Richard

14 riders entered the event on a cool, blustery morning. Results as follows.
Andy Ross 00:02:34   Colin Edgar 00:02:25   Diane Gray 00:02:48   Chris Marsh 00:01:54   Ritchie Provan 00:01:53   Rob Gunson 00:01:34    2 James Ross (J) 00:01:53   Murray Gray (J) 00:01:56   Evan Marsh (J) 00:01:58   Fraser Anderson (J) 00:02:18   Ruari Mulholland (J) 00:02:18   Sam Edgar (J) 00:01:43   3 Jamie Thomson (J) 00:01:27    1 Jann Lapsley (Ebike) 00:01:45    
Congratulations to Jamie on retaining his title from last year, and to Jann as the first ebike entry to take part. Maybe next year, we can have a few more ebikes taking part.
Well done to all the riders, this really is a brutal little climb.
Big thanks also to our Marshalls and timekeepers on the day, and to the support.

Good turn out today - not the result we had hoped for with a couple of mishaps along the way like rubbing wheels and snapped stem bolts!
The overall time would have been good enough to win some years in the past - but not this year so congrats to VCGS on a well earned victory. Training starts for next year at the 2up on Tuesday
Geo hope your new bike is ok - Cav maxed out at a mere 1600w in a sprint so clearly not putting the stem under as much stress as you do!
 
 
(I've got an extra medal for someone - not sure who is due one after missing presentation?)
 

Well done to the team for a third place today, not helped by drama before the start. As predicted, my own time didn’t count towards the finish, but I did have the prettiest bike of the wheelers. 

Some photos from today

Fabulous run again today with a perfect cafe stop for us all 🙂
A rather cold start to the morning but it soon warmed up as we toured around the roads of Renfrewshire & beyond!
We even manage to bump into an ex-Wheeler - Tony "the farm watch specialist" Carrigan, who rode with us for a wee bit from the Bowfield, looking well & as usual exploring the back roads ...... I think he would have approve todays route indeed! 🙂
Unlike last Sunday, no mechanical or puncture to speak of on todays ride   ..... so rather boring on that front 🙂
Thanks again to David for the route .... & everyone for the wheel/company this morning ......
I think there was talk of Arran next Sunday ...... I can already picture Paul McDonald's big grin if/when he hears this 🙂
P.S Great photos by the way folks 🙂
Cheers
Chung

Good run today over roads not been on for a while. Charlie you missed superb scones and empire biscuits. 

Some good times on what looked like a pretty hard and windy night.
Alan Thomson 25.39
Dave Ferguson 27.07
Dom Sharkey 24.04
Sam Edgar 22.15
Congratulations to Sam and well done to all ,
Thanks to Kenny and Colin for the company and assisting .
Alan T has collected the money.

Great summary Chung. This was probably the shortest run we have done this year, but one of the lumpyist and it seemed longer. Mixture of road surfaces and different lanes always keeps it interesting.  Thanks for the company as usual and 4 of us sneaked in a post ride recovery refreshment in  Amarettos on the way home. 

Hi All,
Its been a while since I wrote anything on the bunch ..... so, I thought I would start again 🙂
I think this would be a good place to start :-)
A bunch of 8 met at the clubroom for David's wee tour - Bill, Carol & David, Carol, Frank, Garry, Tommy & myself set off for some back roads!
It started out a bit on the cold side but David soon got us warming up as the climbs started early ..... which kind of set the tone for today! But back roads does not mean bad roads, on the contrary.... some of the minor roads David had planned were in fact in much better conditions than a lot of the main roads. Whats not to like, smooth road with NOT much cars at all! Well done, David! 🙂
Some of the roads I'm sure was new to some of us & certainly for me ..... or at least not been on for quite some time.
We stayed as a bunch through out & even up the climbs .... ok, maybe the occasional "attackers" stretching their legs a little when the road goes up a bit. But nobody was getting too far ahead since no one, except David knows where we were going 😎
It wasn't long before we got to our designated cafe just outside Stewarton, this place never disappoint, tasty fresh baking & friendly service ..... we had to fight for the last remaining 3 fruit scones amongst ourselves ...... so to keep harmony & peace 🤪, I opted for a full scale lunch instead (even though it was only 11 am) & left the scones for others 🤥
Fed & watered ..... we made our way back to Johnstone with a more usual & direct route ..... brilliant & fun descend down the Bowfield! Then David suggest a wee detour to Bridge of Weir before we finish today's run off 👍
Thanks to David for organising & everyone else for the wheels & company ...... I had a good time today!
Cheers all & thanks for reading 🙂
Chung
 

So only 3 riders on a better than expected evening. Sunny, with a westerly breeze pushing the riders home.
David Ferguson 25:50, pb, paid
Scott McIntosh 24:32, paid
Gerard Deeley 24:02, paid x3
Congrats to David on the pb.

