Stevie Blom

Hey Ian nice 1 as i did not even see that1 ...... O eye eh Kenny? A bit of power when your part of the admin team , this means you can chop and change when its suits...... tut tut tut................ Dearie me ! Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Can someone let us all know more information about these runs? Time of departure... Route? distance? Place of departure? Is it open to other clubs? Do we have volunteers helping out? Come on can some let us know as its geting ever so close! Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Well kenny as you can see we have a sh!t load of photo's. Now folks im not going to be the sad geek sitting at my pc in my spare training time typing out reports who , where , why , what etc etc Anyone giving us a hand ? Otherwise i would let it all be trashed.! Sevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SATURDAY 17TH JULY 2004 OK at last I have put some text together about our glorious trip to Alpe D’huez!! The plan is that I use my talented dodgy spelling techniques and do a day to day report which gives other member’s to ask questions or add in something they have also experienced. This is a trip organised by Alan and Sharon July 04, all we had to do was pay them £50.00 for the weeks stay in the shaly and get a flight over. All in involved in this tour where the following: Stevie Blom Christian Olsthoorn Scott Donaldson Alan King Alan Yoeman Alan Miller Sharon Martin Mulholland Ex Pro Brian Smith Big Christian Olsthoorn Paulo El Mechanico Mcskimming (Spy for Ian Dooleys) DA King Dougie Da Rosa Surprise guest Tony Bell from cycling weekly could not make it due to medical problems. If I have left out anyone please forgive me!! So on the 17th of July Stevie Blom , Martin Mulholland , Dougie Da Rosa , Mark Whitehead , Scott Donaldson , Alan Yoeman met up at Glasgow airport for 5am.(Saturday) to catch the 7am flight to Manchester. All arrived in very high spirits and ready to start climbing some serious mountains , My only concern was could this plane take all our bikes but the ground staff assured us that it would be ok. So no problems with weight of the bikes and luggage – I took 1 holdall which was about 12kg and the bike bag about 18kg. Obviously I would be worried just incase I would be billed for being overweight but not the case. Everyone bailed up into the domestic terminal for a quick coffee and a chance to buy a load of the usual Cycling weekly magz with the odd FHM OR LOADED in between to settle any nerves just incase you missed you girlfriend or wife? Off to Manchester it was on board a transit van with wings I mean this plane was like a private jet that a golfer would use for himself. 1 Hr later we arrive in Manchester Airport , We had to wait 2.5 Hrs for the next Flight Which in the end wasn’t a problem as we all had a wonder about the terminal bought more jaz magz or just had a look. Alan Yoeman brought one of those IPOD’s – Now this is a star buy! This tiny machine can do anything except make you a cup of tea. It’s got the lot for music what a great idea it just gives me the pleasure of chucking out my minidisk player cd player etc etc no use for these things if you have an IPOD. Anyone likes to listen to music this is what you need. Mind you it will set you back about 300 quid!!!! I had a loan of it for a few hours and was well pleased with the quality of this. Time to board the Flight and just before we did a bloke in the Q walked up to us and asked “ are you guys in the Jwcc†we all says I!!!!!! He just asked for some members like Rita and said he was also going to the tour. Whilst standing on the Tarmac about to get aboard we could see one of the trailers with some of our bike’s on board being disconnected from the others and left on its own. Now this gave me a bad feeling below but thought positive!!!! No negative thoughts on this holiday. Again the aircraft was the same from Glasgow a typical transit van with wings. Flight time From Manchester was just over 2 hours. Arrival in Lyon!!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA not far form d’huez now lads was the out cry!!!!!! Headed to the baggage reclaim , as we stood with many others we could feel the heat bigtime , must have been over 25 degrees. So 30 minutes go by and most others have got their luggage reclaimed , a few moments later some of us could feel that our worst was about to happen …………But oh no a couple of bike bags are to be seen at the beginning of the conveyor belt…..1 belonged to Alan Yoeman the other to Dougie Da rosa. The rest of us where in deep shock all I could think was ahhhhh that’s my holiday gubbed now surely. So we walked to the B.A. baggage reclaim department which was a 30 sec walk over the floor. A young girl was at the desk she must have surrounded by big hefty angry gringo cyclists all in the same situation as us. I reckon about 25 people where missing bikes from different flights all over