KennyS

Another great night. Getting the hang of this track malarkey. Star of night was Alan T with a great 2nd in last scratch race. I missed the devil race to avoid the footie traffic but think Alan will have done well as he had his race head on tonight. I am clearly a great motivator

Danny Mul making a comeback after c/b break. In B group to keep you company Billy.

After a couple of good TLI events I got found out in a big BC event and finished mid-pack. I entertained the Jets by locking up the rear wheel on a hairpin and kissing the grass.
 
But the venue, weather and ambience were spectacular. The Park was rammed with riders and spectators from 5 upwards. The Jets coaches swooned at the amount of tape and stakes. What a great advert for Scottish cyclocross. The course was very fast and even dusty. No mud on kit or skin at the finish, wanted my money back. The only disappointment was a relative shortage of younger racers from Jets and main club (ie U40) but Alan McB was there checking us out and I wonder if Santa might bring him a cx bike a little early.
 
Big kudos to Billie and Paul for finishing after rolling a tub and a mechanical respectively. Also to Martin and Duncan for setting up the Easy-up to provide a club base and to Norma Millar for coffee and cake in support. Big slagging also for Billie for using double-sided sellotape to fix his tubs on.
 
Come on board folks but as we move into winter we can only offer you sweat, rain and mud.
 
Dull technical point: My front QR lever was pointing forward, as I tell the Jets NOT to do, and sure enough it was loosened in a clash of wheels at a hairpin. I had to stop and retighten. So I highly recommend that QR levers point backwards.

first cyclocross race for ages, loved it. dead slow though. onwards and upwards. 
Jamie said I was rubbish, he said it was a helpful comment.
Just because he was 3rd in U12 doesn't mean he can slag off his old man. No, actually, it does

Excellent report Alan. Honest to a fault about the QR lever which frankly is just too embarrassing to mention.
 

I'd forgotten how tough that could be. Started brightly enough with a 6th place in the first race but went rapidly backwards after that. Ended up time trialling the next two races because I didn't have a hope of going with the surges. The devil was pretty much a case of muscling my way past the tail rider until I ran out of strength.
Great night, can''t wait for next week.

Enjoyable night. For the Bs it was the sprint first, i missed the jump and had to close a fairly big gap had ok speed on the final lap but couldnt come round so didnt qualify for the final. Points next tried for for a break but it was a half arsed attempt, got caught then yo yoing of the back to the end. Scratch felt ok although i was too near the back to place well in the sprint.  Last up was a devil, did ok ended up 4th or 5th.  Overall better than last week but still work to do. Some good results from Hamish and Matti if they continue their progress it wont be long until they are in the As

I'm sure other members have better ways, but the way I do this is to squeeze the brake lever to hold the pads onto the rim in the right position before tightening the bolt holding the pad onto the calliper. That way the surface of the brake pad is parallel to the rim's braking surface and as the pad wears it can be adjusted using the same technique to keep the pads aligned.

Results attached from yesterday's hill climb championships
 
Robbie wins the Joe Brunetti shield as Club Champion
 
Douglas Arthur wins the Elliston shield as Jets Hill Climb Champion

Results attached from yesterday's hill climb championships
 
Robbie wins the Joe Brunetti shield as Club Champion
 
Douglas Arthur wins the Elliston shield as Jets Hill Climb Champion

The pedals are yours, Kenny.

Boyd,
 
I'll take the pedals if still available
 
Kenny

1 pair Giro Apecxx Shoes - size 42 - £30 ono (currently £59.99 in Evans sale)
 
If you normally take shoe size 7/41, then these will fit well.
 
Shimano PD R550 SPD-SL Pedals - £20 ono (cost £35)
 
I'm going back to my Speedplays after a failed experiment with proper road shoes and pedals. These items have done a total of less than 150 miles.
 
£45 the lot if bought together.
 
    

I solved this last year by moving the turbo to a spare bedroom, it avoids having to go out in the cold and wet to get to the turbo but I'm told that it can be heard throughout the house when the turbo is going full blast!
 
It also means the kids that have left home are less likely to come back!

Well that was fun, First two laps wheelers 1-2. Got the Hole Shot (Davie B )    and Alan right behind pushing me on at one point we had a gap to the field but we were both well in the red. At one point I looked at Alan an thought what the **** are we doing leading out this race  Well done to the Jets! Nice day out and my Curry paid for 
 
Celebrating with a Belgian Beer  

Wow, summer was still in Balloch today with hot sunshine in a beautiful country park setting. Stakes and tape really set off these venues and a good PA system with His High Crossness Jammie Johnston giving a commentary to round it all off. Crippling lack of ambition and increasing age meant I was in the B race.
 
