Archive for the 'BMX' Category
HHBC Gets Organised
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 rides to [...]
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CDO Visits BBC
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, and [...]
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HHBC at AGM
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 [...]
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Bingham Bicycle Club Dates
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 Bingham [...]
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BMX Track to be Rebuilt?
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 where Olympic [...]
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