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Help Promote GMBC at the Scottish Bike Show – 14th & 15th April

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Once again, Alpine Bikes will be giving GMBC some floor space at the Scottish Bike Show (14th &15th April 2012). Last year some of us turned out to promote the club and we are intending to do the same again this year. Myself and Barry will be at the stall on the Saturday . However, we would appreciate some more help. We are both riding the Sportive on the Sunday (as per Tim’s earlier post) and if anyone else can help that would be great. We are  hoping to obtain 4 free passes for those helping out, these can be transferred between us. Please get in touch if you can help us out.

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Hi folks – New member!

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Hi, I’ve just joined GMBC, as my own club is more focused on road riding, So I need to branch out a wee bit!. I met a fair few of you at the weekend we had at Mabie last november, I was there due to knowing Gareth and Elaine.

Hope to get out on some club rides soon,

Greg.

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Your favourite rides within ~1 hour of Glasgow?

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I’ve got a friend visting at Easter who has never biked in Scotland (but is a good rider) so I’m trying to plan a few rides to show the best of what’s on offer. So I’d really like your suggestions for your favourite / most memorable routes near-ish to Glasgow (say ~1hr drive away). The routes can be anything from a few hours to longer, but not 12 hour hike-a-bike epics. Good “natural” riding rather than trail centres is preferable.

Suggestions last night were:

  • Something round Mugdock because it’s local
  • Ben Lomond, good idea but could be a rambler dodging festival at Easter
  • Something around Aberfoyle (routes needed)
  • Ochil hills
  • Drumlanrig

I have seen a route guide from Tyndrum to Taynuilt that looks good, about 60km via Loch Etive I think. Anyone done this?

Thanks

Tom

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Website hacked!

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The website was hacked some time Monday PM.  If at any time on Monday or Tuesday you tried to access the site and were redirected to a site purporting to scan your computer and warn you that it was infected, you should immediately ensure that you have valid and up-to-date anti-virus software installed (such as free AVG).  This is especially important if you downloaded anything from the redirection site.

We weren’t being singled-out for special treatment – around 300,000 sites were compromised in the same way.

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HSE Approved Outdoor First Aid – Action required from you!

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Okay folks,

My apologies but I have made a mistake with the cost.  I quoted £25 per person, which is correct, but I forgot to mention that they’ll be vat added to this, which equates to a fiver making it £30 course fee (the club will be invoiced & currently I am unsure if we can claim this back).  On top of this, I would require everyone to stump up an additional fiver for the trainer as he’s doing this out of his own time and not being paid by the company….hence the heavily reduced price. Continue reading

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Bite to eat on Friday night before Brewdog?

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Graham and myself are heading to The Little Cafe before heading to Brewdog for 8pm. It’s only a minutes walk along Argyle Street towards town from Brewdog and sits beside Mother India. http://www.thelittlecafe.co.uk/the_LITTLE_cafe/Pizza_-_Pannini_-_Coffee_-_Deli,_Glasgow.html

We plan to be there for 6.30pm, they do 2 pizzas for £10 and there’s lots to choose from.

Hope to see you there.

Barry