Archive for the ‘BMX’ Category

 Hunters Hall Bike Club now has a nice tidy workshop.  The H.H. Housing Co-op added the helmet/vest hooks and a board for hanging the tools.  The waistcoats, tools and helmets were bought with money from a programme funded by the Scottish Executive (administered by Sustrans) for tackling the school run.  As well as basic bike maintenance, HHBC members go on local [...]


CDO Visits BBC

20Oct07

City of Edinburgh Council’s new Cycling Development Officer, Richard Orr, visited the Bingham Bicycle Club yesterday and was impressed with what he found!   The garage with a pile of bikes that had been abandoned all over Bingham and rescued by the concierge; the ‘really nice kids’; the neglected BMX track - ‘I see great potential’; the Bings - ‘even more potential, [...]


HHBC at AGM

26Sep07

Photo Susan FinlaysonAfter nearly a year of bike fixing and rides, the young people in the HHBC told Co-op members about the Club. Development Worker Scott Weatherstone reports: “One of the highlights of Hunters Hall Housing Co-op’s recent AGM was the appearance of several members of the Co-op’s Bike Club. The children, admirably kitted out [...]


The first two dates for the Bingham Bicycle Club have been fixed. The lucky first day is Friday the 13th, the second is a week later. Over 12s are welcome at 2.00, others can join in after 3.00. The photo shows some local young people getting a sneak preview of the Club’s base in the [...]


People from Hunters Hall are lucky to have a BMX track on their doorstep. It’s been sadly neglected since the last time BMXing was a popular activity. BMX is now an Olympic sport! It will therefore be on everyone’s TV screens as part of next year’s Games. Ironically BMX racing is replacing the 1km race [...]



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