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Ribble Evo Pro Carbon (2012) for sale (along with a Tacx Crono Elite gel trainer) - £400 now £300 o.n.o. Both rarely used since purchased new in 2012 due to prolonged injury. Excellent condition. Probably both done a few hundred KMs each. Stored indoors at all times. Ideal for a newbie or for a 2nd run about. Pick up in Johnstone town centre. Specification below. Ribble Evo Pro Carbon Shimano Ribble Evo Pro Carbon Road Frame M (52cm C to Top) Ribble Black Road Carbon Road Forks 1 1/8" ITS Ribble Headset Branded Ribble 1 1/8" Hidden (ITS) 45 x 45 Shimano 105 (5700) Black 10 Spd Double Groupset Shimano 105 5700 BB Cups (105 10 Double/Triple) Eng Shimano 105 Black 5700 Brakes Shimano 10 Spd 105 5700 Cassette 11-28 Shimano 10 Spd 5701 105 Chain Shimano 105 Black Dbl 5700 10 Chainset 172.5 39/53 Shimano 105 Black (5700) 10 Dbl Fr Gear Braze-on Shimano 105 Black (5700) 10 Spd Rear Gear Short (SS) Shimano STI Levers 105 Black 5700 w ith cables Double Factory Road Brake Cableset (Standard cables) Factory Road Gear Cableset (Standard cables) Mavic Pr WTS Aksium Red Clincher M10 Shim 700x23 ITM Alutech Wing 6061 (31.8) Bars Black 44cm ITM Alutech 6061 (31.8) Stem Black 110mm Selle Italia SL Saddle Red CSN Carbon S.E. Seatpillar 31.6 400mm ITM Cork Embossed Handlebar Tape Red

Jann, The new British Cycling membership subscription page looks good. Very professional looking. I hope we see some members making use of the facility. Just for information, you can purchase the membership for yourself or for someone else, so it would be ideal for parents renewing the subscriptions for their Jets when the time comes. Also, the following payment methods are available; Visa Credit Card Visa Debit/Delta/Connect Mastercard Maestro Solo Cheers Allan

Renfrewshire Council are asking for our feedback on cycling in the Renfrewshire area. The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete. http://www.systrasurvey.com/cyclingstrategy/

Carol, I have just checked the emails from Jane and it's definitely Friday 14th November that we are booking. This must be a typo on the tickets.

Only a month to go! Book your tickets soon - First come first served!

Welcome to the Johnstone Wheelers Robert. We have 3 groups who roll out from our clubrooms in Miller Street in Johnstone at 9am on Sunday. The groups are; 30 milers Intermediate bunch Main bunch. Have a look on the Club Runs section for details of each of the runs. You're welcome along to 3 club runs before there is any expectation on you to become a paid member. Any questions just ask.... Cheers Allan

He isn't a patch on these guys..... (Safe to open at work) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3uPZZQVoCg

Tickets for the JWCC & Johnstone Jets Annual Awards Presentation are now available! Gleddoch House Hotel Friday 14th November 2014, 7.00pm - Midnight. Hot Buffet Prize Presentation Dancing to Ian Simmet's Ceilidh Band. Tickets are £15.00 for Adults and £6 for Jets. Dress to Dance Please respond to this thread indicating how many adult & Jets tickets you would like and I will send you a private message with details of how to pay. If anyone wishes to stay at Gleddoch we have rates offered of £85 Double Occupancy B&B or £65 Room Only. Please book directly with the hotel and mention the event. See you all there!

Chris, You are welcome along to 3 rides as a prospective member to establish if the JWCC is for you or not. This gives you the opportunity to sample each of our Sunday group rides (30 Milers, Intermediates and Main Bunch). Should you decide to join our club then doing so in October will cover your membership through to November 2015. Cheers Allan

Slight change of tact. Has anyone used http://www.stephenroche.com/ in Mallorca? Their website looks exactly what I'm looking for in terms of a goal to work towards to motivate me to get back on my bike!

