Hellbound And Pedalling
This month’s ‘Last Thursday‘ ride will be on a TUESDAY and we’ll head to the Collins Street Bike Lanes Public Meeting at City Hall to make some noise.
Meet at Hamlet Cafe at 5pm, rock your gang colours if you’ve got ‘em. Battle jackets, hoodies, XC kit, whatever!
Get tickets from the CoH web site…or @streetspeoplelovehobart might have a link in their bio. Or just show up, I’m sure they’ll let you in.
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Bottles and Chains present ~ ‘TRIAL OF CHAMPIONS’ Alleycat Race.
Saturday 29 March.
16:00 @ The Cenotaph
All welcome – Free entry
Prizes for 1st / 2nd / 3rd
Mixed surface ride
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The Last Thursday – Eastern Rising
The Team BnC February social ride will travel to the east for unseen before sights and radventure. Mixed terrain as usual (still track bike appropriate/inappropriate)
Meet 17:00 @ Franklin Square. Mid ride munch and whistle wetter somewhere… No drop. All welcome.
The route for the Team BnC January social ride is to be confirmed… Undoubtedly, it’ll be a mixed surface spin, I’ll be on a trackbike so anything goes – please comment if you want a return to the New Town Rivulet waterholes for a mid-ride stop and swim. Meet 17:00 @ Franklin Square. Post ride munch and whistle wetter somewhere… No drop. All welcome.
Hey Folk, it is that time of year again – BnC AGM!
This year we’re hosting the AGM as a social mixed terrain ride out to a secret swimming spot in the suburbs. Plan is hit the waterhole, drink a tin or two, cast a vote for the BnC Presidential candidates (announced on the night) and see who will lead us into 2025.
We’ll conclude the pedal at one of our usual haunts for a yarn and feed. All welcome. Ride any bike. Bring your boardies. Direct message your Presidential nominees to @TEAMBNC on Instagram.
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The Last Thursday ride for November found us threading a loop through urban spaces knitting together the pave, dirt and gravel hidden behind Sandy Bay’s sealed roads. ‘Under-biking’ was a theme throughout; vintage road bike slicing up muddy trails in Lambert Park? Check. Fixed gear descent of Lampton Avenue? Tick. Sending a stone staircase on 23c tyres? (…can’t claim an affirmative on this as it ended in blooded knees). Thanks to the nine riders who rolled out at the end of a soggy day for a very fun evening turning pedals. See you all again next month.
A dreary and overcast Monday in Hobart. Stuck in a drab, fluorescent lit office in the northern suburbs. Needing a break from the screens I slipped outdoors, threw a leg over my track bike, stomped the pedals and rolled away into the urban expanse. For thirty minutes I hopped off curbs, slid between cars and coasted through a maze of side streets. My mood immediately lifted. With each rotation of the cranks I felt better. I watched the shadow cast by wheels play across the pavement, a flickering film of dark and light. The buzz of my freewheel in sync with the industrial sounds of this northern neighbourhood. A beautiful window of time to play and feel. With a smile I returned to the workplace, rejuvenated and ready for another stint on the keyboard. What a panacea a bicycle is.
The ‘Wizard of Dirt’ alley cat race was run (and won) this past Saturday on a blue-sky spring afternoon. 17 Adventurers set out on a quest to locate 5 scrolls scattered across the land… On each scroll was recorded a single word of power, collect the 5 words to form a spell needed to defeat the Wizard of Dirt and claim his magical sword. Adventurers had to memorise the spell and quickly cast it, or risk being struck down by the Wizard. What ensued was a very fun afternoon of riding and laughs. Adventurers were stumped finding the Trolls Lair scroll (hidden INSIDE the old Beaumaris Zoo site) and anyone over 40 struggled to memorise the words of power. Paul was first to defeat the Wizard and raise the sword but nearly all successfully completed the quest.. (…do recall Matt, Jack, Kiwi and Mitchell cooking their spell casting). Thank you to all that attended and to Tinker General Store for being the major sponsor. Love!
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Screen printing production has recommenced. Want a Bnc ‘ Magic Forest’ patch for your battle jacket or mess bag? Come win one at this weekends ‘Wizard of Dirt’ alleycat race.
Our little bike gang is certainly going through a renaissance. In 2024 we’ve hosted the monthly ‘The Last Thursday’ social rides, played a major role in delivering the Australian Single Speed Nationals, threw the first of two AlleyCat races, and later this month we’re putting on an old school CX event out at Dodges. ….but what I’m liking best about this hubbub of activity is the regrowth and gathering of our alternative cycling community. You can feel the love for bikes and their people in Hobart right now.
