Ramsay

Bike now sold.

Richard,
 
Graeme Herd set the longstanding hill record on a fixed 42x17
 
KennyS

42 ring was the most favoured as it was easy to aquire   and I recall winning using a variety of cogs from 17 - 21 depending on weather conditions.
When it was run in conjunction with Regent I know Steven McGinty won using fixed regularly and quite a small gear on one occassion 42 x 23 . Most top club riders went sub 1:40 to win trophy with Pat Boyle , Ian Neilson,John Fitzpatrick, Rick Stephen and myself going sub 1:30 on a few occassions plus Steven McGinty sub 1:30 on a few occassions and equalling record of 1:26 at that point .The record of 1:26 at that time was held by Jim Speirs a long time member of the club and he was presented with the old trophy when it was replaced as it was full . In past fixed was the choice for all hill climbs open , nat champs etc , and still is used regularly in British champs. The winner of Scottish champs at Lyle Hill in Greenock was DQd for not having brakes on his bike a few years ago. One inspired club rider took his seat pillar/saddle off to lighten his bike , he fell off at the first corner LOL
On another occassion my brother punctured twice and won the junior with his 3rd. attempt up the climb. I broke my chain 3/4 of way up and  got a rerun on mechanical grounds also  to win on second attempt. Worst conditions I ever experienced were howling gale blowing downhill along with torrential rain which meant rivers running down hill  and best was howling gale blowing you up hill when everyone did PBs

A sad day, Ramsay

Thanks to everyone who came out this morning, timekeepers, helpers and spectators alike. I'm really grateful.
 
And fair play to the riders who took on the hill. Forcing yourself up that slope at full tilt is really, really hard, irrespective of how long it takes to get to the finish line. The wind today was just insult to injury. Well done, folks!

Hill Climb Championship results in order of finishing time.
 
 
1st     Richard Montague - 1.40 2014 Hill Climb Champion
2nd    Alan McLean         - 1.47
3rd    Paul McDonald       - 1.50
4th    Adam Hazle            - 1.59 (junior)
5th    James MacKenzie  - 2.07
=6th  Iain Couttie
         David Cowan          - 2.09
8th    Alan Thomson         -2.17
9th    Graham Findlay      - 2.34
 
Congratulations Richard! a deserved victory. Well done to all those who took part.
 
I'm not sure if Adam's effort gets him a junior prize but I'm sure someone will confirm this in due course. Nonetheless a fine effort from another of our amazing youngsters.
 
A vote of thanks to Colin, Alan and Ramsay for assisting on the timekeeping front. Thanks also to Chung for holding up duties and Ginty for looking pretty on a corner. A good turn out to support this end of season event.
 
M
 
PS 3 entries outstanding - Alan McL, Adam and David per my notes. Can you pass your entries to Jann or a ctte member. Jann I have £18 for the coffers.

2 adult tickets for the Muirhead's please.
 
:-)

Tickets for the JWCC & Johnstone Jets Annual Awards Presentation are now available!
 
Gleddoch House Hotel
Friday 14th November 2014,
7.00pm - Midnight.
 
Hot Buffet
Prize Presentation
Dancing to Ian Simmet's Ceilidh Band.
 
Tickets are £15.00 for Adults and £6 for Jets.
 
 Dress to Dance   
 
Please respond to this thread indicating how many adult & Jets tickets you would like and I will send you a private message with details of how to pay.
 
If anyone wishes to stay at Gleddoch we have rates offered of £85 Double Occupancy B&B or £65 Room Only.
Please book directly with the hotel and mention the event.
 
See you all there!

Hi Ramsey,
The red Giant bike I borrowed out of the container may be small enough? It was a little large for me. It would be good to see it used. No saddle or pedals but was checked over by Graham and did me proud until I got my extra small Giant from Thomsons which I have been delighted with
Jane

It is a bit unfair to Richard (and maybe others) to postpone the senior championship if it has been on the calender for a while. Also the national hill climb is coming up and starting in Elderslie so having the club champs the weekend before seems like good timing as presumably some will be racing in that too.
 
Although just to be clear on one thing - i have no intention of entering a hill climb whatever the date may be!

