Black Canon Collective

Category: BCC

  • Welshmill Opening Celebration postponed till September!

    Despite all the freak summer weather conditions, the contractors Back-on-Track and Jane’s Pond have persevered and the heavy work is practically complete, although the track could do with extra time to bed down.

    However, the grass turfing and seeding are in too fragile a state to hold a mass picnic on 21st July and we have postponed the celebration until 29th September.  The ground just wouldn’t stand the heavy use so soon after laying.
    Similarly, the pump track will benefit from a longer bedding-in period before intensive use.

    The park will be open over the summer holidays, with some areas screened off to prevent compacting the ground if (!) the wet weather continues, and we hope people will respect the signs.

    So, although we have to postpone the celebration, there will be the chance to visit the park during the August school holidays. And the landscaping will look so much better in September !

    The volunteer planting/work will still take place on 14th July from 2pm.

  • Dig Day Tomorrow

    09:30-16:30

    No big new projects, but plenty to do – bring waterproofs, food and drink.

  • Important Announcement with regard to recent BCC rule violations

    It is with regret and disappointment we announce that several members of the Black Canon Collective are banned from The Allotment site and club events until they have committed their time and energy to contributing to the club.

    These members broke one or both of the following rules, and so will be required to complete a number of “club hours” before they will be able to use the Allotment and participate in club events again.

    Rule 16: No fires are permitted at the Allotment.

    Rule 13: There is to be no construction of any kind at the Allotment, including trail construction, without clear and prior consent of the committee.

    Despite being reluctant to stop anybody from riding and participating in the club, the committee has decided that there have to be consequences for these actions, firstly deliberately building and then rebuilding a feature when they were aware it had been taken apart on a Dig Day, and then endangering themselves and others by having naked flames on the Allotment, an area of forestry.

    The number of “club hours” that have to be done varies from member to member, from 10 to 40 hours, based on the rule breaking they were involved in, and their conduct since.

    “Club hours” will include Dig Days, setting up for Tickertapes and other events, as well as other activities when suitable. If you identify an opportunity for these members to contribute to the club, please email committee@blackcanoncollective.co.uk and we will consider it.

    If you identify that a member who is banned is riding at the Allotment, or at a club event, please ask them politely if they have completed their club hours – we will have a list that will be updated to show when they have completed their hours). If not, please remind them they should not be riding at the site. If there is any further problem, please inform the committee, who will act accordingly.

    This notice is applicable immediately, and therefore members listed below who were involved in these incidents will not be able to participate in tomorrow’s Tickertape. They can begin to complete their club hours by helping set up and pack away the event.

    The Members are:

    Liam Arkell
    Ollie Butler
    Luke Barber
    Nathan Collins
    Robert Darvill
    Tom Dunford
    Charlie Evans
    Dean Evans
    Finn Kelly
    Seb Jennings
    Jamie McCall
    James Moody
    James Pinnell
    Ollie Pinnell
    Curtis Saunders
    Jack Wells
    Callum Whelpton

  • TickerTape – Sunday 24th June – MCC

    Tickertape returns, this sunday from 12 am – 3pm.

    We’re running MCC which is used for the dinner till dusk descent.  No Jumps or drops, just really fun drifty corners, for this reason we allow open face helmets so if any of our XC members want to put in a few times you’re more than welcome.

    • Fully taped DH course.
    • Freelap timing system (record as many times as you like, remembering to share the watches using the 2 run pass it on rule).
    • Must have a suitable working bike with 2 fully working brakes.
    • Must wear a properly fitting cycling helmet (open face helmets allowed for MCC only).
    • BCC members only (suggested donation £2).

    Help setting up (11am-12am) and packing away (3pm-4pm) is fully appreciated.

    Cheers, see you Sunday!

    BCC TickerTape Retro DH Race from Black Canon Collective on Vimeo.

  • Rollapaluza + Milk Street Beer @ Avon Valley Cyclery

    Saturday 23rd June 2012, Doors open 19:40, racing starts 20:00.

  • Warminster Wobble MTB TT, this sunday!

    The time trial course takes in just over 1km of exciting terrain with rugged grassy sections, steep uphill’s, tight turns and flowing downhill’s. It has a bit of everything.

    The fastest time overall will receive the Frank Batchelor Memorial Trophy, hand-made by a Warminster craftsman. The Challenge is divided into five age groups with a fantastic trophy, also fabricated in Warminster, to be presented to the winner of each category.

    In 2012 we have re-designed the course for younger riders ‘cos that steep uphill is just a little too tough!

    The Course Record was set in 2010 by Dan Irons with a time of 2:27, but the current champion is his younger and more attractive brother!

