next BUC

Some where down south? I dont know.

Trev

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I'm anxious to know as well. Having missed two since I learnt to ride,
not helped by the fact they were held at the very, very other end of the
country.

They're usually in April aren't they? Hopefully I would have finished
learning to drive sometime before then (I'm buying a vehicle tomorrow
night)...

The 'earliest post' (http://tinyurl.com/e4bcv) I could find regarding
this years convention just gone was posted in August.

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There is a possibility of it being in Leicester, we are currently in
talks with venues regarding both hall space, accomodation and
catering.

If we manage to work out a deal I will be sure to tell you all but
nothing is set in stone yet.

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yeha i have heard rumors around that it will be held some place down the
south of the country.

great news for me!

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we reckon they should have it at our school. it has all the same
facilities and stuff as the last one, just more. it is near some good
muni as well.

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The 'vibe' at the last BUC was that the next one will be somewhere near
Birmingham (Nuneaton?) if the chaps there can find a venue or in the
South West (Ala SWUM)

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our school is in the south west, so a whole load of us are goin to try
get sarah to host it near us. it would be good as we know 20+
unicyclists who would go but can't travel more than around 30 miles or
so.

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This is probably a good time for me to point out that next year, I'll be
awarding a prize to the person who's unicycled furthest to BUC.
Unsupported, preferably from where you live but I'm not fussy if you
want to go half way by train or something.

I've not quite decided, but if I have the money, the prize will probably
be a not insignificant quantity of free beer (or vodka or cider or
beverage of your choice).

Joe

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Quoted message said:

This is probably a good time for me to point out that next year, I'll
be awarding a prize to the person who's unicycled furthest to BUC.
Unsupported, preferably from where you live but I'm not fussy if you
want to go half way by train or something.

Does this mean you won't be unicycling to the next BUC Joe? Unless it's
in Nottingham I can't see anyone riding further than you.
Sounds like you've just offered to buy yourself a very large drink 😉

Paul

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Would it count if I unicycled from my home to the airport, then fly to
England, then unicycle from the airport to BUC???
Problem is how to take my freestyle uni along with my luggage while
riding my Coker. Hmmm, what if I want to include my MUni for next year
so I can go on the fun rides?

Connie

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paul royle said:

*Does this mean you won't be unicycling to the next BUC Joe? Unless
it's in Nottingham I can't see anyone riding further than you.
Sounds like you've just offered to buy yourself a very large drink 😉

Paul *

Kit + Pete from Macclesfield (Pete is the person with the sclumpf uni)
said they were wanting to next year. Alan said he'd like to.

Depending on where it is, all of them could potentially be going a bit
further than me. Especially if it's in Leicester which someone suggested
was a possibility, that's just an afternoon's ride away from me. If it's
in Devon or somewhere in the south west, me riding to it will need quite
a bit of time off, so may or may not happen depending on what I'm up to
next year.

There are lots of other people capable of doing it, if you'd ridden this
year it'd be from further away than me. It doesn't take insane fitness,
just being bothered and taking an extra couple of days off.

There's always a chance I might persuade Nottingham people with Cokers
(that means you John and Gary) to ride, they might ride a bit further
than me depending on the direction we start off in.

Connie - this is the perfect argument for getting yourself a schlumpf
geared uni, a 29er was great for the muni this year and a geared up uni
should be alright for getting yourself places. Surely you're good enough
at freestyle to do it on a 29er! Alternatively, you could join in the
annual BUC take random unicycles, ride them and move them to somewhere
else game.

Planes/ferries/trains are allowed to go in the middle of your journey to
get you from outside the the UK into the UK if anyone really is silly
enough to do this from other countries. Not in this country unless they
are bona fide cool things and don't go very far, like the transporter
bridge in Middlesbrough, the Poole Harbour ferry, steam railways etc.
Obviously the distance is only counted for what you rode.

