Great Manchester Cycle 2012

4 x LK240 Monos - 25th Anni models, natch... ;)

can we get drunk and heckle while cycling.

£10? wow must have low sign up rates right?

We can heckle and get drunk then go cycle somewhere to get more drunk.

We can heckle and get drunk then go cycle somewhere to get more drunk.

no! no cycling just sitting down, i might bring a deck chair

Can I at least use a bike to get to the area of sitting and drinking?

^ whilst you're undoubtably joking on this, someone caused no end of shit at the etape caledonia a couple of years back with pins on the road, and if it were to happen here in Manchester the organisers would be as pissed off as those behind that event.

I can't be arsed to Google but pretty sure someone was prosecuted for it.

^ whilst you're undoubtably joking on this, someone caused no end of shit at the etape caledonia a couple of years back with pins on the road, and if it were to happen here in Manchester the organisers would be as pissed off as those behind that event.

I can't be arsed to Google but pretty sure someone was prosecuted for it.

Was one of those high church nutters IIRC no prosecution presumably due to the dodgy handshake mob that run most Govt institutions in Scotland.

^ ah yeah, charges dropped I remember now. Was that you in the yellow cap racing the motors on Lever Street earlier (about 5pm)? Was seriously going for it!

Filled all my details in for this to find out that
"fixed wheel bikes are not allowed"
Why?????????
If it's got a front brake it's road legal
So why ban them????

Filled all my details in for this to find out that
"fixed wheel bikes are not allowed"
Why?????????
If it's got a front brake it's road legal
So why ban them????

thats wierd, just do it they wont notice anyway

Too hip.

I'm not paying a tenner then being told "you cant ride that"

if i had a freewheel i'd fit one then flip it over to fixed once out of sight
of the start

OK, so now we will find a suitable bank to shout and drink cider from and do bare skidz on our fixehs.

Because they read this thread.

Because drinking cider, shouting and doing bare skidz is well cool.

This ride pissed me off from the start. GMCC have been trying to get roads closed for events for year, always to get the cold shoulder. Sky turned up with money and they bent over backwards. Now a commercial events company manage to close the roads and priced riders out of the event, they then get sponsorship and tell local riders of road legal bikes* they are not welcome.

Rather than shouting at riders at an event we should be shouting at local council members. Elections are only 3 weeks away so they might well be knocking on your door in the next week or so. Ask them about cycling, ask them about the money they make from events like this.

*I can see why they might ban brakeless for insurance reasons but if it's road legal and in good working order then what's the problem?

Whilst drunk on cider? I mean the whole point is to get drunk on cider, right?

is there a map of the route? we should find our drinking area, preferably elevated and grassy

can i join on this? i can't bring beer but i'll bring artificially extra-caffeinated coffee.

as long as you can pretend drunk and shouty, I'll allow it.

as long as you can pretend drunk and shouty

i'll bring artificially extra-caffeinated coffee.

that should do the job.

For a good view point, wh not on some point of the route between where they come off of the manc way and before they get to the quays?

seems to be the most open part of the course?

As long as the kids can hear the abuse.