     

    The Course……….

     

    Course key:

    1: Hairpin Turn – Uphill | Technique: Low gear and keep pedalling!

    2: Steep – Downhill | Technique: Take it steady and shift bodyweight backwards

    3: Left turn – Sharp | Technique: Right pedal down.

    4: Left turn – Sweeping, Fast! | Technique: Right pedal down.

     

    Its all free, so get yourself down to warminster town park for some grassroots (literally) mtb tt eventing!

  • BCCBP x Bristol

    Bristol have decided to come and play with us this week, it will be good to see some fresh faces and learn some skills. If you’re free, come down, watch and get involved… All are welcome! 7:30-9:30pm at the Frome Youth Centre.

    More details about polo can be found here:
     https://www.blackcanoncollective.co.uk/activities/bike-polo/ 

    And be sure to ‘like’ the BCC polo Facebook page:
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/BCC-Bike-Polo/279562285413420 

     

  • June Ride Away: Exmoor (Porlock start)

    SUNDAY 10th JUNE (this coming Sunday!)

     

    Plan is to do a loop starting in Porlock.

    Route is 19miles – nothing too extreme, climbing, singletrack, quiet trails, Dunkery Beacon, near Wooton Courtney, Webbers Post, down a Combe, fast downhill, singletrack blast into Porlock. There, I’ve just ridden it for you.
    Usual guidelines apply: Meet at 8am in the Cheese & Grain car park. There are no facilities or shops en route so please bring enough food and drink for about a 4 hour ride. Plenty of shops in Porlock to buy your malt loaf and ‘new’-tella, though. Please also ensure your bike is in good working order and bring spares, tools and appropriate clothing.
    A quick show of hands, please, to make sure this is viable. I know it’s short notice, but Life gets in the way of arranging these things sometimes.
    And we need a ride-leader to volunteer his services, otherwise it’ll be a ‘forum ride’ and not a ‘ride-away’.

  • Newport Newbies

    I had been looking forward to more velodrome action since my first taster back in December. To get the authentic experience however, we travelled to Newport, as they have an Olympic sized track (They even dry the air for extra speed)!

    We made the 58 mile journey from Westbury to the Newport International Sports Village and loytered in reception for the rest of the posse to arrive. Neil and Simon soon rolled up, smiling from their early morning blast around Ashton Court. The rest of the group were just crossing the bridge so we decided to see what we had let ourselves in for. The first thing we noticed is what a vast room it is. The track commands most of the space, with smaller courts inside the track where a local martial arts class was taking place.

    Rich and Lee arrived not long after, so we piled into the changing room and embraced the lycra! There was all sorts of excited chatter and in next to no time everyone was in the hall queuing for bikes. A track bike is a very basic machine, so the only adjustments needed is saddle height.

    Our coach for the session was Brian, who had been recommended to me by several others. He was relieved to hear we all had previous track experince and wasted no time with introductions, it was straight on to the track. It was great to be back on the boards (if a little unnatural to begin with) and i was interested in what the next few hours would entail.

    We did a lot of riding in a relatively short period of time, because it is a full size track (250m), you can have a lot more riders out at one time. We completed several drills to test our spacial awareness and to prepare us for riding in larger groups, so that we were as safe and competent as possible.

    Brian suggested doing a flying lap- you get a lap to set yourself up and then pedal your legs off for the following lap. This was great fun and introduced a bit of light hearted competition amongst the group. Everyone gave it their all which was brilliant to see, the results were as follows:

    1. Rich: 16.60
    2. Neil: 17.66
    3. Ryan: 17.94
    4. Ben: 18.06
    5. Simon: 18.41
    6. Mark: 18.66
    7. Chris: 18.85
    8. Rupert: 19.00
    9. Lee: 19.69
    10. Al: 19.75
    11. Kev: 19.84
    12. Juliet: 20.85
    13. Marjory: 20.91
    As you can see, the times were all pretty close and i am sure if we had another opportunity we could have all bettered our times. We had a warm down spin, when the whole group were on track and it was great, although i think some were beginning to struggle after a few intense hours of riding a bike with no gears or freewheel!

    Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves, to complete the day we headed to the Bay Leaf in Frome for a curry, whilst Neil and Simon completed their marathon day with a lap of Cwmcarn. I am already getting the next session booked up and can’t wait to get back in the ‘Drome.

  • Dinner 'til Dusk Cancelled

    Due to the forecast heavy rain and strong wind, Dinner ’til Dusk is cancelled for reasons of safety and enjoyment.

    New date to be announced shortly.