{"id":552273,"date":"2026-04-26T21:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/552273\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T21:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:39:10","slug":"greenocks-icdt-community-tracks-team-to-take-short-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/552273\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenock&#8217;s ICDT Community Tracks team to take &#8216;short hiatus&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inverclyde<\/a> Central Bicycle Recycling and Refurbishment Team, based on Regent Street, said it will pause services due to limited capacity and staffing challenges.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson said: &#8220;Our project has been key in keeping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inverclyde<\/a> on their bikes for 10 years this year, and we have no intention of disappearing; but at this time we need to go on a short hiatus for our typical services.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We will do everything we can to keep Inverclyde pedalling on.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The team confirmed that reports of a complete closure were inaccurate and that it remains open for quick services and cycling advice.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In-depth repairs and bicycle donations cannot currently be accepted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Thursdays are now appointment-only due to a lack of available staff.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  ICDT said it will continue contributing to Inverclyde\u2019s cycling scheme through education programmes and by providing its Electric Bike fleet for events.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  One such event is Ardgowan Hospice\u2019s upcoming Five Ferry Challenge.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The group will also maintain communication through its social media page and workshop contact number during standard operating hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Inverclyde Central Bicycle Recycling and Refurbishment Team, based on Regent Street, said it will pause services due&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-552273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}