The Squeaky Wheel

Bikefest and Gerard Hindle

The Squeaky Wheel — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:30:07 +0000

Bikefest connecting people! Meet Gerard – art director, rave band member and life time bike rider, who fortunately lent his helping hand to this year’s Bikefest:

How did you get involved with Bikefest?

I found out about Bikefest by speaking to my mate Jay, who runs the Shadow Electric cinema. I [...]

Bikefest and Henrik Fredberg

The Squeaky Wheel — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:45:30 +0000

Some people are born to bike. We were lucky to work with one of them and want to introduce you to Henrik, Bikefest volunteer and great new addition to (Bike Town) Melbourne.

How did you get involved with Bikefest?

I had just moved down to Melbourne after spending some time up in [...]

Bikefest and Shelley Horan

The Squeaky Wheel — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:04:56 +0000

You might have been flipping through the Bikefest photo sets reviving warm fuzzy late summer Bikefest memories, wondering who were the talents that captured those 4 weeks of bike moments. We took a look behind the cameras and found Shelley Horan, bike riding student of RMIT’s Photography Program.

What [...]

Bikefest and Jac Price

The Squeaky Wheel — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:21:37 +0000

No way, this year’s Melbourne Bikefest would have been the same fun and success without the many volunteers that came to help.

A huge thanks to everyone that contributed time and skills to ensure the smooth running of the events! In the next few [...]

Melbourne Bikefest rolls out of town… till next year

The Squeaky Wheel — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:40:59 +0000

Melbourne Bikefest is over for another year. Held over 4 weeks, our intention with the 2012 festival was to set a clear benchmark for a celebration of bikes that positions their use as central to Melbourne cultural life. Through partnerships with some of the biggest festivals and events in February and March, we [...]

Bikefest, thanks for all the bike love!

LisaDempster — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:33:45 +0000

Festivals are amazing because they create spaces for people to come together and celebrate their passion for a shared interest. Melbourne Bikefest was no exception, and across the last month provided an amazing platform for bike riders of all kinds to meet, talk, ride and celebrate all things BIKE.

One of the [...]

Bikefest BMX Jam – the festival finale

The Squeaky Wheel — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:12:01 +0000

As the sun set on Saturday 17 March we enjoyed one last event in the month long Bikefest calendar, the Bikefest BMX Jam. A collaboration between Bikefest, Riverslide Skate Park, choreographers Antony Hamilton and Byron Perry and filmakers NON, the BMX Jam was funded by the City of Melbourne through their Arts Grants [...]

Bikefest Bike Runway, supported by RMIT School of Fashion & Textiles

The Squeaky Wheel — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:08:08 +0000

The Bikefest Bike Runway took place on Thursday 15 March to a wonderful reception. We caught up with Emma Lynas and Craig Allen from RMIT (sponsors of the event) about how bikes and fashion ride hand in hand at the Brunswick Campus.

RMIT was a sponsor of this year’s [...]

Bikefest Chasing Rainbows

The Squeaky Wheel — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:48:09 +0000

Bikefest Chasing Rainbows was the outcome of The Squeaky Wheel’s partnership with the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. It was born out of a conversation with David Culbert, Media & Marketing Director for the event. “We wanted to try and take the track worlds closer to the heart [...]

Pushy Women, a night of bike riding babes

LisaDempster — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:44:53 +0000

Catherine Deveny’s Pushy Women event was billed as a night of Melbourne’s most prominent writers, comedians, thinkers and performers presenting their stories about being a woman on wheels. And what a night it was!

I’ve written before that I love the Malthouse, and for Pushy Women I got to go behind the scenes [...]