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 people who hate tangles but have an uncanny resistance to RSI. Good times.
*not true
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 promise you’ll get some good food and if you try hard enough some RSI too!
Monday 16th, 19:00-21:00 (see the forum for location)
If you can make it please say so below (we need about 8 or so people to make this worth doing)
Thanks!
p.s. We get given this tape by shimano and as we can’t hold TickerTapes or Dinner ’til Dusk events without this tape we re-use it to save money and minimise waste. We’re looking into getting two tape rollers but haven’t found anything suitable yet so for now we need to roll this back up by hand. I’m hoping that within the next week or so we’ll come up with a more practical solution (all suggestions welcome!).
p.p.s. The sausages will be worth the effort – they’re the best in all of Frometownshire.
Thanks to Jamie, Ian, Ben, Gordon, Mark, Charles and Liam for working so hard today. We’ve got some great things planned for the trails at the Allotment so please get involved if you want to see things progress. .. as awesome as it would be; there’s no such thing as trail fairies – just people with tools, doughnuts and plenty of elbow grease.
You may remember that we were involved in the Velo Jam last year, an evening of bike centered events held in Frome to celebrate the visiting Tour of Britain cycle race. We ran the Cobble Wobble, a bicycle hill climb sprint in the heart of Frome that saw massive crowds, funny costumes and some very impressive times. It was great fun, and was something that we were very keen to be involved with every year .
Well we are; this year the Cobble Wobble is being held as a stand alone event but this time we’ve been involved from the start!
The event poster below explains everything you need to know for now, click on it and you’ll be taken to the Cobble Wobble website where you can sign up to find out about entries before anyone else. It’s going to be an awesome day with lots of great people, food, bikes, Cobble Wobble ale and some pretty amazing prizes too. The event is being supported by Charge Bikes and Red Bull so expect to see some famous faces and very very fast times.
Neil Cousins, last years winner (and BCC member) is going to have to eat plenty of Helen’s Millionaires Shortcake if he’s going to be in with a shout this year…
Check out the website for frequent updates and KEEP THE 19TH SEPTEMBER FREE!
Beans
p.s. we need 16 volunteers to help run the Cobble Wobble on the day. Volunteers will get free entry to the race and after party (which will be pretty special), food and drinks during the event and a goody bag. They will also be helping to raise money for the club by their involvement. Please email andrew.denham@blackcanoncollective.co.uk if you’re interested. thanks!
Dan Hunter will be leading the XC Ride Away this July, here’s what he’s got in store:
Hello I’ll be leading the July 11th XC ride away, across the Marlborough Downs and Ridgeway – so don your beards and prepare your retro steeds for a 17 mile trip across the neolithic landscape.
The Route: Click here for a Goolge map of the route and parking location
Difficulty: easy/moderate – highly recommend this ride for beginners who are comfortable riding the distance, but all are welcome.
This route is largely open flint covered tracks so little technical skill is required. I would say half of this route involves climbing, but again this all non-technical. There is little in the way of singletrack but the open countryside and views are fantastic.Duration: 2:30 – 3:30 hours (Depending how long we stop for)
Travelling: 1hour 10 mins drive from Frome.
Ride start time: 10:15 – 10:25
Food: There is a café half way round for food and drinks, but riders will need to bring enough while riding, as its not always open. If its hot ring plenty of fluids regardless.
Clothing: Depends on the wether of course, but it is very exposed so bring a summer jacket or gilet if it looks chilly/wet or some sun tan lotion if it looking sunny.
Meet up: The ride is open to all members & non members, please let us know who coming by the Friday evening so we can arrange lifts etc, we’ll be meeting in the Frome car park near the Cheese & Grain on Sunday around 8.30am to leave for 8.45am, although your welcome to make your own way to the parking spot near Marlborough if your coming from elsewhere.
Check out the forum to arrange travel arrangements by clicking on the image below:
Today Ben, Will and I have been hard at work making a new notice board for the Allotment.
The weirdest thing has been happening though…. rather than being the ones doing the wolf whistling (well you know what builders are like…) we’ve been getting loads of attention from passers by.
I think it’s something to do with the way Ben hold his drill….
There are still some tickets left for this event so why not come along and eat some great food, have a laugh and raise some money for local good causes at the same time!
Gardens open at 6.30pm.
Pre performance sit down supper £5.
Theatre £10 adults, 9-15yr olds £5
For more information and tickets ring 01373 832 113 or visit this website: http://www.bath360.co.uk/whats-on/elizabethan-evening-goes-victorian
We’re always busy working on projects, from kit design to fund raising efforts and everything in between. Check out the Projects page of the website to see some of the stuff we’re working on right now. If you’d like to get involved send us an e-mail or write something on the forum…
Hello
We’ve agreed to help set up and pack away for this years Elizabethan Evening in Corsley at the weekend (12th and 13th June), and we need all the help we can get!
We did the same last year and were kindly rewarded with a donation of £500 (which paid towards the Ride Leader Training)!!!
All you need to do is give a few hours to help put out chairs, benches and tables on Saturday – then put them away again on the Sunday.
Each day will start at 10:00am and finish around midday (we were given bacon baps last time!)
please please please put your name down bellow if you can make either, we will need all the help we can get!
Full event details here: http://www.bath360.co.uk/whats-on/elizabethan-evening-goes-victorian (it’s a great event!)
We are currently fund raising to buy a brand new (4.5mtr x 4.5mtr) event shelter for use at races, dig days, TickerTapes, dinner ’til dusk and all other club events. We will also be commissioning a feasibility study and overview plan of MTB trail development at Longleat soon so are fund raising towards this Also. This is something that will really help us move the development of XC, Skills Area and DH trails forward…
So who can help?
Please check out the Forum here or leave a comment below…
Thanks!
Today was as hot as a dig day ever was,
the midges were militant and the flies were pretty aggressive too.
We raked and raked and raked then did a bit of digging.
Just a bit.
Not much.
Well… about 10 to 15 barrows (x 5)
We built a sweet little berm using nothing but soil (and sweat), rode it a bit then went home.
Beans.
The next round of the 2010 BCC TickerTape DH Series* is on BBMS and thanks to all the recent hard work we’ll be using the brand new bottom section for the first time!
(it’s fast, off-camber and super flowy)
* well, it makes it sound “Pro”…