BIKE FEST 2012

 

 

 Welcome to the pages for this years Shropshire Bike Fest 2012. This event is the main attraction in a year of events that aims to promote safer riding and better training in Shropshire.

We have a top line up of entertainment, attractions and traders as well as some good family fun and it’s all FREE! So, if you’re a seasoned biker wanting to have an observed ride with the IAM or RoSPA or whether you’re a novice and want to pick up tips, advice and have a free go in our Biker Experience arena, there’s something for bikers of all abilities and ages.

This page is regularly updated so keep checking back.

 

 

 

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SUNDAY 24th JUNE 2012

MEOLE BRACE PARK & RIDE,

 SHREWSBURY

 

Where is it?

 

This year, we are lucky to have use of Meole Brace park and ride site, on the outskirts of Shrewsbury. This massive car park has everything we need to make the Fest a success. Great access, loads of parking for bikes, as well as masses of additional parking off site for cars.

 

The park and ride is easily accessable off the main A5 ring road around Shrewsbury. There will be signs dotted on all approaches.

 

We will be able to accomodate 3-400 bikes on site and a small number of disabled badge vehicles. 

Below is a satellite image of Meole Brace

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Below is a short video of a charity ride out in 2011 showing Meole Brace car park

 
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The planning for this years West Mercia Bike Fest event is well underway. We have enlisted top events planning team EKHint International to put the show on for us.

 

Learning from last years show and seeing where we could improve things, we now have a much better site ,on tarmac, with ample free parking. Having a bigger site means we can exhibit more varied attractions including a motorcycle display team, climbing wall and assault course, off road displays and alot more.

 

TRADERS LOUNGE…

CALLING ALL TRADERS:  If you would like to be involved in this years show, with an anticipated turnout of 10,000, please get in touch. Pitch fees will be far lower than other shows with a flat fee of £10 per sq metre frontage up to a maximum of £60. Don’t forget, as a non profit group, ALL funds raised go to both the Midlands County Air Ambulance and the Road safety Outreach display to further promote and enhance safer riding on Shropshires roads.

 

To enquire about a stall, contact PC Mick Sturland on 07792 774 058 or e mail:

michael.sturland@westmercia.pnn.police.uk

So, what’s on…?

 

TT sidecar legend Mick Boddice.

 9 times winner of the TT sidecar championships between 1983 and 1993 is our guest of honour! Come and chat to this champion of the TT!

 Micks CV : Mick was born in 1947 and now lives in Kidderminster. Son of another famous sidecar racer Bill Boddice, he first started racing in 1965 at Brands Hatch on Good Frioday where he came 15th & 3rd in handicap races. The prize money was £15! He rode is Dads Manx Norton.

In 1965 he also took part in his first National Race at Snetterton where he won. His first TT race, however, came in 1967.

In 1968, he came 8th on a 500 BSA in his first GP and followed that up with 2 wins at the Ulster GP, and 2 rostrums at the Belgian GP.

Other impressive wins included:

11th in his first solo TT 1978 bronze replica

3 British Championships open class 1987

2 British Championships 1992/3 F2

First sidecar to lap both Thruxton & Castle Coombe at over 100mph in 1989

9 TT wins for sidecar and 23 podiums

1 of only 2 riders to lap the TT at over 100mph on solo & sidecar

He’s ridden an array of machines including Manx Norton, Truimph, BSA, Kawasaki, Konig, Yamaha and Honda where he won Hondas first sidecar at the TT!

Mick, as you can see, has carved an amazing career for himself and has an impressive pedigree of motorcycle racing to his name. We are very proud to welcome him to the Bike Fest in 2012. 

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TT legend Tom Dickie

 

In 1975 he partnered Daryll Pendlebury to bring the Kuhn Penthouse 900cc BMW into second place in the production class of the Barcelona 24 hour race, behind Dave Potter and Gary Green on a similar machine.

Come and meet this TT legend, he may even arrive on a Manx Norton!

