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Art, fashion and peak oil...BMX theatre, Cyclodelic fashion, books and bikes, get me to the church on time, the lost cyclist and a world without cycles? Sue Archer writes: Grab a bike for some BMX theatre As part of the In Transit arts festival, taking place in Kensington and Chelsea, Pip Productions will be staging a performance inspired by the 1948 film The Bicycle Thieves, updated with a BMX theme. The audience are encouraged to bring their own bikes along to follow the action in a chase along the streets and canals of Kensington. Details of the perfomances on 31st July and 1st August, and how to book, can be found in the Festival leaflet. Cyclodelic fashion Cyclodelic aim to prove that cycling needn't cramp your style, and they'll be getting together with Cycle Cambridge for I Bike Cambridge, a two day festival of fashion, art and cycling. Both professional designers and local college students will be able to showcase their designs at the event, which takes place on the 10th and 11th of July, from noon to 6pm, on Parkers Piece, Cambridge. Books, Borders and Bikes Jason Patient sent us word of a literary festival with a difference, the Books, Borders and Bikes festival. Based around Traquair House in the Scottish Borders, the festival will include walking and cycling tours in the company of authors and storytellers. Tickets can be bought for single events, or day passes, from the festival shop page. Get me to the church on time... Spotted on Utility Cycling, this video of a bicycle wedding parade. Bride, groom and guests rode through Tucson, Arizona in a wedding procession - you can spot the bride sitting side saddle on an Xtracycle. The Lost Cyclist Stephen Bach spotted a book review of interest in the New York Times. The Lost Cyclist tells the story of American cyclist Frank Lenz, who set off in 1892 to cycle round the world. His trip ended when he ignored advice to avoid eastern Turkey, where a Turkish/Kurdish war was in full swing. The book recounts the unsuccessful attempt of another cyclist, William Sachtleben, to find Lenz, and the attitudes of both men to the foreigners they met. A world without cycles? We cyclists can sometimes be a little smug about our low carbon footprint, and lack of dependency on oil, but this article on The Oil Drum raises a few questions about cycling in the wake of the oil running out - what happens when our oil-based tyres or plastic components wear out, and where will we cycle if the roads are no longer kept surfaced for cars... If the article gets you down, the comments will encourage you. Of course we can manage without tarmac if we must, and new vegetable sources of rubber are being explored all the time. There's even a discussion of the use of ultrasound to breakdown and recycle old car tyres. If like me, you're intrigued by one mention of making latex from dandelions, you can find some methods on Science Project Ideas! Posted on 23 July 2010
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