Tuesday 13th January Weekly Newsletter

Web Version  |  Unsubscribe TABLE OF CONTENTS • Welcome Back! • Leigh Woods Enduro Cake Racing • BMX Trip - Rampworld, Cardiff (2nd Feb) • Training this week • British Cycling Membership & Insurance • Picture of the Week • Purchase Membership • With thanks to our sponsors. Other Cycling Stuff Food Cycle Get on your bike, prevent food waste and help out a great community project. Volunteers needed Saturdays 9-10pm and Sunday mornings (cycling or cooking). Welcome Back! We hope you've had a great break from Uni and you're all raring to go for a jam packed term of Cycling. We'll be announcing the club trips soon. In other news: Enduro Cake Racing - MTB first ride back (25th Jan) will be some racing for cake in Leigh Woods (more details below) Tour de Burrito date (potential) change. Now Thursday 19th March. Brizbikes - A team of students from the Bristol Hub are working on an exciting initiative to encourage students at the University of Bristol to get cycling. 'Brizbikes' is a social enterprise bicycle rental scheme that will allow students and staff to rent a bicycle for a term or a year. Hoping to encourage more students to cycle to university and around Bristol. They're keen to get as much student feedback as possilbe and would appreciate it if you could fill in this short survey. Leigh Woods Enduro Cake Racing Time: 10am, 25th January. Location: Leigh Woods (meet at suspension bridge) Facebook Event The Leigh Woods Enduro has a well-deserved reputation for being one of the most intense races in UOBCC’s Cake Racing Series. Steep, gnarly, rooty, rocky, descents pitch undergraduate rookies against lingering UOBCC legends. Here’s the format: • Ride 3 or 4 off-piste Leigh descents. • Descents will be timed. • Riders’ times on each descent will be summed. • The rider with the shortest overall time wins cake or something… Meet at 10am at Clifton Suspension Bridge DISCLAIMER: This is meant to be a bit of fun. That being said, it will be wet and the off-piste Leigh stuff is steep and sketchy. This won't be beginner friendly. BMX Trip - Rampworld, Cardiff (2nd Feb) BMX Session at Rampworld Cardiff 2nd February 8-11pm Elky has booked a private hire session at the awesome Rampworld Cardiff, its a huge indoor park, all wooden, with bowls, big jump lines, and street sections, not to mention a foam pit and resi-ramp. This isn’t a club affiliated trip, but anyone with a BMX or MTB who thinks this sounds like fun, get in touch with Mike Elkington at me6350@bristol.ac.uk to get involved. If you want more info, feel free to contact Nat Aaronson by email or on Facebook. Training this week Unless you hear otherwise, there are no training rides over the exam period. Regular rides will recommence from Sunday 25th January (MTBers see cake racing for details). Feel free to use the facebook group to organise unofficial rides. British Cycling Membership & Insurance In order to race in British Cycling events, you'll need a race licence and to get that you need to be a member of British Cycling. If it's your first year, get a £20 discount here. (Promo code: NEWCMRA) Bronze: Provisional licence. This is enough for most BMX, MTB or Cyclocross races, however road or circuit races still require you to pay additional £5/race. Silver/Gold: Required in order to buy a Full Race licence (extra £35). This allows you to earn points for yourself and the club. More info here. Options for Insurance CTC Membership (£18): 3rd Party insurance cover and legal support (on/off-road, inc. sportives and time trialing). Other perks listed here. BC Silver (£40 or £20 1st year): Liability insurance (inc. racing) and Legal support (inc. racing) BC Gold(£69 or £49 1st year): Personal accident insurance and Enhanced bike insurance discount. Picture of the Week Here's to a great 2015 full of cycling. Image source. Purchase Membership With thanks to our sponsors. See our website for more info about our sponsors and what special deals they can offer. You're receiving this email because you have signed up to The University of Bristol Cycling Club mailing list. Unsubscribe The University of Bristol Cycling Club, UBU, Richmond Building, 105 Queens Road, Bristol. BS8 1LN