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Uk No.1 female freestyle stunt rider, Chesca Miles

 

  The Uk’s No1 female freestyle stunt rider, Chesca joins us again this year to promote the show. She was a massive attraction last year and is an excellent ambassador for the sport as well as the modern face of female biking. It’s great to welcome Chesca back and she was as keen as us, to help the cause. Unfortunately,  she won’t be performing, however, she is bringing her bike and will be free to chat to fans and sign programmes as well as merchandise. She will also be having a go at Moto Gymkhana! Make sure you come and say Hi and get your pic taken with her!

 

 

 

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One of the stars of the popular Channel 5 TV series, ‘Emergency Bikers’, Mark Hayes, is attending with his West Midlands Ambulance Service Yamaha FJR to take part in the ‘Bikes with Lights’ display as well as the workshops. Mark will undoubtedly have some tales to tell and you’ll be able to get up close and personal with him on the Bikes with Lights display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motogymkhana

A highly skilled assault course on 2 wheels, this Japanese craze involves taking your machine around a pre set course of cones, practising turns and manoeuvres coupled with brake and gear control. It’s highly addictive as you’re against the clock! You’ll be able to have a go at the Fest under the expert guidance of Motogymkhana staff. We’re pleased to announce that Chesca Miles, the UK No1 freestyle stunt rider, will be taking to the arena at the Fest to put her skills to the test!

Savage Skills

Be amazed at the skills of mountain bike display team Savage Skills. These guys really can put on a show and will no doubt have you gripped for each of their performances. Included, will be an experience area where budding mountain bikers can test their metal, young and old alike, on purpose made jumps and stunts, all under the careful guidance of Savage Skills staff. All kit will be provided.

 

MPC Ural Sidecar Display team

This is a display team with a difference. The Ural motorbike, a sturdy Russian workhorse, with sidecars! These guys can do things to these outfits that you wouldn’t believe. Everything from high speed reversing, blindfold riding and sidecar flip ups with no rider! These guys demonstrate skill and handling to be in awe of!

FREE Assessed rides with IAM & RoSPA!!

NOW FIRST 25 TO PRE BOOK WILL RECEIVE A BIKER BACK PACK!!!!!!

27th December 2011: Christmas is over, but planning for this fantastic free event is just starting! Get your rider skills assessed professionally by qualified Institute of Advanced Motorists or Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents tutors. FREE!

Qualified tutors will take you out on a designated route encompassing all types of road situations from rural lanes to town roads and open dual carriageways. All the while, you’ll be assessed on your skills and afterwards, be given a full de brief as well as the chance to further your skills with both the IAM & RoSPA.

Your booking will be with EITHER a qualified IAM or RoSPA tutor and some rides may be filmed. Unfortunately, you will not be able to choose whether you have an assessed ride out with an IAM or RoSPA tutor, however, both organisations are recognised as offering the same unparalleled level of assessment.

To Book this FREE assessed ride: Call PC Mick Sturland on 07792 774 058 or e mail michael.sturland@westmercia.pnn.police.uk. Alternatively, click on ‘contact us’ on this website and send your request to us.

 Book a ‘Take Control’ subsidised course with RMT training.

This full or half day subsidised course is backed by West Mercia safer Roads partnersnhip and offers either a full or half day assessed ride out with qualified tutor with feedback and the opportunity to progress. Costs are £25 for a half day ride for scooter and 125cc riders and £50 for a full day for full license holders. See the guys on the RMT stand for furher info. Click on the link below to see full details.

Take Control flyer

FREE BIKER EXPERIENCE!

Are you a young or inexperienced rider? Have you just passed your CBT? Maybe thinking of getting that first bike? Well, come and have a free go in our Biker Experience arena under the careful watch of trainers from Fastrak. You can even sign up to your CBT there and then!

Workshops

New for this year we’ll be staging informative and entertaining workshops throughout the day. These 15-20 minute presentations aim to be informative and entertaining and will be held in our workshop tent. Admission is free, just turn up!

