Reid review: Semi-Deep V, low profile sealed bearing wheels for $60
Blakey & Rolly have done a review (well, mainly Blakey…) on some of the $60 Fixed/Free Reid Cycles wheelsets, which have been advertised on FOA. Here’s what they had to say about them (Rolly’s thoughts are preceded by “R:”)
PICS HERE: CLICK
BUY HERE: Reid Cycles – Best Quality Color Single Speed
MORE HERE: Reid Cycles – Massive Wheelset Clearance
Specs
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Price: $60
Weight:
Front: 1140g Rear: 1470g including 18T sprocket, lockring & 18T freewheel
Spoke count:
32 F&R Generic stainless spokes & brass nipples, 2mm straight gauge.
Rim:
Alex DA16: Double wall shallow vee, 540g each, silver matt finish with machined braking surface. 22.4mm wide. R: Mine were the Reid Cycles own rim….
Hubs:
High flange Quando (rebranded as QUANTA) sealed bearing, aluminium shell, sealed cartridge bearings, 3/8″ axles F&R. Fixed/free threading. Serrated face axle nuts.
Sprocket/freewheel:
Both were fitted with a generous amount of grease. The sprocket is stamped, chromed steel and …
Rolly’s Brisbane Outdoor Gear Chunky Toad review.
This is my Brisbane Outdoor Gear Chunky Toad backpack.
You’ve likely heard me talking these up before, but it’s about time I gave this one a proper review for anyone thinking about getting themselves a new pack.
This pack was kind of a long way coming, as my shitty old Gravis backpack was always destined to self destruct once I started cycling and packing it full of tools and d-locks etc.
BOGear was pretty much my first port of call after my Papermunky messenger bag had already treated me so well.
Quick email to Dave at BOGear to ask him what my options were and, within 3 days, I was hooked up with one of the original Chunky Toad “tester” bags. The tester bags were distributed amongst trusted individuals to use and “dirtify” in order to find their limits and which parts needed tweaking …
Tee by Damp
Nice tee out of Curl Curl, in NSW, from Damp. View at the Damp online store (www.dampstore.com.au).