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Friday 25th April 2008
Rollapaluza Roller Race
See the Rollapaluza website for their full race write up by clicking here
Boys
Winner: Jak Kenton-Spraggan
Second: Ben Staley
Third: James Carlsson
Fourth: Jason Cattermole
Girls
Winner: Nes
Second: Vanessa
basically vanessa is obviously a winning name..ace..
wooo woooo
Sunday 20th April 2008
Bicycle Polo Comp
Winners: "The Internationals"
Also super well done to the "Scouse Cunts" who, even though they had never played before, played a blinder
Saturday 19th April 2008
Yo Fixie III
Track Stand: Jason Cattermole
Track Skid: Luke Walker
Eliminator race: Luke Walker
Friday 11th April 2008
Hell Of the North West III
It was a gruelling ride over cobbles and through busy mcr streets..
1st: Luke (sky) Walker
2nd: Clodge
3rd: The famous Jason Cattermole
Sunday 6th April
Ladies Ride
I had so much fun on the ladies ride. We cycled from town to chorlton a real nice route through loads of MCR parks inc Alexandra Park and Whitworth Park...then down to Cohrlton Ees and around the water park. The sun was shining as we rode talking about bikes and sharing experiences. Then we popped into Jacksons Boat for a nice pint and some chips, and lucky we did as it started to rain and hail! It was really good to spend time with some women that like to ride and to simply go for a leisurely ride with no particular purpose other than to love riding our bikes. ace.
Saturday 5th April
Bicycle Polo Practise
Quite a few people turned up to play but I'm probably the wrong one to report on it as I'd cycled all night to Formby then gone for a beer and breakfast hoping some sort of revival which didn't happen. Stil I played for a bit, badly, luckily the rest of the Dropouts took the lead. And now it looks like we have a few more MCR teams for the Polot Tournament in a couple of weeks...ace.
Friday 4th April
Midnight Ride to Formby
We met up at The Sandbar on Grosvenor Street, a gang of flouresents, messenger bags, flashing lights and every kind of bike imaginable from bromptons to mountain bikes to fixies to road bikes. What an amazing mixture of cyclists from every corner of the MCR cycling world! We set off after a wee dram and headed out of the city and hot our first puncture just as we reached Salford University! In the chilly air we stood and gossiped and helped until the punture was fixed and we could continue. We rode for miles every now and agian stopping to fix puntures or for a pee stop!
When we turned off the mostly deserted East Lancs onto the dark quiet roads there was a mixture of lively chatting and stealthy quiet. For me, winding through these lanes in pitch black with only my front light and the red lights of my new and old friends to guide me and the bright stars helping to distinguish the Earth from the sky, this was the best part of the ride. When we arrived at Formby the cold had set in to my fingers and feet and as I carried my fixie over the sand and glimpsed the sea it all felt worth it. We stood around for a while despite the freezing wind to chat and to amaze at teh odd rocket launcher looking cooking contraption that was heating soup..then we got the train home...what an amazing night.
"wow that was an intense ride.. so glad we did it tho!" Clark
Saturday 29th March
Treasure Hunt
Despite the torrential rain the treasure hunt was heaps of fun. Riders took their task sheets that listed a number of things to do to earn points which were more or less points according to how long it would take, how far it was and how difficult it might be. These included having a cup of tea at the Hilton cafe (well done Alexis for blagging a free cuppa there), taking a picture of Ordsall Halls ghost (well done to Julia for being creative with that one!)...
The winners were everyone that took part but the people got points in
this order
1st: Julia
2nd: Annie
3rd: Mo
4th: Adam
5th: Alexis
6th: Robin
Winners got prizes from Bicycle Doctor, GBH, Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op and Twin 6 (see sponsors page for more info)