‘My TT’ – Mick Boddice, 9 times TT sidecar winner and our special guest, will present a short Q & A about his biking career and will no doubt have some tales to tell!

Sorrymate.com : Introduction to the SMIDSY card and scheme which enables bikers involved in collisions to get justice and compensation through a team of dedicated biker lawyers.

From experts eyes: Stuart McMillan, a highly experienced tutor with both the IAM & RoSPA and also a former Police Inspector in charge of the West Mercia police driving school, will give an informative talk on aspects of advanced riding. Stuart has vast experience of advanced riding and driving and is currently a member of both the IAM & RoSPA.

‘Drive it Home’ Road safety: We are Drive IT Home, a community interest company with over 20 years experience in driving and road safety issues.  Drive IT Home objectives are to:

• Raise driving safety awareness via worshops and appearing at local events and exhibitions.
• Deliver workshops to businesses and corporate partners in both private and public sectors.
• Deliver workshops to support extra curricular activities for schools, colleges and universities.
• Connect with other associations and offer Drive IT Home workshops as a benefit to their membership.
• Target funding to improve systems in support of workshop bookings.

Ray Smith from ‘Drive it Home’ will chat about his role

‘Ask the Bobby’ ; PC Colin Martin, a West Mercia Police motorcyclist, will give an insight into his role with the Force Operational Support Team. Colin, a police officer since 1996, has been riding motorcycles since he was 14. He rides a BMW Rt1200 at work, and owns a Honda Fireblade and VFR 800. Colin is looking forward to the Bike Fest and has promised to clean his BMW for the event!

First Aid for Bikers : A talk by Kelvin Jones, of KJ Training Solutions, on the Emergency First Aid for Bikers course and a demonstration of crucial skills.

Emergency Bikers: We are lucky to have one of the stars of Channel 5 ‘Emergency Bikers’ Mark Hayes who will give an insight into his role and tell you about his filming exploits for the hit TV series. Just don’t call him ‘Flymo’!

Marshalling the TT: John McBride, a travelling TT marshall, will give you an interesting insight into the Worlds greatest road race from a marshalls perspective. This promises to be an interesting and entertaining presentation

Workshops are continuous throughout the day and some are repeated meaning you won’t miss any of them! They promise to be informative and entertaining. make sure you check them out!

Times:

11am -  ‘From Experts Eyes’ – Stuart McMillan

11.30am – First Aid for Bikers – Kelvin Jones

12noon – Marshalling the TT – John McBride

1.15pm – Emergency Bikers – Mark Hayes

1.45pm – ‘Ask the Bobby’ – PC Col Martin

2.15pm – Sorrymate -  Paul Dutton

2.45pm – ‘Drive it Home’ - Ray Smith

3.15pm - Q & A - Mick Boddice

The organiser reserve the right to cancel or change workshops at short notice due to circumstances beyond our control. All workshops are subject to availability.

FREE MOTO GP SIMLATOR WITH BRAKE REACTION TEST!!

Thats right, a FREE simulator where you can practise your skills in a safe environment and see how good you really are under pressure!

Free Eye Sight Tests

Shropshire Council road safety unit will be offering free on site eye sight tests so you can make sure your eyes are up to the job!

FIRST AID FOR BIKERS

You hope you never have to use first aid for real, but to help you be prepared, KJ Training Solutions will be holding demonstrations on safe helmet removal techniques and you can enrol on their Emergency First Aid for Motorcyclists course, a bargain course for £65 giving you essential life saving skills.

Bikes with Lights Display

What better way to demonstrate the versatility of bikes, than the display of working bikes from all corners of the emergency services.

