Five teams gathered in Boyces Barrel in Colne for this years annual quiz night.

As is tradition, last years winners had the enviable task of being this years question setters, and Pendle Forrest really gave us a challenging night, starting with a picture round, identifying famous people on their bikes - none of whom were actually cyclists!.

Then followed six question rounds, on various subjects: general knowledge, history, and a hidden connection round, where all the answers had a common theme.

Between the rounds, we were treated to a Pie and Pea supper, which always goes down well on our Quiz Nights.

And the final scores were...

Well done to Blackburm & District - we look forward to you setting next years questions.

Published: 19 February 2019

With a damp start to the day only three riders turned out for our annual "Christmas Dinner Ride", but we still had a good turn out for the meal, and presentation of awards at Rolls Royce Social Club in Barnoldswick.

Challenge Rides

After the meal, certificates were presented to those riders who had completed one or more of our five Challenge Rides, held throughout the year.

Congrtulations to all...

Trophies

Next the Bill Heywood and Jack Harrison trophies were awarded to Mark Clegg and Jackie Duerden.  These are presented based on merit / services to the club as decied by the committee and vote at our AGM.

Congratulations to both...

Special Award

Finally a special presentation glass tankard was awarded to Ian Lowcock for 50 years loyal service on the clubs committee.

Well done Ian - Outstanding!.

Published: 02 December 2018

Our annual inter-club Quiz Night has become somewhat of a tradition in recent years, with seven teams gathering at Boyce's Barrel in Colne for this years fiercely contested competition.

As with previous years, last years winners were tasked with setting the questions, and the "honour" this year fell upon Blackburn & District CTC.

We started the evening with a Photo round, identifying noteworthy events from 2017, ranging from President Trump's inauguration in January to the Strictly Come Dancing final in December.

Following that, were three question rounds on general knowledge - including, surprise, surprise, some cycling related questions (shamefully, we weren't very good at those!)

We then took a short interlude for our favourite part of the evening - Pie & Pea supper, before continuing with a second picture round, themed around the Winter Olympics, and two more question rounds, including one on "British Citizenship" questions (we won't mention how we did on that!, other than to say we can all stay in the country. - Just!)

And the final scores were...

Published: 20 February 2018

Sunday 3rd December 2017 was our annual Christmas Diiner ride.

This year we had once again booked into the Rolls Royce Social Club in Barnoldswick, where we set of for a short ride at 10am to work up an appetite for our meal at 3pm.

Twelve riders rode out today, heading through Barnoldswick to Paythorne and on to Hellifield for toasted teacakes and coffee. We then headed on to Airton, returning via Gargrave. It was quite a mild day, with plenty of sunshine putting us in a good mood for our dinner. 

As is traditional, some riders decorated their bikes with tinsel, and others decorated themselves...

After the ride, other members joined us for our annual Christmas Diiner...

To round off a great day day, awards were presented to those that had completed our four challenge rides which were held earlier in the year.

Finally, the Bill Heywood trophy was awarded to Pamela Prenton for her determination to continue earlier in the year, and the Jack Harrison trophy was awarded to Mick Stone for being the only rider to complete all four of our challenge rides.

Congratulations to all our prize winners.

Published: 03 December 2017

On 18th September, six of our members visited Hope Technology in Barnoldswick.

Hope Technology is one of the world leaders in engineering bicycle components, designing, testing and manufacturing virtually all products in-house at their factory in Barnoldswick, We were privileged to be allowed access to the shop floor where state of the art technology was producing their latest components and complete bikes.

Rows of CNC cutting and milling machines start out with cast ingots of alloy, turning and shaping them into hubs, and brake calipers whilst other machines produce disk brakes from hardened sheets or steel. All waste metal is compated into small bales, and sent for recycling.

In the Carbon fabrication room, sheets of carbon fibre are cut and moulded to produce seat posts, handlebars, and complete frames. The pictures show a seat post mandrel, wrapped in approximately 20 separate carbon sheets and ready to be clamped into its mould prior to oven treatment to fuse and set the resin.  The frame has just come out of the mould and is ready for finishing and polishing.

We were then shown how quickly a wheel can be built and trued. A technician feeds the spokes throught the rim, where the lacing machine attaches the spoke nipple and tightens it. A second machine then spins the wheel, stopping it periodically to adust tension and alignment. Final truing is carried out by hand, the whole process taking less than five minutes.

Finally, we'd like to say a huge Thank You to Hope Technology (http://www.hopetech.com/) for allowing us this unique and fascinating opportunity.

Published: 19 September 2017

Monday 6th March saw the return of our annual Quiz Night !

Tradition says that last years winners set the questions, and so the honour(?) this year fell to Pendle Forrest.

Six teams participated this year, struggling with some really tough questions.  Who would have expected to remember in which year Campagnolo introduced the Super Record groupset!.

After a stiff picture round naming current and past professional riders, and three question rounds on cycling and general knowledge we took a well deserved break with a Pie & Pea supper.

Another picture round followed, naming cycle manufacturers logos all the way from Hetchins to Bianchi, and two more question rounds to finish the closely fought contest.

And the results were...

And so the "Old Crank" trophy was awared to Blackburn District, although judging from the photo, half the team seemed more interested in their Cadbury Creme Eggs.

Blackburn are now tasked with setting next years questions.

Thanks to all those that attended, and to Boyce's Barrel for providing the venue again.

Published: 07 March 2017