Papergirl Birmingham Events

Last year I wrote about the fantastic Papergirl project which began in Berlin. Well, after a lot of hard work and coordination by all involved Papergirl Birmingham will launch tomorrow April 24th with an event at Mailbox in Birmingham. And when an event promises free tea and cake and a screening of the film 'Roadworthy', how can you say no? Just to top it off you can ride right into the event!

Unfortunately I will miss the distribution day on Saturday but if you are around the Birmingham area you should definitely get involved.

The details are on the website and there is a facebook event for both tomorrow and Saturday.

Good looking re-cycling

 With a little help from Bike Man Dan the old Raleigh is looking pretty sweet now. There are quite a few new bits and pieces on it now including a new seven speed rear cassette and derailleur, NOS front chainset plus a lovely new Brooks saddle. She rides really nicely and I'm hoping it should be able to take me through the various rides I've got coming up including the ridetoweymouth.com. Plus, it looks good enough now that I could put it on one of those wall shelves once the ride is finished!

Birmingham Bike Trains

Birmingham Friends of the Earth are organising 5 bike trains to run into the City Centre on September 22nd to celebrate World Car Free day. Along with Sustrans and Birmingham based Pushbikes they aim to provide a safe and fun environment in which to ride to encourage more people to commute to work by bicycle. They have some more info on their site along with a map of the routes and a registration pack.

Plus, Craig from the awesome 6/8 Kafe will be there to warm you up with a nice cup of Joe once you reached Victoria Square.Unfortunately I don't work in town but it sounds like a great excuse to ride in to work in style and at a leisurely pace.

Sayed

Brum to Berlin by Bicycle by bombastic Brummies

I'm planning on a charity to ride from Birmingham to Weymouth in memory of my brother in September and the 154 miles still seems a lot to me so 900 miles sounds like a crazy distance. But a group of dedicated Brummies are doing just this by cycling from Birmingham to Berlin and only stopping in places being with B. They hope to complete the course in 11 days and are doing it in aid of Cancer Research, you can donate via their JustGiving page or check out their progess at their Facebook page.

Good luck guys and hope you enjoy that first beer in Berlin.

Commuting by bike looks better

Spring encourages more people to dust off their bikes and cycle to work. And who can blame them? You get views like this if you drive.

Jess - A girl and her bike

photo by Dividenthal via A girl and her bike

Discovered via Birmingham cyclist Jess writes a blog called A Girl and her bike, all about cycling in Brum and encouraging more girls to cycle.The picture above is one of Jess with her bike in Brindleyplace by Dividenthal from his flickr page dedicated to Birmingham cyclists and their rides.