Pedal Power Contagion!

IMG_1874We’re proud to see our little pedal power family growing.  Last year we went to Canberra and helped some  crew from the ANU Food Coop and Oz Rat Patrol build their own Guerrilla Pedal Power Cinema kit.  And we’re happy to see them getting it out there.  What a great bunch they are!
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Seeking an Electonic Techie.

IMG_0489 2Josh Wodak and Magnificent Revolution are making ‘ISEA Bright Future’: a bicycle powered installation for ISEA2013.  Josh is looking for someone in/near Sydney/ Newcastle to do electrical engineering and/or programming work on the project. In brief: configuring bicycle-powered LED lights and bicycle-powered amplified bicycle sounds based on pedaling cadence.

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Update from MagRev ACT

We’re very pleased to report we’ve now had two very successful test outings with the Canberra cinema which we are nicknaming Starlight Shadows (in homage to the defunct Canberra icons Starlight Drive-In and Electric Shadows cinemas).

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IMPROVisual

IMPROVisual – silent pedal power films with live piano accompaniment  – was held on 7 December 2012 and was a great success.  Hundreds of people viewed historic footage of Sydney and around the world on our pedal powered screen.

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Sharing the Love

Pedal power sound system by SharkyWe’re so proud of one of our first ever workshop attendees for getting pedal power up and running in her own events.

Sarah (Sharky) attended the very first workshop we hosted in Redfern in 2011, and has since been developing her pedal power knowledge as a valued member of the MagRev family.

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Pedal Power Stage – this is what they look like

Pedal powered live music - audience pedalling bicycles to power the PAWe had an excellent day at Manly Bike Life Festival on 23 September 2012.
Pedal power for live music and our popular Energy Stall.
Thanks to the Manly Environment Centre for putting it all together!

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Mag Rev ACT up and pedalling!

Mag Rev is very proud to welcome the Oz Rat Patrol and the ANU Food Cooperative to the pedal power family.  They have a four bike kit  for cycle cinemas & stages and plan to mount it on Master Gravity Esquire.

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Pedal Powered Smoothies for Spring

We are very excited to launch our first pedal powered smoothie machine at this year’s Living Smart festival.

The lovely Kat Watt is our smoothie goddess. There is already talk of Pedal Coladers! Of course, we will only be serving delicious organic fruit smoothies at our daytime events.

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Funding to Boost Education Program

MRA is very pleased to announce we’ve been awarded funding from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage to develop our educational workshop program for schools. Continue reading

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Help us go on TOUR!!!

We want to take pedal power on the road, in EUROPE!  We’re trying to raise funds to work again with Mag Rev UK and deliver a 20 bike system to the awesome Orbis Institute in Slovakia, via way of Amsterdam, Berlin and Linz.

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