Autumn Cycling

We had some amazing autumn days in Beijing with blue sky and sunshine. It was really fun to ride through all the colored leaves. Hope we will have some more great days before the temperature drops.

Sat Nov 19th 1:00pm > Bike Polo > @Ditan Park West Gate
Let’s play some Bike Polo in the fine afternoon sunshine at Ditan Park West Gate! Last week we still had 10 players (= 3 teams and 1 coach) and great fun!

Please mark you calendars:
Sat Nov 26th 4:30pm > Niurenku Party x Natooke > @Lantern Club
Niurenku (Kick Ass) is holding a street style party on November 26th. Natooke and all fixed gear cyclists can come with their bikes. We will have some fun games inside the Lantern Club for everyone to join.
Tue Nov 29th every x:55 > CCTV13 > “Beijing is my Home”: This is a very beautiful short movie clip about Ines Brunn and how she feels about Beijing and bikes. It will be played again on Nov 29th every hour of the day at 5min to the hour on CCTV13.
Dec 10th & 11th > Takao Bike Polo Cup HBPC 2011 > Taiwan Kaohsiung. We can still register until the end of November. Currently we have 5 people from Beijing that want to go. If we find at least 1 more then we can have at least 2 teams. There is also a special girls tournament so if any girls wanna come to Taiwan (no matter if you ever played bike polo or not) let us know! Some students would like to go but are looking for sponsors. If any company is interested in sponsorship let us know too.

Autumn Polo
Last Saturday we had 10 people show up for the bike polo. The coach gave great instructions for everyone to improve their level, even for the beginners who also had great fun. Bike polo is a sport for people of all ages and riding any kind of bike. We were happy to have some cyclists that were passing by stop and try hitting the ball with the mallet. By the way, most of our polo mallets are sponsored by Eighthinch. We love seeing people smile while being on their bike no matter what kind of bike!


Club Bike Tricks
Last Saturday we had a rehearsal at the Lantern Club for the upcoming party on Nov 26th. Natooke fixed gear riders went inside the club and checked out the space for doing tricks, track stands and fun games like even skid curling. It was a bit dark for taking pictures without a flash but lots of fun especially skidding into the black darkness.


Autumn Riding
It is a lot of fun to ride through the colored leaves of autumn. Unfortunately Beijing has a short autumn period and there are too many street cleaners so that the leaves are soon gone. But if you do find a patch of leaves it is loads of fun to skid through them. Just take care it might be moist and slippery!


MEGA Forum
Natooke had a “booth” (well… a table) at the China Entrepreneurs MEGA Forum for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The other booths only had flyers or maybe a banner and looked very empty compared to ours. Of course the Natooke booth was the most colorful and fun. Carol and Gloria explained a lot about fixed gear bikes and how to protect yourself from pollution to everyone that dropped by. Ines joined the forum conference. And she was given a Top Entrepreneur of China award.


New Bikes
#1. Purple fits bikes very well, and now it is very trendy!
#2. More people now choose matt finish! Matt purple = two birds with one stone.
#3. Some fresh air with a zebra saddle and horn.
#4. Choose from the heart and you will get a dream bike.
#5. This bike reminds us of Fast Freddy, how are you buddy?