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The fear was good yesterday. We all felt it and dealt with it.
Facing it and overcoming it makes for an exhilarating experience.

Perfect timing - end of first week of teaching.

I dreamt about BMXing last night too.

No death! No stitches! - like it. Especially as I was stitched after my last lot of BMXing. Happy to be back on the BMX horse.

That was rad. More BMX.

I'm keen - hoping there is still space?
Will need a bike too....

Great idea.I was headed there anyway. See you all then.

Really enjoyed the ride, the company and the bracing swim : )

This looks great. I'm in!

Gah, I'm out. I'll be cycle touring in the south of france. Yip.

That looks good.

What are the chances of anyone being about this Wednesday eve - 25th?

Wow. What a night! Thanks to everyone who came to the Bikes & Bloomers event and everyone who has sewn like crazy for the last few months. It was fantastic end to a project. The academic party is WIN.

Thanks Clockwise.

It's on tonight!
I've almost finished button holes and finishing touches..... so many buttons!

Hoping to see lots of people tonight. It's sunny. Come early for a beer and some nibbles. There will be live screen printing of kick-ass women doing bikey things on t-shirts (for free). There will be fab women in cool cycle wear (though in this weather we'll be quite warm). I'll tell some stories about how they came to design and wear these costumes. Then we'll demo how they transform with in-built pulleys, weights, buttons and cords. All in all not a bad Friday night.

Nice one! On a penny, even a relatively small incline feels like a hill.

Huge thanks to everyone for cheering me on in the penny race.

It was a fantastic experience, as always. It's one of my favourite urban courses - the tight corners, roadwork ramp and the potholed road surface made for intense pennying. I've recently had some work done on the spine to make the rake of the forks more aggressive so I sit more on top of the wheel. Braking, leaning and accelerating out of corners felt a bit scarier this year!

We were initially disappointed that our event was reduced to 15 mins (instead of 20 + 3 laps) but it made for a faster, more tactical race. It was great for me to get a chance to draft, attack and counter-attack in the second group. Made it much more interesting than last year when I got dropped quite quickly from the fastest group and then pretty much rode solo for the duration. Came 7th which I was pleased with.

Great to see familiar faces in the pits and in the crowd. There is something really magic about the Nocturne.

I'm racing penny again this year. Too much work has meant my training has mostly consisted of commuting with ridiculous amounts of cargo to and from school.... it's going to be A. Cave. Of. Pain.

But I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Lots happening today in the studio in prep for next week's launch at LMNH.

I've been using a Go-Pro ceiling camera mount taking pics on 10sec intervals for the past few weeks to document the making process.

Yes, my backup drives are struggling, but the time-lapse film will kick ass.

http://bikesandbloomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/studio-3.6.141.jpg

We are pretty delighted with it so far - even though she's turned out to be a heel pedaler. With mad ankles like hers, that over rotate and lock her legs, causing her to jack knife off the bike, the best option was to fix her heels to the pedals for stability.

A missing tooth or two on the old cog is adding a jump and I've told her to sort out that slack chain.

All in all, not bad for a life-sized timber woman riding a bike.

Yay. Be great to have you there!

So much going on at present with sewing and fittings and automaton building. Speaking of which, look - she moves!

Cycling automaton - in development on Vimeo

thank you very much for the offer but adey has offered to lend me his feather which should fit me like a glove and i've got the brompton for kelly now

thanks!

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No worries. Glad you are sorted. See you on Sat.

Say hello if you spot me - I'll be on a penny.

Bothwell - thanks! There'll be various costumes to try on the night and we'll be making all of our patterns open source and available online for people to make their own. There's definitely been some interest in buying a few pieces, especially with the Tweed Run coming up..... but, sheesh, we are stretched in making just one collection of five costumes for show.

