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Keeping you up to date all things biking in this amazing part of the country. There will be fun stuff (yey!), some serious stuff (boo!), some news, some pics and some random goings on in the world of Big Bear Bikes.
Big Bear Bikes gave the Police a Ticket this week. In fact not just one but nineteen of them! BBB recently beat off the competition for a tender to supply Humberside Police with a fleet of Trek bikes. After some great work by the team at the shop followed by a long day in Hornsea police station car park fitting accessories and Police stickers, our boys in blue (actually isnt it more like black now?) were well chuffed. Thanks to Paul Pickering for his help too.
Hi Big Bear Bikes!
Just a note to say how helpful you were on our holiday this half term. We visited your shop three times over the week: twice for new inner tubes and the third time you fixed our bike rack for us with some zip-ties. Ingenious! If you hadn't fixed it for us then we couldn't have driven home with the bikes! Your staff were very helpful and kind, and our biking holiday would have been ruined without you! Thank you!
Sunday 13th was round 3 of the Nutcracker MTB XC series held in our very own Dalby Forest. BBB had two entrants as the rest of the team are mainly enjoying themsleves on mountain bikes in the USA!
The race circuit was most of the UCI World Cup loop but without the Dixon's Hollow bit, the 'bus stops' in Worry Gill and the last section of Medusa's Drop over the roots which can be quite slippery if damp (!!!).
Sam B was in the Sports (20-29) category with a four lap race. The weather stayed dry and Sam was running a very strong 8th when he had to withdraw due to a reoccurrence of a knee injury and thought, with his knee rapidly tightening, that discretion was better than valour. However, the phrase 'pain is temporary, quitting is permanent' was heard to be muttered by one of the band of supporters...
Wayne E was riding in the Masters (30-39) category with a five lap race but unlike everybody else he had forgotten to bring any gears on his bike - mad! He was using the race as a last 'speed' training session before doing Mountain Mayhem next weekend in the Solo Single Speed class. During the race, the weather turned and Dalby retrurned to its usual mud-fest but we don't know how Wayne did until the results are posted. After the five lapper he continued on and led the two hour BBB shop ride for us - a very big thanks Wayne.
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