Category: Events

We’re off for some mountain bike action tomorrow morning and everyone’s invited! We’ll be meeting at Treadlies Bike Shop in Kingston (south of Hobart) at 10am on Saturday Jan 5 (that’s tomorrow). We’ll be heading out through Peter Murrell Reserve to the Tinderbox Hills and about the general Kingston/Blackmans Bay/Howden area. I’m not super familiar with trails down that way, but the riding I’ve done down there has been a shitload of fun.

If you want more info drop us an e-mail!

Ben says to bring your boardshorts!

The Tasmanian summer carnivals are under way, with the Roseberry carnival kicking it all off last Saturday. Plenty of track racing excitement to be witnessed over the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow the Silverdome in Launceston is going to to explode into a racing frenzy as the velodrome gets a proper work out. It’s the only indoor, banked wood velodrome in Tasmania and I’m sure as hell keen to go have a gander. A few of the BnC crew will be piling into the support panno and doing the trek up north, so keep an eye out for a bunch of shady bastards in black hoodies.

Some friends of ours from the shores of Melbourne are down to get involved and hit the tracks. Nath and Turbo have already rocked the Roseberry carnival after a late-night open road assault and they’ll be at the rest of them, bumping shoulders and clawing for victory. You can keep an eye on their progress and adventures on Nath’s blog, right here.

BnC track monster Ben Storer will be taking a turn on the circuit early next year for the Hobart and St Helens carnivals as well, so the cheer squad will be out in full force.

• 22nd December 2007 – Rosebery Carnival
• 26th December 2007 – Latrobe Carnival
• 28th December2007 – Mercure Hotel Launceston Carnival
• 29th/30th December 2007 – Devonport Carnival
• 1st January 2008 – Burnie Carnival
• 6th January 2008 – Hobart Carnival
• 19th January 2008 – St Helens Carnival

Hope you had a good christmas!

Massive shout out and thanks to all the crew who came out on Saturday for the amazing inaugural BnC event, Disciples Of The Iron Horse!

The sun was out with a genuine brutality that made for a stunning day, and damn harsh weather for riding the blacktop. BnC crew showed early to get things rolling and the Storer Brigade held no punches. The BBQ was fired up, the eskies were chilled and the stereo was turned up to 11. Slowly the wheels started to roll in and registration filled out.

We were graced with the presence of (solo) Team Pevis (McEllendale) who regaled us with tales from the early days of Tasmanian cycling, when men were men and bikes were solid cast iron. Safe to say those chronicles will be making their way to the BnC website in the near future so that they may be recorded for future generations to read, research, study and worship. Viewer discretion may be advised due to mature content, but that’s not the kind of thing to stop us.

Once we got under way the true heat of the day seemed to kick in. A Le Mans start saw our brave competitors sprint the Bocce field in true marathon style and leap upon their iron steeds. Pedals and wheels flew in all directions, but Continue reading “The Disciples ride strong!”

What: Bottles and Chains ‘Disciples of the Iron Horse’ Ride

When: Saturday November 24th @ 2:00pm

Where: Sandy Bay Sailing Club, Nutgrove Beach

Why: On one Saturday in 1882, a group of six cyclists from the Hobart
Bicycle Club competed in a race from Long Beach in Sandy Bay to Browns
River at Kingston Beach and back. The race took them several hours.

The road between Sandy Bay and Kingston in those days was an unformed
‘track’. The riders not only had to contend with mud, steep ungraded
climbs and scrub, but with their equipment also.. they were riding fixed
gear bicycles with brakes that were somewhat ineffectual downhill…
anyway they did it and now we’re going to do it too..!!

I keeping with the spirit of Bottles and Chains this will be an ‘informal’
event.. there’s no entry fee’s or alike and all and sundry are welcome..

Times:
Registration – 1:00pm – 1:45pm
Briefing – 1:45pm
Racing – 2:00pm

Categories:
The ride’s open to anyone but we’ll be organising everyone into four cats. Brakeless Fixed (aka Mad Bastards), Fixed/Singlespeed (aka The Legs), Roadies (aka Dopers) and Fat Tyres (aka Knobblies).

You need:
You have to bring a bike to ride and a helmet! Sensible clothes are not required, or encouraged.

Ride route:

Auxiliary Festivities:
The ride will be followed by plenty of beer and a BBQ at Long Beach/Nutgrove (whatever the hell beach it is). There will be someone kicking around there during the ride so if you want to bring along some snags/beer/vege burgers/etc and leave them there while you ride, that will be fine!

Everyone who enters will get a spoke card for the memories, and there might be some prizes for whoever makes it back first!

Questions?
Drop us an e-mail at info@bottlesandchains.com or call Mischa on 0438 599 147.

c/o Shifter Dan

To help you get over hump day, the Melburn chapter of Bottles and Chains are having their inaugural club ride, this Wednesday – Helloween.

Ride leaves The Tote, crn of Johnson and Wellington, Collingwood at 7pm.

Get into the spirit of the night, and dress to scare. Ride through the city and beyond – with numerous stops en-route to partake in refreshing adult beverages, and perhaps some trick or treating.

Bikes, booze, and grown men and women dressed in stupid costumes.

Prize for best costume. Does it get any better? Be there!

Ok, looks like Bottles and Chains are entering an enduro! It’ll be my first, but B-Stizzle will no doubt be keeping us in the running with his beer-fuelled legs of steel. Click more for details…

Continue reading “Six hours of sunshine…six hours of pain”