New shirt design...Jed rules

So heres the new shirt design, courtesy of jed...click for a closeup.

Update from Josh...

..who wrote to remind me "The only thing is there's also bands (& booze) at Rollapaluza not just bikes on rollers racing"

Yep. I'm wrong. Theres music and beer too. These guys played at the CWMC in New York, and theyre gonna be here. There'll be a couple of others. And. The bar. With beer.

Guess who's coming to London?

You know the hardest thing for us right now is knowing who's coming. Do we need a 300 capacity venue for the 12 of us, or should we just take the 50 capacity venue and then have 150 people in the street? Should we look for a squat for the 4 people who don't have a place to stay, or just have them camp in my garden?

Some things have a definite limit. For example, theres only so many people who can fit on the track. Theres still space though, so if youre looking for the rare opportunity to ride around the Olympic Velodrome, let us know at trackday.

If youre looking for help with cheap / free places to stay, the helpful people at accomodation are waiting to find you a couch.

Not forgetting the most important of all. First call on all of the above goes to those who paid first. Right now we're paying for stuff ourselves because we love y'all but giving us those dollars in your bank account now means we can buy more beer instead of paying the Tshirt man. So Pay now.

If youre just planning on turning up and paying when you get here, or even if you get here, thats still cool. The nice registration people would appreciate it if you'd give us some warning so we know how much beer to buy, how many shirts to order, etc. I know it seems like having too much beer is cool, but just imagine not having enough.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, if youre coming to the Pre-event, now is a good time to get in touch..

Accomodation

Whichever way you look at it , London's a stupidly expensive city. Unless youre spending every night in the John Snow, with its sub £2 pints, youre gonna need a beer budget. And that means cheap accomodation. And we're here to help.

First up, Hostels. London has plenty. Youre looking at £15-20 per night in summer, maybe more for somewhere nicer. Ive got a great list from Caspar that Ill try and post later.

Need something cheaper? Try couchsurfing, aka sleeping on the floor of some other messengers. If youve already got a hookup, youre done. Congratulations on being popular and having friends. If you haven't, we're going to try and hook you up. First, drop us an email at accomodation@londonscalling07.org.uk , and we'll try and match you up. As usual, priority to those who paid already, but if youre too skint to have paypal, email and we'll try to sort something out. If enough of you want to come, we're working on a temporary squat, but for that to happen we need to know youre going to be here early enough to start looking for a place.

Schedule latest...

So heres what'll hopefully be the final version of the schedule..

Thursday

The Foundry is agreed to be ideal venue for Thursday and Friday registration and hangout.

Friday @the Foundry

8pm Alleycat

10pm Ian's skid competion

Then:
Squat party. With bands and DJs.

Saturday
11am Breakfast in London Fields

12.30 Trackstands

1pm The Really Big Alleycat

Sometime later..Rollapaluza. Bikes. On Rollers. Racing.

Sunday
9am Meet at City Hall for group ride down to Herne Hill Velodrome

10.30 Track Racing

followed by backwards circles and skids...

Sunday evening looks a bit bare, buts thats just as well because

Monday

10 am Ride to Dublin leaves...

Riding to Dublin? Heres the route from Josh...

There's a few people emailed me saying they're interested in doing the ride, between 12-17 so far. So its definitely happening.

A bit more detail on the route.

Sunrise is around 5.25 and sunset 20.45 this week so we have some time to ride.

Stage 1
Monday 30 July
London to Calne
About 90 Miles
Avebury ancient stone circle is a few miles before Calne for dinner and a pint. The furthest a courier group has previously made it from London is Avebury I think, or maybe stonehenge for equinox (but there weren't any couriers on that one?)
Camping at Calne.

Stage 2
Tuesday 31 July
Calne to Bridgend via Bristol and Cardiff
About 85 Miles
There are some couriers in the cities on this day (or 1 at least) so there may be a bit of alleycat action today.
Camping near Bridgend.

Stage 3
Wednesday 1 August
Bridgend to Fishguard
About 88 miles
Ferries at 18.30 fast 2 hrs to Rosslare which leaves us enough time to get to the the campsite a few miles north at dusk.
Or a slow ferry at 02.45 if you can handle sleeping in ferry waiting rooms and on the boat.
The Pembroke Dock - Rosslare route would save us a few miles riding but the ferry times don't work out.

Stage 4
Thursday 2 August
Rosslare to Dublin
98 miles
Make sure you get somewhere to stay in Dublin lined up I reckon.

I'll make sure every rider has basic route maps and contact numbers because forcing us to ride as a group would slow everyone down. These rides usually work better if people are able to go in smaller groups with people going their own pace. Something to do with different bikes, abilities, fixies going cross country etc. Everyone gets there in the end at their own pace.
I may try and figure out a way for there to be some racing, but probably not. We'll all know who's strongest anyway.

We can get campsites for about £5-£7 a night each. If anyone is able to bring camping gear, they should.

Ferry ticket for a foot passenger (and bike) £20 one way.

Pre Event Meeting Sunday 1st April at 5pm

Time we got together and made some stuff happen. Selims away. And okay, so i forgot about daylight savings time and missed the last one because I'm a retard. But Ill be back this time. Anyway, we're gonna be at Larry's. Thats 37 Pallant House, Tabard Street, SE1. And its on Sunday 1st April at 5pm.

More Sponsors...aka Bagfest

So Tamas from Bagaboo told me that he's sending one of his awesome Messenger bags as a prize. And the rumour is Bagjack might have some prizes for you guys too..and maybe one or two other messenger bags are gonna be up for grabs for the fastest/slowest/drunkest messengers around.

Also, a few people have been unhappy about using Paypal. I might look into some other payment options if that works better for everyone..

London to Dublin?

Wondering how to get to Dublin? Josh has a ride planned...

(Ill be posting Selim's advice about other options soon..)

Send us Money!!

Looks good for the
Paypal link. Registration is officially open (again). For just GBP20, you get alleycats, roller races, a day at the track and a free London Pre-Event shirt in a size of your choice..

No Paypal membership is needed for this. Just some kind of Credit/Debit card..

Xander made us a new logo. Let us know what you think...

Register Now!! For Real !!

mmhmm. Looks like this one might actually work. Yeah. Im a retard. Anyway, feel free to test this one for me..If it doesnt work for you, let me know at registration@londonscalling07.org.uk

Yeah, I know its been a while...

So whats been happening? We got some sponsors (more about that later)..Josh has some crazy plan riding to Dublin via an alleycat in Bristol.. These people seem to be making a lot of incredible vegan food for us..Looks like we found a venue for roller racing. Never been roller racing? Here's Therese's story on Rollapaluza II, or Selim's Flickr pix..

Oh. Yeah. I know the Paypal link doesnt work so well. I'm working on it. .

Register Now!!

Its never too early to register. Access to all these fantastic events is just GBP20. And you get a free "Londons Calling 2007" shirt in a size of your choice. Right now we're only taking payments via PayPal.

Tell someone now..

Pay now...

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