I Bike MCR Festival 2008 starts THIS MONTH!!!!

14-03.-2008, 01:42 AM	#1
nes Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3	I Bike MCR Festival 2008 starts THIS MONTH!!!! So the I bike MCR fest starts at the end of this month. Hope you can all come up north to take part registration for events is taking place now so please get amailing if you coming..should be ace fun see http://www.ibikemcr.org.uk/festival.htm for info and... 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) With... Bands: 7 Hertz ("folk, jazz, free improv, punk and just plain odd") Al Baker ("Radical folk singer extroadinaire") One Day In Our Garden (Electronica / Folk Rock / Trip Hop), 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 Bicycle Art Exhibition Opening Noon-6pm.. Urbis 3pm Urbis Gardens: 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 3 hours? Bring digital camera/camera phone, bag, pen, paper, oh and a bike. Sunday 30th March Bicycle Welding Workshop all day to build bikes for the Bicycle Art Parade Wednesday 2nd April Bicycle Film Night 7pm at The Dancehouse Theatre Featuring Klunkerz, Kiss Bike Kiss, I Bike MCR Film, NYC Videozine, Bike Theif . Tickets on sale soon. Friday 4th April Midnight Ride to Formby Sunrise swim. Meet at The Urbis Gardens at 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. Saturday 5th April 2pm Bicycle Polo class- 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. Email info@ibikemcr.org.uk for info 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! To participate in this event please register ASAP by emailing cantgoslo@gmail.com Followed by an event 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 Urbis Bicycle Art Parade afterwards an obstacle course race to be ridden on the crazy bikes. Sunday 13th April Beer Ride Meet at Noon at Urbis for a ride into the peaks with a few stops at some nice country pubs. Saturday 19th April 2pm: 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 From 1pm Platt Fields Park Teams from around the UK compete to win the I Bike MCR Polo Tournament Get in touch if you'd like to enter your team or would like tips on forming a team to take part. Friday 25th April Critical Mass Bike ride 6pm Central Library Followed by End of I Bike MCR Festival Party (everyone invited!!!): 8pm - 4am Venue TBC With... Bands: Cash for Your Stories, The Kirkz 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. More events to be posted soon! If you'd like to put on an event or workshop please contact us info@ibikemcr.org.uk

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