Birmingham Events Calendar 2011

This is going to be a quickview 2011 calendar of cycling events. Focusing on birmingham and the west midlands but not exclusive.
Just post details below or pm me and i'll update.

January
Cycle jumble, High Wycombe, HP12 3BW - 23rd Jan 10am
Tour De Nock Charity Sportif WS15 2LB - 30th Jan

February
Exenger of Doom Audax ft. Rob, 19th Feb, Starts from Hartlebury, 830am
Worcester Cycle Jumble, WR2 4AF - 19th Feb 10am

March
Redditch Road Cycle Jumble, B97 5AQ - 12th March 10am

April
Kidderminster Cycle Jumble, DY10 1PP - 16th April 10am
Rollapaluza National Series - Midlands Region. The Rainbow Courtyard, Thurs 28th April Qualifiers from 6 - 9pm

May
Girls and their Bikes 'Royal Wedding Ride', 1st May.
Femme Pedale Spring Fling Ride 7th May
Wyre Forest Stinger spotif, 08th May 8-10am
Bike Jumble @ Mother Girl - Sunday 22nd May, 3.30pm.
British and Irish Cycle Courier Champs, Edinburgh, 27-29th.

June
UCE European BMX Championships, Perry Park June 18 + 19th

July
Birmingham to London Ride Sat 2nd July
Birmingham to Oxford ride, 3rd July. Start; Canon Hill park 7:15-9am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunwich_Dynamo 16/17th July. Join Dan_lj and other LFGSS peeps.
London Open - Bike Polo Tournament - 30+31st July.

August

September
BOIKZMOIND Screening - Spotted dog pub, Digbeth, Thursday September 8th.
Brum Tweed Ride - Sunday 25th September.

October

November

December

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REGULAR EVENTS
Critical Mass 1st Friday of every month (BHM)
Birmingham Beers - check for dates
Birmingham Bike Polo - check for times and the website

Regular events - POLO?

Also I'm gonna do the Dunwich Dynamo (16/07/11) this year if anyone fancies joining me for a 200km night ride out of London. http://www.lfgss.com/thread48013-2.html

Wyre Forest Stinger 08/05/11 [FONT=Arial]http://thestinger.co.uk/[/FONT] although probably on gears... weak I know

Thanks for putting the beers in Fin.

i'm thinking of giving the dunwich dynamo a go, i need to up the number of miles i can ride though. the most i've managed fixed is a shade over 50

gonna do the Birmingham to Oxford as well this year
http://www.bike-events.com/Ride.aspx?id=264

gonna do the Birmingham to Oxford as well this year
http://www.bike-events.com/Ride.aspx?id=264

Did this last year - it was an amazing ride

Im up for the dynamo. Brum pelaton anyone?

Im up for the dynamo. Brum pelaton anyone?

I promised Emily I would ride it with her so will get the same train with you if you want

anyone up for doing some longer rides over the weekend in the coming months?
i need to make sure i get out on my bike and and not go to the boozer on a saturday night otherwise i'll end up not doing the dunwich dynamo

Depending on Holiday dates could be up for both Brum to Oxford and the Dulwhich Dynamo!
Gotta book a trip to Cuba at some point though.

Forum for Birmingham cyclists:

http://tinyurl.com/4a6jbpp

There's going to be a Femme Pedale Ride on 7th May, 15-20 miles with a pub stop, will add a link when Lauren's done her route plan. As usual, all welcome, but the aim is to support more women cyclists especially those who want some experience riding on road.
It's also the weekend of Oxford Cycle festival apparently, not exactly Brum but it counts as the Midlands!

Ladies cyclist drinks after Critical Mass this friday. The Anchor, 7.30pm. Hope you can make it Nan.

Girls and Their Bikes 'Royal Wedding Ride', 1st May, to Sutton Park. Picnic when we get there!

Dunwich Dynamo main thread (people are thinking about organising a coach back)
http://www.lfgss.com/thread48013.html

• West Mids Cycle Exhibition opens at We Are Birmingham 7th June
  
• next At The Ride In is last week of June (waiting to hear where the containers are being moved)
  
• hopefully Cycle Symphony first week of July (as above)
  

just made donation for july b-o ride

Did nobody go to the BMX track opening yesterday?!!?

Nope, apart from CycleAde there aren't many BMX racers on here are there? I was too busy trying a solo breakaway at the Birmingham Circuit Races to go watch grown men ride about on children's bikes ;)

nice dude! You should do a write-up. I wanna go down and check it out some point next weekend or the one after, I don't BMX (despite riding the bowl this weekend) but be good to spread the word!

I have done a write-up on my blog, nothing worth reading TBH it's just a personal record for me to look back on. Which bowl do you mean, the one by Allens Croft rd? My front wheel washed out on that because of all the dust. And some genius at Bham council decided to put a set of steps in the middle of it. Good idea, an obstacle with sharp edges in a place where people travel fast.

nah Clissold Park, London. First thing I said when I got there, "That fence looks way too close to the edge and it's got sharp metal bits!"...an hour later and about five injuries caused by the fence to various riders/skaters. Council = idiots.

Send me ya blog link, I'll put you on my links page.

Apparently a fox was found dead in there. It got stuck and couldn't get out and died (cry me a river) Anyway, the council were worried the same might happen with a person.. So they came in and slapped a flight of stairs right on the hip and fucked the lines up. They could have at least built some faux 'pool' steps or something. Cheers Bhm Council you twats!

Apparently a fox was found dead in there. It got stuck and couldn't get out and died (cry me a river) Anyway, the council were worried the same might happen with a person.. So they came in and slapped a flight of stairs right on the hip and fucked the lines up. They could have at least built some faux 'pool' steps or something. Cheers Bhm Council you twats!

That's what I heard too.

Best park for me is the one by the Blues ground / heartlands hospital. It's not the best park, not very well designed but of all the 'not very well designed' skateparks I've ridden it's the best, simply because of the awesome 'far from perfect but I'm not gonna complain because it's so awesome to ride' bowl.

Only real problem is it's in a shady part of Brum and you really need to take a dustpan and broom to get rid of the rubble before you ride it... A gun is useful too for self defence but you risk getting jailed for unlawful posession of a firearm.

Dunwich Dynamo main thread (people are thinking about organising a coach back)
http://www.lfgss.com/thread48013.html

So probably gonna regret sticking my head above the parapet, but who's still interested in this from brum? I've a few friend who are up for it and was thinking of renting a van to bring back bikes and possibly people? If there's a few I'll start a new thread to discuss.

Interested in DD Dan's Van.
1.dan_lj +4

Right you BMXers, The Girls BMX Tour is heading to creation skatepark this eve. Just heard from Juliet Elliot that they're leaving Liverpool now so will be there approx 6pm? Who's in? Can go for a cruise after/maybe take them to Perry Park?