Pedal MCR Fundraiser: Reggae + Roller Racing Results

In the basement of The Okasional Cafe in Fallowfield in Manchester we set up our rig whilst the soundsystem was also being built around us.

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Mens:

Everyone was already getting into the competitive spirit in the first round

Jp (23.818) Vs Harry (24.313)

Robbie (25.349) Vs Adam (26.307)

Will (23.554) vs Elliot (24.841)

Dennis (25.311) vs Penny (27.095)

Styx (30.347) vs Glen (24.306)

Scott (22.817) vs JD Rockafella (29.858)

Glen (24.081) vs Rich (25.333)

Callum vs Kieren

Ol (27.103) Vs Tom (25.064)

Round 2 (winners + fastest times)

Elliot (25.059) vs Harry  (25.059)

JP (24.308) vs Robbie (26.596)

Glen (24.3) vs Keiren (25.553)

Will (24.815) vs Scott (22.825)

Tom (24.818) vs Dennis (27.311)

Rich (23.079) vs Paul S (37.375)

Semi Final

JP (23.051) vs Glen (23.550)

Scott (22.815) vs Tom (24.820)

Rich (22.295) vs Elliot (25.296)

Final over 1000m

Rich vs Scott

Women

Beanie (28.836) vs Jenn (33.088)

Mens Placing:

1st Scott

2nd Rich

3rd JP

Special Prize: Tom

Thanks to everyone that took part and props to Jenn and Robbie for helping with the event. Big up to Elliot and Lyndon for playing some awesome tunes.

Times throughout the night (in order of fastest)

Rich (22.295)

Scott (22.815)

Scott (22.817)

Scott (22.825)

JP (23.051)

Rich (23.079)

Glen (23.550)

Will (23.554)

Jp (23.818)

Glen (24.081)

Glen (24.3)

Glen (24.306)

JP (24.308)

Harry (24.313)

Will (24.815)

Tom (24.818)

Tom (24.820)

Elliot (24.841)

Elliot (25.059)

Tom (25.064)

Elliot (25.296)

Dennis (25.311)

Rich (25.333)

Robbie (25.349)

Keiren (25.553)

Adam (26.307)

Robbie (26.596)

Penny (27.095)

Ol (27.103)

Dennis (27.311)

Beanie (28.836)

JD 29.858

Styx (30.347)

Jenn (33.088)

Pedal MCR Fundraiser: Reggae + Roller Racing

Friday 4th November
Okasional Cafe, 362 Wilmslow Rd, directly opposite the Ram & Shackle pub in
Fallowfield, a large red brick building with a ramp up to the front door.

Register at 7pm for Roller Racing
Great Northern Rollers legendary roller racing rig shall be set up for riders to race side by side on track bikes on state of the art Kreitler rollers.
http://greatnorthernrollers.org/

Prepare for blood, sweat and tears as we gear up for Hipsters vs Punks. Who are you gonna race for?

The electric atmosphere of the racing is incredible to watch so if you don’t fancy having a go, come along and cheer for your fave!

+ Come and dance your little socks off to Reggae and steppas til 3am

Pedal MCR Opening Event

We set up our rig in the new Pedal MCR workshop, a community bike project that doea Earn A Bike schemes, bike maintenance classes, Tool Club and loads of other bicycle education activities that suit people with smaller pockets.

Though most of the riders had not long since raced an alleycat they gave it their all. Sweat, blood and beers all night as in twos the racers battled it out.

1st Chicken

2nd Dickson

3rd Paul

With a special prize to Beanie for having the fastest wimmin’s time.

After a day packed with racing, bike games, eating, chilling, workshops and much more we sat down to watch bike movies together. What an awesome day. Thanks to everyone that made it happen.

I Bike MCR Festival 2011

This year we held our roller racing event for the I Bike MCR Festival at a beautiful new bar in the city called The Gaslamp. The participants were regular faces at I Bike MCR events, with from the fixed gear, critical mass, road riding, track scenes as well as commuters. A fantastic mix of lovely people.

Winners of each race went on to the next round, whilst losers were dropped. People were already taking things pretty seriously in the first round and getting really fantastic times, throughout the night the speeds increased with unexpected contestants giving more experienced riders a real run for their money.

Women
1st Lyndsay
2nd Zoe

Men
1st Dane
2nd Paul Barry
3rd Oli Lougheed

Thanks to everyone that came along

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Videos of BFF Liverpool

The good guys at Brother Cycles have posted up a report of the event including videos of a qualifier

BFF Liverpool x Great Northern Rollers – Wlll loses from Brother Cycles on Vimeo.

and the final that was raced over a kilo:

BFF Liverpool x Great Northern Rollers Final from Brother Cycles on Vimeo.

