The whole Natooke team wishes you all the best for 2013. We hope you had a great start and will come out and ride and have fun with us and with your bike.

Here are some events all going on this weekend: 10/01-14/01

BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL @ Hong KongBrendt Barbur

The first time that the Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) comes to Hong Kong. This amazing festival around the topic bicycle was started by Brendt Barbur 12 years ago. It is a weekend full of bicycle movies from short films, artictic movies, documentaries to feature films al around the bicycle. There will also be an art exhibition. Be sure to come and have a look. Go to their website for a full schedule.There is also a BFF Alleycat organized on Sunday the 13th. Register 13:00, the race starts at 13:30 at the HK Art’s Centre

13/01 2:00pm JisuPK and “PREMIUM RUSH” Movie @ Serk

The Serk winter JISU PK series is on again this Saturday and that is doubled up with the screening of the NYC bicycle messenger movie “Premium Rush”! The JisuPK winner on the evening will take home a CycleOps JouleGPS /PowerCal computer. We will also have a special bike set up to measure your power output – the rider with the highest value takes home a CycleOps PowerCal computer. JisuPK participation fee is 25RMB but then you also get a free beer. 2 for 1 during the night on Konig Ludwig Dunkel dark beer! And don’t forget anyone that participates go into the draw for a 2012 Swift Carbon Frame which will be drawn in March at the final event! The movie screening starts at 8pm!13/01 2:00pm

13/01 2:00pm BIKE POLO @ Worker’s
Gymnasium West Gate

The first bike polo meet-up of 2013 was not too cold in the afternoon sun. Let us hope for nice weather this coming Sunday as we will again countdown 3-2-1 polo!

12/01 11:00am The Iron Horse Seminar @NATOOKE

The first bike mechanic seminar of 2013 and guess what the topic is: Surprise! Brandon welcomes anyone with difficult bike issues or questions to come over and challenge him. Of course this is for free, just bring 1 to 2 hours of your time.

14/01 8:00pm BEIJING JUGGLERS @ Yugongyishan

YEAH! Anybody want to check out juggling? Anybody wondering where to practice in the cold winters? We are reviving the Monday night juggling meet-ups at Yugongyishan bar at the line 5 subway station Zhangzi Zhonglu. Come at 8pm and stay as long as you want. We have juggling equipment. There is no fee but of course the bar is happy if you buy a drink. This is the first one and assume that unless cancelled it will be every Monday night. Please tell your friends about it.

As a reminder: Natooke has some great discounts in January! Check the details in our last newsletter and on weibo

New Year’s Count Down Ride

It was a marvelous New Year’s Eve. We rode our bicycles along Wangfujing and took pictures at the Wangfujing church, we continued on Changan boulevard, passing by the Forbidden City, and Xidan. Around 10pm, we arrived at the China Millennium Monument and stayed there until the countdown. On the occasion of the New Year’s countdown a beam of light titled “Light of Beijing” lit up at the China Millennium Monument. The amazing light beam was 11 meters diameter and supposedly reached 5,000 meters high up in the and was visible to people all over the capital.