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Mugdock SMBO Photos & Belated Thank Yous

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Belatedly, what a crackin’ day the SMBO event turned out to be!  The feedback from the competitors was really positive; a great course, a well organised HQ, great prizes and great soup and cakes.  Hopefully it’ll spur some folks on to try an SMBO event next year or to help out if we organise another one in the future.

A big thank you needs to go to Tenn Outdoors (shorts and snoods) and Dales Cycles (goodie bags) and various club members for supplying prizes for the event, Bullands Coffeehouse and Andrew Smith’s wife for supplying the soup. There’s a lot of work beforehand, on the day and afterwards so a big thank you to everyone involved in helping out with setting up the hall, obtaining prizes from sponsors, managing registration, issuing maps, collecting back in all the checkpoints and signage, the excellent homebaking crew, prize giving officials and the hall clean up team.  It’s definitely a team effort so thanks to everyone involved.

A special thank you to Angus, Tom and Will for setting up the course and printing the maps and finally a special mention to the big fat high pressure sitting over Scandanavia for the epic sunshine.

I finally managed to upload some of the photos from the SMBO event ….

https://www.flickr.com/photos/glasgowmountainbikeclub/albums/72157673774456311

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We’ve Got Prizes!!

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The good people at the cycling & outdoor clothing company, Tenn Outdoors, have provided a selection of their Protean 10K waterproof baggies and one-size-fits-all snoods for the Mugdock SMBO this Sunday.  If you want a chance to win some of these (and hopefully have a great ride and enjoy some tea, cake & banter afterwards) then you’ll need to get your name down for the event!

Tenn Outdoors snood

Tenn Outdoors snood

Tenn Outdoors

Protean Waterproof Shorts

Protean Waterproof Shorts

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Reminder: Upcoming GMBC Events

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Friday 30/9 – social expedition to the pub (Coopers on Gt. Western Road) – all welcome

Sunday 2/10 – MTB orienteering in Mugdock, get yourself entered and try to not get lost on your local trails!!  Warning: Contains prizes and post-ride munchies.

Sunday 23/10 – North Third & Dumyat rides – close to Glasgow, 2 rides to choose from.

Sunday 30/10 – Blair Atholl/Pitlochry ride – beautiful autumn scenery on offer (weather permitting).

Galloway trail centre weekend away (18-20 Nov) – if you’re interested then please put your name down ASAP as we need to confirm the booking for the SYHA by the end of the week.

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Super Selkirk Singletrack Saturday

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In the club calendar for this coming Saturday:

Selkirk Singletrack Saturday

It’s a chance to explore some of the less-ridden (but still excellent) trails in the Tweed Valley.  I’m hoping the dry-ish weather in the east this week means the trails are in decent condition come Saturday.  Expect lots of climbs (3000ft+), a similar amount of descending, exposed moorlands, forest singletrack and a wee bit of fireroad and tarmac to join up the fun bits.  Take food for the day as a cafe stop isn’t guaranteed on this ride.  The meeting point is the main car park in Selkirk town centre, just off the town square.

Last time it looked a bit like this:

Epic Views

Epic Views

And according to the-now-Sheffield-based-ex-GMBC-rider, Grant H, it was one of his highlights riding here in Scotland when he said,

“The Selkirk Singletrack ride this Summer, you all owe it to yourself to try this at least once.”

You do owe it to yourself.  Get beyond the trail centres, we can ride them during winter!!

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Galloway 7 Stanes Weekend Away (18-20 Nov)

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UPDATE 02-Nov: all spaces now filled.  We can start a waiting list if anyone is interested.

This was talked about on some rides recently.  The plan is to have a weekend trip to Galloway so we can pick up the 7 Stanes trail centres down in the south west (e.g. Kirroughtree, Dalbeattie, Mabie and Ae or even Drumlanrig).  It’s based on booking out an entire hostel, in Newton Stewart – 26 people max and from conversations we’ve got 6-7 people up for it already.  We’d ride at Kirroughtree on Saturday and head east on the Sunday.

It’ll cost £15 per person per night (assuming we get more than 18 people signed up).  We’ll keep a waiting list in case it’s oversubscribed.  NB: There’s a few notes on the sheet regarding reservations & cancellations you should be aware of.

If you want to come then put you’re name down on this sheet, it’s first come, first served:

Galloway 7 Stanes Weekend Away sign up sheet

Our last visit to Galloway:

Dalbeattie Sunshine #1

 

 

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Sports Club Hall Use – New Guidance

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Hi.  For anyone who’s ridden with the club you’ll know that a key part of the experience is the post-ride cuppa & chat in the hall.  We’re not the only people who use the hall and we’ve been asked to do our bit to keep it clean and tidy for other guests at the sports club (especially important as we go into autumn & winter).  I know we already do our bit to tidy up afterwards but there are some specific things we need to do or stop doing, namely… Continue reading