Incidentally, I've got no objection to people getting spare unicycles
etc. taken to BUC for them, if you know someone going who'll take them
for you then why not, it'd be silly to miss out on some part of BUC just
because you couldn't find a unicycle to ride. The unsupportedness is
that you shouldn't have a support person following you on the way and
you should carry all your tools and spares, clothes, food etc. for the
ride with you like on a proper tour.

Joe

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If all goes according to plan I should be in the French alps next April.
If I could find a way of getting my snowboard etc back from France and a
coker delivered to France there could well be a beer winning
opportunity. My fitness level would be back up after a few months of
snowboarding too. Would I have to spend the ferry trip idling or riding
round on deck in order to qualify.😄

Kit

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I'd love to but there's that, err, thing I need to do.....

Actually, if it's Nuneaton or Leicester, fair enough, even if I do end
up riding a coker for hockey and muni. If it's the same venue as SWUM
then maybe not. It is even possible that I might have a proper excuse -
yay for final year projects.

What if people ride a silly long way around to get there - is it ridden
distance or straight line distance?

John

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Hi Plumsie,

Let me know how you get you get on with the first steps of possibly
bring BUC to Leicester next year. If you need any help let me know.

Regards
Steven (in Leicester!)

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Well, if it's in Rhyl, I can ride there.
I guess that's a 'no' then.
cathy

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Well, if it's in Rhyl, I can ride there.
I guess that's a 'no' then.
cathy

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Hey, im from the nuneaton club.

We've talked about it a bit, here are some of our thoughts:

- NO muni in the local area around leicester really, at least none we're
aware of/ familiar with (let us know if you know any)

- we need a fairly dedicated team to create something good, and our team
might consist of students who are coming up for A-Level exams, so the
level of comitment might be dependant on that. i know this is a bit lame
but arranging it sounds daunting 🙄

- we thought it would be good somewhere in the midlands as it's kind-of
near everyone.

-we havnt done any research into possible venues or anything yet so we
cant let you know the situation on that.

also remember we've only talked about it briefly, ill instigate a
propper discussion next week and report back then,

iain

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gingerfreek said:

*Hey, im from the nuneaton club.

We've talked about it a bit, here are some of our thoughts:

- NO muni in the local area around leicester really, at least none
we're aware of/ familiar with (let us know if you know any)
*

Shouldn't be a problem - Muni isn't compulsory and there have been
plenty of BUCs without any - that's why there is a BMW. I'm sure there
is something that isn't too far to go that'll be fun for a short pootle
- the local MTBers might be able to advise.

Quoted message said:

*
- we need a fairly dedicated team to create something good, and our
team might consist of students who are coming up for A-Level exams, so
the level of comitment might be dependant on that. i know this is a
bit lame but arranging it sounds daunting 🙄
*

The more you can rope in to help, the less any one person has to do
(providing the people you get in can be trusted to actually get on with
their bit!). There isn't actually -that- much to do - put a bunch of
unicyclists in a gym and a convention will happen...

Remember too that there are lots of people that will be able to help at
the event itself - reffing/judging hockey/freestyle etc.
Don't be too proud to ask for help from those who have done it before -
they'll be able to give lots of advice.

Quoted message said:

*
- we thought it would be good somewhere in the midlands as it's
kind-of near everyone.

-we havnt done any research into possible venues or anything yet so we
cant let you know the situation on that.

also remember we've only talked about it briefly, ill instigate a
propper discussion next week and report back then,
*

If you've got the people and a venue everything else can be worked
around! You know you can do it...

Paul

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gingerfreek said:

Hey, im from the nuneaton club.

We've talked about it a bit, here are some of our thoughts:

- NO muni in the local area around leicester really, at least none we're
aware of/ familiar with (let us know if you know any)

Don't forget that the peak district isn't that far off. I'm sure you
could find something within 40 minutes drive - I am told that this is
the approximate distance travelled to go to muni at this years BUC.

Cheers,

Roger