i bike mcr

Timetable for I Bike MCR 2008

If you wish to take part in any of these events please register your interest by emailing us

Friday 28th March

6pm Central Library Critical Mass Bike Ride

Festival Opening Party (everyone invited!!!):
8pm - 3am Cafe Saki (opp EBC, Wilmslow Road)

Bands:
7 Hertz ("folk, jazz, free improv, punk and just plain odd")

Al Baker ("Radical folk singer extroadinaire")

Egészségedre (Amazing Gypsy Ska band from Leicester)

DJ's from Pick Your Own and Longshot

AND
PICK YOUR OWN
Bring your favourite record and the Pick your own Djs will play it.

PLUS... Bicycle visuals, bike games, slow race.

Saturday 29th March

3pm Cathedral Gardens next to Victoria Train Station:
Bicycle Treasure Hunt
Bicycle Treasure Hunt- a list of tasks with an assigned number of points for each one. How many points can you get in 2 hours? Bring digital camera/camera phone, bag, pen, map of Manchester, paper, oh and a bike.

It doesn't matter how fast you are or whether you're riding a shopper or a carbon fixie...points are won with cleverness and creativity...plus theres lots of winners inc. the child with most points, most points for person in best fancy dress etc etc

EXAMPLE OF POINTS SYSTEM:
20 points: whoever can get back dressed as a pirate
10 points: visit checkpoint at All Saints park

Followed by drinks in The Sandbar to see the Bicycle Artwork

Sunday 30th March
Bicycle Welding Workshop
Email for venue details (it's one of our houses so we don't wanna give out the address on website!)
All day to build bikes for the Bicycle Art Parade

Wednesday 2nd April

Bicycle Film Night
Doors and theatre bar open at 6.30PM Films Start at 7PM Sharp
At The Dancehouse Theatre Oxford Road Manchester

SHOWING SHORT FILM INCLUDING: Kiss Bike Kiss, I Bike MCR Film, NYC Videozine, Bike Theif .
AND THE FEATURE: KLUNKERZ- A FILM ABOUT THE BIRTH OF MOUNTAIN BIKING.

Movie Magazine International:
"Savage is the craftsman who weaves this all together with one part pride, he’s a Marin local after all, two parts awe, and three parts love. KLUNKERZ is a thrill ride and a throwback to a simpler time when bored youth went outside and invented fun. Still, one thing remains the same, a good day can still be measured by how much mud you have in your teeth."

USA Today raves:
"Savage's funny and often poignant film looks at how a bunch of semi-stones hippies in Northern California developed a unique style of off-road bike riding through collaboration and competition. The free-floating and (sometimes) selfless sharing of technology quickly led to a full-blown industry and Olympic status as a sport in 1996."

TICKETS £5 AVAILABLE FROM PICCADILLY BOX OFFICE TELEPHONE 0161 237 9753
or buy ONLINE, click here

Friday 4th April

Midnight Ride to Formby
Sunrise swim. Meet at The Sandbar at Quarter to Midnight to ride. Bring good lights, food, towel, swimming stuff, warm clothes, bike etc.
It's about 40 miles and as its a night ride we'll take to the road which we should have more or less to ourselves. A few stop offs for some light refreshment is likely. Click here for the route we'll take. Some might ride back along the NCN 62 as it's quite a nice ride (takes about 4 hours), others may take the train from formby to Manchester. Maybe see how you feel when you get there...

Formby: Large area of beach, sand dunes and pine woods: Stunning stretch of unspoilt coastline, Long sandy beaches and attractive pine woods, Playful red squirrels, often brave enough to scamper up close, Search for 5,000-year-old red deer footprints on the beach...

"An adventure by moonlight. We'll ride thorugh mostly traffic free country lanes, settling into groups to ride with people going at a similar pace. Stopping off now and again for a swig of something to warm us up. Flying through little villages, past dark fields, under a blanket of stars and a black sky dotted with bats...we'll feel tired and wonder why we're not in our beds at times and we'll never get that nights sleep back. But it'll be worth it. And as we ride into the sunrise and towards the shore of Formby where our cheerleaders, the red squirrels, will meet us..we'll be glad we did it....even if it rains the whole way!!!"

