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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

The type of project:
European Voluntary Service, Action 2.0

“Bike friendly city“

From 1st May to 31st October 2012, Maribor, Slovenia

Project is about promotion of ecological sustainable development through cycling in urban areas.

The host organization is Maribor Cyclist Network (MKM). MKM is committed to
improving the systematic conditions for bicycle and pedestrian transportation. We are
a non-profit and partly voluntary non-governmental organization. Our work is directed
towards the development of cycling and sustainable transport and, consequently, also the
other segments of society (economy, culture, social, health, environment, etc.). (http://
www.kolesarji.org)

About the Project

Project is about promotion of ecological sustainable development through cycling in urban
areas with social inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities.

        The main goal of our project “Bike friendly city” is to offer to participants new 

techniques and learning methods for improving sustainable development issue of transport.

Participants will help working in non-goverment organization which main occupation is
advocacy of cycling in the city. Therefore we want to establish healthier enviroment in our
local community. For this goal volunteers will work on diffirent topics of the project: help in
community repair shop (Bike kitchen), in the office and some fieldwork. The volunteers will
be in frequent interaction with local people and this will give them oportunity to develop their
social and technical skills. The volunteers will also gain computer and communication skills,
with work on newsletters, updating homepage, organisation of events, etc. We are also open
for new ideas, so we will gladly give oportunity to volunteers to develop something new.

The project will start on 1st May and will last till 31st October 2012. The project is open for two
volunteers.

Target group on our project are young people from age of 16 to 30.

• To promote cycling and inclusion as a most significant value working with
  youth with fewer opportunities

• To increase awareness of the value and importance of volunteering as a
  form of active engagement and as a tool to develop and improve competences for
  personal, social and professional development.

• To encourage young people with fewer opportunities to play an active role in
  their communities

• To contribute participants development of creative capabilities and skills in
  work in non-government organization using learning and creative methods

• To promote voluntarism as a way of active social participation, and a way to
  acquire knowledge and skills useful for persons' professional development.

Period of realization:
Volunteers will live in Maribor from 1st May to 31st October 2012 as project is going.

Location: Maribor, Slovenia.
http://www.maribor.si/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maribor

Partners:
All interested Program countries (more on: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/youth-in-action-
programme/programme-guide_en.htm, page 17).

Funding:
100% for accommodation and food will be covered and up to 100% of travel cost (airplane
ticket: economy class, train ticket: 2. class) will be reimbursed after receiving original
receipts. Volunteer will be given some pocket money, but this is the case of pre-agreement
(more
on:
http://ec.europa.eu/youth/youth-in-action-programme/programme-
guide_en.htm, page 63).

Please: As we are applying on 1st February deadline, be as fast as possible in contact
us and your sending organization that we can fulfil documents in right time. Your closest
sending organization you can find on: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/evs/aod/hei_en.cfm.

Deadline for receiving preliminary agreement and partnership identification is 20th of January
2012.

Further Information:
e-mail:
Our

Please
Mariborska kolesarska mreža (Maribor Cyclist Network)
Partizanska cesta 30 (office)
2000 Maribor
Slovenia
phone:
e-mail:

At Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith

Salute to Eddy Merckx
STOP PRESS: Speakers will include Hammersmith Cyclists Film Show regular Vin Denson, whose memories include racing against (and beating) Eddy Merckx.

Films screening this afternoon include: “The Greatest Cycling Champion” (Jemca, France, 1995, 60 mins, narrated Phil Liggett);** “Eddy Merckx in-depth interview with Jimmy McGee” (RTE, Ireland, 1996. 30 mins):
Supporting shorts include: “Notebook from the Tour 2010” (Pascoe, 2010, UK, 35 mins.); “Cycle racing films by the Turner Brothers” (G. and J. Turner, UK, 1972, 30 m).
London's cycling film aficionados return to Riverside Studios to salute Eddy Merckx: the greatest ever racing cyclist. Despite the inevitable controversies around defining ultimate greatness, with the difficulties of comparing riders who had to contend with quite different obstacles to success, there is little doubt about placing Merckx as the all-time number one.
The decider in defining his legendary status is his extraordinary list of victories: Merckx’s palmares is astonishing. He dominated at all branches of road racing: single day Classics, the Grand Tours, both overall and in individual stages, shorter stage races, World Championships **and the hour record. He had a remarkably high “hit rate” of victories for each of the very many races he rode, with little possibility of his numbers of victories ever being equalled. Merckx continues to be a respected commentator on cycle racing, with his legacy to cycle sport felt in various ways.
The films concentrate on the career of “The Cannibal”, with expert commentators, including William Fotheringham, author of numerous books on cycle sport including the forthcoming “Merckx: Half Man,Half Bike” discussing his achievements.(Other speakers TBC)
The supporting programme includes films of the UK racing scene from 40 years ago.

