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Tube change in under a minute

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIhTY02lRSE&feature=player_embedded">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIhTY02lRSE&feature=player_embedded</a>

Impressive how fast you can do it when it’s not peeing down, everything covered in mud, you need to find what’s stuck in the tyre and get it out, the first replacement tube is already holed after rattling about in a backpack for 6 months (or not repaired since the last puncture), the tyre is impossibly tight on the rim, the victim has a *ridiculously* small pump, and everybody not involved is passing around jelly babies, offering “advice”, and bitching about being eaten alive by midges.  Ah, the joys of mountain biking! ;~p

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Cathkin Braes Country Park Mountain Bike Trails

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I popped along to the open day yesterday after work – really interesting and pretty impressive trails getting built.  They are underway already and being built in 3 phases, such that when a phase is finished it can be ridden as a full looop.  First Phase, which is the section nearest the main top car park, will be finished in a few weeks.  Surfacing will be Type 1, finished with whin dust, which will aid the bedding in – very similar construction to 7Stanes etc, so durability should be good.  There are a load of technical features, and they have the trail designer from the Beijing course working on the detail of those.  The whole thing will be finished by Christmas, and they have provision to do further works in 2013 once feedback is made on tweaks that are required.  There will be another period of pre commonwealth Games trail tweaks to adjust for the competition itself.

All in all a very positive addition to our trail centres and although only 5.5km in length, it certainly looks like it will be right up there with the best of the technical trail centres.  The organisers are keen that it starts to get ridden asap so i suggetsed I would stick a club ride in the calendar for later in the summer, by which time the first phase will be ready, and poss the second.  Riders are welcome to ride the full route, which is marked, in advance of building work, but obviously to keep clear of actual construction

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Ben Lomond – Wednesday 27th June

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After Chris’s post and a quick scratch of the head I though it might be a idea to head up the Ben next Wednesday. Given that we have daylight until pretty late we should be able to descend in day/twilight.

Unless its chucking it, it’ll be a decent wee night ride. If its raining then I’ll look at a plan B option. Planning to meet at Rowardennan Pier car park ready to ride at 6.30pm.

I’ll pop it in the calendar if there’s enough of a show of hands. Kev and I are in so far.

D

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Aviemore routes?

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Kev and I are heading up to Aviemore next weekend for a friend’s stag and taking our bikes. Plan is to get some riding in before we get completely mashed. We fancy some big hills with some big downs but dont want to come back completely knackered and disappoint the stag.

Any ideas folks? (Sanny, I’m expecting a big long list : )

D

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First Aid Certificates update

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For all the folk who are now First Aiders, I have your certificates, and I’ll be leaving them in the Club Hall under our bench.

They’re in a white envelope along with a course evaluation form.  Please take 2 minutes to complete this when you take your certificate.  Please place the completed evaluation form back in the envelope.

Remember – “Nellie the elephant”

Cheers

Barry