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I have had better starts to a ride, not getting onto the bike track proper before puncturing from all the glass shards. That meant a bit of a push on my own to catch up with everyone else, not helped by me not paying attention to the route. There is something quite amazing and heartwarming to see everyone waiting for you, so a big thank you to everyone who was there, a new measure of reliability. Maybe I should also post up recipes for Paul Leavy.

Cracking day indeed. Well drilled bunch, thanks chaps. Thats how the main bunch should be. Gutted I missed that soup, waited all week for it. Cakes? Missed those home-made bad boys also. Cheers folks.

Aye good day to be out. Would agree with Colin that the bunch riding of the 930 was real smooth. Jumped ship to get the 900 bunch up the haylie and that also functioned as a good unit. Was planning to cut off at kilbirnie but was lured back to try Gerards cakes and have to say they were brillant as were the energy bars. Sorry Alan, still can't stand parsnips. Worked off some of the calories by returning on the back roads to kilbirnie in spring like conditions ..fab day.

Anyone recognise the guy on the right advertising the etape!, great run today and thanks for those who supplied the grub at the clubrooms, unfortunately never got one of Gerard’s cakes thanks to Paul leavy until next week

First go at the CX today, dug out my 10 year old kit, last worn about 2 stone ago and decided my tactic would be start at the back and try my hardest to stay there. A bit apprehensive I stayed near the rear of the race to begin with, and soon found myself pegging back some places. Just as i thought it was all going well, the race got fairly strung out, with the fast group miles ahead, there were no more targets. Around the 40 min mark Cedric came flying past to lap me with apparently no effort. The dismount needs a bit of work, coming to a stop to get back on, apparently isnt the mist time efficient. Got to the finish with no crashes and not in last place, a resounding success! Well done to Cedric who i believe won by a country mile on a warm sunny day.

09:30 bunch rolled out up the cycle path and down the Clune, with a view to catching up with the main 9am bunch which we did at Gourock. We cracked on into Largs and figured we'd wait on the 9am bunch and see what folk are doing. Even had time for a quick coffee - thank you @Darryl Gunson for that We then chose the standard route through Dalry via West Kilbride, and back via cycle path. It was here where I started to feel like I was going to hit the wall (I forgot to take out my lights and food with me - d'oh!) and sure enough heading through Kilbarchan I quickly ran out of energy. Thanks @Scott for the Fruit Pastilles A well disciplined bunch - great bunch riding with everyone taking a spell. Thanks guys for letting me sit at the back over the last few miles. Hope to be out next week but a bit time constrained so may be the 'short' route. Will wait and see nearer the time.

Big group of 9am Jets and sandbaggers nice run down the coast in pleasant weather, well done to Mairi on her first club outing! making it to Largs. Thanks to AlanT and his wife for delicious soup and my own personal patisserie(Gspot) for supplying the eclairs(Sorry if you didn't get to try one! I had one and a half, I have cake issues). Good fun!

Thanks Chung, found the culprit when I got home.

Hi Ramsay, I’ve actually still got the bar tape to do, so haven’t taken any “finished” pictures yet :-0 I will definitely post some up when I have ........... man, I’m really milking this, ain’t I Please be patience & bear with me :-) Cheers

Was enjoying that until I got the second puncture at inverkip and could not find the source of the problem, so did not want to risk it with no tubes left, got the train back to paisley from inverkip