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The Next Hackney Bike Workshop is this Tuesday 16th of March

Hello

The next Hackney Bike workshop is this Tuesday the 16th and runs from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
The workshop is free to users and offers lessons in all aspects of bicycle maintenance and access to specialist bicyle tools.
details at http://www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk/workshop.htm
Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/

All welcome regardless of borough

Zeb

The Next showing of the Hackney Bicycle Film Society will be on Monday 8th March 2010 at 7:30. After that there will be regular showings on the second Monday of each month a programme is available with films monthly till February next year.

As it is also International Womens day on the 8th we have decided to show 2 Seconds (1998)
a French Canadian film featuring a Downhill Cyclist who becomes a Courier and has a wacky relationship with a Grouchy Bicycle Shop owner. There are good downhill racing scenes at the beginning and great observations on cars lorries and taxi's throughout the film. It has subtitles, was directed by Manon Briand, and stars Charlotte Laurier and Dino Tavarone.

The film show will start at 7:30 sharp with some shorts.

To attend you need to be a member which is free but you need to send an e-mail to hackneybicyclefilmsociety@gmail.com stating your full name address and occupation

All the best Zebra

The Next Hackney Bike Workshop is this Tuesday 2nd of March

Hello

The next Hackney Bike workshop is this Tuesday the 2nd and runs from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
The workshop is free to users and offers lessons in all aspects of bicycle maintenance and access to specialist bicyle tools.
details at http://www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk/workshop.htm
Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/

All welcome

The next showing of the Hackney Bicycle Film Society is on Monday 8th March and will be 2 Seconds a French Canadian film featuring a Downhill Cyclist who becomes a Courier and has a wacky relationship with a Grouchy Bicycle Shop owner. The originally scheduled film Ladri di Biciclette (TheBicycle Thieves)will be shown later in the year. The venue is again the Calthorpe Arms, Grays Inn Road. Those wishing to come to the next show who are not yet members need to
apply to hackneybicyclefimsociety@googlemail.com

Adam

The Next Hackney Bike Workshop is this Tuesday 16th of February

Hello

The next Hackney Bike workshop is this Tuesday the 16th and runs from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
The workshop is free to users and offers lessons in all aspects of bicycle maintenance
details at http://www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk/workshop.htm
Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackneybikeworkshop/

All welcome

Thanks to all those from Hackney who turned up for the inaugual showing of the Hackney Bicycle Film Society we had overwhelming response to the first showing which was A Sunday in Hell the next film will be Ladri di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thieves)and be on 8th March at the Calthorpe Arms. We now have 123 members those wishing to come to the next show who are not yet members need to apply to hackneybicyclefimsociety@googlemail.com.

Zebra

The night was a great success so many people turned up we had to do two showings the next film will be on Monday 8th March at the Calthorpe and the showing will be The Bicycle Thieves the 1948 Italian classic.

We will be having monthly shows after that

Zebra

The Next Hackney Bike Workshop is this Tuesday 2nd of February

Hello

The next Hackney Bike workshop is this Tuesday the 2nd and runs from 7:00pm to
9:00pm
The workshop is free to users and offers lessons and tools in all aspects of bicycle
maintenance
details at http://www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk/workshop.htm
Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackneybikeworkshop/

All welcome
Zebra

God is no one interested in this film I thought it would be a hit.

Zebra

The inaugural showing of the Hackney Bicycle Film Society will be on Monday 8th
February.

The main Film will be A Sunday in Hell the 1977 100min documentary directed by
Jørgen Leth.

The film is a chronology of the 1976 Paris-Roubaix bicycle race from the
perspective of participants, organizers and spectators.
Paris-Roubaix is the most famous and usually the most dramatic of the spring
classic cycle races. Much of the latter portion is over narrow, cobbled tracks
that choke with dust on dry days and become slick and muddy in rain. For the
riders it's a challenge to keep going without puncturing or crashing.

The film captures not just the events of the 1976 edition but the atmosphere of
a professional race. It begins by introducing the contenders: Eddy Merckx, Roger
De Vlaeminck (the previous year's winner), Freddy Maertens, and Francesco Moser,
each with their supporting riders (the domestiques), who are charged with
helping their team leader win. The film gives views of the team director,
protester (the race is halted for a while), spectator, mechanic and rider. As
the Hell of the North is entered the selection begins. Riders puncture, crash,
make the wrong move - the race plays out. By the finish in the velodrome in
Roubaix only a few are in with a chance. The winner is a surprise, but that is
part of the appeal. Post-race the exhausted riders, mired in dirt, give
interviews in the velodrome's showers. They look like men who have been to hell
and back.

