stuart10ant

Cracking day out.
Set off from the club house at 7, dressed for the Sahara, more like siberia.
We set off and with our arms numbed by the cold met Paul in lochwinnoch, a pleasant ride to Inverkip where paul split off and it was off to Rothesay for Colin and I.
The sun was doing its thinng by then and we had a cracking run until Colintraive where we turned into the wind. A battle to Dunoon then a roll stop in Gourock. Up the Clune and onto Amaretto where we met Alan T for a recovery pint.
Great day out, sunburnt and sore.

Aye should be, leaving clubrooms at 7:00

Lovely day for an eventful ride to Largs. I think we had 4 punctures, followed by Glen’s carbon rim failing on the Fairlie Moor road. This could have been very serious but thankfully no-one was hurt. If riding carbon rims with rim brakes do check them for wear from time to time. I suppose you can’t always tell but seeing the mess of his wheel and reflecting on how serious it could have been, it is better to err on the side of caution.
This would normally have been enough to warrant calling the ride ‘eventful’ but there was another more serious event.  Colin and  Gary Dunn came down on the main road to Largs. Colin was bloodied but able to continue. Gary was not so ‘lucky’ and could not ride due to a suspected broken collar bone and had to ‘call a friend’. 
I’ll post an update on Gary when I hear anything.
Happy Easter folks!

Cool!  Depends what ferry you want to catch.  We should leave Johnstone 2hrs before. What about the 9am ferry? We'd likely be back in Johnstone 3-4pm

Ill join you darryl

Good to see such a good turn out on a tough night.
thanks to all the helpers

Great turn out with 14 riders on a pleasant spring evening - although one that wouldnt have been so pleasant with the tough headwind on the return leg!
 
Joseph M - 18.58
James Ross - 21.13    (couple of mechanicals)
Jamie Thomson - 18.40
Alan Hendry - 18.53   (first TT)
Dave Watson - 20.32
Alan T - 18.45
Greg Balden - 19.15
Colin Sales - 19.09
Sam McGrath - 18.21
Stuart Tennant - 17.42
Jesse - 18.48
Ian A - 16.15
Marc  - 17.19
 
Guest:
Julie Fitzpatrick - 20.22

bit too fast and  early for me guys, may post up a more sedate run and pace for Saturday. Enjoy and good luck 
 

I'm up for this, as long as the weather is decent.  If it's a REALLY nice day, I'd like to suggest Three Ferries.  Cycle to Rothesay for 8am ferry, go round Bute, over to Colintraive, then Loch Tarsan to Dunoon.  Ferry back to Gourock and home via West Ferry or the Clune...  circa 100 miles.

Much nicer than last weeks rain, Thanks for the hawd up colin

Thanks for the night, Colin for holding up.Good effort Stuart,keep it up.
 

Thanks Colin for holding and timekeeping.
Great effort from Stuart, consolidating his lead on the chocolate series leaderboard, on a crisp, sunny evening. It felt almost like summer tonight...

Good efforts tonight!!
Alan T - 18:35
Stuart T - 17:33
Iain C - 18:16
Money given to Alan for transferring to club account.  

Only three confirmed riders and no helpers. Do we have a timekeeper, at least?

What a weekend with the Joansin family. Could not have asked for better company, weather, digs, food or cycling. 
Looking forward to reliving it all when Chung gives us his full account of the weekend and others sharing their pics and stories.  Thanks to all for making it such a memorable event. Same time next year, I hope. 
PS yes I'm biaised, but Jets were the best drilled bunch in Flanders.

Tough run today, feeling it now.
thanks for letting Lorne come along with his tractor tyres

I have a friend interested in coming, trying to get him to join

4 riders on a cold windy miserable night ,
Well done to all.
Joseph M 23.04
Tommy D 24.11
Alan T 19.40
Stuart T 19.03

clubrooms Georgetown road Bishopton Langbank past Gleddoch finlaystone  The Wall down The Whin Old Largs road Brisbane Glen bagel basket fairlie moor Kilbirnie JOHNSTONE. 
 930am clubrooms

Gents, I'm really concerned now about the lack of light at 6:15 tonight. With that in mind, I'm taking the decision to cancel this weeks event.
Thanks to everyone who indicated support for this event.

Thanks to Ian for timekeeping and holding. Some great times there by McTavish, Kelly and Tennant, who oddly enough have 20, 15 and 10 points respectively.
I am currently heading up the V60 leaderboard.
I also have transferred £12 to the club account, with Stuart to pay double at the next event.
Also good to meet up with Sam and Paul L. on the way back.
A wee bit disappointed at Bernie's café in BoW, service was all over the place.

Pb for me - first go at it
tough wind on the way back, thanks for organising Alan and for timekeeping Ian

Start line is just along from the Coast restaurant on the bottom road in Langbank just before the climb. If coming off the west ferry roundabout, turn left then it’s about a 100 yrs up the road