Saturday 5th April
Bicycle Polo class
1pm Platt Fields Park
The MCR Dropouts bicycle polo team will teach you how to play the sport and help you get a team together for the tournament.

Sunday 6th April
Ladies Day
Clitical Mass Ladies Bike ride to Reclaim the roads and feel confident by riding together (and to socialise!)...with a talk about the history of cycling and women and a ladies only bike maintenance class.

Friday 11th April
Hell Of the North West III
A fast ride around our city. Get to the checkpoints get back.

Alley Kitten Race- As above but on kids bikes (if you want to borrow a kids bike for this event please get in touch)

To participate in this event please register ASAP by emailing cantgoslo@gmail.com

Followed by party at The Sandbar, everyone welcome (whether participating in the alley cat/kitten or not). With DJs and a chance to hang out/ socialise with MCR bike community.

Saturday 12th April

2pm Bicycle Art Parade
Cathedral Gardens next to Victoria Train Station

Meet for a nice picnic in the gardens and to admire each others fancily decorated steeds and riders (bring some nice picnic food and drink)..also if you dont get chance to bling your bike before you come, there will be opportunity and materials to do it there... Also there as part of the Autonomous Spaces Event will be Folk bands, a soundsystem, magic tricks, street theatre and art session! Then we shall ride around the city showing off how great our blinged-up bikes look..

Email: manchesterspaceinvaders@yahoo.co.uk and check http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/manchester/ for more info about the Autonomous Spaces Project

Sunday 13th April

Beer Ride
Meet at 1.30pm at The Beehive Pub in New Mills for a ride in the peaks with a few stops at some nice country pubs. (you could get the train to New town or New Mills or cycle in, it's up to you)

We won't be cycling uber fast and only around 8 miles. We will give everyone points to cycle to together and so the faster ones get to the pubs first and wait for the others (which might slow them down on the next leg!)

BRING: Tools (spare tyres, pump, tyre levers, chain breaker, spanner, allen keys etc.), food, water, phone (if you have one or money for a phonebox), 1st aid stuff, map.

If you're coming please let us know by email: info@ibikemcr.org.uk so we can send you info about the ride or notify you of any changes. If you can't make it or are running late (train delayed, puncture etc.)

Saturday 19th April
2pm outside The Sandbar: Yo Fixie III
An event for fixed gear riders. With comps inc: Track Stand, Track Skid, Sprint and more.
To participate in this event please register ASAP by emailing cantgoslo@gmail.com

The Sandbar have very kindly agreed to putting on an amazing "street party" type thing at the back of the bar, with a dj and outdoor bar, during the Yo Fixie event so even if you haven't got a fixed wheel bike you can come down and watch the others and socialise with other bike lovers.

Sunday 20th April

Bicycle Polo Tournament
1pm Platt Fields Park
Teams from around the UK compete to win the I Bike MCR Polo Tournament

with a game of bicycle tag at half time that's open to everyone to join in...so whether you're a polo player or not come down with your bike and have a go..

ace prizes to be won!!

If you want to play with your team REGISTER ASAP at info@ibikemcr.org.uk
If you want to start your own team to play in the tournament but want some tips come to practise on Saturday 5th April, Bicycle Polo class, 1pm Platt Fields Park

Friday 25th April

Critical Mass Bike ride
6pm Central Library

Followed by End of I Bike MCR Festival Party
(everyone invited!!!):
8pm - 4am Aqua Bar, Albion Street, MCR

With...
Bands: Cash for Your Stories, The Kirkz, The Autonomads and Hail Brethren
DJ's from Pick Your Own and Longshot

AND the Rollapaluza guys roll up to put on a Roller Race!!!

Roller Race- The final heats will be amazing short races after competitors have set their qualifying times. "It’s a drama – the gritting of teeth and twisting of faces, as riders
give everything in those 20-something seconds of each race. Only opera could portray the intensity and drama." (Therese Bjorn, www.londonmessengers.org)

We are starting to take registration now, so if you want to participate in any of the events please get in touch..or if you want to help out at them.

We are trying to make all of the events free of charge, to make them as accessible as possible, by applying for funding to cover costs and by asking people to sponsor the prizes yet a small charge to cover costs may be applied if funding doesn't come through.