My Bike Jumble - every month on the Second Saturday at Hullavington, near J17 of the M4, just keeps getting bigger and better [and warmer].
We’ll be outside soon for strawberries and cream.

The last Jumble, in support of bikes4Africa, saw over a hundred people converge to grab a bargain from all the bikes, bike bits, accessories and clothing on sale.  And we have so many different types of bikes!
Our own Gok Wan of the bike world, Owen Coutts, both modelled and welcomed customers to the “Bend Down Boutique” for cycling apparel, some of whom had come from London and the depths of Wales to be there.
We had acres of stuff on sale but did run out of bacon butties - we were that busy - but luckily had some juicy venison burgers to fill in the gaps.

Thank you Gillian for the yummy cakes!  And thanks to Gillian, Sue and Carol for running our on-site kitchen and food stall.
 
Young Em-On-Wheels [a vision of loveliness] did a fantastic job of taking everyone’s details for the prize draw. The winner of the Badge A Bike was Ronnie from London, whose personal message will be placed on a bike to be loaded by jole rider for a school in Africa at the end of this month.

The next My Bike Jumble is on Saturday 12 May from 10.00am until 1.00pm.
Check out our websites for details or phone David on 0870 609 2007.
We look forward to seeing you there!

My Bike Jumble
jole rider

See us also at Bristol Mud Dock on Saturday 5 May.

    

Six degrees below zero, snow, ice and a frozen-shut door couldn’t stop the third My Bike Jumble from going ahead last month in support of bikes4Africa.

This fantastic jumble sale of bikes, bike bits, add-ons and much more is getting into its groove now, with bacon butties, soup, tea, coffee and cakes warming hearts and pockets for buyers and sellers. Thank you again Gillian for running our on-site kitchen and food stall.

The “Bend Down Boutique” once again did great business in cycling clothes, with gloves and warm socks selling well ahead of shorties and flimsy tops.
One brave shopper though stripped down to try on his bib shorts before committing himself - some of us were very impressed.

My Bike Jumble is now a regular spot-light event supporting bikes4Africa, held every month on the second Saturday near Stanton St Quintin.

The next My Bike Jumble is on Saturday 10 March opening from 10.00am until 1.00pm.

We have masses of space for buyers and sellers and are sure the next event will be even bigger, better and WARMER!
We all look forward to seeing you there.

Check out our websites for details or phone David on 0870 609 2007.

My Bike Jumble

jole rider's bikes4Africa

See us also at Bristol Mud Dock on Saturday 7 April.

 

In our update on Eddie [Sedgmore] this week we can tell you he came face to face with jole rider's man in The Gambia.
Eddie met Boyo Touray, who was over in the UK for a flying visit.
Boyo runs bikes4Africa for jole rider in The Gambia and has been involved with jole rider since the very beginning. 
Eddie was able to get a full account of life, as it is for a child without a bike in Africa, trying to get to school.
Not that Eddie needed any more inspiration, but he certainly got it - listening to Boyo's real life stories!

On the exercise front, tapering is the practice of reducing an exercise regime in the days or weeks leading up to a big sporting event and is key to ensuring that athletes are rested and rejuvenated.  And so recently, Eddie took some time out from his training regime for LE JOLE 2011 to get involved with a little light work for jole rider.

So thinking of taking it steady - the day before his 69th birthday - Eddie had a day out on the road helping his son Les, a regular team member for jole rider.  After loosening up cycling the short hop from Marshfield to Hullavington, he was out in the “JOLE Van” to collect bikes from Wiltshire recycler, Hills Waste  where the two of them netted 90 bikes4Africa out of the Household Recycling Centres.

Some of these bikes were then swiftly turned around and reloaded in the rig for Les to take into Liverpool Prison's refurbishing workshop the following day. We know that heaving bikes around can be exhausting and after Wednesday we think Eddie prefers cycling. 
Frankly, I think there are times when we do, too!  

Happy Birthday Eddie!

Eddie with Boyo

On the last Wednesday in July we loaded our 25th sea container, packing in 408 bikes and a whole load of books for African schools.

Our loading team included 20 young people from Hackney Volunteer Police Cadets [VPC].
The Cadets travelled all the way to Hullavington for the day to help us.
They also sponsored, and badged, a fleet of 101 bikes.
The bikes will all go to the same Gambian school.
The bikes were all Mongoose mountain bikes donated by Center Parcs to bikes4Africa.

The sponsorship of these bikes was the first part of Hackney VPC's bikes2Gambia project.
The second part involves cadets going out with jole rider to The Gambia next year, to work on bikes and on jole rider's other education projects alongside young Gambians.

Thank you also to Martin, Helen and Ironbridge Rotary Club for the fantastic books.

Thank you, Gillian, for the yummy 25th celebration cake.

Thank you too, Mr A, for helping Hackney VPC raise the funds to sponsor the bikes.