Sun 9 June 2019 | Riders' Notes

7-9 JUNE Festival INFOrmation FRI 7 – SUN 9 JUNE 2019 | RIDERS’ NOTES Transcend Bike Festival Festival Information

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Friday 7 - Sunday 9 June Nether Pirn Farm, Innerleithen, Tweed Valley, Scottish Borders, EH44 6PA NETHER PIRN FARM It’s TweedLove, but not quite as you know it! Bike Valley’s biggest party - A bike, music and

EVENT SUPPORTERS outdoor festival with loads of different events, TWEED VALLEY MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM a beautiful site, tons of music, beer, great food, camping, bling bikes, new kit and uplift. We’re © pretty excited to share it with you!

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PARKING CAMPING HOW TO GET HERE Parking for festival attendees will be available within the Camping is available onsite from Friday 7th June until Nether Pirn Farm, Innerleithen festival site. Parking is £5.00 per car for a weekend pass Monday 10th June. Fees are £15.00 per pitch, per night is located about 26 miles South and be pre-booked here. If you have pre-booked your and can be pre-booked here. If you have pre-booked your of Edinburgh. It’s within easy parking please display your pre-booked Car Parking pass camping please display your pre-booked Camping Passes reach of Edinburgh, Glasgow, on your dashboard to ensure a fast and smooth entry to on your dashboard to ensure a fast and smooth entry to Newcastle, the Scottish central the festival site. If you have pre-booked your parking you the festival site. If you have pre-booked your camping you belt and the North of England. will find this attached for printing. You can pay for your will find this attached for printing. Camping bookings on The postcode for the festival parking on the day, this will be £5 - cash only please. the day are subject to availability. Camping pitches are event village for sat navs is allocated on a first come, first served basis. There is further parking available within the Innerleithen EH44 6PA. area. There are parking restrictions in place on streets Camping not your thing? Glamping options available here. Vehicles – In place is a one-way surrounding the site during the event weekend. Please Full Camping Terms & Conditions are available here. system for access to the festival do not use the streets in the nearby residential areas and car parking field, detailed below. keep these areas for local residents. Please respect local DO NOT attempt to enter the residents and the fact that normal day-to-day life will be site any other way than detailed going on throughout the community here. Please drive on the map. There will be road and park courteously! signs to direct you to the festival site. Pedestrians & Cyclists – The festival site can be accessed STRICTLY NO ENTRY INTO SITE AT THIS JUNCTION from the Tweed Valley Multi Use STRICTLY NO RIGHT TURN WHEN EXITING FROM FESTIVAL SITE Path. The path links Peebles,

Innerleithen and Walkerburn Vehicle EXIT and will form the main artery (one way) for racers moving between Car Park the towns and is a great way for spectators to get around

too. Note: there will be other Vehicle ENTRANCE Festival users on this path. Please be (one way section) Area courteous, take care and do the Vehicle Entrance ride thing! (two way)