(especially when one Victorian costume consists of 5+ pieces - they didn't half overdress)

Clockwise - Great link. I'm a bit obsessed with automata and that writing boy machine is astonishing. I also love the swan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whzoMIL-y3k

If our cycling automaton manages to stay dressed, on the bike and pedal without falling off, then I'll consider that a win.

Some of you already know of my cycling research but I figured it might be interesting to more of you, especially as the exhibition opens soon.

I’m a sociologist at Goldsmiths and I’ve mainly been doing research into contemporary cycling cultures but for the past year I’ve focused on historic women’s cycling from 1890-1900. In particular I’m exploring the social, physical and political challenges women cyclists faced and addressed through their clothing – and in doing so I’m making links to why cycle wear remains a contentious issue today (for both women and men).

Rather than just doing archival research I’m collaborating with lots of people (a tailor, weaver, artist and filmmaker) to make a collection of Victorian cycle costumes from patents lodged by inventive women in the 1890s.

We’re making ‘convertible’ cycling costumes – complete with hidden weights, pulleys, buttons, stitched channels, waxed cords and other mad built-in technologies – that enabled women to look like they were wearing ‘ordinary’ street wear yet transformed into ‘rational’ cycle wear when needed.

They’re cool and kind of bonkers.

The launch is on Friday 13th June at LMNH (Old Street).

There’ll be stories and demonstrations of convertible cycling costumes (Dr Cake will be wearing one), a life-sized wooden cycling automaton, live screen-printing of suffragette cycling visual culture, music and more.

**You’re all invited. **

More at www.bikesandbloomers.com

Now, just have to get it all done in time!

http://bikesandbloomers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Bikes-Bloomers.png

I have a BSA shopper complete with basket that you are welcome to borrow.

(like this)

Heal up quick Bruce!
Anything you need, just say.

Too nice a day not to race......

Herren:

1. roboto
   
2. laner
   dimi3
   
3. Hairnetnic
   
4. Branwen
   6.pt
   
5. Dumps
   
6. Sumo
   
7. PQR
   
8. Snake Fist
   
9. Moserism
   
10. Tibbs
    
11. Bundo
    
12. Sacredhart
    
13. whitebait01
    
14. Hoke (pending holiday date)
    
15. Paramounted
    
16. Angus
    
17. Oz. So long as work doesn't clash
    
18. Alfie
    
19. Vince
    
20. Clever Pun
    
21. Telescope1608
    
22. FixedCheese
    
23. econodog
    
24. Cliveo
    
25. confirmedbrows
    
26. Seven04
    
27. dysar
    
28. ActonMan
    
29. Blue6
    
30. Modan
    
31. YAL
    
32. dan
    
33. Hefty
    
34. dbr
    
35. cjr
    
36. Polka Dot
    
37. Boner
    
38. tommy
    
39. veLLo
    
40. eireboy
    
41. AtibaQ
    
42. Useless Tommmmmmmmmmmm
    
43. Gareth
    
44. Karoly
    
45. Ahmed
    
46. David
    
    

Damen :

1. Scoot
   
2. Seraphinx
   
3. Kat
   
4. mands
   
5. Toto
   
6. Sam Dunn
   
7. 
   
8. Henders
   
9. Veloceleste
   
10. Zeez
    
11. Danielle
    
    

Zuschauer :

1. amey 'i no fixie' anymore
   
2. Skully 'i no race cost i is shit'
   
3. Hairnetnic
   
4. shinkuu kiss
   
5. Patterson
   
6. Chris_tim
   
7. conker
   
8. BN
   
9. mrs roboto
   
10. raiden
    
11. mantasfitness
    
12. itsbruce
    
13. Shoosh
    
14. the chokalateboywonder
    
15. TomvanHalen
    
16. Indra
    
17. Husy
    
18. MorleysCC and Friends
    
19. JAH tim
    
20. Hugo
    
21. Kat Balou
    
22. OLC
    
23. Dr Cake
    
    

Bettnässer:

1. nickvonfiction
   6.pt
   

Did someone say picnic? : )