You may have noticed we recently hosted the Books & Bikes alleycat. You may also have noticed that on 12/12 we’re hosting another Poker Alleycat.
So what is an alleycat? Alleycats have their origin in bike messenger races. But you don’t have to be a super fast messenger to race. Watch the video to see from a racer’s perspective.
Alleycat video
How it works is pretty straightforward. Moments before the race, all of the riders are provided a map or a list of checkpoints. They’re then responsible for creating their own route and visiting each checkpoint.
This makes the competition more fair. It’s not just about the fastest person, but sometimes the smartest. In the case with our upcoming Poker Alleycat, luck will also play an important role.
If you’ve never tried one we highly recommend it. Alleycats are an awesome way to meet new friends and explore the city. Fun is the objective.
Ines Brunn was featured on the cover of the Qingdaowanbao Newspaper on the 11th September 2015. Because Natooke attended the Qingdao German Fair and Ines was performing everyday. There were 200 German booths selling more than 4000 products from the fatherland to over 150,000 visitors.
Please see the following interesting pictures taken from the Qingdao Fair.
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On Sunday November 1st was an event to celebrate the 40 year diplomatic relations between Europe and China. The Delegation of the European Union to China, the National Health and Family Planning Commission and the World Health Organization jointly organized a biking and walking event to promote a healthier lifestyle.
For this Europe-China relations event Ines was invited to perform her bike tricks. Everyone really enjoyed watching the fantastic show.
The first idea was to have a 40km bike ride for the 40 years of EU-China relations. But even for officials and diplomates it is hard to get approvals for rides. Even the 6km ride around the Olympic forest had to be canceled in the short term. So they could only ride around the block of the European Commision. But it was still nice with the security escort on that beautiful day. The weather was just too nice, so the head of the World Health Organization, two of his staff and Ines cycled on the cool WHO Flying Banana bikes we had made for them last year.
Ines Brunn was interviewed in the famous magazine RUILI in Oct. 2015. You can be whatever you want!
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Our Friday Night Ride is becoming a real rager! Each time there’s more people than can count and it’s only getting more and more popular. Want to become part of the fun?
The ride sets out at 8 p.m. Show up before hand to shoot the breeze or just check out all the cool bikes. Again, anyone and everyone is welcome. The only requirement is a bicycle. If you or a friend don’t have one, we also have rentals available. See you there!
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We want to show off a new handlebar we now have in stock at 120rmb, so we fitted it to one of our showoff bikes we have at the shop. Super relaxed and comfortable making it a perfect fit on this bike.
Please see more pictures of this nice bike.
Original price: 5000RMB
Now only: 4499RMB
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We were in Qingdao for the German fair for a week or so and boy did it get a little crazy. There were 200 “German” booths selling products from the fatherland to over 150,000 visitors! There was a whole pig being roasted on a spit and Ines was performing every day. All in all it was great to be able to get out of the big smog and down to the sunshine coast!
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Beijing Design Week (BJDW) is an annual citywide event co-hosted by National Ministries and the Municipal Government of Beijing during the National Day holiday every year in Beijing. Attracting over 2,000 designers, institution representatives and industry experts, over 5 million visitors, and more than 100 accredited news media in attendance every year, BJDW has become a A-class international design event, the largest and most influential platform in Asia for display, promotion, exchange and trading of creative designs.
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That’s right. Our third anniversary is just around the corner. It’s hard to imagine it’s already been so long!
So mark your calendars. On October 10th we’ll be celebrating our continued presence in the community.
Look forward to something special to mark the occasion. We’d tell you what we have in store, but that would ruin the surprise!