Start 1.30 p.m., Sunday January 29th 2012
BOOKING IN ADVANCE IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED AS WE NORMALLY SELL OUT : http://www.riversidestudios.co.uk/** BOX OFFICE 020 8237 1111**
If you do not wish to be contacted with regard to the Hammersmith Cyclists Film Show, my apologies and do let me know

Wap,

If the chain you lost the pin out of is going free you could let the Hackney Bikeworkshop have it http://www.lfgss.com/thread77728.html it is on tomorrow you could fit the chain there too. Some of our trainees have very little money so it is good to get them mobile by making their bikes work properly.

Zebs

Poots yes it is free but there will be a collection for the London Courier Emergency Fund as we are showing the short they produced last year

Zebs

If it is a new chain presumably it came with a quick link.

The way to get the pin back in is to lay the chain on it side on something hard/solid on its side with the holes of the outer and inner parts of the chain lined up.

Then using a pair of long nose pliers hold the pin over the holes and tap with a hammer.

Not sure when the next meeting is planned but just wanted to remind you guys that the Bicycle Film Society is having a show on the 9th January http://www.lfgss.com/thread77732.html

No never heard of them but I have now

**Hackney Bicycle Film Society January Show **will be

The Eddy Merkx Story

The story of the rider they called The Cannibal, who won everything there was to win.

The first film, made with Merckxs full support and input, comprehensively covers his phenomenal career. With a revealing interview throughout, plus fabulous race footage and rare archive film, Merckx tells about his formative years; growing up above a small grocers shop in Brussels, before standing supreme in the peloton from the mid 1960s to the late 1970`s. Merckx gave and demanded total commitment and lived, as the Irish cycling legend Sean Kelly did after him, utterly devoted to the sport. Enjoy in this wonderful film, watching a man of such incredible strength, spirit and self-belief, that when united with tremendous athletic prowess and unbridled ambition, produced a set of results in the sport, that even today, are almost unbelievable.

main film will be proceeded by a number of short films

**At: the Calthorpe Arms, **
252 Grays Inn Road
London WC1x 8JR and start
Prompt at 7:30
facebook.com/hackney.bicyclefilmsociety

The first Hackney Bike Workshop of 2012 will this Tuesday 3rd January

Come and learn all aspects of bicycle maintenance.

Sessions are free to attend but we do take donations for the purchase of new tools and pay the rent.

Those who are just into the social side of cycling are welcome to come to the pub with us after each session.

Sessions run from 7:00 to 9:00pm

We meet on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month at The Kings Centre, Frampton Park Road, London E9 7PQ
And on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at St Michael and All Angel's Church, Northwold Road, London N16
Facebook: facebook.com/hackney.bikeworkshop
Twitter: twitter.com/hcknybkwrkshp
You can see pictures of us at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackneybikeworkshop/ and at http://www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/sets/72157624389640843/
More details of us at http://hackneybikeworkshop.com/ and http://www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk/workshop.htm

They're still rubbish over weighted and over rated locks Abus are much better made and those round ones they have just brought out are magic.

*Scrapper bikes

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http://youtu.be/PjZI2G9rSmA

Kryptonite crappy locks I would never buy them.

I had one for about 20 years the only problem with it was the key would fit any similar kryptonite type lock fortunately thieves did not catch on to that. The came the star key locks the thieves did catch on to those all you needed was a bic biro to open then their lock mechanism has always been crap.

Another crap lock is those folding ones did a test one of those recently it snapped really easily.

Yes it is a bottle jack they use not a foldy car jack also a scaffold pole works very well I caught a bloke doing it about 18 months ago he had the cheek to say did I want him to fuck my sister hmm nice piece of work.

Zebs

Anyone going tomorrow?

Ventoux CC Ride "Pubs in London Films"
Another ride to get you to research beforehand about pubs in the cinema world. With a list I hope you'll all supply. We can look for that pub from your favourite film.

Meet 10:30 at the Shoreditch Grind, Old St. Roundabout.

Details at http://ventoux.cc/futurerides.html

If you can find it or it hasn't fled to North London

I just had to post that one as we seemed to spend a lot of time hanging around for punctures

Just put some pictures on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/funny_cyclist/sets/72157628592206711/with/6582571439/

And a none Hipster link http://vimeo.com/25210537

Thanks scoot

Hipster love to you all
http://youtu.be/V3nMnr8ZirI

Are you particular about what make it is? I probably have one in the bomb site I cheeckily call a workshop but it might take a bit if finding.
I am in East London but work in Oxford Circus so happy to bring that far I could not access your photos on my work computer so could not see what the problem was.
PM me if you want to follow up

Zebs

Anyone know what Reddit is? Because my photograph was posted here by Benjy above it was then posted on Reddit, my Flickr account has just gone into overdrive 1,700 hits in the last hour I just wondered who the hell was looking at it?

Slappa dabba doo

Do hipsters wear bobble hats? Who is bringing the mistletoe?