We are pleased to have an array of bikes on show for you to admire and chat to the professional riders. These are:

                                                                                                                           

 West Mercia Police bike with PC Colin Martin

 

 West Midlands Fire Service fire bike

 

West Midlands Ambulance Service paramedic bike with Mark Hayes, star of Channel 5′s ‘Emergency Bikers’

 

AA patrol bike

 

West Mercia Safer Roads Partnership safety camera bike

 

1956 classic Auxillary Fire Service BSA

 

CHiP’s style California Highway Patrol Harley Davidson 

 

Live Music

We are proud to support local music and local bands and to this end, are also proud to announce that we have several great bands lined up to play all day in our stage tent. They are:

 

The Nuclear Weasels – 5 lads from Bishops Castle with a line up that will take you from laid back reggae and ska, to ‘dancy’ indie and rock! They have been gigging in England and Wales for 3 years now, in pubs, clubs and festivals! And they are constantly trying to come up with catchy and unique songs to entertain their audiences!

They have recently recorded a 3 track demo with Fight The Bear, which has been played by Josh & Rob on BBC Shropshire Introducing!

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The Brand New Debut Album features the track “Not Much Time” which has a fast paced melody and bouncy choruses also has guest vocals from Bremerton Washington’s own punk rock legend “Mike Herrera” from the bands “MXPX” and “Tumbledown”.“To The Stage” will be released on 13.05.2011 and features 13 songs which includes fan favourites such as “Not Much Time” and “Every Band Has A Song Called Anthem (This Is Ours)” and many more.

The band have released various E.P’s in the 9 years they have been together, such as the 2009 release of “It’s All About The Johnson” and the very first ever E.P in 2003 “Now Entering Kent”.

“It’s been a dream for such a long time to record a full length album and it’s finally happening” says Someone Else’s singer-guitarist Dan Thornhill. “It feels like this is it, this is the big one, the best songs I have ever written are all on this album”

Someone Else has had a lot of interest in the past 2 years from promoters and venues and when they play any hometown show the crowd are totally wild.

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Free Bike Park

No parking charges here, leave your pride and joy within the Fest area secure and safe.

There will be a limited number of blue badge holder parking spaces within the bike park for those attending on bikes and a few car spaces. Space is at a premium so it will be ‘first come – first served’ I’m afraid. You will be able to drop off at the entrance though and park in the designated car parks within the retail park attached, a 4 minute walk away. 

 

Helmet park

The Christian Motorcyclists Association will be looking after your valuable lid while you enjoy the Fest. All they ask for is a donation. tea and coffee are also provided.

Free tyre check

Just before you leave the Fest, Michelin will be on hand to check your tyre pressures and condition free of charge. Go and see them to make sure your rubber is safe and legal!

 

 

 

FUN & GAMES

It’s not all serious stuff here and we’ll be having a laugh in the arena as well with biker Olympic themed fun and games with great prizes up for grabs! Don’t be shy, join in!!

Spot the defects!

Members of the Birmingham Advanced Riders will be testing your knowledge of biker maintenance with a defect bike. See if you can spot the defects which will encourage you to check your own bike before you ride. Prizes are on offer for the quickest time!

FOR THE LITTLE BIKERS

Youngsters are the future of biking and so we want to keep them enthused as well. We will have a road safety playbus, road safety colouring competition, bouncy castle, competitions in the programme and alot more. Plus, Savage Skills will be staging their ‘Experience’ show where anyone can have a go at mountain biking stunts in a safe environment under the watchful eye of Savage Skills staff. Full kit will be provided and there will be a nominal charge for this activity. There will also be food and ice cream outlets on sale as well as hot and cold drinks.

‘FREE’ RADIO ALL STARS

F’FREE’ radio, formally Beacon,  will be on site all day with their All Stars team photographing you enjoying tghe show. These can be viewed and purchased from their website. Plus, we’ll be fliming the Bike Fest so don’t forget to glam up for the cameras!!

 

 

 

PRIZE DRAW!!!

We shall be running a Prioze Draw on the day with some amazing prizes on offer including this limited edition print of Jenny Tinmouth by airbrush artisit LEE MORGAN. Just complete the feedback form at the FEST!

We thank the following for helping us pull this event together….