Paul monstered the mass start and he led me into the first corner for a JWCC 1+2 ahead of the pack. Paul strung out the big field along the first fast straight and tempted me to slingshot past him and we led for the first couple of laps. It is always good to miss the inevitable jams mid-pack. I was red-lining and was passed by the eventual winner but Paul held on for a very strong second place with me in third about forty seconds behind.
 
Lewis Overend, Jets, was first Junior in B race. There was an A race but we won't go there.
 
Looking forward to Bute next weekend. As usual I can recommend the cyclocross scene highly for accessibility and informality. All ages and abilities welcome.

^^^^ This
 
I have these around the house. Great invention
 
Maplin do a full range of them. Dead easy to set up as well

A powerline range extender might do the trick - basically you plug it into a power socket then run a cable to your wifi router then you put a receiver into a socket near where you want a wifi signal. It uses the electrical wires to send the data (so you will need to be one same electrical circuit). I have a BT branded one which cost about £30 and i dont notice any speed difference when connected to that compared to connected to the normal wifi.

The credit goes to Karen for this idea. I just put into practise.
Just doing my job, trying to meet my KPI's and objectives Charlie to please the big bosses

Many thanks to Billy this morning and a massive thanks to Graham and KarenG (and Jane for organising us :-)) in the Freshers Fayre today at the Paisley Campus of the University of the West of Scotland and also to Johnathan Cranstoun the President of Sport and wellbeing for having us.
We had a really good response today and hopefully we can build on this going forward E.g by offering a student taster session and there was interest in us providing a turbo session on campus also.
These sessions and the development of the club can only go ahead with the help of you chaps & chapesses so please help support nearer the time when request comes for volunteers for the odd hour of your time.

Best regards,
Sans

Ps and a pic of we was here ...hopefully

Wet night... but a good turn out, Well done to all especially Douglas(Jet) who posted the fastest time tonight!
 
Douglas: 2:09
Gerrard:  2:13(PB)
Dave    :  2:14
Karen   :  2:29
Graham: 2:38
Jackie   : 2:48
Carol     : 3:24
 
Moneys went to Graham, any other PBs let me know.
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Hi there,
Graham, KarenG and myself will be at Paisley Uni tomorrow to introduce the club to the students.
If anyone else wants to pop along and impart their cycling knowledge and wisdom post up.
We will be outside P block from 10am-4pm

Bikes found intact in local garden. Trebles all round. Top marks to Paisley police who took it seriously and were very helpful. Going to spend tonight taking photos and recording bb stamps.

Should have been there to collect your prize :-)

Another edition of the Sam Dooley safely and successfully delivered by the club and friends
 
Congratulations to Club 25m Time Trial Champion Alan McBride after having to borrow a bike to replace his own
 
