Gal From Down Under

AUSTRALIA '08: Customer Evangelizing
Downunder


PHILADELPHIA: Round*Up Fast
Fold Showdown

Bicycle Film Festival '08


NEW YORK CITY '07: The tikitTM On Trial
... will I get past the security guards?

Gal Film Fests: 'Made on a Mac' over east

ITALY '07: Biking Across Italy for
Ciclismo Classico


SEATTLE '07: Little People of America

TEXAS '06: Land o' Lance
ARIZONA '07: PACTOUR Desert Camp
MIDWEST: Chicago, Wisconsin


HAWAII: Gal Bikes, Hikes, Telecommutes
trail-testing a Hennessey Hammock

PERU: Biking the World's Highest Paved Road
Get the DVD epic


MEXICO: Ruta Maya and more'04
lynette at Suttle Lake OREGON:
Off the bike at Suttle Lake
101 things you're rather not know about the Galfromdownunder

Like my Bike Friday? lynette pro petite I've been all over the world with it. Custom-fitted, folds in 30 seconds, packs into an airline checkable suitcase, which can be towed as a trailer ... and the best choice for the smaller female cyclist. Read about gear. Go forth and enter BIKE FRIDAY WORLD where you can read more of my articles on the home page. I am paused, in Eugene, Oregon, officially working for Bike Friday as their Customer Evangelist. Tell them I sent you!

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CUBA: Handsomest Man in Cuba USA Coast to Coast book tour began in Vermont. Books in the Bike Friday trailer, 20 shows.

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Welcome to the self-indulgent ramblings of Lynette Chiang, author, handlebar videographer, Customer Evangelist, failed hippie and Bike Friday adventurette from Downunder, currently telecommuting across America in search of whatever's worth the search ...
Invite the Gal to speak about travel, cycling, minimalist multimedia moviemaking, customer evangelism | What's she done? | Best of Gal on YouTube
Own a Gal Handlebar Movie

Route 66 By Bicycle: Pedaling the Mother Road
Buy from Bike Friday | Buy it from me

Boston Bike Film Fest '05
16,000 Feet on a Friday:
Biking the World's Highest Paved Road

Buy from Bike Friday | Buy from me
THE HANDSOMEST MAN IN CUBA: An Escapade
Award-winning bicycle travel memoir
Published 2007 by Globe-Pequot (USA)
Reviewed in the New York Times Sunday Book Review







First published by Random House Australia | Foreword Magazine.com Book of the Year '04 winner
cuba book Get the t-shirt etc
'The only time you will put it down is when you finish it' - Australian Cyclist
'One of the best on-the-road travel books of this generation' - Launceston Examiner
CONTACT ME
GAL BLOGS
The Gal writes for Fastcompany.com
The 24/7 Customer Evangelist
Galfromdownunder Uncut
Navel gazing, opinion
Bike Friday Blog
Bike Friday News
Latest News and Moves
Itineraries, Events, Good Career Moves
Peru
Boston Bike Film Fest Audience Pick 2005 shot with a digi camera
Pass The Oxygen Please: 16,000 Feet on a Friday Highest Paved Road expedition with RAAM champ Lon Haldeman. Get the DVD
Mexico
Galfromdownunder in Mexico Chronicles 19 big chapters on Chiapas + Yucatan - musings and great images

Australia

Lunching with Liggett - munchin' out with Phil Liggett, Bike Friday owner and Voice of the Tour de France
Beechworth was Bonza! reunion with my countrymen
USA
A selection from the Bike Friday Homepage
Some of Gal's multimedia Bike Friday stories:
Gal in Hawaii | My sliver of lava on the Big Island
Gal in San Francisco westcoasting on a Friday
Gal in New York Dodging taxis in the Big Apple
Gal in the MidWest Chicago, Wisconsin with PACTOUR
Gal on Route66 with PACTOUR
Gal in Texas Land o' Lance!
Super Seniors When 'over the hill' means 'nice passing you, young man'.
Little Wheels Meet the Little People '07 changed my life | Special needs bicycles
Wildheart Oakridge Weekend '05 Touring the homestate of Bike Friday
Cycle Oregon multimedia reports Popular and tough 7-day tour
Arizona Desert Camp multimedia reports Annual camp for snowbirds on a Friday
This Man Gets on Lance's Back Chiropractor and former Olympian Jeff Spencer
My First Race and I just came to watch!
Petite Airfriday in a Hill Climb Race once more with hills
Round*Up Multimedia reports| Compact bicycle meet in Philly
Small Northwest Company Gains Altitude After 9/11 BF survives
Hitting the States My first impressions
Soft Splashdown More of those pesky first impressions
Tandemania my first and best tandem experience

