:: at my command unleash hell :: opps meant kittens, not hell ::

About or Regarding This Website

cileo is an slightly organised and irrevalent look at cycling and sustainable transport in Melbourne, Australia, overseas, and possibly all sorts of stray ephemera that gets caught in between.

I adore bicycles (and kittycats), and as Wilf Lunn once uttered, “You learn something new every day if you’re not careful.”

cfsmtb FAQ

What does cfsmtb mean? Can you pronounce it?

I’m compiling an abridged social history relating to this. Watch this space for regular instalments ( a la “The Green Mile”)

What does cileo mean? Are you Italian or something?

cileo is another anagram, literally just means cfsmtb in low earth orbit condensed down to five letters of the alphabet. Not a first name, surname or really anything else really. I do like the look of Merlin Cielo’s though. If you have a spare one (in a small size) I’d like to hear from you.

Where’s the old cfsmtb blog?

It’s still out there, loitering in cyberspace. Feel free to give it a visit sometime and give a tickle under the chin. I simply just got sick of fighting blogger, even if it’s apparentely out of beta mode.

What about beer and kittys? What are you doing with that blog?

Read the description: “A halfarsed ’side project’ to my usual blathering on about bicycles & transport ephemera” Which means it will probably remain a half-arsed side project until I figure out whether to import it over here. Possibly.

A Snippet of cfsmtb history

Fig: a - Fringe Parade 2001.

Me being quite silly in front of 90, 000 other silly people in Brunswick Street.

Yes the cluster bra was very heavy, the handlebar helmet was more so.

The entire ensemble literally had to be cut off me later in a Fitzroy laneway, with a several nasty wounds from the zipties and sharp tie-wire ends. Ouch, but that’s real suffering for your art.

Pity the B&W doesn’t do Funky Furry Frank justice, it’s one hell of a dragster with fur, pom-poms and feather boas.

The Fringe Parade doesn’t happen anymore, 9-11 occured the week before and resulting public insurance issues probably killed it stone dead.