After the success of last years inaugural event the team behind the Warminster Wobble are thrilled to be able to offer another weekend of cycling fun.
With three organised rides and lots of attractions there should be something for everyone. Held over the 19th and 20th of June there’ll be a Mountain bike ride in the [...]

Dear Black Canon Collective
We would like to invite you to BikeRadar Live 2010 (see www.bikeradar.com/live). Now in our second year and at a new venue in Kent – we’d like to offer all of your members and colleagues 20% off event tickets.
Please ask your members to use promo code (see the forum for the code) to receive their 20% discount [...]

After a very hectic first two months for the committee we’re chuffed to be getting back into the swing of things with Dig Days and TickerTapes returning to their rightful places on the BCC events calendar. Check it out to see what’s going on and when…

Could everyone please keep an eye out for Marjory’s Specialized Epic WSD which was stolen from her garage on Saturday night.
The silver Epic ‘WSD’ is an unusual model and a ladies Medium size, it has a Fox / Specialized brain shock.
The drivetrain is complete XT and only a few months old with little use.
The wheels [...]

As most of you will probably know a group of us from the club will be attending the Megavalanche in l’Alpe d’Huez, France this summer…well I thought I’d try and raise some money for charity too…

Saturday morning mini trip to Cwmcarn with Marjory, Andrew & I:
3 x “M” bike checks
Star jumps, a bit of marching drill, some route planning, diet advice, then a family medical history questionnaire.
2 x leisurely laps + 1 x extra lap of the skills area.
3 x punctures – (including a wicked pinch flat by Marjory [...]

Take 1 converted pottery barn in the heart of Wiltshire
Mix in 9 raw, and 3 half baked BCC members ,
add 2 CTC Trail Leader Trainers ,
some home-cooked cakes,
17 ltrs of lush tea / coffee,
14 bikes,
and oodles of mud.
Heat gently with a wood burner, and wait about 60 hrs.
That’s how we made 12 qualified MTB Trail Leaders.
Beans.

The BCC Ride Leader Training course is in full swing, two days of learning done and one day of assessment left to go. We’re all learning loads thanks to Seamus and Steve our CTC trainers, but also thanks to some pretty fantastic tips from Geraint about climbing. Ask him next time you see him, it’s soon to be the standard BCC body position for any form of off road climbing, and you heard it hear first!

A great little how-to by our friends at Transition Bikes. Makes me want to ride corners like that for sure….

Communicating with our members is really important and enabling our members to communicate with each other is very important too. Over the next few weeks there’ll be a few changes made to how we achieve each.
Along with our existing projects, we’re working on a new club forum that’ll be part of this site, a frequent newsletter that’ll [...]