Alaska for Beginners where people are bold
Kids of B.I.K.E. Major Taylor would be proud
Costa Rica
The Way to San Jose doing battle with Tico traffic
Following A Jungle Boy Caribbean conundrums
Eating Dust in Guanacaste northern Costa Rica expedition
La Finca de los Payasos a former rebel comes full circle
Nicaragua
Nicaragua for Beginners tough land, tough people
Panama
Isla Bocas del Toro a once-was paradise
Guatemala
Guatemala shots   words escape me, just pictures
Cuba
The Handsomest Man in Cuba an escapade, now a book
USA 2004 book tour tales Small Wheel Press - that's me
Australia 2003 book tour tales Random House Australia/NZ
120+ Reader reviews "I can't put it down"
Cuba Photo Gallery the pics in the back of the book
Great Britain
End to End by Friday my maiden voyage in 1997
I think I'm turning 35 I really think so amazing hospitality in Edinburgh at my weakest hour
Ireland
Fishermen and Flashers in County Kerry riding Eire
Doing the Dishes in County Kerry Part I   failed waitress
Doing the Dishes in County Kerry II so-so chef  
Denmark
Xmas in Denmark    a 3-day Last Supper with games
Other Stuff
THE GAL IN PRO MODE
Author, Travel Writer, Designer, Speaker, Cannes award-winning ad copywriter, Guerilla Marketess, Customer Evangelist
Bio | Formal CV on request
References
Portfolio ads, design work, other
CustomerEvangelist.com Evangelist of the Year 2003
The Bike Friday Evangelist in her own words You mean she gets paid to do this? | Saatchi Lovemarks coup
My Business Magazine 'Big Mouth' April
Globe & Mail October 2005 interview
From Padlocked Diary to Powell's Pick The Wilammette Writers Conference 2005 (Register-Guard)

THE GAL IN THE PUBLIC EYE
TV, Web, Radio, Press interviews
New York Times Sunday Book Review of The Handsomest Man in Cuba
Only a Game, Boston NPR The Gal at the Bike Film Fest
Forbes.com Rugged Individualist Streaming Web Movie
NBC-10+Arlene Violet Radio show RI
Interview on KMTR TV Oregon
Good Morning Australia w/Bert Newton (8 Mb clip)
Eugene Register Guard Been There column
SketchandTravel.com Interview with Norm Goldman


THE GAL P.O.V. ON A FEW THINGS

Useful tips and techniques for the modern adventurette ...

GAL GEAR Stuff for staying on top of it all
United First Class The other side of the pleated curtain
How to Hang a Hammock without getting knotted
Poledancing 101 perfect upper body workout for cyclists
Using a digi camera to make darn good movies you don't need a fancy rig
Which bike? This stuff works for me
Do You IMAM? Victoria's Awful Secret
How to be an Ad pro in your own pee break
Why Wal*Mart exists I came, I bought, I apologized
Floor pumps my foot Can't believe they make this pssshhhhit ... More ...


THE GAL UP CLOSE
Galfromdownunder UNCUT blog for foul weather friends
Mirror mirror The narcissistic corner
101 Things you don't want to know about the Gal
Sad travel songs, presumptuous philosophy

GAL PHOTO GALLERIES a selection
Bike Across ItalyTen days of andiamo!
Route66 by Bicycle 29 days coast to Chicago
16,000 Feet on a Friday Biking the World's Highest Paved Road
Cycle Oregon Weekend '05 136 miles in style
Gal's prize-winning shot of the NY 5-boro '05
I always wanted to be a Jawa! a Star Wars costume
NY 5-boro ride 2005 | 2007
MOMA my faves from the P volume of World Book
Tandeming Pooches 'n' Patriots NWTR '03 | Story
Failed hippie me and my geetar | sad songs they rhyme
A typical day on the road with Bike Friday
Fire Island fling A kick-back isle next to Manhatten
Art-house mayhem art can be found in any corner
Mexico by Friday Chiapas + Yucatan
Random House Book Tour 2003 Me Grisham for 15 mins!
USA book tour 2004: Long Beach land of biggests
USA book tour 2004: San Francisco Mt Tam!
USA book tour 2004: Vermont maple syrup et al
USA book tour 2004: Rhode Island the funnest time

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BEST OF GAL CINEMA
Shot with a digital camera | Best of Gal on YouTube or download these Quicktime movies ...
Out of this world in Cowra ... Blind Stokers, cow-calling and Saturn up close and personal (3 clips)
Round*Up Fast Fold ShowndownRide! Fold! Sit! Unfold! Ride! | Story
The Man in the HoleHe don't need no widescreen TV | Story
The Pied Piper of Puna An ocarina meister among the palm trees | Story
This little tikit went to market ... Bike Friday marketing partnership | Article
Route66 by Bicycle Trailer (3 min) Pedaling the Mother Road | Story
Beach Access in Hawaii | Gating out the have-nots | Blog
The tikit on Trial Getting past NY's toughest gatekeepers (playlist) Article
Arizona Desert Camp Bike Brothel, Nobel Laureates (playlist) Story | 2007 report
16,000 ft on a Friday :
3-min trailer (12 Mb | 5 Mb)
1-min trailer (5 Mb | 2 Mb) - part of a 42-min DVD epic!
Guinea pig a la King (1.6 Mb)
Peru Orphanage I (8 Mb) | (3 Mb) 85 kids - donate
Peru Orphanage II (6 Mb) - stills to Gal original ballad
Cycle Oregon Weekend '05 (13.5 Mb)
Vermont Book Tour '04 (10 Mb)
Long Beach Book Tour '04 (5.1 Mb)
Meeting NBC-10 (2.1 Mb)
Ludicrous copywriting (2.8 Mb) badly acted | Rant
If you enjoy this site, donations will help support my flat tire fund and the Ocopa Orphanage in Peru. Donations $20 or more are entitled to a copy of my "16,000 Feet on a Friday" Peru pebblebuster shot entirely with my Canon digital camera, Inaugural Boston Bike Film Festival Audience Choice Award. Ask for it. O'seas folks please allow extra postage. Order it also from the Bike Friday Web store - and they can ship anywhere. Muchas gracias!