mmmmmm flapjac

dropoff cafe
if you're planning a trip to wales you need yes need to visit this place
the cafe is situated in glyncorrwg ponds (most people call it afan) the trails there are fantastic they are also ss friendly
the food is outstanding portions are huge and the coffee isn't bad either!
ian from the dropoff has promised to make enough of the worlds finest* flapjac to feed everyone who is going to ride the event! that a lot of flapjac, cheers luffy


*in our opinion

this is a singlespeed rider

check out this rider its patrice joubrel from france
patrice sent us his photo on his entry, it made us laugh so thought we'd share it

sideways

sidewayscycles
my favourite shop to visit period
Tim has pledged some lovely blingy bits to adorn your bike with
if you're into your really nice bikes or accessories then this is mecca for you so get yourself over there now
sideways will also post stuff out to you too so give them a bell if J16 on the M6 is too far for you

Fancy a new frame?

on-one
if you've never heard of on one then you're not a real mountain biker ;-) these frames offer outstanding value for money and they perform pretty well too
we've just taken delivery of the frame pictured below now all we have to do is find someone who wants it that shouldn't be too hard

Got a 29er? Want some tyres for it?

schwalbe
these guys make tyres of all sizes, 26, 29 and even 650B, the nice people there have sent a big box full of tyres for you.
we like their tyres so we wanted to give you guys a chance to try them out too so if you're lucky you'll win some

schwag

oneFgear

this bunch of singlespeeders from the midlands are sending us some nice singlespeed clothing to give away, keep your eyes peeled these guys are organising an event later in the year too sounds like fun

nitto bars

hub jub
if you're into all things fixed then there's one place you need to go, hubjub
Will's sure to sort you out with all your fixed needs he's sent us a lovely pair of nitto handlebars in ano red to give away to one lucky rider

photo competition

tftuned service and tune forks if you weren't aware we use them to service our forks and think they offer a great service
they are revamping the tftuned website so are looking for some nice photographs
we have two vouchers for a fork service and tune to the best photo for each of the two categories below
Best photo representing singlespeeding
Best photo representing the need for suspension

all you have to do to win one of the vouches is to upload your photo to our flickr group photos must be taken during the SSEC 2010 weekend and will be judged on the weekend of 24th April
the winner will be announced on here and on the flickr group

prizes

charge
all of our sponsors have been individually invited to join us because we use their products
we use charge saddles because they are good value for money and very comfortable we have received 2 very big boxes full of saddles from Charge, WTB and some WTB tyres.
a big thanks to hot wheels the UK distributor for Charge.

the postman has been busy here in castle niche

we've had a shed load of schwag arriving here all week

knog






















These guys make some cracking and funky products we've got a few led lights to give away along with tee shirts and stickers

big thanks to knog Australia for this haul

fod trail

a nice peice of trail in the forest of dean we may take you on it, on the other hand we maynot

prizes

chain reaction cycles

crc are sending us quite a few £££££ worth of vouchers to use in the worlds largest online bike store
they sell everything and with free shipping the prices are more than competitive.

prizes

fallon-bicycles
toby from fallon bicycles has pledged a box full of goodies, he is also planning on doing something a little special on the friday afternoon so you can win the prizes
if you find yourself in the netherlands and you're near schiphol airport then you're near the shop get in there.

prizes

some nice prizes are now making their way down to us

forest freeride
A few ladies from the dames of niche took a weekends riding course with forest freeride, they came back riding gods
so because forest freeride are very nice people they are giving away a weekends skills course for 4 people so you too can become riding gods just like the dames of niche.

whos making the ssec2010 possible?

lets start with the non bikey stuff

freeminer brewery
mighty fine beer brewed in the forest of dean and supplied straight from the brewery to the event.
caroline disposables
they are giving us loads of bio-degradable drinking vessles to drink beer from for free! so if you forget to place your used cup into a bin it won't litter the lovely forest for long.
rock lobster jewellery
now this is a rather special prize we are having 2 custom headbadges made they will resemble our fantastic logo one will go to the european ss champ lady and the other to the european ss champ man both headbadges will be made from silver and both will be wearing crowns.
non crowned versions will be for sale TBA

over farm market
These guys sell the finest produce around. Most people will drive past here on the way to the event so if you need some nice cheese, this is the place. Over Farm also sell some mighty fine locally grown produce too as well as a local butcher on site!

More information very soon