Posted 25 Nov 2011 to
Events by barry
To celebrate Moustache Season in style, Bear and Greenaer, a company located just off Pearse Street providing smart transport solutions with the aim of improving commuting, are hosting the inaugural Bike like a Bear Mo Ride in Dublin on 26th Movember. Starting at Greenaer, this fancy dress ride will take participants on a tour of the urban jungle of Dublin as Mo Bros and Sistas come together to roam proud for the day. If you would like to take part in the cycle and support Movember in its battle against prostate cancer, why not make space in your calendar this Saturday to take a fun and rugged bicycle tour through Dublin’s urban jungle!
When: Saturday 26th November
Start: 2.00pm at Greenaer (Map) 12A Magennis Place, Off Pearse Street
End: 5.00pm at South William Street (Map) – with bites and drinks
Dress Code: the Great Outdoors – Animals, Poachers, and Huntsmen welcome
A prize will be awarded to The Wildest, Most Outdoorsiest costume!
To participate please join the Mo Team or contact Greenaer by email at bikelikeabear@greenaer.ie.
We are looking forward to seeing all you mo bros and sistas!
Posted 1 Nov 2011 to
Events by anthony
Dublin City Council is organising a cycling safety challenge and obstacle course at the Finglas Civic Centre, Mellowes Road on Wednesday November 2nd (click for map) from 2.00pm to 4.30pm. There will be a mega bicycle skills and obstacle course with some onsite training to be in with a chance to win a BMX prize for the best time and the most improved on the circuit. Angelcruisers, the latest in beach cruiser bikes, electric bikes, child carriers and many more will be on display. The Council will be distributing high visibility jackets to young people on the day to promote safe cycling.
As part of Mobility Week 2011, Dublin City Council staged a Living Streets festival around the Dame Court area of the city. The festival closed the street to traffic for the day and reimagined how the space could be used in a living streets context. The living street was adorned with grass, trees and a variety of stalls. The main event took place later in the day when an evening of film was brought to the audience thanks to the pedal-powered cinema!
Posted 29 Aug 2011 to
Events by barry
The Tweed Run is a group bicycle ride through the centre of Dublin, in which the cyclists are expected to dress in traditional cycling attire, particularly tweed plus four suits, blazers or dresses! Any bicycle is acceptable on the Tweed Run, but classic vintage bicycles are encouraged. Some effort to recreate the spirit of a bygone era is always appreciated.
On Saturday 17th September the Club shall depart from The Front Square, Trinity College Dublin, at 3pm for a metropolitan bicycle ride with a sense of style. We shall make our way to the Pheonix Park Castle Cafe for tea and scones before taking in some of the Greater Dublin Georgian scenery on the return journey to the City Centre where a charity BBQ in aid of Barnardos will be held.
Route
Nassau St – Kildare St – Baggot St – Pembroke St – Leeson St _ St Stephens Green – Aungier St – Georges St – Dame St – Christchurch – High St – Lower Bridge St – Ushers Quay – Victoria Quay – Conyngham Rd – Chesterfield Ave – Pheonix Park Castle Cafe – Chesterfield Ave – Wolfe Tone Quay – Ormond Quay – Custom House Quay – Sean O’casey bridge – City Quay – College Green
You can find us and RSVP on Facebook under ‘Dublin City Tweed Cycle’.
Posted 2 Aug 2011 to
Events by barry
Sky Ride is coming to Dublin!
Sky Ride is a campaign that started in the UK to inspire and help everyone, whatever their age or ability, to get on their bikes and have fun, and it’s coming to Dublin on Sunday 11th September. It is a fun, free family day out brought to you by Sky and Dublin City Council, providing the perfect opportunity to get back on your bike. So why not join us for the day and ride your bike through Dublin’s streets without a car in sight!
The Sky Ride initiative will give thousands of people the freedom to enjoy riding their bikes with family and friends while seeing some of the city’s landmarks and attractions from a fresh perspective. Approximately 8km of the city centre’s roads will be closed to traffic, and we are calling on people to pump up their tyres, oil that chain, and polish up that saddle in preparation for a great free family day out!
Enjoy some of the sights of Dublin free from cars for the day. Take part in the free entertainment on offer for all ages and find out how enjoyable cycling can be. The traffic-free route around the city centre is entirely open and optional, so you can come and go as you please and ride for as long as you choose. Participants can cycle the route at their own pace, and enjoy an array of entertainment along the way. It’s free and easy to register and anyone, young or old, can get involved, no matter how wobbly you might be on two wheels!
Also, every registered participant has the chance to win a 3D TV and Sky subscription package free for a whole year.
To find out more and to register see www.goskyride.com/Dublin
Posted 29 Jul 2011 to
Events by barry
Tour de Picnic for Temple Street is back! Once again this unique challenge will combine a fantastic feel-good 80km cycle with Irelands much loved Music and Arts Festival, the Electric Picnic, all to raise vital funds for Temple Street Children’s University Hospital. In 2010 our cyclists raised over a quarter of a million for the children of Temple Street and we are hoping to break that record for 2011!!
Tour de Picnic is THE most enjoyable way to get to the Electric Picnic! On the 2nd September 1,000 cyclists will depart from Dublin with friendly experts from 2Wheels Cycles traveling with you all the way to advise and lead the groups on a protected cycle route along the quiet, scenic back roads to Stradbally. There will be mechanics on hand to help with any problematic bikes and ensure that everyone arrives in Stradbally safely and in time to enjoy the first beats from the main stage at Electric Picnic. Avoid traffic tail backs and enjoy the lovely countryside and fresh air en route to the festival.