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Saturday 8 June

7am Gates open 6pm Glitter Face & Beard 7.30am – 9.30am Registration & Timing Chip Facepainting Collection for Transcend Epic & Transcenduro 6pm Transcenduro podiums 8.30am Transcenduro – first rider out 6.45pm – 8pm Transcend Stage | 9am Transcend Festival opens The Banjo Lounge 4 9am – 10am Registration open for 7.30pm Findra Tipi | Tales from the Ridelines Adventure Women Silk Road with Jenny Tough DIARY Transcend Stage | 9am – 5pm Mega Bike Demo open 8.45pm Kaiser Monkey Killers 9am – 6pm Frog Bikes Kids Adventure Friday 7 June Zone open 11pm Bedtime 9am – 6pm Pumptrack 10am Transcend campsite opens 9am – 5pm Soil Searching with Sunday 9 June 10am – 7pm Registration open for Glentress Trailfairies Transcenduro 9.30am Transcend Epic – 7am Gates open 12.30pm Enjoyro – first rider out 10am – 5pm Transcenduro practice first rider out 7.30am – 9.30am Registration & Timing Chip 1pm – 1.30pm Registration open for 12noon Transcend Festival opens 9.30am – 10.30am Registration open for Collection for Transcend Animate Transcend 12noon Registration open for Bergamont Gritopia Boost & Bosch eMTB 1pm – 2pm Transcend Stage | Jack Devlin Swift Trails History Ride 9.45am Transcenduro – Challenge 1pm – 3.30pm Transcend Tent | 12noon – 12.55pm Tempest Beer Fest opens first of the pros head out 9am Transcend Festival opens Animate Transcend 12noon – 6pm Frog Bikes Kids 10am Findra Tipi | Gentle 9am Transcend Epic – 2.30pm – 3.30pm Transcend Stage | Adventure Zone open Vinyasa Yoga first rider out Jenny Biddle 12noon – 7pm Mega Bike Demo open 10am – 3pm Ridelines Adventure | Women 9am Bosch eMTB Challenge – 3pm Findra Tipi | Power Yoga 1pm Swift Trails History Rideout & 10.30am Bergamont Gritopia – first rider out first rider out 3.00pm Transcenduro Boost podiums Afternoon Tea at 9am – 10am Registration open for 3.30pm – 4.15pm Transcend Stage | Traquair House 12noon Tempest Beer Fest Opens Ridelines Adventure Teens Celtic Beat & Banter Beat 2pm – 7pm Registration open for 12noon – 1pm Transcend Stage | Geckohead 9am – 5pm Pumptrack open Transcend Epic & 4.30pm – 6.30pm Transcend Stage | 1pm Findra Tipi | Power Yoga 9am – 5pm Mega Bike Demo open Bergamont Gritopia Loam Club @theTress 1.30pm – 2pm Transcend Stage | Trash Free 9am – 6pm Frog Bikes Kids 5.30pm Bosch eMTB Challenge, 5pm – 6pm Transcend Stage | Jack Devlin Trails Talk with Dom Ferris Adventure Zone open Transcend Epic 5pm – 6pm Transcend Epic 2pm – 6.30pm Transcend Stage | 9.30am Transcenduro Boost – & Enjoyro podiums Happy Hour Registration DJ - Beats by FADE&BLEND first rider out 6pm – 6.30pm Trash Free Trails Trail Clean 6.30pm – 7.30pm Transcend Stage | Butter 2pm – 7pm Registration open for 10am Findra Tipi | 6.30pm Transcend Festival Close 7.30pm Findra Tipi | Bike Packing & Transcend Boost & Gentle Vinyasa Yoga Bothies with Weirdos on Bikes Bosch eMTB Challenge 10am – 3pm Ridelines Adventure |Teens 8pm Transcend Stage | The 62 supported by Trek 10.30am Go e-bike Family Ride 4pm – 5pm Pumptrack | Monday 10 June 10pm Bedtime supported by Frog Bikes Fastest Laps Session departs Tweed Green 10am Transcend Campsite Closes 4pm – 7pm Registration open for Enjoyro 11am – 12.30pm Registration open for Enjoyro 5.15pm – 5.30pm Pumptrack Takeover | 11.30am Transcend Stage | TweedLove Collective Sparky & The Choir Boys 5.30pm – 6.30pm Pumptrack | Head to Head 12noon Tempest Beer Fest Opens - Transcend Pumptrack Champion Challenge Final 12noon Bosch eMTB Challenge Lunch at Traquair House Transcend Bike Festival Festival Information ENTRY 1 8 7 2 EXIT 6 5 4 3 FIRE POINT LOCAL INFO 9 25 24 23 17 18 37 The town of Innerleithen is packed 38 26 FESTIVAL SITE with things to do, places to eat, and 16 19 39 27 36 has a supermarket and a bike shop to 15 20 40 10 28 41 gather supplies.. RIVERSIDE CAMPSITE 14 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

CAR PARK 21 42 On Saturday Innerleithen Golf 43 12 13 11 Club is hosting an Open event and 22 45 44 the golf course will be quite busy. Transcend Pumptrack 46 47 Competitors and spectators should EXIT 48 be aware that they are in the environs 68 57 of a golf course and should exercise 70 56

ST. RONAN’S RONAN’S ST. CAMPSITE 69 67 appropriate care and courtesy to 72 71 Kids Adventure Zone 58 49 their members. 66 55 73 59 RIVER TWEED

84 PATH USE / CYCLE MULTI 50 74 79 EVENT VILLAGE 83 54 Showers 60 53 As you can see there is an abundance 82 81 80 51 75 52 61 of stuff happening in the festival 65 EXIT village this year from a Street Food EXIT 77 63 Village to a Pumptrack to the Frog 76 78 64 Riders Wash Bike 62 Bikes Kids Adventure Zone. Take your time to explore and lap it all up!

