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Alan McLean

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  7. Who's been to the dolomites?

    in General

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    Depends how many but consider fly to Venice and combine with brief visit there. Bus or taxi to cortina and hire bikes there. Taxi about 90euros. If doshed up you can hire road bikes and e mountain bikes on seperate days but also have delightful days just walking. 

    For hard core road cycling fly to Venice, hire car and straight to alta badia. 

    Or drive from Zeebrugge in two days with your own bikes and do a bit of riding around Vosges. Holiday starts on Hull ferry as you know 😀

  10. 05/01/20

    in Sunday Run - Faster / Longer Bunch

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    Well done guys. Looked grim as we softies headed off to local cafe.

    If you are trying to renew subs please note that the link to the BC renewal site is temporarily broken but should be working in a few days. I would send out a bulk email but the link to BC is temporarily broken....so please spread the word.

  13. Whatsapp club proposal

    in General

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    10 hours ago, thejanullrichdietplan said:

    Not sure where feedback for the whatsapp proposal is to go

    I asked that people write to me so I could take to committee but am delighted to see it here too.

    What is hard about looking at the forum, or posting up there?

    I don't know but lots of people don't do it. Wishing it won't help. They look at stuff sent to them, that's how every ad campaign works. They don't browse forums to find out what to do.

    I spoke to about twenty people at prize-giving and they all thought the Forum was not the best way of telling people what is going on. I am but a mere servant of the club members and agreed that we need to look at this more closely.

    My email was not a WhatsApp proposal, it was really a request for ideas to help publicise rides rather than have people look for them. I chose WhatsApp as an example, other media messaging services are available.

    As Membership Secy I receive lots of requests from new members who cannot work out where the info is on the bunch. For me it is difficult to use from a phone and most importantly the Bunch is passive and does not alert people to rides and events.

    For instance the Prize-giving was initially buried in Announcements. Confirmed attendance at the prize-giving doubled in 24 hours after we circulated an email to all members. I'll bet this thread is only seen by a few people, most will never look for it because it is an unknown unknown.

    Please post here, write privately to me or, better, come to committee meeting to discuss if you think there is a problem and, if so, how to fix it. And let me know if you can help.Ohyadancer!

    Personal view: If there is no problem then we can continue with a passive Forum based on 15yo tech.  I think that's a mistake. I know that many club members are in a lot of other media groups and receive a LOT of ride notifications so I think JWCC should be one of them.

    Alan

    Secretary

     

  17. Check Junk mail for JWCC news

    in General

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    Hi all

    We're going to use the BC mailing system for occasional mailshots to all members. I've just circulated info on prize-giving and subs renewal. If you have not received it please check your junk/spam filter.

    I don't want to add unnecessarily to your email burden and would be grateful for feedback on how well the BC system works and whether you are happy/unhappy to receive occasional emails this way.

    Either post here or drop me a message/email.

    Alan

    Secretary

    JWCC

  18. Anyone understand Decathlon lights?

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    I have a tiny rechargeable Decathlon bike light which is great when I can select the correct mode. I'll try to attach pic.

    It can show either red or white LED but I don't know how to select the correct mode. Anyone know? At present I randomly press the centre button until it suddenly changes mode. There must be a simple code but I don't know it.

    Can't post pic. It is about 4 by 2 by 1 cm with micro usb and white and red leds

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