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The BM Rider is the magazine of the BM Riders Club. Currently 'The BM Rider' is a quarterly e-Zine although the frequency of publication may change in due course as and when it is felt that there is a need and if we have sufficient content to fill them. The decision to produce an e-Zine rather than a hard copy magazine was taken mainly for reasons of cost and this decision will be reviewed over the next twelve months. This has now been reviewed and it has been decided that we will remain with the e-Zine for the time being.

The BM Rider's first ever Editor was Matt Butcher and he did a great job of producing the Club's first ever magazine. The first issue was particularly difficult because there really was very little in the way of news as it was published on 'Launch Day' but it was successful dues to Matt's efforts. After completion of the second issue, Matt retired from the post due to other commitments but we were fortunate to find a new volunteer within a few hours on announcing Matt's retirement. The new and current Editor is Pat Mansfield from Dublin and having kissed the Blarney stone a time or two, I'm sure he'll do a great job for us all.

We will try our best to keep you informed of all that is happening within the Club, both in the e-Zine and this site & Forum but we really do need your input, news, articles and stories in order to keep these publications interesting. So ....... please send us appropriate material for inclusion.

As of the May 2007 Issue, the e-Zine will not be sent as an attachment and the mail will contain a link for you to select to download the current issue. This link will remain active for 15 days after the email was sent but, of course, if you fail to download your copy in that time it will always be available for download from the 'Members Only' section of the website. The main reason for the change of delivery method is the file size which has given one or two Members problems and working to strict size limits has also been restrictive for the Editorial team in that they struggled to keep each issue below 2Mb - with a system for you to download, most of those problems will disappear and we will now work to a maximum size of 10Mb which will allow the trialling of some active content such as video clips within the e-Zine.

The e-Zine is only available to Club Members and is a PDF file which will also be available for download from the 'Members Only' area of the Club website. The 'BM Rider' will normally only be available to Club Members but, as a taster, the first edition is freely available to all from this website. Enjoy..........

Download the first issue Here

You will need Adobe Reader in order to be able to read the e-Zine and Quicktime to display active content such as video. Both Adobe Reader and Quicktime can be downloaded free from the links below.