I'd rather the seniors stuck with the date on the confined calendar, please. I booked a day off for this months and months ago. If the day of the event changes at this late stage there's no chance I'll be able to ride and I'll have wasted a day's leave into the bargain.

Good to see you guys, even if only for a short while.  Both of us are starting to slowly build up the miles, so hope to be around a bit more.
 
Cheers,
R

Should have mentioned that we met mr and mrs Muirhead on the road. Great to see you both and hope this is the first of many outings for you Ramsay. You certainly managed the Bowfield climb at a canter.

As some may or may not know i have recently got a new job, and shall shortly be moving away!
 
I have been with the club for 7 years come September. This club and its extremely generous, helpful and friendly have been very good to me. I cannot thank the club and its members enough.
 
I'm off to work in the prison service in Inverness so I'll be a short distance ( to say the least) away. So my last club run will probably be this Sunday 31st, and probably a Thurs the week after.
 
Because the club and it's members have been so generous to me, I am going to donate my TT bike to the club, for the committee to then donate it to a club member who is looking promising in time trailing or a club member who is in need of that helping hand to get started with some racing. Unfortunately, it will not have wheels and a rear derailleur. This was a poor decision from me to borrow it of myself to keep myself on the road through the winter. But it's a start.
 
So I'll round this off with a MASSIVE thank you to this club and all of its members, past and present and I hope not to stay too far away from the club.
 
Greg.

Well done Ramsay. Great to see u back on a bike

Thanks indeed to Jann and Kenny S - great to see Ramsay and flash bicycle back!
 
Some really good efforts on the night with PBs & a sub 17 for Alan M.
 
Iain

Great stuff Ramsay hope to do the 10's later this season

yeah, well done all.
 
I'm not really back on the bike properly, as still injured, but just felt like having a spin/play on the TT bike. I was truly "all the gear and no idea"! I can now say that I have raced in 2014! Hopefully TT bike will not have two year's worth of dust on it next time I use it.
 
Good fun had, but neck now very sore from TT position.
 
R :banana :banana

yeah, well done all.
 
I'm not really back on the bike properly, as still injured, but just felt like having a spin/play on the TT bike. I was truly "all the gear and no idea"! I can now say that I have raced in 2014! Hopefully TT bike will not have two year's worth of dust on it next time I use it.
 
Good fun had, but neck now very sore from TT position.
 
R :banana :banana

Well done to all the TTers, and great to hear Ramsay back on the bike again! :-)
 
Cheers

Great to see you back Ramsay

Thanks Paul! Yes, managed to pull out an 8th place finish in the national 25.
 
I wasn't really feeling great after a busy week and a couple of injury tweaks but decided to ride anyway. I've got a good warmup routine going so got set up and ready to go.
 
There are a few dragging hills on the course, and these are what I was worried about, but I managed to keep up a good 25-27mph on most of them, and also negotiated the 15 or so roundabouts at a good speed too so kept the average speed up nicely. I really enjoyed the downhill and tailwind bits and was flying along at between 31-36mph.
 
I came in at the end with a 53:52, a good two and a half minutes up on my PB, and I sat in the GSK social club in the lead untill the last seven, and in the end, fastest riders. I was quite close to Ben in 7th, and a minute off 4th so quite pleased with the result at the end!

Al
 
Taking aside the catastrophic picture situation (the grimace on your coupon not the logo), do you have sneaky wee top 10 to report
 
well done
 

A good turn out on a reasonably good night on the West Ferry, 13 riders took on the slight breeze on the way out and a slightly stiffer headwind on return than expected! At least the rain stayed away!!
 
I'll do finish order first, then category riders/prizes
 
In order of speed:
 
Karen G. 29:50
Carol. 29:11
Dave. 28:27
James McK 27:10
John S. 26:59
Greg. 25:10
Alan T. 24:14
Mike F. 24:06
Billy. 23:54
Iain A. 23:24
Couttie. 23:15
Mr Cowden. 22:55 PB!
Big Al. 20:39

Thank you! Another 24 seconds off my PB, down to 20:20, 1m4secs faster than I've been on the Westferry so far