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articipants will be asked to fundraise a minimum amount for the challenge and in return will be given a precious and much sought-after weekend ticket to the 2011 festival upon completing their cycle. Your bag and tent for the weekend will be transported for you and will be waiting there for collection when you arrive at the specially constructed and secure bicycle parking site on the Stradbally Estate. Following the festival you will be brough back to Dublin to collect your bicycle on the Sunday or Monday. It really doesn’t get much better than this!
Whether you cycle to work or for fun, or haven’t been on a bike since you were 12…it’s time to get festival fit. Join the thousands of people who have been hooked by the cycling bug. It’s healthy, economic, environmentally friendly and most of all it’s a fun way to help support sick and injured children in Ireland!
For further information on this years event simply log on to www.tourdepicnic.ie for further information.
Love Music, Love Cycling, Love Temple Street this September.
Posted 11 Jul 2011 to
Events by barry
The Dutch Embassy Dublin and Bear Bicycles (a company selling Dutch bicycles in Dublin) will be bringing an Amsterdam Choir ‘Koor de Stemming’ (www.koordestemming.nl) to perform ‘Cycling Symphonies’: a musical cycling tour through Dublin on Saturday, July 23rd.
Koor de Stemming will be giving short, free, a capella concerts on the streets of Dublin, in a hit and run style. To get from one concert location to the next, the Choir will be using classic matte black Dutch bicycles from Bear Bicycles. The Choir’s classical black concert clothes will match the style of the bikes. The Choir’s conductor will be transported in a delivery bike, and he will be using the front cargo load of that delivery bike as a pedestal when conducting the Choir.
Koor de Stemming will be singing in 7 characteristic Dublin locations. Bear bicycles will reveal those concert locations on their website on Wednesday, July 20th. Joost Schouten, conductor for Koor de Stemming, says: ‘we bring classical music, in a cheerful and atmospeheric way. The goal is to surprise people and to bring a smile to their faces. Music from Dutch composers like Sweelinck should do just that’.
Irish Filmmaker Paddy Cahill and Dutch filmmaker Boele Weemhof will be documenting the Cycling Symphonies on film. After the concerts, their film will be made available through the websites of the Dutch Embassy and Bear Bicycles.
For forther information see:
http://www.netherlandsembassy.ie
www.bear-bicycles.com
Posted 16 Jun 2011 to
Events by barry
As part of National Bike week, Dublin’s first ever ‘beat the traffic electric bike challenge’, is taking place on Tuesday 21st June. The challenge is open to all e-bike cyclists and drivers that want to take us on!
The challenge is about putting the e-bike to the test against the gas guzzler as a way of commuting to work but is not just about who arrives to Howth in first place, although we are sure we will!!
It is also to highlight how as an e-bike cyclist you benefit from fresh air, gentle exercise (or a lot if you turn down your power!), big savings and avoiding the stress caused by sitting in traffic.
The challenge starts from the Samuel beckett bridge in Grand canal to the finish line in Howth at 6pm, where lots of goodies await..
For those who don’t take part in the challenge you can try your e-bike for a short stroll or even as far as the summit! All evening from 6.30pm in Howth there will be a full range of e-bikes for trial, delicious free food & refreshments, prizes and lots of fun activities.
TO ENTER:
BY EMAIL: info@electricbicycles.ie Include your Name & Phone Number and one of the following: I want to reserve an e-bike/ I am an e-bike owner/ I am travelling by car. BY PHONE: 01 6747849
DETAILS:
- We can provide participants with an electric bike for the challenge (first come first serve basis)
- The group will depart at 6pm from the Samuel Beckett Bridge in Grand Canal Square
- The journey time is approx 45 minutes
- Final Destination is Findlaters Bar near Howth Dart station (to get you home again)
- The challenge is open to anyone over 21.
Posted 16 Jun 2011 to
Events by barry
Outdoor Cinema Event at Dartmouth Square
As part of Bike Week, on Friday 24th of June, Fade Street in the city centre will be host to an outdoor cinema event from 9pm to 12 midnight. The plan is to locate the outdoor screen near the Fade Street/Drury Street junction and to gather round and watch a selection of the coolest bike clips and short movies that we can find. Suggestions are welcome! So if you are free on Friday why not join us for a fun and free night of cinema and cycling.
*Due to bad weather forecasts for Friday evening, Fade Street Flicks has been cancelled. Dublin City Council regret any inconvenience caused and hope to host this event at another time. Keep an eye on the website for details.*
Posted 15 Jun 2011 to
Events by barry
On Thursday 23rd June, Dublin City Council, in partnership with the Danish Embassy, are delighted to present a Lunchtime Seminar at which two of Copenhagen’s foremost cycling proponents tell the story of their city’s cycling revolution. At present, cyclists account for 37% of all commutes to work in Copenhagen, and in 2005 there were more bicycles than cars during rush hour. However, Copenhagen was not always such a great cycling city and they were once in the same position as Dublin is now. In this lecture, we find out how Copenhagen made the transformation.
Morten Kabell is co-ordinator of the Red-Green Alliance on Copenhagen City Council and is deputy chair of the Planning Committee. He has never owned a car, bikes to work and meetings, and only got his driver’s licence five years ago. The Red-Green Alliance is Copenhagen’s third largest political party.
Allan Carstensen is Project Manager of the Danish Cycling Federation. While studying for his masters degree in physical geography, he opened a trend-setting bicycle shop in Copenhagen. He has worked on a multitude of Danish Cycling Federation projects and is currently managing a three year research project on safe and secure cycling to schools.
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