Congratulations also to the overall winner John Archibald of ProVision RT
 
120 11:00 John Archibald Pro Vision Cycle Clothing 50 04
110 10:50 Douglas Watson Icarus Racing 52 21
52 09:52 David Griffiths Pro Vision Cycle Clothing 52 31
57 09:57 Kyle Gordon 52 52
50 09:50 Alan Thomson Sandy Wallace Cycles 53 19
30 09:30 Kenneth Armstrong Ayr Roads Cycling Club 53 28
80 10:20 James Cusick www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk 53 39
21 09:21 Andy Brown Glasgow Cycle Team 54 10
90 10:30 Lewis Duff Glasgow Couriers 54 23
9 09:09 Mark Carroll East Kilbride Road Club 54 32
60 10:00 Callum Finlayson Moray Firth Cycling Club 54 54
40 09:40 Gordon Murdoch Icarus Racing 54 55
10 09:10 Mark Skilling Carrick Cycle Club 55 02
56 09:56 Ian King Velocity 44 Stirling 55 14
13 09:13 Michael Robb Carrick Cycle Club 55 36
88 10:28 Gordon Graham Fullarton Wheelers 55 38
100 10:40 Neil Muir Royal Albert CC 55 50
70 10:10 Marc Anderson Loudoun RC 55 52
99 10:39 Sean Quinn Law Wheelers CC 55 52
58 09:58 Gavin Dempster Highland Bikes Racing Team 55 54
113 10:53 Jon Clarke GTR 56 10
105 10:45 Derek McMillan St Christophers CC 56 14
38 09:38 Daniel Cain Glasgow Green Cycle Club 56 20
83 10:23 Kyle Johnston Pro Vision Cycle Clothing 56 28
43 09:43 Scott Newman Glasgow Couriers 56 37
77 10:17 Graham Smith Law Wheelers CC 56 46
79 10:19 Andrew Dobinson Glasgow Green Cycle Club 57 00
15 09:15 David Nicoll Perth United Cycling Club 57 02
86 10:26 Colin Sergeant Law Wheelers CC 57 10
29 09:29 Gary Bratt Velocity 44 Stirling 57 14
39 09:39 Stephen Couper Glasgow United CC 57 18
107 10:47 Calum Shackley Glasgow Cycle Team 57 23
71 10:11 Stuart Grady GJS Cruise Racing 57 35
67 10:07 Neal Robertson 58 14
48 09:48 Lynsey Curran www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk 58 17
117 10:57 Brian Nicol Fullarton Wheelers 58 20
75 10:15 Tony Scott Loudoun RC 58 21
23 09:23 Alistair Simpson Edinburgh RC 58 23
22 09:22 Jimmy Storrar Perth United Cycling Club 58 34
68 10:08 Mark Dryburgh Ross-Shire RCC 58 35
51 09:51 Allan Duncan Fullarton Wheelers 58 36
96 10:36 Christopher Staples Fullarton Wheelers 58 36
97 10:37 Joseph Shaw Falkirk Bicycle Club 58 36
119 10:59 Alan McBride Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club 58 36
17 09:17 Robert Kelly Ayr Roads Cycling Club 58 46
44 09:44 Ryan Glasgow Pro Vision Cycle Clothing 58 49
59 09:59 Craig Gilmour Falkirk Bicycle Club 58 49
1 09:01 Ian Anderson Walkers Cycling Club 58 58
3 09:03 Christopher Watters VC Glasgow South 59 00
8 09:08 John McCrory Glasgow United CC 59 13
81 10:21 Alan Holms Inverclyde Velo 59 14
41 09:41 Ian Dobbie 59 16
18 09:18 Stephen Beech Sandy Wallace Cycles 59 22
118 10:58 William MacDonald Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club 59 22
27 09:27 John Leonard Velopreda CC 59 24
91 10:31 Colin Knott Pedal Power RT 59 38
54 09:54 Paul Keoghan Royal Albert CC 59 58
37 09:37 Brendan McCabe Aberdeen Wheelers CC 1 00 27
53 09:53 Christine McLean Shetland Wheelers 1 00 27
66 10:06 Albert McLellan Glasgow Couriers 1 00 48
87 10:27 David Stuart Cromarty Firth CC 1 00 52
103 10:43 Murray Doyle Bute Wheelers 1 00 52
112 10:52 James Petrie Dundee Wheelers CC 1 01 01
85 10:25 James Truswell VC Glasgow South 1 01 05
26 09:26 Scott Glasgow Glasgow Nightingale CC 1 01 09
4 09:04 Charles Adams VC Glasgow South 1 01 19
32 09:32 Iain Drummond West Lothian Clarion CC 1 01 26
45 09:45 Sandy Wallace Fife Century RC 1 01 28
104 10:44 Ian McDermott Glasgow Green Cycle Club 1 01 38
89 10:29 Colin McPhee Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club 1 01 43
35 09:35 Alan Thomson Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club 1 01 46
47 09:47 Alexander McPhee www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk 1 01 54
76 10:16 Catherine Logan Fullarton Wheelers 1 02 20
28 09:28 Robert Brown Edinburgh RC 1 02 33
12 09:12 Iain Binning Stirling Bike Club 1 02 43
34 09:34 Mike Ferguson Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club 1 03 34
61 10:01 Derek Gibb St Christophers CC 1 03 47
64 10:04 James MacDonald West Lothian Clarion CC 1 03 47
62 10:02 Martin Kane Scottish Veterans T.T.A. 1 04 17
14 09:14 Craig Buchanan Dunfermline CC 1 04 19
69 10:09 John Johnstone Icarus Racing 1 04 32
102 10:42 Colin Meikle St Christophers CC 1 04 42
84 10:24 Edd Shackley Glasgow Ivy CC 1 04 45
31 09:31 Aileen Clyde Fullarton Wheelers 1 04 51
42 09:42 John Gallagher Royal Albert CC 1 05 27
6 09:06 Steven Grier Loudoun RC 1 05 39
65 10:05 John Shelley Perth United Cycling Club 1 06 07
25 09:25 George Skinner Scottish Veterans T.T.A. 1 06 15
33 09:33 Paula Regener 1 06 45
24 09:24 Stephen Donaldson Fullarton Wheelers 1 08 00
72 10:12 Gavin Laffoley Fife Century RC 1 08 29
7 09:07 Isobel Fletcher VC Glasgow South 1 10 14
98 10:38 Elizabeth Henry West Lothian Clarion CC 1 10 24
36 09:36 Jennifer Nicol Fullarton Wheelers 1 18 42
 
A HUGE thank you to all who helped out in the lead-up and on the day
 
KennyS