I have transferred £15 to the club account.

3 riders on a hot summer’s evening, and against all expectations, quite a fast night.
Paul Coffey 18:49, PB, paid
Dave Ferguson, 18:44, PB, paid
Gerard Deeley, 17:48.
I have transferred £9 (£3 from a previous event) to the club account.
big well done to Dave and Paul on their PBS on a very warm evening, and the post event pint well down very well.

Nice night for a bike ride, only marginally spoiled by the uphill bits. Great run by Scott and well done to David and Paul on their PBs. Many thanks to Gerard for timekeeping.
I have transferred £18 to the club account.

Lovely evening with four riders showing up to ruin themselves on a challenging lumpy course.
 
David 29.16 PB paid
Paul 28.05 PB paid
Alan 28.10 “Season’s Best”?! paid
Scott 27.11 paid
All rounded off with a quick drink in Houston afterwards, lovely stuff.

Turned out to be a cool, windy evening, with a bit of a stiff crosswind springing up during the early evening. Well done to all who took part.
Dave F.  20.20, paid x 2
Scott. 18.03
Gerard 17.53 paid
Tommy 20.25
i have transfered £9 to the club account.

Tonights times
Scott - 18.02
Alan - 18.35
Gerard - 17.33
James - 17.10

Were you lot having a sock competition? 🤣

4 Riders tonight times as follows 
Dave Cowan 21.05
Dave Ferguson 19.36
Paul Coffey 19.05
Gerard Deeley 17.31
Well done to all and thanks to Alan T for company during the race.

Thanks to all who joined us on the ride today. I think we all agreed it was a great first outing over the water, this year. Special shout out to new members  Frank, Dom, and Geo.

Six left clubrooms at 9.30am and headed up Bowfield hill.
Carol, Mia, Carol M, Boyd, and newbie Gary .
New tarmac to report at Rocky Road, Hessilhead Road and on return at Highfield to Kilburnie stretch.
Tea and coffee taken outside at Mill in splendid sunshine.
Thanks to all for company and well done to Gary in his first bunch ride.
Dave

Guys,
All spacers present and correct and cassette securely fitted.. the movement is indeed in a circular motion, clockwise and anti, no movement from in to out ...it is the cassette that came with the gravel bike, and i fitted the Hunt wheels almost immediately, only been riding it since last August so its still pretty new .. I suspect this movement is what has damaged the freehub.. I will reassemble on the new freehub and see how it looks...

I was going to ride tomorrow. It's only just come to my attention, sadly, that I'm not meant to leave Glasgow which is still in Level 3.

I was going to ride tomorrow. It's only just come to my attention, sadly, that I'm not meant to leave Glasgow which is still in Level 3.

Sorry for the delay, dinner was my priority last night when I got home and then I've been travelling today.
1. Sam 22.23
2. David 28.40
3. Alan T 25.34
4. Gerard 25.31
5. Paul 27.05
6. Scott 25.44
 

I should be ok to timekeep.

After the disaster for club events that was 2020, I have uploaded the provisional calendar for 2021. There are a couple of caveats though.
1. All club events remain suspended until further notice. In practice, this means that I fully expect that none of the scheduled events will actually take place until after Easter at the earliest. There is at best a 50% chance that the schedule will run normally after July.
2. Just because an event is on the calendar, do not assume that it will take place unless a thread is opened specifically for it.
3. Events that do not take place will not be rescheduled. 
4. Events that do take place will be run in accordance with the most up to date SC/CTT guidance. Where there is conflict between the two bodies, we will always support the stricter regime to ensure your safety.
 
I hope everyone has a great season, when it eventually gets going.
 
And actually, I've ignored rule 3 above...
 
pdf 20210602 Provisional 2021 club calendar V2.pdf