the uk including Ireland . Now most people went in and gave her a hell of time but at the end of the day its not her fault!!!! So after a good 2hrs wait a few guys in front of us explained to her that he had packed all his personal belongings in his bike bag. So he had no spare clothes NOTHING – all she could do was give him a B.A. over night bag which gave you the usual tripe you would require. Our turn at the front desk , She needed all our Baggage numbers , the one’s that where missing. These tickets are usually plastered on the back of your passport by the check in birds. Its important that every one keeps a hold of these because if your baggage does go missing and you cant produce this document then they cant do anything. Fortunately for us we all had them somewhere with us , we handed them over then she needed a contact telephone number and a delivery address as she explained that a courier driver would deliver the bikes to the shaly!! Did we know Alan kings mobile number – NO!!! Did we know the address of the shaly – NO!!!! No good at this point so only one guy to call who would have this information and that was our honourable life president Kenneth Mcdonald. Big Alan Yoeman gave him a call on his works mobile(he was allowed to use it as it was classed as an emergency situation – I mean bikes are missing folks common!!!) Kenny got the information we need so all is ok now , She could not give us a time or date when the missing bike would appear? So we had to sit tight for now. Ok next step was to grab our luggage and walk over to the bus stop which would drop us off at the hire car area. Some airport Lyon well layed out and public transport is at the highest unlike our arriva busses that can produce more smoke with one rev than …..i can’t compare it to anything else.. Within a few minutes drive we where dropped off at the hired car plant. Martin Mulholland and Douglas Mcfadzean both booked a vehicle each – 1 x Renault Megane for both of them. It was worked out at £54.00 each for both cars and the deal was no 1 took a bike box as we could only fit in 3 people and 3 bike bags in each vehicle. Since we only had 2 bikes and a few bags between the six of it wasn’t a problem taking it in the car. Of to Alpe duez we go , Martin had printed out a couple of auto route type maps for him and dougie. According to the autoroute the total distance from airport to Alpe duez was 151 km. This should have worked out about 1.5 hrs drive I believe , unfortunately for us not the case as we got to Grennoble where we encountered a traffic jam. This was agonisingly slow – according to the speedo on the dash 8km per hour. So the total time taken to get up the mountain was just over 4 hours. After a few hours sitting in the sun and moving slower than what paint dry’s we seen signs for “Bourg†– Now I thought yeeha Bourgh d’oisans but now not yet still a bit away . Quite funny this because in France like many other country’s they have many small towns and villages beginning with a name like “Bourg†then followed by another name. The last time I experienced this when I got to the top of the col de vars. Vars is a village on the mountain but it can have many parts added onto the village, “vars du marie†etc etc so many choices just make sure you have the correct one. Its 5pm and some of us are really starving big-time I was beginning to think about eating my own flesh…………..big al yeoman spies a supermarket on the road side so we all pull over. Quick ganders down the isle’s and before you know it we are standing in the check out with 4 cases of beer along with half a bakers truck load of bread and a farmers field of chicken pigs and cow’s. Another few km’s down the road and finally see the sign for “Bourg d’oisansâ€!!! By this time everyone was jumping for joy as we knew that Alpe duez was just round the corner somewhere. Martin Mulholland has been before so he knew what we where in for , the town of d’oisons is really nice and has many shops including a proper cycling shop. As all of our heads where moving about like a couple of periscopes looking for the sign Alpe duez. Finally it was to be seen , just outside the town we all seen the left turn for Alpe duez. Automatically we then looked to the left and saw the beginning of an almighty climb(is it heaven or hell?) that we would be expected to ride every day of our stay. Now folks for the one’s that have not been before this climb isn’t just a 13km hike up to the top – noNONONONNO its got 21 hair pin bends on this lump and the very 1st km of it was an eye opener , it must have been 14% , by the 1st hair pin and oh my god you have never seen anything like it before. Each hairpin bend goes on for less than a km , on those hairpin bends you had caravans , tents , and thousands of people claiming mm’s of grass where they would have pitched a tent or caravan. Only Saturday afternoon and many people had already gathered to claim a spot on this special