bike riding in Glasgow

Hi, I'm a Scottish born Aussie - been here for almost 22 years. I'm going home in August and would like to be able to go out for a play on my bike! In Brisbane we have a great bike club, bbta.org and wonder if there is anything like this in Glasgow or surrounding areas? am looking for friendly folk to go for a 50 - 80 km ride with once or twice a week with at least a cup of decent coffee thrown in! I ride, dare I say it!, a hybrid... and like to coast along at around 20kph. Hope to hear from someone.

 

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 13:47:28 GMT, mergirl101 wrote:

> Hi, I'm a Scottish born Aussie - been here for almost 22
> years. I'm going home in August and would like to be able
> to go out for a play on my bike! In Brisbane we have a
> great bike club, bbta.org and wonder if there is anything
> like this in Glasgow or surrounding areas? am looking for
> friendly folk to go for a 50 - 80 km ride with once or
> twice a week with at least a cup of decent coffee thrown
> in! I ride, dare I say it!, a hybrid... and like to coast
> along at around 20kph. Hope to hear from someone.

Your name's not Shelagh, is it? ;-)
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mergirl101 <[email protected]> writes:

>looking for friendly folk to go for a 50 - 80 km ride with
>once or twice a week with at least a cup of decent coffee
>thrown in!

Can't help you with the club but finding decent coffee may a
bigger problem outside the larger cities!

Roos

 

mergirl101 wrote:
> Hi, I'm a Scottish born Aussie - been here for almost 22
> years. I'm going home in August and would like to be able
> to go out for a play on my bike! In Brisbane we have a
> great bike club, bbta.org and wonder if there is anything
> like this in Glasgow or surrounding areas? am looking for
> friendly folk to go for a 50 - 80 km ride with once or
> twice a week with at least a cup of decent coffee thrown
> in! I ride, dare I say it!, a hybrid... and like to coast
> along at around 20kph.

See if there's anyone available through
http://www.ctcglasgow.org/ or
http://www.cyclingscotland.org/

Nothing wrong with hybrids, though Glasgow boasts the very
wonderful Kinetics shop in Bearsden, where you can try
something a bit more laid back... (http://kinetics.org.uk/)

As Roos indicates, UK's coffee typically not up to much, so
taking a flask advised ;-/

Pete.
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about: bike riding in Glasgow

> Hi, I'm a Scottish born Aussie - been here for almost 22
> years. I'm going home in August and would like to be able
> to go out for a play on my bike! In Brisbane we have a
> great bike club, bbta.org and wonder if there is anything
> like this in Glasgow or surrounding areas? am looking for
> friendly folk to go for a 50 - 80 km ride with once or
> twice a week with at least a cup of decent coffee thrown
> in! I ride, dare I say it!, a hybrid... and like to coast
> along at around 20kph. Hope to hear from someone.

From your description of the kind of cycling you're looking
for, it sounds like Go Bike <http://www.gobike.org/> is
probably exactly what you're looking for.

Monthly easygoing rides of around the distance you have in
mind, with additional rides and weekend trips in the summer
months. A friendly bunch, although you may have to argue the
merits of coffee at break stops. British cyclists seem to
prefer the aberration known as tea for some strange reason
(although cake wars tend to be limited to fights over who
gets the last bit) .. ;-)

David (founder Go Bike member and fellow coffee fan).

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