Not long to Go...

Dear All,
Well, we are just about there! Just a matter of a couple of weeks now before the 6^th – and best – Durham Big Ride and Beast get underway.
With all the excitement about cycling this year: the Tour de France win of Bradley Wiggins, the success of the GBR riders in the Olympics, we have seen a few more people interested in the event - but the more the merrier!
The majority of the numbers have gone out now to the good people who have signed up early – but there is still time!
We may be getting close to our limit so I would suggest that you sign up as soon as possible and not to ‘try your luck on the day’. There may well be some numbers left on the day but no guarantees.
Well some good news for us at HQ in that a great business based in Durham has come on board as a partner. Whitfield Building Services, who took part in last year’s event, were so impressed with the whole event that they wanted to be a part of it.
We have worked with Kevin Whitfield, the MD of the company, and branded up the Little Ride as ‘in association with Whitfield Building Services Gas Care UK’. For those who don’t know, the Little Ride riders are the ones that cheer the main group out of the gates before having a great time in the parkland around County Hall playing all sorts of games around the three mile course.
So it is a big welcome to them and we hope that the partnership continues in the coming years.
After some requests for an official photographer for the event we have enlisted the services of Ragsdale Photography:

Ragsdale Photography will capture your achievement of finishing the Durham Big Ride. They will take your photo with your medal in the finish area and, what’s more, you will be able to purchase your photo and take it away with you.

Images are printed onsite to a size of 8 inches by 6 inches and are put into a mount. Price of photos are £8.00 each or two for £15.00. Images will also be put on their website and can be purchased from there as well.

The stand will be along the finish line – just after the collection points of the t-shirts and goodie bags.

Hetton Hawks, the cycling club that have been great supporters of DBR since it started, have changed their challenge for this year.

They will be bringing along some rollers to have a competition for everyone. It will be a ‘sprint’ on the rollers and there will be a couple of prizes on hand for the winners.

Finally, when you come to the Big Ride on the Sunday, look out for Mark Tallentire from the Northern Echo. He tells us that he has been working hard to make sure he can enjoy the event and see all that this great event has to offer. Mark will be riding for Stray Action for Dogs (S A D) who look after stray and abandoned dogs in the Durham area.

Finally, if you have any questions please look at the website: www.durhambigride.co.uk there is lots of information about the event on there as well as application forms. So, keep watching facebook and twitter for last minute news and information about both days.

All the team at Durham Big Ride look forward to seeing you soon.