mountain to witness the tour. My eyes where truly opened and I then realised how bad cycling as a sport is treated back in Scotland. Talk about football crowds or even crowds at a large rock concert well the people here Must have been in the hundreds of thousands and many many more where expected by the Wednesday morning for the beginning of the time trial. Me , well I had my big coupon out of the car window looking at the amazing scenery which it had to offer. Quite amazing because the road just goes up the front side of the mountain as other main mountain passes go round of the mountain but not this one. Many foreign nationalities would claim a number of bends to them selves i.e. you would have all Belgians on bends 1 – 10 and all of zu Gurmans on 11 – 15 etc etc For me I was on the look out for Dutch corner!!!!! As they say it’s the largest mountain in Holland “alpe d'huezâ€. This mountain is claimed by Dutch cycling fans as they believe they own it due to the overwhelming victory’s previous Dutch riders have had – one thing though it hasn’t been won by a Dutch rider for quite some time!! As we approached bend 9 I could the sea of orange all around me – no folks it wasn’t the orange walk on tour but the true Nederland’s kleur (Dutch pride). Must have been 12 camper vans all parked beside each other with orange flags , gazibo’s and god knows what else they had it was total party atmosphere. Unexplainable and extremely difficult to put into words to what we all had seen. Most of the Dutch fans had big loudspeakers on with some dodgy 70’s music dancing away with cans of Heineken singing “cheers boogie boogie cheeeeeers boogie boogieâ€(referring to Michael Boogerd) Even guys walking up and down the hair pin bend like those “umpa lumpa†bands>? People just all over the place quite amazing to what extreme these guys would go to just to see the tour de France. Finally we get to the top and some of us had some nightmares of climbing this rock from what we could see from the car , parts of it where very very steep. During our car journey up the mountain we could see many other brave cyclists climbing the alpe. Personally I wanted to jump out the car knock down the nearest cyclist and ride his bike to the top. On the top of duez , what a view and here we met up with Alan King and Sharon Kinning. Great excitement all the way, the shaly Josephine is amazing!!! What a place, and for only £50.00 for the week its was a real bargain, even a true born paisley man would not have the brass neck to argue with that. Absolutely minted, tiled floors, it had wooden walls all over the place so I gather that most places like this must have been the same. Must have been hundreds of these shaly’s on the alpe, mind you I did not see an IKEA store!! This place could have slept 40 punters without any problem, plenty of space on the 1st floor, 3 main bedrooms all with fitted bathrooms. Fully fitted kitchen with fridge and dish washer and cooker supplied as well as cutlery and plates etc. The view from the kitchen table was very interesting , it’s not every morning you stare at a couple of mountain top peaks. Beside the kitchen you have the lounge area, this could be used as a fold down bed too where Big Christian ended up for the week. Next after the lounge the sliding doors where opened and there ye have it, a balcony for us all to sit out side enjoying the sun. So what did we do on our 1st day? Well we all chilled out and relaxed after a hard days travel! Checked out the shaly and took a few hours walk with Sharon and Alan to see what this famous place is really all about! I have never seen so many caravans and campers on 1 site before – I think they called an area “Caravan city†– one of them one’s where say you had to be there, So that evening we got booked into a nice Pizza restraunt where all had a great time. After some glorious grubb we decided to go for a pub crawl – now we are talking!!!!! A few shotts down the throat I was reminded by Alan King that I had another week to go so don’t worry MAN! I am on holiday mode geez auw the bevy (-: Well the following morning my head was like a burst couch , still the thought of wakening up to a 25 degree sun ray and not a cloud in the skye was just the perfect cure at 8am in the morning. Amazing this d’huez , it had a row of shops just next door to us and a street of places to eat , even had an open swimming pool with an airport next to it. You can go on and on but if you ever get the chance to go to this place be sure you do whilst the tour is going through. That morning I had hoped for our bikes to arrive but after waiting till midday we decided that enough is enough and it not fair on the folks who have bikes to sit and wait on the rest of us. So in the end Martin , Stevie B , Mark Whitehead hired out bikes from a sports shop not far from our shaly. For 6hours they cost about 20 Euro I think>? Anyway the bikes where standard road bikes with Low range Campaq groupo plus the famous “Toe clips and strapsâ€â€¦â€¦â€¦..OH NO I THOUGHT! I cant be seen on a bike like this??? So I took my cycling shoes and pedal spanner and flew down the mountain to get to the cycling shop in Bourg d’oisons. Once arrived I bought new pedals , looks 447’s – 35 Euros not bad.