I Bike MCR Festival is an annual grassroots bike event. The Third I Bike MCR month long annual grassroots bike festival will take place
from Friday 27th March to Friday 24th April 2009
For the timetable and information
click here
Timetable
Click on each event to get more info - details for more events are coming soon
If you would like to register for an event, and make sure you receive up-to-date information on it, please use the festival registration form
Bike Art Blitz During the whole festival we shall be running an art exhibition literally in our city. Put up your bike art for everyone to enjoy without the complications of walls and ceilings! Then add pictures of it to the Bike Art Blitz map . Then on the 24th April Critical Mass will ride to each arty site to visit and admire your work.
Friday 27th march 6pm Central Library Critical Mass 8pm-2am Opening Party
Saturday 28th March 11am-7pm Platt Fields park
I Bike Platt Fields Park
Sunday 29th March 11:30 Meet at the Lakeside Centre, Platt
Fields Park
Mural Painting
and Kidical Mass on the Fallowfield Loop
Tuesday 31st March 6pm MR2, Manchester Universtity SU Building
Art Ride
Wednesday 1st April 6:30pm Meet at the Lakeside Centre, Platt Fields
Park
April Fuels Day Ride
A ride along a green cycleway with an expert to teach us which plants we can
eat.
Thursday 2nd April 7pm Venue TBA
Bike
MCR Conference
MCR's campaign groups get together
7pm Platt Fields Park
Bike Polo Practice
Friday 3rd April 8pm The Sandbar
Karaoke Bike Ride
Saturday 4th April Noon St Clements Church, Chorlton
I Bike MCR goes to Chorlton's
Big Green Festival
8pm The Sanbar, Grosvenor Street
Moonlight Ride
Sunday 5th April 4pm The Cornerhouse Cinema
Bike Film screening: Monkey Warfare
Tuesday 7th Aprill 7pm The Deaf Institute
Keirin Race Night
Wednesday 8th April 6:30pm Pankhurst Centre, Nelson Street
Ride Like A Girl
A new monthly ride for women cyclists followed by
PARTY at The Deaf Institute, Grosvenor St (Everyone including boys welcome to the afterparty!!!)
Thursday 9th April 7pm Platt Fields Park
Bike Polo Practice
Friday 10th April
9am cyclists Central Library
9.45am trainriders Victoria Station
I Bike MCR Pace Egg Ride to Heptonstall
(some come on bikes some on trains!)
Saturday 11th April Noon The Bar, Chorlton
Beer + Deer Ride
A ride in Cheshire with lots of beer stops
Sunday 12th April 11am Manchester Student Union (pm in Platt
Fields Park)
The Spokes Ladies Day
Monday 13th April Noon Delamere Forest Visitors Centre
Mountain Biking and Leisure Ride at Delamere Forest
Tuesday 14th April 6:30pm Meet at the Lakeside Centre, Platt
Fields Park
Seedball Ride
Wednesday 15th April 7pm Basement Bar, The Deaf Institute,
Grosvenor st
Film Night: A Sunday in Hell
Thursday 16th April 7pm Platt Fields Park
Bike Polo Practice
Friday 17th April 6pm The Sandbar, Grosvenor St
Hell Of the North West Alleycat and Alleykitten
Saturday 18th April 2pm The Sugden Centre Carpark, off Oxford
Road
Yo Fixie
Sunday 19th April Noon Platt Fields Park
Bike Polo Tournament
Teams from all over Europe competing!
Tuesday 21st April 7pm The Bike Statue at Deansgate Train
Station
Dumpster Dive Ride
Wednesday 22nd April 6pm meet at the Bicycle outside Deansgate
Train Station
Earth Day Ride
Thursday 23rd April 7pm Platt Fields Park
Bike Polo Practice
Friday 24th April 5pm Central Library
Bike Art Workshop: make your bike look beautiful for our bike art parade around
the city
6pm Central Library Critical Mass
critical mass/ bike art parade- Dress up your bike and win a prize for the most
beautiful bike. The ride will stop at different pieces of bike art created in
our city during the festival
(see Bike
Art Blitz )
8pm Closing Party with BIKE JOUSTING COMP bring tall bikes, jousts and some GRRRRRR!