Join Our Community Bike Rides This Summer!

Who wants to come out to play on bikes?

School holidays are almost here so we have put together a list of Summer rides and a camping weekend! All the dates and details are below, including how to sign up.

If you have registered for BAC rides before your information has been deleted in line with our Privacy Policy. You will need to read our Code of Conduct and re-register to attend HERE.

You will need to bring your own pop and sandwiches for all rides. There may be a tap to fill up with water but don’t rely on us stopping at a fancy cafe. We will do our best to find bathroom facilities but you may have to be prepared to wee in a bush. I’m happy to chat roadside weeing solutions – just get in touch.

Whilst all these rides are free to you, we do spend quite a bit of time behind the scenes organising and building routes. So if you are able, donations are very much apreciated, then we can continue to invest more time into the club and activities. You can make a monthly or one-time donation HERE.

Alternatively you can support us by buying a fabulous BAC tee shirt from the oficial BAC shop: Get your orders in NOW so I have time to print them for you!!

EVENTS

Sunday 26th July – Community Explorer Ride.

Start/End: Cafe Nero Brindley Place 10AM

Distance/Time: 20-30ish km 3-4hours

Route: To the East of the city/Sandwell Valley, Tame Valley

What to expect: This ride will include Canal/Road/Path/Gravel and getting through/over/around gates & steps.

Sunday 2nd August – The DUDLEY#2 Explorer inc. NETHERTON TUNEL

Start/End: Cafe Nero Brindley Place 10AM

Distance/Time: 36 km 4-6 hours

Route: Dudley #2 to Netherton Tunnel and Back to the City on Telfords Mainline Canal

What to expect: Follow Dudley Second Canal from it’s junction with The Worcester & Birmingham Canal, learn about the industry and The Blood Tub. Visit a castle ruins and follow the collapsed Lapal Tunnel (at 3.47km would be the longest in the World) across the Highest canal embankment in the world to the Bumble Hole. Then we cycle 2768m through the Netherton Tunnel underneath Oakham to ride back to the City.

This ride is an explore not a race. Please allow 4-6 hours.

Mountain bikes and gravel bikes will be fine, you will be ok on a hybrid as long as you have good tyres, not skinny slicks (although it has been done) – they will just make life hard (or super fun) for you.

You will need lights for the tunnel, sandwiches and a big sense of adventure!

Sunday 9th August – Chasing McClean

Start/End: Car Park Next to St Margaret Mary Catholic Church, Perry Common Road, Erdington. ///oddly.popped.ideas 10AM

Distance/Time: 55km, 5-6hrs, 330m elevation

Route: Canal to Walsall where we will follow the newly extended McClean Way to Lichfield then make our way back along the lanes and NCN route, or you can get the train back if you prefer.

What to expect: This ride will include Canal/Road/Path/Gravel and getting through/over/around gates & steps. It will also be quite lumpy bumpy bricky chunky riding. Good big tyres please!

21st to 24th August – CONKERS WEEKEND

Mary and I, along with Ian and Dave are booked onto this camping site: CONKERS CAMPING & CARAVAN SITE for Friday 21st August to Monday 24th August.

You are welcome to join us for some or all of the weekend.

You will need to arrange your own accomodation and get yourself there, but do give us a shout if you need any help. There are other campsites and accomodation options close by and plenty of shops/pubs in the local area.

It’s only 26 miles from brum if you want to bikepack there. Call the campsite as they may let you stay without being a member as a bikepacker.

There will be group rides around the National Forest on Saturday and Sunday for you to join in with. We can arrange to meet you on a car park if you are coming just for they day.

We will gather in the evenings to eat and talk bikes and stuff.

I’ll add a WhatsApp Group for more organising and logistics once folks have completed the registration form.

Any questions just comment below or email me at bicycleadventureclubuk@gmail.com

Hope to ride with you soon

Sarah