"You can see every bead of sweat on the cyclists and every smashed-up ankle. It
really makes you never want to get on a bike again. But it is an amazing film."

• Nick Fraser, BBC commissioning editor
  
  

"Arguably the best film ever made about professional cycling" - Peter Cowie,
International Film Guide

The film show starts at 7:00pm and will be held Upstairs at the Calthorpe Arms
252 Grays Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JR

The showing is free but to attend you must become a member of the HBFS a minimum
of 24hrs before the show membership is also free but you need to e-mail HBFS
clearly showing your full name, address a contact number and occupation to
hackneybicyclefilmsociety@googlemail.com

A membership card will be e-mailed back to you. You need to show your membership
on the door to gain admittance.

All the best

Zebra

The Next Hackney Bike Workshop is this Tuesday 19th of January

Good day to you all

The next Hackney Bike workshop is this Tuesday the 19th and runs from 7:00 to
9:00
details at http://www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk/workshop.htm
Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackneybikeworkshop/

All wecome

Zebra

Oliver,

I will start a thread about the films nearer the date but this post was primarilly about the Workshop

Zebra

Sicks,

Yes we can teach you how to thread a wheel we usually get at least one person fixing or building a wheel each session.

Zebra

The Next Hackney Bike Workshop is this Tuesday 5th of January

Happy new year to you all

The next Hackney Bike workshop is this Tuesday the 5th and runs from 7:00 to
9:00
details at http://www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk/workshop.htm
Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackneybikeworkshop/

All wecome

I am also pleased to give early warning of the first meeting of the Hackney
Bicycle Film Society on Monday 8th February we will be showing
A Sunday in Hell the 1978 film about the Paris-Roubaix cycle race showing will
be followed by bicycle games.
Cost: Free but we will be asking for a £3 donation to the workshop
Time 7:00
Date Monday 8th February
Venue The Calthorpe Arms
Grays Inn Road

Why is the Hackney Bicycle Film Society meeting in Camden I hear you say the
answer is simple we are Internatinalists and recognise no borders and will be
bound by no parochial sensibilities

Viva la Bicicletta

Zebra

The Next Hackney Bike Workshop is next Tuesday 15th of December

Dear all

The next Hackney Bike workshop is this Tuesday the 15th runs from 7:00 to 9:00
details at http://www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk/workshop.htm
Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackneybikeworkshop/

All welcome

All the best

Zebra

Just a reminder to say the Hackney Bike Workshop is on this coming Tuesday the 1st from 7:00 till 9:00 and this time I will be back from the States with reports on cycling over there

Zebra

The Next Hackney Bike Workshop this Tuesday 17th November

Dear all

The next Hackney Bike workshop is this Tuesday the 17th runs from 7:00 to 9:00
details at http://www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk/workshop.htm
Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackneybikeworkshop/

All welcome

All the best

Zebra

Old time fixie http://www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/3991751264/

But I like this one better http://www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/3980832087/

Some pictures from the Cycle show http://www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/4019261266/

The Next Hackney Bike Workshop this Tuesday 3rd November

Dear all

The next Hackney Bike workshop is this Tuesday the 3rd runs from 7:00 to 9:00
details at http://www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk/workshop.htm
Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackneybikeworkshop/

All welcome

All the best

Zebra

24" wheels are dificult to source apart from for cheap Kids Mountain bikes I recently tried to source tyres from bike shops and could not get any but wheelchairs do tend to have 24" wheels so I would do a search for wheelchair wheels.

For my tyres I went to
Spokz
Po Box 14004
Sutton Coldfield
B73 9LJ
info@spokz.co.uk
www.spokz.co.uk

Just watch when buying because they quote without VAT

Zebra

Hauska,

No there is no need to book just turn up on the night but I advise you to get there early as we are always busy.

Zebra

The Next Hackney Bike Workshop this Tuesday 20th October

Dear all

The next Hackney Bike workshop is this Tuesday the 20th runs from 7:00 to 9:00
details at http://www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk/workshop.htm
Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackneybikeworkshop/

All welcome

For those interested I have also posted pictures from the Cycle Show at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/sets/72157622545658542/

All the best

Zebra

Just loaded my pictures from the Cycle Show 2009 on Flickr they are at www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/4011974551/ or there abouts there is quite a few of them

Large Room available in converted pub (so the rooms are big and there is a big basement with a bike workshop) 360 pcm

House communal so people take turns cooking and clearing up also would be good if person moving in had some politics so I do not have to explain the way the world works. No couples please.

PM me or call Adam 07940 121 513

Josh,

As it happens I did look back and I am sorry but we do not have a head tube reamer and facer when we start teaching folks how to make frames we will probably get one but at the moment that is way above most of our attendees skill base.

Zebra