London Fixed-gear and Single-speed - Manchester Fixed

Anyone got a step drill i can borrow?

dangeruss — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:08:35 GMT

Anyone got a step drill i can borrow?

mixtape thread is back

nes — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:56:51 GMT

we're on to 2nd round now after the first one was amazing...at least for me...i got a well ace cd that is totally blowing away the flu

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread33387.html#post1066356

mcr bike photographers

nes — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:14:11 GMT

Hello

We are looking for 12 of your best photographs of I Bike MCR events this
year to put into a beautiful biking calendar.

If you have taken pictures at I Bike MCR events- a film night, critical
mass, ladies ride, moonlight ride, alleycat, time trial..whatever.

Please send a copy of the photo or a link to it online and we shall judge
our favourite 12 to go into a calendar..the ones chosen will win a free
copy of the calendar and special prizes too...they shall be judged by an
out-of-towner so as not to have any bias!!!

please get your entries in by Wednesday 25th November, that's a week to
simply choose your fave and send us an email....awesome!

love

the i bike mcr massive

Santacat 2009

nes — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:09:23 GMT

Hello!

Last year at the Xmas alleycat over 30 people entered and fun was had by all. See last years pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bikegir...76043446/show/

And this year it's happening again..I Bike MCR celebrates the holidays with an exciting alleycat/ bike treasurehunt. We show our goodwill as the race will require all cyclists to pick up toys and stuff en route that will be donated to the MCDAS (Manchester Campaign to Defend Asyslum Seekers) Children's Christmas Party...how ace is that??? Bike fun, amazing prizes AND do-gooding all at once. Get in!

You don't need to be mega fast to enter or to win a prize! Whether you ride a shopper or a fixie, work as a courier or a binman everyone is welcome.

Saturday 5th December

Meet 2pm Outside The Sandbar in christmassy fancy dress (to get more points and prizes!)

A race on bikes to open 12 doors and bring back items on a shopping list. Ride in pairs (come with a friend or find one on the day) and get some exciting fun tasks for extra prizes too..

Amazing prizes to be won!

�5 donation to be spent on shopping list items you need to pick up en route that will be donated to MCDAS Children's Xmas Party...Aw! see what amazing do-gooders we can all be...

Bring a bag, an A-Z, �5, fancy dress, a bike, a camera phone/ camera and some hohoho...

Love nes

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Email: info@ibikemcr.org.uk
Web: http://www.ibikemcr.org.uk
Telephone: 07866 734 351

Whatever you do you should bike. Bike to school, bike to work... bike to places you never dreamt you could bike to. Be your bike a fixie with deep v's or a sit up and beg, bike in high heels or in lycra...Come and bike with us.

But whatever you do, please, Bike MCR

The revival - mcr premiere

craignasty — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:30:48 GMT

morehart films and skitch present "the revival"

20 november 2009

central skate park, mason street, manchester

7.00pm: fixed drift sprint alleycat race
8.00pm: the revival
9:00pm: fixed gear tricks comp

free entry
bring your own beverages
wrap up warm

more info here

What to do if you're in a crash

nes — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:56:21 GMT

Just some words of wisdom from Norman (who has been knocked off his bike twice)

Put your local police station's phone number on your mobile on speed dial

Know your route so that you can tell the police / ambulance your exact location

If you are injured, phone the police immediately

Note the car registration

Take a photo of the accident showing vehicles in crash positions

Take a photo of the driver (the driver who drove over Norman's front wheel denied he was in the car - said someone stole the car)

Take names and addresses of any witnesses

Contact Cycle Aid 01772 250871 - Norman got around �1200 when he claimed.

Cycle Aid are personal injury solicitors specialising in cycle injury and accident claims. We will act for you on a ‘no win, no fee’ basis giving cutting-edge legal advice to help you make a claim for compensation. We have been involved in many substantial claims involving head injuries, shoulder injuries, spinal injuries, facial injuries, back injuries, knee injuries and other bicycle accident claims

Polo UK Championships

Dr Chan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:13:02 GMT

As i mentioned in the polo thread, here are all the emails so far....

I reckon we should put ourselves forward to host this if it ends up being a one off tourney. Have a read through and if you want to add anything pm me your email and i'll forward you the email so you can reply to everyone on the list. Read from the bottom up.