Thanks for the feedback Tony. I will most likely be going solo so the thought of meeting other people in an organised holiday appeals. But I will review CTC. Cheers Allan

Hello, I'm thinking about booking a cycling holiday for next year and wondered if anyone has any experience of using the company Exodus? http://www.exodus.co.uk/cycling-holidays Any feedback would be welcome. Thanks Allan

Martin, I have been away from my computer for a couple of days but I have just approved Anaël's request to join The Bunch. Apologies for the delay. Welcome to the JWCC. Allan

Sad to see you leaving Greig. Good luck with your new hobbies and the long distance trucking! Take care and hopefully bump into you some time. Allan

Hello everyone. I have had reports that members of The Bunch are not receiving emails from the forum when they have chosen to "follow a topic". This can be caused by your email provider not seeing JWCC emails as safe and subsequently rejecting them. To combat this issue, please be sure to add the Johnstone Wheelers domain (@johnstone-wheelers.co.uk) to your safe senders list, commonly referred to as a white-list. Furthermore, please add [email protected] and [email protected] to your contact list to ensure you receive all emails sent from JWCC. If you have any queries, please contact me at [email protected] or private message me. Thanks Allan

The JWCC mailing list I use is based on the email addresses that paid members have subscribed with. From memory, that isn't your Gmail address. If it was, please let me know. Allan.

Alan, (sorry for the lengthy response - but you did ask ) It could be that you have registered for something on the internet using your Gmail account and this has unfortunately been picked up by a spammer (they trawl the Web for email addresses to spam). Using a MAC has no bearing on your Gmail account being spammed, but may have a bearing on how spam email is handled. Your email account is web based and therefore a target for spammers regardless of how you access it, PC, MAC, Phone etc. If your email address has been targeted, then you can set up filters and whitelists to prevent the spam hitting your inbox. These need trained to recognise legitimate email so this can take some fiddling to set up. This link discusses setting up filters and whitelists in Gmail http://lifehacker.com/when-gmails-filters-arent-enough-how-to-tackle-spam-513920584. Furthermore, Google, like all providers, sometimes alter their spam detection algorithm to combat the changing tactics of spammers. This then requires your spam filters to be re-trained to detect spam and to differentiate it from legitimate email. Also, if you try to unsubscribe from a spam type email there's a good chance you will just be letting the spammer know you have a "live" email address, thus opening yourself up to increased amounts of spam. Only unsubscribe from legitimate mailing lists. Do you use a mail client to pull email onto your MAC, such as AppleMail, Airmail, Outlook or Powermail? If so, then I recommend a program called Spamsieve http://c-command.com/spamsieve/. It's free to trial and only costs $30 USD to purchase. The author of this article describes Spamsieve as indispensable http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/rethinking-the-never-unsubscribe-rule-for-spam/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0. I will PM you my mobile number should you need any assistance. Feel free to call. Cheers Allan

Dear Members, The upgrade to The Bunch forum was performed successfully at just after midnight on Saturday. With no users on-line at midnight, Big Front Door decided to bring forward the upgrade to minimise impact on our members. Furthermore, our site was moved to a new host server to resolve intermittent availability issues that occurred over the last couple of days. We are now running on the latest and most secure version of IP Board software. You should not notice anything different with this new version, but should you have any questions please do not hesitate to email me at [email protected] Regards, Allan

Dear members, Big Front Door plan to undertake the upgrade to The Bunch forum at 10am on Sunday 27th July, at which time most members will be out on club runs. The forum will be down for about 1 hour, with a full back up being taken prior to the upgrade being applied. All existing threads will remain and all login details will remain the same. I will advise upon successful completion of the upgrade. Thanks Allan [email protected]

Yass! Cheers Greg.

Greg, I'll keep an eye on the post to see what the situation is with cars. Ideally I'd like to take my bike to give it an outing, so I will see how things pan out with the thread. Allan

I just bought a new Scott Scale 970 from Thomsons and I'm itching to try it out. Never done anything like that before so would be very interested in this, especially if someone was prepared to drive (I don't drive). I will follow this post with interest. Allan

Hello, I noticed the posts in the MTB section are a bit dated, so I was wondering if there is still a MTB element in the club? I'm due to pick up my new mountain bike from club sponsor, Thomsons Cycles, this Friday and was wondering what's on offer in the local area with respect to trails etc. Any advice welcomed. Allan

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Dear Members, Further to discussions with our website and Bunch forum host, Big Front Door, we intend to upgrade the software used to host The Bunch over the weekend of 25th July 2014. This upgrade will bring JWCC up to the latest, most secure version of the software. Downtime will be limited to about 30 minutes and the upgrade will be conducted well out of business hours at a typically quiet period. A more detailed schedule will be made available nearer the time. Please let me know if you have any questions. Allan [email protected]