A great quote from Andy Vagg who came along to a Sunday Session and has given the HBK heaps of useful advice and inspiration.
Check out his Site were the humble 10 Speed Road Bike is celebrated.
Andy is also involved in the AppleLand a exhibition of pictures that have been salvaged from McRobies Gully Waste Management Centre in South Hobart, Tasmania by Resource Work Cooperative.
This Sundays Session was the best yet.
More bikes were completed for the Sustainability Expo. We had people along learning skills and building up their bikes, people coming along to find frames and parts and amazing people donating their time and their stuff to Hobart Bike Kitchen. Thanks to everyone involved!
A Special shout out goes to Rodger Willows whose donations nearly doubled the amount of bikes we have as well as including boxes of parts and tools! We are still sorting through what we received (and trying to fit it all in our Shed!) No doubt his generosity will let us help heaps of people onto their bikes this coming summer.
To those of you who have contacted HBK about donations, thank you and we will try to get in touch with you tomorrow. Its a very busy time for all the volunteers at HBK and pickup of your donations is complicated by the fact I’ve finally gotten rid of my ute and therefore am in the enviable position of being car free. We will organise something with you soon. Thanks for your patience.
With all the bikes and action happening at the HBK headquarters, we are fast running out of storage space. Long-term we are always interested in any offers of a secure space closer to the Hobart CBD. If you have any information about any unused space, please hit us up.
Sadly, there won’t be a Sunday Session next weekend(25/10) as some key members will be unavailable. So we hope to see you all the weekend afterwards.
Setting Up
Being a Bike Angel I saw a lovely sunrise and counted 285 bike riders between 6:05am and 7:55am
Having a chat.
Breakfast at Mawson Place
The view up from the human bike.
This bag is full of new consumables bought in bulk from Bike Ride.
A lovely Sunday forecast this week so we are hoping to get a big crew along to this Sunday Session.
Thanks for visiting check out the about us page for more info.
We don’t have a concrete meeting time, but we generally open the kitchen up to anyone interested on Sunday afternoons. If you are interested in any part of it, email us at hobartbikekitchen@gmail.com .
We also gave a HBK discussion group you can subscribe to hobartbikekitchen@googlegroups.com. It’s a managed group so we will need to approve membership but that’s just a formality which we’ll do as soon as possible.
We’ve been asked if we can put together a stand for the Sustainable Living Expo in early november organised by Sustainable Living Tas. It seems to be a pretty big deal and could be the perfect lauchpad for HBK into the wider Hobart community.
As coordinating cyclist, I’ve put some ideas to the SL people that they like – namely interactive workshop time and live auctions of bikes that we have built up.
2 things:
1. if you are keen on helping out on that weekend then be in touch
2. If you know of any way of getting hold of a marquee or something similar then be in touch.
and a 3rd. the bikes we are building in the next few weeks will go toward this and are very important to the future of HBK, so get excited and come along to Sunday Sessions to push things forward.
Check out the website Sustainable Living Expo
Cheers to Liam and Katie for making this happen.
People can do a lot with pedal power. Just check out here.
I’ve owned a Monkey Light for a few months now and it certainly gets you noticed in traffic.
For the comming Earth Day Event I’ve devised a bicycle motivated light show. Behold my photoshop brilliance.
Now can I build such a contraption in a week…
Momentum is building here at Hobart Bike Kitchen. This Sunday Session saw many helping hands volunteer their time despite the threatening weather. Much Progress was made and it was great to see the ‘brain trust’ at work. Everyone was learning off each other and I’m sure everyone took away some valuable knowledge. My greatest appreciation goes out to those who attended.
Just a quick update.
We have had a great response from people; some have offered to help out, while others are keen to get a sweet bike or learn the ropes of bike maintenance .
Last Sunday I learned heaps off the boys of Bottles and Chains. This Sunday we are holding another session rain or shine. (bike soup?)
If you would like to get involved please email so we can make you privy to the details.
In other news, watch out for information about HBK’s presence at the Sustainable Living Expo 7&8th of November.
We are always looking for more bike with character. Check out this vintage Malvern Star Cruiser which we about to give a new life to.
