To celebrate local bike shop day, there will be an Alley Cat in the afternoon, or a small balance based challenge for those wanting a quicker bit of in store fun – all welcome – and also a members-only open evening. Hope to see lots of you there!
Luke
Hi everyone, just wanting to introduce myself as the club’s new sponsor – Marina Cycles.I’ve been riding with the club since 2000, and so I’m really stoked to be supporting the club in this way.
As well as the discount (10% on most things) for paid up members, once covid begins to blow over I’m looking forward to hosting some ride-outs from the shop – Lennox Forest, Barrhill and Croy Hill and a load of loops up the Campsies and elsewhere (as well as post ride hose as well as the usual biscuits and tea available post ride!).
Also I’ll be offering club members an open night with a more substantial range of refreshments and there are some other events in the pipeline once things start to get back to normal.
If you’d like to pop in and see the shop, you can find me Tuesday to Saturday at:
Unit 4, McBride Avenue,
Kirkintilloch,
G66 1XP
I have a range of bikes including MTB, gravel, ebikes and more from Kona and Dawes for sale as well as full workshop facilities, and supply Shimano, SRAM, DT Swiss, Halo, Rockshox, X Fusion, Maxxis, Schwalbe, Continental and many more.
Alternatively, you can call 07720713701, email ladevrx@gmail.com, or message the shop on Facebook.
web: http://www.marinacycles.com
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marina-Cycles-Kirkintilloch-624487021517849
See you in store or on the trails soon!
Midweek club rides start from Gavin’s Mill in Milngavie, which is a short bike ride from the station. (View a Google Map of the location). There’s no need to join GMBC to come along to your first few rides. The routes and durations vary to suit the conditions & those present. Covid restrictions permitting, tea, biscuits, changing facilities and bike wash are available afterwards. All you need is a well maintained off road suitable bike, a spare tube, pump and multi-tool and some enthusiasm.
Please use the GMBC Ride Form to sign up for a published ride.
Remember: no-helmet, no ride!
We have two mid-week rides to choose from:
Some good news for you this week, we’ve secured a new club house/meeting point.
From 10th November, we’ll be meeting at Jaw Brew Pub in Milngavie next to the railway station on a Wednesday evening.
Jaw Brew | Scottish Craft Beer Brewery in Glasgow
There’s parking around the back (26 Crossveggate, G62 6RA) and as well as outdoor and indoor seating, and a place to have a pint or a coffee post ride, Mark at Jaw Brew has kindly provided us with facilities to wash bikes post Wednesday night rides, so no more packing dirty bikes onto cars.
Looking forward to seeing you all there. We’ll kick this off with a “Bike and a Pint” event on Wednesday 10th November when we hope to do a 2 hour ride around Mugdock, followed by a drink at the pub. See you then
Going to be trying to run shop rides on alternate sundays, going between XC/gravel and more trail/enduro rides.
2 events in the calendar:
http://www.gmbc.org.uk/event/xc-gravel-shop-ride-marina-cycles/
http://www.gmbc.org.uk/event/gnarly-shop-ride-marina-cycles/
Usual club rules apply, newcomers to the club welcome if the ride suits you!
We’ve added details of the club’s September hosted ride out to Glengoyne and back on the events diary. Get you lights charged.
http://www.gmbc.org.uk/event/septembers-hosted-club-ride-glengoyne-loop/
Hi,
We are having a club ride this Sunday at Aberfoyle. The plan is to ride the steep techy off piste black graded trails that are dotted around the woods above Aberfoyle.
The ride will be about 20/25km (2.5hrs) with fire road climbs and steep and techy descents.
Meeting Place- Aberfoyle overflow car par just off Main Street
Meeting Time – Ready to ride for 8.30am
Equipment- Helmet, well maintained bike, spares, trail snacks and water.
Hopefully see some of you there, post up if you are coming along.
Chris
I found this on a British Cycling article and thought I’d share it in case anyone else thought it could be useful (for bike rides or family who have hearing or speech impairments). It describes how to sign up to be able to send an emergency message by SMS, for example you have an incident in a remote area and only have enough signal to send an SMS.
Short notice but if anyone’s staying local on Sunday, I’m not able to go too far from home right now, but luckily there are great trails everywhere!
Hi all, we hope you’ve enjoyed the variety of club rides we’ve organised to get back into group rides over the last 6 weeks. The plan moving forward will be to run one of these club rides on the first Wednesday of each month,then for the other weeks of the month we’ll encourage members to meet up for rides at 7pm on a Wed and post up on the Facebook members page any other rides they’ve planned (weekends/other evenings). Info on the 2nd June ride can be found below
Marina Cycles
