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hi
we have a manchester bike history tour tomorrow and we are stopping at a few places where people will meet us to talk about the spaces and the cycling history of mcr.
At the place where the old fallowfield track used to be my friend Allan is gonna talk about what it was like to ride on the track..BUT i thought it might be good promotion for you and real interesting if you also wanted to talk at that spot about the history of the manchester wheelers.
Here is the details/timetable
Please let me know ASAP if you want to be included in the schedule
EMAIL info@ibikemcr.org.uk
Love nes
MCR Bike History Tour
5:30pm Meet on the steps outside Manchester University Students Union.
5.45pm Harry Halls
Harry gained reputation as arguably the top British mechanic of his era, from some of the World's most prestigious races such as the Tour de France, the Tour of Mexico, the Peace Race and major events in the UK calendar, such as the Leeds Classic. In 1967 Tour de France Harry was mechanic to the British racing cyclist Tom Simpson, who on the 13th July died in a tragic but glorious attempt to do what no Briton has done before - to win the Tour de France.
5.50pm Bicycle Sculpture Deansgate Train Station
This giant bicycle by Deansgate Station was created by George Wyllie, who also has a sculpture - New Broom - in the Northern Quarter. Life Cycle was commissioned for a conference on the environment in 1995.
6pm MOSI (Vintage Cycling Society)
http://www.mosi.org.uk/
Small-scale bicycle manufacture began in Manchester in the second half of the nineteenth century. This continues today, but most bicycles used here now are made elsewhere.
6.20pm Friends Meeting House (GMCC)
http://www.gmcc.org.uk/main/
Since 1981 the Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign have been working, voluntarily, to make cycling in Greater Manchester quicker, safer, easier and more enjoyable.
6.30pm Central Library (Critical Mass/ I Bike MCR) http://www.ibikemcr.org.uk/
Critical mass is a monthly bike ride taking place every last friday of the month. Hundreds of cyclists ride through the city streets to show how bikes are a better way of travelling in a congested city than motor vehicles. We see it as a celebration rather than a demonstration.
7pm Fallowfield Loop
http://www.cycle-routes.org/fallowfieldloopline/
In 2001 The Friends of the Fallowfield Loop campaigned to turn a derelict railway line into an off road cycle path. The route goes from Chorlton through Fallowfield and Levenshulme to Gorton and Fairfield in Manchester.
7.20pm Platt Fields park
A Mural painted during this years I Bike MCR Annual Festival by the cycling community.
7.30pm Fallowfield Velodrome
The cycle track was originally of shale, later resurfaced with concrete, 509 yards in circumference with 30-degree bankings. The stadium hosted cycling events for the 1934 British Empire Games. In 1955 sprint cyclist Reg Harris
Reg Harris bought the stadium and it was for a period renamed the Reg Harris Stadium.
In 1956 a sensational Fallowfield debut shot the 18 year-old unknown Simpson into the limelight of British Cycle Racing. On his route to the final of the British Pursuit Championship. he defeated triple reigning, British, Empire and World Champion, Norman Sheil. Quite naturally, the occasion proved a little too much for the young Simpson and he was defeated in the Final by Mike Gambrill.
It was on Easter Monday, 1959, again at Fallowfield, that TOM SIMPSON made his farewell appearance as an amateur when he won the last event of the afternoon. the 10 mile trophy race. Two days later he left for France to "Seek fame and fortune as a bike rider"!
7.40pm Bicycle Doctor
7.50pm Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op
8pm Whitworth park + Bike Polo
In 2007 I Bike MCR had their first bike polo practise. Now people play 3 times a week and take part in and host national and international tournaments. They often play in the court at Whitworth park.
8.15pm Bicycle Boutique
8.30pm Sandbar
Every Friday night we have a cyclist’s social here. We also start some of our rides such as the moonlight ride, ladies ride and many more from here. It’s just a nice pub really.
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