Shambala Festival Ride

Will happen again this year. The W.Mids ride will be starting outside FOE building on the Thurs before Aug bank hol weekend, pick up folks in Cov (venue tbc, hoping it'll be the Peace House) and then on to the Shambala festival site.

There'll be a single van to carry everyones tents and rucksacks / beer etc. It's a 50 mile ride and we've all day so it'll be very steady (anticipate dep Cov at 1pm after lunch).

What we need is folks who're going to Shambala, in the area, to choose to sign up to the rides - last year we had folks on it but not as big an uptake as the other rides (Derby, Leics, Shef, Bristol).

http://www.shambalafestival.org/

Also - some local advice from the Birmingham crew please - best way out of the city from Allison St, without hitting the A45 roads? Thinkin A34(?) towards Solihull then cut across to Hampton in Arden > Meriden kinda direction? Any other suggestions? I'll be riding that stretch at some point to test it so if anyone wants a Fixie spinout lemme know and I'll keep you posted on dates.

its on this year. myself and some friends do the graffiti demo's there. Was real good last year.

^ is that a yes to the ride then?

Were you using that digital graffiti board too last year?

lol. I couldnt make that ride in one peice. It would kill me! No..we didnt use the digital graf board. There were big walls built especially for us. We were there all week. Ill put some fliks up later. Had a good laugh. We saw all the cyclests arrive. I usually go up with the guys from jibbering

Still waiting for those wall flicks nyquil... ;)

Anyone know a good safe route out of Birmingham (Warehouse Cafe) towards Cov, & can plot it onto Mapmyride for me?

lol. I couldnt make that ride in one peice. It would kill me! No..we didnt use the digital graf board. There were big walls built especially for us. We were there all week. Ill put some fliks up later. Had a good laugh. We saw all the cyclests arrive. I usually go up with the guys from jibbering

yes you could. you might not think you can but you can. 50 miles in one day is surprisingly doable for even the meagrest of pedalists.

im tempted to come on this but i cant afford the ticket... anyone know of any volunteer work opportunities going?

Try contacting Shambala - they'll be able to tell you who is providing services (e.g. Litter Picking) which may need volunteers.

I've asked for a list of Brum/Cov ticket buyers so we can call and try to get them to join the ride. If we don't get a big uptake then it's unlikely future rides will be arranged from this neck of the woods - meaning more cars going over and a less sustainable festival in future. With that in mind, if you know anyone who is going please mention the bike rides - we're not going to be riding fast (8 mph ave, including stops), all luggage is carried in a van, and it'll be lots of fun.