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Hello all,
here in Cambridge we were planning to do another tournament in the early summer next year , hopefully improving on what we did last year. I would prefer if it was open to anyone from anywhere though, and not exclusively UK . Geographic and financial constrains will probably mean we won't get anyone( or many ?) people from the US or Europe coming to Cambridge next year but it would be shame to turn away anyone prepared to make the journey . Whether we would want to host a UK only tournament as well as our annual thingy ? I would be interested, depending how much help we were offered and when in the year .
Cheers
Harvey

On 2 Nov 2009, at 14:47, Andrew Fernandez wrote:

Just added Josh from Leeds onto the list. Carry on.

2009/11/2 Richard May <>
I'm going to add in:

Edinburgh simply doesn't have the infrastructure to host a tournament of this scale. We've only got one court so far, and it is pretty poor. We also have maybe 9 people who play regularly- although weekly turnout is often not enough for a game of 3on3. So we're in much the same boat as Newcastle.

I'm keen for the idea of regional leagues, with some kind of national sub-league maybe?

Rich (Edinburgh)

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Matthew Taylor <> wrote:
Hello all,

Thought it was about time someone kicked this off. I think we can rule Newcastle out of the potential hosts for the UKs. As much as we'd like to, we just don't have enough people playing (= beds, general organisation etc) to hold a full-blown tournament.

I remember talking to the Manchester guys at the Cambridge tournament about a national league. Personally I'd love to get the opportunity to play other teams more often and every city has the potential to host a couple of teams every few weeks. I can see maybe three or four teams playing at one venue, once a month or something and travelling in between. Only flaw is, I'm sure the motivation is more for the non-Londoners as obviously you guys already have a competitive league that's doing everything you want it to do without travelling 300 miles for the pleasure. I can maybe see a Northern League working though. There was a small but entertaining tournament in Edinburgh a few weeks back that could easily be extended/repeated.

So, for what it's worth, there's my 2p...

Matt
(Hamatt)

Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:10:20 +0000
Subject: UK Polo Championship 2010

Hello Polo People,

So there has been quite a bit of talk about holding a UK Polo Championship in 2010. I think the consensus here in London is that we don't want to host another large tournament again any time soon, and it's probably a good idea for us Londoners to actually leave the city and see other parts of the country every now and then, so any cities want to step up and play host? This email is intended to start the discussion that hopefully ends with an awesome tournament next year.

With regards to the format, an obvious choice is to have a 1 day tournament, similiar to the BFF tournament that was held here in September. But Dr Chan from Manchester suggested more of an ongoing competition, with teams playing fixtures throughout the year. What are your thoughts on this? How would it work? Is that what we want? Any other suggestions?

I have copied in people form Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester, Birmingham, London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle, but please forward this on to anyone else who may be interested in/or should be involved in this discussion. If we need to, I can set up a google email group that may make this discussion easier.

Here's hoping to see you all in 2010.

Andy Fernandez
'Lebowski'
Malice International

Total Fucking Fury

Mechamorgan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:32:28 GMT

WHAT THE FUCK? Some members of the public need to be shot in the fucking head.

I was tanking it down Oldham Street where it turns into Piccadilly Gardens, lights ahead green so I don't bother slowing. About 40 meters away some guy and his bird walk into the road, and spot me. No worries I think, swing out towards the right to go in front of them. As I get to maybe a meter or two away, the guy lunges at me, yells OI and swing both arms up in a grab. I swerve away to the right, but cause of my speed and already being to the right I graze the curb and fully shoulderbarge an asian woman into the ground with my right shoulder. I spin out and ditch the bike, running over to see if the woman is alright.

She says she's ok in broken english so I get up to find the fucker, only to see him and his bird sprinting away LAUGHING. Fucking LAUGHING. If I'd had hit that girl harder or hit the traffic light I or her would have been really fucked up.

No-one even bothered stopping to help. One guy helped the woman up and asked if I was alright but apart from that everyone just gaped at us and kept walking.

I dunno what I would have done if I the guy hadn't run away. I had my d-lock in my hand already. I had to sit down and have a cigarette to calm down. I'm still fucking shaking now. What kind of thoughtless cunt would do something like this? No fucking point taking it to the police as all I can remember is white guy, short hair.

To top it all off, when I came out of Uni today someone has stolen my Sunday Social spoke card, and ripped my tiny Eiffel tower off my saddle. My friend gave me that and it's really quite special to me. How fucked in the mind do you have to be to steal stuff like that, which means nothing to you?

I'm fucking furious about this whole thing. I swear, next person who does something so fucking cruel is going to get d-locked. I'm a pretty chill guy most of the time but this is a step to fucking far.

cue 'Mad As Hell' youtube; and, before you ask, my hair was fine, don't worry.