FOOD & DRINK MEGA BIKE DEMO FESTIVAL EXPO TWEEDLOVE FIRST AID FACILITIES 1 Event HQ Fast Track 22 Starling Cycles 45 Transcend Pumptrack 66 Tempest Brewing Co There will be both temporary 2 Event HQ 23 Peebles Physio 46 Orange Bikes 66 Transcend Marquee 3 Timing 24 Just Riding Along 47 Bergamont | Scott 67 Frog Bikes toilets and showers available onsite. 4 TweedLove Merchandise 25 Deviate Cycles 48 Flahute Coffee Company 68 Stoaters Mascot Showers will be chargeable at £3 per 5 TweedLove Tech Tent 26 Cheskin Customs 49 Nukeproof | WTB 68 Frog Bikes Kids Adventure Zone 6 First Aid 27 SussMyBike 50 Continental Tyres 69 The British Army shower. 7 Police Scotland 28 Female Riders 51 Cotic Bikes 70 The Royal Regiment of Scotland 8 Santa Cruz | Juliana | Sweet 29 Sixth Element Wheels 52 Stanton Bikes 71 rola Mor Fresh drinking water will be available Protection | Stif | Morf 30 Bark & Ride 53 Meander Apparel 72 Beacon Burgers to refill your water bottles/bladders. 9 Alpine Bikes 31 Saddle Skedaddle 54 Straight Cut Design 73 Scozzese Wood Fired Pizza 10 Specialized 32 The Woodland Trust 55 Lapierre | Haibike 74 Risotto2Go Bike wash available on site – 11 Caldwells Homemade Ice Cream 33 Beck Electric Bikes 56 Bikeseven 75 Food Punks 12 Saddleback | 3T 34 Shred XS 57 Edinburgh Napier University 75 Transcend Café donations welcome for our charity 13 Bird Cycleworks 35 Ruthless Hats 58 Pace Cycles Ltd 76 Aye Coffee partners. 14 Marin Bikes 36 Salsa | Bombtrack | Ortlieb | Julbo 59 Ibis Cycles UK 77 Stans NoTubes | Goodyear 15 Pipedream Cycles 37 FINDRA Clothing 60 Hope Technology Bicycle Tires Please use the litter and recycling 16 Nox Sox | Tow Whee | Miles Wide 38 Wonky Woolies 61 Trash Free Trails 78 Canyon Bicycles 17 Revgrips | Louri | Smoove | 39 Home Energy Scotland 62 CUBE Bikes UK 79 The Thirsty Stag Bar bins provided. Thanks. Gup | Sahmurai Sword 40 Veloeye 63 Trek 80 Active Root 18 Fox Suspension 41 Bike Punks 64 Bosch Ebike Systems 81 Bonnie Burrito 19 Element 9 Graphics 42 Stokedcw 65 TweedLove Stage 82 The Shawarma Shack 20 Smith Optics 43 Odlo 66 Clarabell Creations Face Paint 83 Loulabelles 21 Forme Bikes 44 G-Form 66 Animate Transcend 84 Mojo Crepes Transcend Bike Festival Festival Information

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TWEEDLOVE RACE JERSEYS EAT & DRINK Together with VOID Cycling What could be better than combining we have designed and created bikes with a beer festival atmosphere! a selection of TweedLove race Tempest Brewing Co make some of jerseys for the 2019 season. Get the best beers you’ll ever taste and yours from the TweedLove shop they are partnering with us to create in the festival village so you Transcend. Grab a beer and party can ride in style this weekend. with them all weekend in the Tempst A selection of TweedLove beerfest tent! souvenir T shirts and tops are available too. They have even created a Transcend beer – it’s the perfect, refreshing post ride beer, try one this weekend!

To fuel you over the weekend we MUSIC have a street food village set to burst with everything from Scozzese Transcend is as much about the good times as the biking. All weekend, Wood Fired Pizza to Bonnie Burritos live music, after parties, DJs and cold beers! Headliners on Friday are local to Artisan Coffee and everything in band The 62 bringing their rock and pop influenced sound to the party. Get between! You’ll not go hungry. ready to be Transcended to tribute band heaven on the Saturday evening with the Kaiser Monkey Killers bringing indie/rock classics to the stage. TRANSCEND PUMPTRACK Get pumped up on the Transcend Pump Track located in the heart KAISER MONKEY KILLERS of the festival village. Come and have a go or race in the head to THE BANJO LOUNGE 4 THE 62 head challenge to be the first ever Transcend Pump Track Challenge JENNY BIDDLE JACK DEVLIN Winner. Male and Female Heats. BEATS BY FADE&BLEND GECKOHEAD SPARKY & THE CHOIR BOYS CELTIC BEAT BANTER BEAT RED BULL DJ TRUCK BUTTER LOAM CLUB @THE TRESS Transcend Bike Festival Festival Information

JOIN THE CONVERSATION CONTACTS #transcendbikefestival #tweedlovefest Race Office: pre-event 01721 588050 / at event 07496871220 We’ll be sharing images and results from the event, make sure you follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We also want to hear from you, use #transcendbikefestival Charity Partners #tweedlovefest and share: Transcend and TweedLove are supporting • Your best event memories • Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team • Your favourite training and event photos and videos • Trash Free Trails Spring Trail Clean Tour • And of course a photo with you in it • SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health) Grand Finale 10p from every pint sold in the Tempest bar will be Sunday 9 June, 6pm – 6.30pm Photography & Video donated and collections will be made around the village Meeting point Transcend Stage The organisers shall have unlimited rights to publish pictures and video images of the participants; to forward Trash Free Trails are currently undertaking the these photos to press representatives and to use them first ever, nationwide, trail clean-up activation as for marketing activities. By taking part you are agreeing a big to reduce litter on the UK’s trails and wild place by 75% by 2025. to be photographed or recorded for video purposes. You So, when the racing dust (or mud) is settling are also agreeing to potential video recording by drones, we’re going to gather a horde of trail cleaners at any location around the event and course. Any drones the likes of which has never been seen before. operated on behalf of the organisers will be piloted by We’re going to set a MASSIVE record for the legally registered and qualified operators. Photography most people at a Trail Clean and lay down an un-ignorable line in the mud against litter! and video recordings may be used for promotional and publicity purposes. The organisers retain the right to change rules, terms and conditions as required.