(Dooleys only 5bux dearer) Quick change over and bang we all started climbing the mountain. I did recall seeing a digital Clock which stated 14:28 +38 ! Now _38 is very warm indeed and it proved to be too much for me in the end. Once I started climbing the 1st part of the alpe it was mission impossible , MAN O MAN CRY FOR YER MAW!! It hurt so badly that I just wanted to come off and chill out – but NO I have to get to the top. So by this point we are about halfway up the 1st Kilometer out of 13 , by this time I had used all my gears and then realised that I was in 42 x 23! NO wonder it was so hard – with that type of gear ratio I could only go HARD till hair pin 11. Now I shouted to Mark and Dougie to go ahead as my legs where about to fall apart and walk away from me……… I had gone to hard to begin with and struggled to push that gear , I however did not give up and climbed to the top at my own pace. Once I got to Dutch corner I got shouts of encouragement as they seen I had my RABOBANK Cap on. Suddenly Im out the saddle as if god gave me a new life? Many dutch fans running beside me and patting me on the back plus they offered some Boiling hot Heineken beer! No thank you! Once past Dutch corner a bloke shouted “I son you have to keep up that tempo to the top and not just past us!!!!†He was right , as I passed by to the next hairpin of pain I sat back down to that slow snail pace speed. I lookes up and could see the shaly’s , the commentators are correct when they say on t.v. (Eurosport) the shaly’s look like small ants so its best not to look up! Bang on I say! – Wish I never looked up now as they did not seem to get any bigger! Now many riders are passing me in triple rings pushing ridiculous granny gears. This is when pride gets the better of you but a wee small voice in the back of your mind tells you that you should be doing the same and it would make life so much easier! Finally I see the sign for bend 18!!!!!!! – nearly NEARLY over!!!!! So I get all excited and started to get out the saddle again jumping on the pedals as it started to get cooler at the top. It kind of flattens out near bend 20 and then its just a matter of getting round to the final climb where the finish line is. I could see Dougie and Mark whitehead lying down in the crucified position as if they had been through a terrible ordeal , well I could understand all the way! Just another push here and there and hey its all over for another day. I completed this in 1hr 17 minutes + Dougie and Mark did it in 1hr 13 minutes. Bloody Hard work you know! – but it wasn’t enough for stevie B as he got back on his bike and started climbing higher to the ski lifts which is the highest part of the climb. Everyone made it to the top which is some going but my pat on the back goes to Big Al Yoeman who had not touched the bike for a year and still got to the top! That night we all got badly drunk (That’s the game) and enjoyed our short days ride! About 8pm I could barely walk as my calf or legs in general seized up for good. The pain was so painful that it was my own fault at the end of the day. Brian Smith looked at me and said “WHY†did you do that? Got a bit embarrassed to be honest, Bed time for me folks Ive had enough for 1 day. Monday morning I wake up about 7am, again the old head filled with a thundering hangover. Suddenly I could hear a mobile phone ringing – I thought jings it’s the bloke from the airport with the Bikes!!!!!!!!! The rest to be continued…………..if you can be bothered reading it? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Scott nice pics dude! is that yer new Airbourne frame???? No bad dutch bike that Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Its spain kenny ? Spoke to Scott this morning and he is back in the country. Each time he goes abroad on those training camps stay well clear of him unless you want a total kicking! Scott D ends up with the strength of ten men ! Go on Scott tell us what went on how you gave Steven Mac a doin? Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mark , Sorry i could not be at the meeting last night! due to my worlk situation i did not get finished untill 8pm. i then needed a lift back home due to the snowbound situation. however im sure other members who attended can fill me in? This morning was a good laugh going into work much easier than last night Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Its a harsh heading but i know his pc is in bits so its a chance to wind him up when he cant do anything about it All in good faith Harry i will let Paul know and he can decide if he wants to hand it back or hand it over to the highest bidder like kenny says. Stevie b. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

