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Month: June 2011

  • Bespoked Bristol – This Weekend!

    Make sure you come along to this, not only is it set to be a feast of beautiful hand made bicycles and bits, but The Bicycle Academy will be there too 😉

    Beans.

  • XC Ride Away – 12th June. This Sunday!

    We’re on!
    When Al and I took part in the “Heaven Of The South” event a few weeks ago, we remarked upon how good it would be to return soon with the Club for a Ride Away. Problem is that the *miles* of wooded singletrack in the area means you kinda need local knowledge to make the best of it.
    One of the organisers of said event has very kindly offered to show us around this Sunday.
    Suggest meeting at 7.30am in the Cheese & Grain car park. And then we’ll meet up with Steve from www.edgemtb.com in the Chipping car park in Wotton-Under-Edge (GL12 7AD) 9am Sunday morning.
    Expect about 4 hours of great riding, stunning views and endless, blissful wooded singletrack. NB: This being the Cotswolds you can expect hills. And plenty of them. Some very steep.
    Plenty of pubs in Wotton-Under-Edge for lunch afterwards.

  • DIG DAY CANCELLED – we've decided to build an ark instead…

    Due to the mental weather (it’s been raining v heavily all night, and is set to rain like this all day too)…we have decided to cancel the dig today as there really isn’t any pressing need for it to be held today, in these conditions.

    However, IF people are very keen to look over the XC route today, and the weather improves we will hold a session between 13:00 and 15:00 just to walk and discuss the trail corridor for the XC decent.

    If you want to do this say so here, or on the Forum, then we will make a decision at 12:00 based upon numbers and the weather.

     

  • Dig Day – Sunday – 10 until 4

     

    To Do list:

    1. Scope out new XC descent route, start clearing, getting ideas and doodling on the ground.

    2. Build new feature at the top of puppets.

    3. Scope out new 143 lower, discussing features and starting on a detailed plan.

    See you there!

  • Don't forget, it's the Warminster Wobble this weekend!

    Make sure you check out their website for details of how to take part in the many events running over the weekend. The event is put by Colin and Gordon and the rest of the Warminster Cycle Group who do a great job of getting loads of non-riders out on their bikes and making cycling accessible to all ages. For the rest of us there’s always the MTB time trial to enter, an event that our own Dan Irons won last year and will no doubt be there to defend….