Also, it is really really worth watching this: just for laughs, like.
Cheers Brothers

Great Northern Rollers at the BFF Liverpool

On Friday, GNR made the short trip down the M62 to Liverpool for the opening party for the BFF’s first foray into the North of England.

The event kicked off at the Kazimier after some films were shown and Fixed Gear Trick competitions were held at FACT.

This being the first time a Roller Racing Night has been held in Liverpool, the audience was MEGA excited and enthusiastic and, led by the guys from Liverpool Track Skwad , a night of fantastic Roller Racing went down on our Revolution Track Bikes accompanied by brilliant DJs, a bicycle friendly band and a loud and enthusiastic crowd.

Some incredibly close and exciting racing brought these results:

Results:
Men:

1 Harry P
2 Chickin
3 Rich ‘Swandive’ Martins

Women:

1. Jen
2. Heather
3. Sara

A special mention has to go to Laura from the BFF, Heather from FACT and the brilliant folks at Brother Cycles who it was a pleasure to meet and sponsored the event, hope to see you guys soon.

What a great night! We LOVE Liverpool and can’t wait to come back!

GNR at I Bike MCR Fest #5

Wednesday 13th April

Roller Racing with Great Northern Rollers. 7pm The Gaslamp, 50a Bridge Street, M3 3BW.

Static bike racing competition, lots of fun for riders and spectators.

2 track bikes on rollers are clamped to the ground whilst riders sprint head to head over 500m (same distance as 2 laps of mcr velodrome). We project the riders progress as a clockface behind the competitors as they sweat it out.

Mens and Womens categories.

Amazing prizes to be won!

£3 entry to race (donation to I Bike MCR)

The BFF comes to the North, and GNR are kicking it off!

BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY WITH GREAT NORTHERN ROLLERS
THE KAZIMIER

Friday 8th April 2010
4-5 Wolstenholme Square
10:00pm – LATE
£5 to Roller Race

Bands, bikes and booze – the BFF North launch party promises to get messy! The Great Northern Rollers bring stationary bike races to Liverpool – hop on a roller and cycle as fast as you can head-to-head with your friends for prizes. With musical entertainment from bicycle-friendly hardcore bands Amateur Video and Grey Wilson, and the debut Liverpool performance of supergroup Bad Meds (members of Hot Club de Paris, ex-Indica Ritual and ex-Nowhere Fast combine).

GNR: Beryl Burton

So every month we’re going to post some of our favourite Great Northern Rollers from history. If you want to nominate a Great Northern Roller to be celebrated get in touch, all entries will be put into a draw to win a Great Northern Rollers Tshirt!

Who better to start with than the queen herself Beryl Burton.

Beryl Burton. Beryl Burton is a name I hear again and again. From Morley near Leeds, she is held by many as the greatest female cyclist of all time. When people talk of her they speak with respect yet also trepidation. She is known for being super competitive, a trait often deplored in women. Beryl was brilliant. She blatantly didn’t care about how she was supposed to act/ behave, she had a goal in mind and went for it.

She won 72 national individual time trial titles; she won four at 10 miles (the championship was inaugurated in 1978), 26 at 25 miles, 24 at 50 miles and 18 at 100 miles. Her last national solo time trial titles were achieved in 1986 (at 25 and 50 miles; she was part of the fastest team, Knaresborough CC, in the 50 mile event in 1989).

She also won a further 24 national titles in road racing and on the track: twelve road race championships, and 12 pursuit titles.

In 1967, she set a new 12-hour time trial record of 277.25 miles– a mark that surpassed the men’s record of the time by 0.73 miles and was not superseded by a man until 1969. While setting the record she caught and passed Mike McNamara who was on his way to setting the men’s record at 276.52 miles and winning that year’s men’s British Best All-Rounder. She is reputed to have given him a liquorice allsort as she passed him. How cool is that?!

She also set about 50 new national records at 10, 15, 25, 30, 50 and 100-mile distances; her final 10, 25 and 50-mile records each lasted 20 years before being broken, her 100-mile record lasted 28 years, and her 12-hour record still stands today. Her prowess led to the rare distinction, for a woman, of an invitation to compete in the Grand Prix des Nations in 1967.

She missed out on the chance of Olympic medals, because female cycling wasn’t included in the Olympics until 1984.

My Ex’s dad raced against her in a time trial once and told me she was like a bullet, that no-one could catch her.

Pedal M16

Great Northern Rollers and Pedal MCR came together for an evening of free bicycle fun at a local youth and community centre.

With bike maintenance classes, indoor roller racing, recycling bike parts to make jewellery, badge making and Doctor Bike.

Massive thanks to all the amazing volunteers + participants that made it so fantastic