was round at pauls last night and he wants to return his clubkit! whats best to do in this situation? Do we keep this as spare for the clubs use or does anyone else need clothing that they have not asked for? he has all size 5 shorts longs sleeve top gillet let me know and i will get it from him asap. Stevie p.s. his pc has been down for a few days so thats why he has been out of contact. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Oh forgot to say ........Did our Showman Dougie Da Rosa Da King Mcfadzean not look the part in his Kilt? Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Well seems last night that Susi and her Husband "English Pete" have decided to join the JWCC So that 2 down to the GRC and 1 to the JWCC Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Folks , I am working tomorrow night till about 7pm so might be down for 8ish? NO matter when i stop i will call off at the clubhouse anyway to atleast try and be there. Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A big thanks to all the guys who made last night a great time! A special thanks to Kenny Mac for all his efforts for the club to make it what it is today! Its about time you took that award last night Kenny you fully deserve it! Stevie B. P.s. a hangover on the bike this morning but well worth it ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2 years ago i joined the Johnstone wheelers about april time. I can remember it like as it was yesterday! I contacted Kenny Mac via email and agreed to meet him at the clubhouse the following friday. So i turns up my claud butler hybrid bike nervous as a wreck , anyway after a brief chat with Kenny he advised me to join the saturday group with Any Macdonald. So i did !!!! 0930 i arrived at the Bird in hand hotel where i met a very fit looking bloke by the name of Sean Gray. By this point i thought my god these guys are going to rip the legs off me! Also in the bunch was andy mac and Pat Boyle , im sure Sean can remember this run as i punctured x5!!!!!!! Must have pee'd off certain members but the following week i bought my 1st racing bike "Fausto Coppi" fully with 105 / ultegra. Sean told me to get out with the sunday bunch which i did the following week! So its sunday morning and im expecting to join in with a bunch of wheelers and just hang on - as i got to the Bird in Hand i was greeted by John Cameron from the GRC , he explained that a groupetto was forming to do 100+ mile run to dunoon and back. Dearie me (as Jim B would say) then thinks id better go home ? But no i went anyway and that run is still the best social ride of my life! My life has changed since i have joined this club and its been the best thing i have ever done so Cheers to everyone who has helped me over the past 2 years! Here is a report that Darryl McGunson did on the smart groups a few years back below(Yep Darryl i kept this 1 ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Those of us that were feeling energetic and not on TT duty this past Sunday opted for a bit of a potter over the water to Dunoon and beyond. The group, despite having the option of driving to the ferry, all met at 9.30. Darryl, Mark, John Cameron (Glasgow RC), Alan, Martin, Scott, Neil, Craig and new-guy Stephen Blom set off via Bridge of Weir and the Winn. A quick pace was set with everyone taking their share on the front. Once on the peninsula we headed out on the main road, turning left onto the road to Loch Tarsan. At this point, Craig and Neil opted for a flatter route to Strachur. On the first climb of the day, everyone looked strong. Darryl (riding with a dinner plate on the back) was first up followed by John and then Mark (bent frame meant he could only get42x21!!). Martin was next in sight, taking it easy having downed a few the previous night. Alan and Scott followed. After a brief wait, the new-guy Stephen came into view on his new Coppi. He looked good, very good, scarcely out of breath, but when we realised that he had only a pair of gym slippers and plastic pedals on, we were seriously inpressed -get that man some proper pedals quick!!After a quick review, Darryl, Mark, John and Scott (you weren't getting out of it!) decided to take the route to Strachur via Otter Ferry - the one with the very long steep climb. The others decided on turning for Strachur before that leg bender, intending to meet up with us at the Cafe.And that we did. Darryl et. al. rolled up to find the rest of our bunch sunning themselves tucking into Venison Burgers and anything else they'd got. It really was a great spot - the sun was by now well and truly out - hot enough for a few of us to take the leg warmers off. This was a bit much for the other diners and so it was that we set off.No sooner had we passed the garage at Strachur when Mark yelled there was a big bunch coming up behind. Sure enough, Black Boab and his gleaming