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Sep 02 2010

Dig Day This Saturday!

Published by Andrew Denham

Dig Day This Saturday!

It’s dig day this saturday and there’s plenty to do…
Come along and lend a hand, meet some more members and eat some doughnuts.
10:00 – 16:00 (ish) @ the Allotment

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Aug 31 2010

Blindside review

Published by Andrew Denham

Blindside review

Charles Mountford has been riding a Transition Blindside over the past few months thanks to Keith from Max Bikes PR. Here’s his review after plenty of fun down the allotment (both), and some epic riding at the Megavalanche and Avalanche Enduro… (click on the image to go to the full review).

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Aug 30 2010

Raise some money – win some cool stuff!

Published by Andrew Denham

Raise some money – win some cool stuff!

We really need to raise some money to buy some more freelap watches for use at TickerTape races…
So, we’re asking our TickerTape loving members to get creative and think up ways to (legitimately) raise some doh.
What about…
A sponsored ride.
A week of doing chores around the house.
1000 press ups in an hour.
Bunny-hop your gran.
Going a whole [...]

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Aug 29 2010

And the winner is…

Published by Andrew Denham

And the winner is…

BCC member Charles Major won an awesome Trek Fuel EX8 recently (jammy sod!) but managed to get the club a cheeky mention in the magazine and get snapped wearing his BCC T-shirt…good work Charles!

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Aug 28 2010

Bank Holiday Offers

Published by Andrew Denham

Bank Holiday Offers

Check out these great offers from our friends at Avon Valley Cyclery (this bank holiday only)!

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Aug 23 2010

Sock Puppets

Published by Andrew Denham

Sock Puppets

August TickerTape was a quiet one in terms of numbers, but as always it was still full of plenty of action, laughs and more super gnarly radness than anywhere else within 10 miles of Frome.
After being helped to set up (thanks guys!) there was an odd “no, no….after you!” etiquette going on that highlighted just how rough [...]

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Aug 22 2010

Watch this… it’s bloody good…

Published by Andrew Denham

Watch this… it’s bloody good…

Dan Irons (wannabe David Attenborough) has put together a cracking short about the last Dinner ’til Dusk mini enduro event which we held in July…
Watch it here or click on the word ‘HD’ to watch it in full HD lushness (which it deserves)!

Short of the second Dinner Till Dusk mini enduro, for the Black Canon [...]

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Aug 17 2010

Tickertape DH Jam Sunday 22nd AUGUST

Published by Ben Irons

Tickertape DH Jam Sunday 22nd AUGUST

What is it?
Its our monthly club timed practice day on one of our taped downhill tracks using ‘freelap’ timing equipment and kindly donated ’shimano’ tape.  This month we’re timing on ‘Puppets’, check out the helmet camera footage of ‘Puppets’, the second one, after ‘143′.
When is it?
This Sunday (22nd) 11am – 3pm
Where is it?
The Allotment, our [...]

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Aug 17 2010

Hillbillies with OCD…

Published by Andrew Denham

Hillbillies with OCD…

Thanks to Andrew, Simon, Jen, Ian, Sam, Maria, Neil, Josh, Jamie, Mark and Juliet. We rolled just under 3000m of Shimano tape in two and a half hours. We also ate perfectly* cooked sausages and listened to great* music whilst sprawled out on my driveway like some sort of white trash self help group for [...]

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Aug 15 2010

Sausages and RSI!

Published by Andrew Denham

Sausages and RSI!

Hello
We’re holding a night of tape rolling, food and ….well, more tape rolling, on Monday (that’s tomorrow).
We’ve used up all 3000m of shimano tape now and despite a pretty fantastic effort at the last committee meeting we just can’t get to the end of the massive bundle.
So, PLEASE come along and help out – I [...]

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