 

 

PROGRAMME:

 There will be a FREE programme inside goody bags as you enter the Fest. Be sure to be one of the first 5000 though as that’s how many we’ve produced!!

Below, is a breakdown of whats happening and when. We have tried to spread entertainment out as best we can but sometimes things change at short notice. Therefore, we reserve the right to alter the programme when circumstances beyond our control occur! Enjoy the Fest!!

9.45am - Official opening by Mick Boddice

                Live music from the ‘Nuclear Weasils’

 

10.30am – Savage Skills mountain bike display team

 

11am – Live music from ‘Someone Else’

             Mountain Bike experience by Savage Skills in the arena

 

11.45am – Motogymkhana demonstration and participation by Chesca Miles.

 

12.45pm - Arrival of the IAM around the British Isles bike ride in aid of  Association of Air Ambulances. The rally will arrive with masses of bikers and a few surprise celebrity Biker guests!! Make sure to check back soon for confirmation of which biker VIP’s will be riding into the arena!

 

1000 miles, 7 days, a world record attempt and a fantastic cause.

 

Starting on June 18th and taking a route that traverses the British Isles, IAM motorcyclists are looking to raise £10,000 for the Association of Air Ambulances while also spreading the word about the benefits of advanced riding skills.

 

There are plenty of opportunities to get involved. The start coincides with Ride to Work Day and sees our team head off from London. Over the course of seven days, they’ll ride a thousand miles with night stops at Christchurch, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Belfast and Shrewsbury. They’ll be shaking the collection bucket with thousands of bikers at Bassetts Pole and Bikefest. Belfast will see a world record attempt for the most makes and models of bikes in a parade at the Titanic Motorcycle Challenge.

The Route:

June 18th – London to Christchurch

June 19th – Christchurch to Birmingham Bassetts Pole Bike Meet

June 20th – Birmingham to Newcastle group night

June 21st – Newcastle to Glasgow group night

June 22nd – Glasgow to Belfast – Guiness World Record Attempt

June 23rd – Belfast to Chester

June 24th – Chester to Shropshire Bike Fest, Shrewsbury 

 

 

 

1.15pm – Live music from ‘Generations’

 

2pm - Savage Skills mountain bike display team

 

2.30pm - MPC Ural sidecar display team

 

3pm – Live music from 

           Mountain Bike experience by Savage Skills in the arena

 

4pm – Close.  

 

 

Who Will be there?

This list is continually being added to, so check back often to see who’s coming

The Triumph Daytona ‘Think Bike’

Our VIP’s and ‘Fest babes’ will be available for programme signings and photographs with the ‘Think’ bike. There will be an Air Ambulance bucket for donations!!

10.30am – Chesca Miles

11.30am – Mick Boddice

12.30pm – ‘Fest Babes’

2.00pm – Tom Dickie

2.30pm – Mick Boddice

3.00pm – ‘Fest babes’

3.30pm – Chesca Miles

 

 

  

West Mercia safer Roads Partnership camera bike

 

                                                                      

MPC Ural Sidecar Display Team

 SOS Motorcycle Revovery

 

 

 

 

 

 

DJG Technologies ltd

Lee Morgan Artworks

 

BG Motorcycles

 

ST1100 Pan European show bike on display

Classic Falkland Isles fire service truck on display

Ex Thames Valley Police traffic Omega on display

Bike simulator with brake reaction testing

Classic 1956 Auxillary Fire Service BSA on display

Midland Freewheelers – Blood Bikes

West Midlands Ambulance Service Paramedic Biker Mark Hayes star of Channel 5 ‘Emergency Bikers’

West Midlands Fire Service Fire Bike

West Mercia Police Biker PC Colin Martin

Shropshire Fire Service community outreach vehicle

AA Patrol Bike

 

The ‘Think Bike’ Daytona will be on site for pictures with the lovely Jen Morgan and Torrs ,our resident Fest babes!

 

 

Midlands County Air Ambulance will be flying in…