green meanies were ripping it up on the way back from Loch Goilhead. What to do? Let them pass and let our lunch settle or infiltrate and join in. Needless to say Mark opted for the latter. Darryl felt obliged to keep him company, as did John, Martin and even Alan came through once he'd got his eye in. Well, this was like waving a red rag in front of a bull and the Inverclyde boys upped the pace significantly. So with 60 miles in our legs, there we were wheeling about without a care for the ride home after the ferry! Mark was looking super strong, lining the group out and taking monster turns on the front (that boy is coming into some serious form). After letting Black Boab win the gallop(!) we headed for the ferry, which is where some comfusion started. Darryl, John and Martin got on the ferry but the others didn't. After a quick call home Martin informed us that he wouldn't be spelling us home - he was down the pub with his bike in the boot of he car. This left Darryl and John to ride home, with Mark and the rest coming over on a later ferry.Hope everyone got home ok.Rider of the day: Stephen Blom - looked very strong despite wearing flipflops!Form on the up: Mark van W. back to his old self.Bike upgrade of the week - Scott (but I promised I wouldn't say owt, but for a small fee....)Best excuse for avoiding the climb: Steve Leckie "only two bolts in shoe plate"Most annoying call from a car: Martin M shouting "up,up,up" as John and Darryl crawled up the Clune Brae!! must do it again sometime soonMcGunson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dougie , I dont have a TT bike as yet so will be using my super light Claud butler winter bike kitted out with mudguards and xxx light mavic 7 speed wheels. Borrowing Kenny Macs TT bars , so please bring your lemond dougie it will make me feel that bit better Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just got an email from Christian! He tell's me that he went out for a social ride on his bike last sunday. Unfortunatly a car driver decided to crash into him! he explains that he did not FALL and did not get injured BUT his rear wheel got wrecked! the car driver seemed to think it was not his fault but after some shouting and bawling from the bigman he soon put him in his place. The driver then gave up and accepted that he was at fault this ended in an agreement of a payment for 140 EURO to replace the the damaged wheel. Thankfully the he was not injured and is ok. O, and the driver even gave him a lift back to the bigman's house! Before that he was involved in a race and his stem broke off !!!!! He some how managed to control the bike and bring it to a halt without FALLING off! Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thats correct Dougie but then again sometimes people think they are clairvoyants these days! see you saturday!!! Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I sort of a gree with dougie on this 1 , some of the george tn rd is in very bad condition. i ride this rd twice a day every day! I know exactly where all the "NEW" potholes are but for other who are not aware of this can get into serious problems if they are going at full pelt/malky. If we do go ahead then all i can say is that i would follow the advice Sean Gray gave me last year and glue yourself to the middle of the rd. The forecast is to be better than what we have had so far thank god. Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

was always going to ride this great run you know that!!! Thanks very much for Andy's email , i will send him details asap. see you on Saturday Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Brian count me in too. Steve Blom ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Stevie Blom 10 mile PB is 21:20 5th august 2004. Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Well good luck to you paul im sure we will see you at the races then in the new season as thats why the GRC have headhunted you! Its only a club mate just hope you enjoy your cycling. Paul does this mean Super hero Paddy Devine will be following in your footsteps with his Horse and eagle?? Keep the revs going and see you on the rd. Stevie B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Great idea pete to have left over for auction on the night out great idea indeed. Stevie B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thats great guys !!! Andy Mac can time keep and either tony or Simon can ride with sarah? Anyone else wanting to join in this fun event????? Stevie Blom ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TEAMS AS FAR AS I KNOW ARE THE FOLLOWING: STEVIE BLOM - IRONMAN CROMBIE KENNY MACDONALD - HARRY BLAIN - - - - FIXED WHEEL KENNY STEEL - DOUGIE DA ROSA DA KING ALI WINSHIP - EUAN MACKAY KATRINA - DAWN CAN ANYONE RIDE WITH SARAH ???? THIS WILL BE HER 1ST EVER TT CLUB EVENT. COME ON FOLKS GET DOWN AS IT WILL BE A FUN RUN STEVIE B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------