DavieB

Alan not original poster but it is a main bunch not a training run and bunch rules apply and I wouldn't wish a solo coast run on anybody. If push comes to shove you could always rejoin the coast at some point i.e off the whin. Up to you but faster and longer is a relative term and should not be co-opted to exclude people especially not people who have been part of main bunch previously and maybe coming back to a bit of fitness,  or actually ride a winter bike as opposed to full carbon with kid on mudguards.
Let the moaning commence.

Gerard by the description it is the shank of the bolt which remains in your frame if so the bolt extractor method would be to use "easy outs" looks like a cross between a drill bit and tap with reverse thread. If so trying to usè these with small diameter bolts  and a hand drill is not recommended - believe me I have tried.
My advice would be to contact Tom and see if he has the tools and also essentially the jigs necessary to hold the frame in the right position to carry out the job.
Hope you get it fixed.

If you need any additional help for the Don Smith let me know.
If I am around also happy to help for the day at the road race.

If you need any additional help for the Don Smith let me know.
If I am around also happy to help for the day at the road race.

Warm rain.
Decent bunch out today ...Millhouse a decent stop in Stewarton. Highlight of the day was the sighting of the Dalek, the guy could probably charge admission.

Mark, Colin...the route out from Johnstone will mirror Glens recent run. I am unable to post a link but he has inserted a Strava map in the post titled 23rd December..we do NOT head up the bowfield. After Stewarton we will revert to sewing bee route of which I am not that familiar tbh and we can improvise a bit with regards to the return to Johnstone depending on general consensus..thinking the high ground above Shilford on the opposite side think this may include what others call "Dalek Hill" (?).

Nice...lugs are indeed ornate. Paint work looks intact which I believe is one area where these old colnagos suffer a bit. Will be a fun project to complete.

What Alan says....good day out.

......I guess Bonnie Tyler can stop looking.
I may be bald but I will not fight over a comb. For the record I walked ...also never finished that daft Marmotte thing but then again I never stopped for afternoon tea half way up the Tourmalet either.

Davie
For the record it was a Grande Creme , fries, coke. Followed by 2 aspirin ( I think) another coke and a coffee, couldn’t afford the afternoon tee 

......I guess Bonnie Tyler can stop looking.
I may be bald but I will not fight over a comb. For the record I walked ...also never finished that daft Marmotte thing but then again I never stopped for afternoon tea half way up the Tourmalet either.

you can start training early...Tesco now stocking Westmalle Dubbel, unfortunately don't seem to be dubbeling up with the Tripel.
Delirium also available ...lovely.

you can start training early...Tesco now stocking Westmalle Dubbel, unfortunately don't seem to be dubbeling up with the Tripel.
Delirium also available ...lovely.

......I guess Bonnie Tyler can stop looking.
I may be bald but I will not fight over a comb. For the record I walked ...also never finished that daft Marmotte thing but then again I never stopped for afternoon tea half way up the Tourmalet either.

No problem Martin, though if nobody else posts as interested I will probably head out myself on local roads.

Will be going.
Still to book everything but plan on taking ferry on the Wednesday night and then cycling down to Gulpen over two days and will meet you Friday.
Davie will still need a lift back...

Apologies Alan, to be honest I was running late in any event and would never had made the club rooms for 0930. Glad you got a decent run out anyway.
As Charlie says now that the drum-up is out the way things should return to whatever passes as normal at the Johnstone Wheelers.

Will be going.
Still to book everything but plan on taking ferry on the Wednesday night and then cycling down to Gulpen over two days and will meet you Friday.
Davie will still need a lift back...

Will be going.
Still to book everything but plan on taking ferry on the Wednesday night and then cycling down to Gulpen over two days and will meet you Friday.
Davie will still need a lift back...

Will try to make this 

Good one Davy - transmitter and pleasant in same sentence !!
 

Aye that makes sense.. 
  

Don’t be silly Davie!
I somehow enjoyed it ...... :-) like I said to you earlier, sometimes it’s refreshing to pedal in complete wetness :-)
If you want to feel less guilty, then come with us to the Drum-up next Sunday, I’ll promise you sunshine!
Thanks for the run & company today gents ......... and Andy’s large banana :-)
Cheers

cold and wet, not the best day to be out with only a gabba short sleeve top but to be fair it did the trick until the coastal run to Largs and was only cold for a short time. Was perished in the B basket so getting back on the bike was a bit of a relief. Worse than the weather were the drivers along the coast road..beyond bonkers and a reminder of why I generally stick to back roads.
 
Chung hope you did not suffer too much with the extra miles involved in getting back home and felt a wee bit guilty dragging you so far out. Another reminder to ignore BBC weather.
 
 

cold and wet, not the best day to be out with only a gabba short sleeve top but to be fair it did the trick until the coastal run to Largs and was only cold for a short time. Was perished in the B basket so getting back on the bike was a bit of a relief. Worse than the weather were the drivers along the coast road..beyond bonkers and a reminder of why I generally stick to back roads.
 
Chung hope you did not suffer too much with the extra miles involved in getting back home and felt a wee bit guilty dragging you so far out. Another reminder to ignore BBC weather.