This weekend sees the 5th Ritchey Bristol Bikefest, one of the UK's main endurance events. Action kicks off on Friday evening and carries on till Sunday evening at Ashton Court, just outside Bristol.
There's a twelve hour solo and team event on Saturday (9th June) and the UK Single Speed Championships take place on the Sunday morning(10th June) before the start of the six hour solo and team endurance event at 11am.
As well as the races, there's a great musical line-up with live music and DJs running from early evening late into the night on Friday and Saturday. On top of that there's a broad selection of the latest bikes and kit which will be available for testing over the weekend.
Entries are still open for September's Kona Cheddar Bikefest, formerly the 'Cheddar Challenge' which looks like a good event to round off the racing season. After running for 20 years, it was cancelled in 2006 but now revived:
"expect a relaxed atmosphere, a great course with all the old favourites, excellent camping facilities and lots of new gear to check out."
Thanks to my ex-colleague James, I'm reminded to suggest an alternative destination if you can't make Bristol this weekend. If you're looking for something unusual this weekend then I'd like to alert you to the World Naked Bike ride taking place on the 8th and 9th of June in London, Brighton, York, Southampton and Manchester as well as some 65 other cities worldwide.
As well as making a statement against our dependency on oil:
"The ride draws attention to the elegant simplicity of the bicycle, highlights the vulnerability of riders in traffic and celebrates the power and individuality of our bodies."
Posted by Caroline
