Bristol cycling city, just not on council land?

Well I hope you all had your snooze function set for when my sonorous tones lulled you to sleep. 🙂

I only heard the first bit as I had to get the kids up for school.
Was there anymore?

Craig was on again later and made some really good points about the location (there’s a cycling circuit there already; it’s home to a car boot sale which trashes large areas of the grass). There was a woman on who plays in a brass band and said that they’ve now started charging them to use bandstands. If I was part of the Parks and Events team my toes would be curling.

Sadly now it’s turned into a load of the usual cliched bollocks about cyclists jumping red lights and wearing stretchy weird clothes. Because, y’know, we’re all a homogenous mass, and that.

When pressed by Denning, the Council stated that a wet summer, coupled with budget cuts, meant that they weren’t prepared to put cycling events on and risk damage to facilities. When asked whether the suspension would also apply to football and rugby, the Council unsurprisingly confirmed that they’d be going ahead as normal.

I recall entering a cross race one sunny but soggy novemeber that took place on a large set of playing fields in the south west. The local council apparently took umbrage at the state of the grass afterwards. The races ran alongside two of the slidiest and muddiest rugby matches I have seen for a long time. I bet they never took that stand with the rugby league organiser. 👿

They play rugby league in the south west? though it was all union down there 😉

Julianwilson, the official line is that rugby and football pay more than CX. Thus justifying a £2500 damage bond. I would love to see their working on that one.

On iPlayer now.

About 34 minutes in.

Proper journalism makes mincemeat of knee-jerk press release shocker:

http://road.cc/content/news/70533-bristol-crossgate-council-responds

Just been told it will be in the evening post tomorrow (page 8)

Proper journalism

🙄

I gather Chipps has been out and about with a camera. Here’s his cross race, which took place this January. Pssssquirch.

And here’s the course now, after no reinstatement work whatsoever.

And that’s also after holding another race there in July.

Bristol Trials Group!? 😀

Mr A, how come you sound knowledgeable, coherent and eloquent when on the radio rather than a mumbling hoodie IRL? 🙂

Errr… I’d just imbibed a very large one of these.

You should do it more often 😉

Looks like the council has backed down. Go Craig!

looks like mother has been playing funny bugger with the council again aparentley she contacted bristol trails group after seing a post on facebook,had a moan to points west who then got the word around the system… 😆

Well done Ant, Craig and “mother” 😀

Rp16v, is your mum’s name Julia?

She’s been emailing all the mayoral candidates too, and even had a couple of responses.

Julie yes we got a couple of responses but there was nothing solid however one was a direct email nice an straight no bull or beating around the bush just a plain and simple ” asked for the report if i get in im happy to meet up and resolve the issue” where the others we hiding behind “oh well if its been made there must be good reson” which we all no was bull lol
she loves throwing a spanner in the works and will do anything to help cyclists beeing a keen one herself,congrats on the overturn i might still get a race nice and close to me.

It’s in the Post.

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/City-council-forbids-cycling-events-parks/story-17336963-detail/story.html

Conham River CX is on the 25 December thanks to the Severn Road Club.

🙂

I know : how about the NHS sponsor the CX series and pay the council the ridiculous rider levy.
After all we are saving the NHS obesity and related illness money.

Oh yeah and as for that article stating that the ban is ‘only temporary’ well they tried the same thing last year.

w@nker5

that reminds me : when I was at school their was an idea to tear up the school rugby & poofball pitches with our MX bikes. 😈

How about resurrecting that idea?

But thay already do that at hengrove with crossers lol not to mention the saterday booty

yeah and with road bikes they’ve nicked.

Faceplant in the mud though wet like it is out at the moment.

George is in!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-20340154

Hurray for George of the red panties!!!

Good call, Bristol. Should hopefully mean BRT2 is dead in the water too.

Here he is in 1979 helping to build the Saltford section of the Railway Path. Red trousers just out of shot.