Project Bike, BikeCourier and Bouneweger Stuff have teamed up to offer a new series of monthly bike repair workshops. Taking place on Saturday afternoons from 14:00-18:00, experts will show you how to do basic bike repairs and provide any other advice you need on fixing up your bike, riding, etc. The workshops will be held at Bouneweger Stuff in Bonnevoie.

The upcoming dates are: 17.05.2014, 21.06.2014, and 19.07.2014

Learn more: Bike Repair Café on Facebook

Browsing through Kickstarter projects is a great way to learn about new ideas and trends related to cycling around the world.

Here’s a round-up of some of the interesting projects currently looking for funding:

Bamboo Bicycles Beijing (20 days left)

Aims to open a bamboo bicycle workshop to teach Beijing residents how to build their own bamboo bicycle in order to promote cycling as an alternative form of transportation. Really interesting concept of using natural materials, traditional bamboo craftsmanship and recycled bike parts to connect with the community.

Fietsklik  (15 days left)

A click-on system that makes it possible to attach a large crate and a variety of large bags to the back of a bike to make shopping convenient. They also have a prototype child seat that attaches the same way.

Commuter X4 (21 days left)

A wearable rear bike light that helps drivers see you and better judge your distance, width and speed. I think all cyclists should be lit up as much as possible at night, because they’re otherwise essentially invisible to cars, and this looks like a great product for visibility. I’d still combine it with more lights attached to the bike though!

Bike Share Pack (25 hours left)Though it doesn’t look like they’ll reach their goal, I like this project because it aims to create a product for public bike share bikes (such as our local Vel’oh! system). As bike share systems help to encourage cycling by everyone, products that can make them even more convenient and useful are a great idea.

Cyclehack Scotland (23 days left)

This is an excellent idea and something we could do here in Luxembourg! It’s a 48-hour event that brings together “designers, developers, drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, planners and makers to problem solve barriers to cycling from everyone’s perspective”. The goal isn’t to come up with a big infrastructure plan but instead to brainstorm lots of little ‘hacks’, or solutions that will make cycling in Scottish cities better.

On Wednesday, April 9th, 2014, the new M-Box secure bike parking cage was inaugurated at the Luxembourg Central train station by the Minister of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, François Bausch, and the directors of Verkéiersverbond – Communauté des Transports and the Luxembourg National Rail Company (CFL). The M-Box, featured on our blog in February, has been open for several months but has now been officially introduced to the public.

The M-Box is not only a single bike parking location, but a wider scheme that will offer free, 24/7 secure bike parking in locations all across Luxembourg. These ‘boxes’ will be located near public transport hubs to allow commuters to easily integrate cycling into their journeys. Beginning with the installation of the second M-Box at the train station in Mersch, these boxes will eventually be found at train stations and future e-mobility hubs across the country, and will be accessible with the new e-Go public transit cards when they are introduced later this year. In addition, the M-Boxes will be offered to public institutions, communes and private companies interested in better accommodating cycling.

How to use the M-Box:

1. Get a free electronic access card at the Mobilitéitszentral ticket counter at the Luxembourg Central train station (€20 deposit required).

2. Use your card to enter the M-Box at any time to lock up or retrieve your bike.

>>For more information, download the brochure (PDF)

More news on the M-Box:

• Éischt M-Box fir de Vëlo op der Stater Gare ageweit – RTL.lu
• Bike Boxes to Benefit Riders – Delano.lu
• Garez gratuitement votre vélo à la gare, grâce à la M-Box! – Luxembourg.public.lu

The second Bicycle Art & Film (BAFF) Night was held last Thursday, April 3rd at Exit07, and was a huge success! Featuring four short cycling films ranging from a documentary on cycling recumbent bikes through the Himalayas to a tale about an epic last ride by a cycle rickshaw driver in Edinburgh, the event attracted more than a hundred attendees, who had to chance to meet other cycling enthusiasts while enjoying the warm spring evening. Flip through some photos of the night above!

The next BAFF event will be a new annual film festival devoted to cycling, in collaboration with CarréRotondes and Cinémateque. Stay tuned for more details about the full festival, to be held in early July, with events organised by Cycle Luxembourg and others!

• Learn more about BAFF Night #2 on baff.lu