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Mountain Biking News

The Greenlink ran a successful mountain biking programme during the summer holidays. With the help of North Lanarkshire Council's Generation Youth instructors, young people enjoyed learning new skills on the Greenlink. They also visited Glentress and Carron Valley mountain biking courses.

Proposed Skills Loop

Due to the increased interest in mountain biking, the Greenlink is working with designers to build a mountain bike skills course. The area behind the Globe Stadium at Milton street has been identified as a possible area and it is hoped that building work will start in early spring. Some of the young people who attended the mountain biking sessions during the summer, have helped the design by giving us some ideas. A survey was also carried out at Braidhurst High School.

Mountain Biking Club

As well as the skills loop, we are hoping to set up a Mountain Bike Club on the Greenlink. It is hoped that the mountain biking will offer scramble bike users a legal hobby they can enjoy on the Greenlink as well as making mountain biking more accessible to the community.

The club will lead weekly rides around the Greenlink taking in tricky single track you might not know about, as well as taking in Strathclyde Park and Chatelherault, which has great mountain biking. We'd also like to include away days to places like the Seven Stanes in the borders, tracks which have been classed as some as the best mountain biking in the world.

The club will be for all ages and abilities so if you're new to mountain biking, haven't yet given it a try or been riding for years, then we want to hear from you because this club will be perfect for all of you!

Free Up-Lift service for Scramble Bike users on the Greenlink 

We also hope to be able to offer a period of free up-lifts for scramble bike users to have a taste of Billbeckie Scramble and Quad Bike Club, a North Lanarkshire Council site where scramble biking is legal and safe. To find out more about the club check out North Lanarkshire Scramble and Quad Bike Club. Interested in the up-lift service then contact the Greenlink and put your names down today!

Mountain Bike Club Committee Meeting - Electing a Committee

Keen to get the mountain bike club on the Greenlink, then we need your help to set up a committee. At the moment the club is subject to funding however a committee will allows the group to access funding and get insurance as well as plan a programme of rides for the club.

You can find out more at the Inagrual Meeting on Monday 26th January 2009, 5.30pm Braidhurst High School, where information on the committee roles will be given out and the committee will be elected.

So if you'd like to find out more then use the Contact link to ask any questions and we'll get back to you asap.