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iain couttie

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  1. i will be at the club for 9am looking forward to a road run and a coffee iain
  2. this will be boring to most!! just let me ramble and get it out my system, as it is the first 24hr event i have done. I did this in a team of 3 which i think is a good ballance for first attempt. we took up a horse lorry as the base for the event which worked great with room in the back to work on the bikes out of the weather and the living gave us somewhere to sleep and cooke. I was on a borrowed bike from a friend(Andy Black) i met him when i was in dooleys and he kindly offerd his bike,it was only when i picked up the bike that i realised it was a mega carbon all singing and dancing mtn bike. We all met up on sat morning at fort william, the weather was not to bad.The event has a running start and our first rider can run fast, so we startred the day 4th, this lasted about 15 seconds and as Josh described it ,every body just passed me. We started not to bad however and managed to hold between 14th and 15th place for most of the afternoon.Then the weather changed and the bikes started to clog up and break. By 7pm we were on lights, i was first to have bike failure no breaks then no gears other than granny ones(lucky) at this point it was around 1am and miserable, then to top it off my saddle fell off!! This sort of thing kept going on through a long and miserable night. By 7am it started to bet light and we were down from 4 bikes to 1.5 bikes.Brake pads were lasting on average 3 runs, which is 24 miles. by mid day we had moved up to 8th overall and 4th in our category, which was great but galling to have missed the podium by one place,it could have been me up there with page 3 girls and champane! A great event but the weather was harder than the cycling. I will do it again next year though.
  3. the bike shop in johnstone is trying to sort out my stolen bike,they want to give me a haro flightline expert (mtn bike) my old bike was a trek 6500 with upgraded shocks. i dont know haro as a make, the spek seems similar but i dont want to take a bike that is not similar in quality to my trek, anyone with any experience of the make would be apreciated. iain
  4. i will not manage this week as it is my sons 21st(4th oct) should be fine for following week. have fun iain
  5. devils stairsase is an belter of a ride, i did it a couple of years ago in a clear warm day, one of the best runs i have ever done iain
  6. there was 25 riders left at 9am in shorts and t shirts and went to irvine for ice cream and scones. iain
  7. i thaught i better say which bike shop it got taken from as i might have inadvertantly upset other bike shop owners, which is not a good idea. it was the bicycle chain. many appolagies iain
  8. i had my bike in for a second service with the bike shop in johnstone,they had a break in and my trek mtn bike was stolen. it is a silver 6500 with bar ends,new red walled back tyre and lock out rock shoks. If you spot it advertised anywhere let me know,if you see someone on it just run them down!! i am supposed to be doing a 24 hr event at fort william on sat, the shop said they would lend me a bike for the event. iain
  9. I WILL TRY AND CATCH OP WHEN YOU MOVE OFF IAIN
  10. i would be up for this it just depends on work comitments on sat mornings, but i would definetley try iain
  11. I WILL TRY AND GET ALLONG, MY BIKE IS IN FOR REPAIR HOWEVER I COULD TAKE AN OLD ONE TO START WITH IF IT IS NOT RUSTED UP. IAIN
  12. i did my xc cycle yesterday, i have not been off road for over a year so it came as a bit of a shock! there was 70km of bog hills more hills a 4 km push and carry up one of the hills at the back of ben nevis,super fast decents which just about rattled my eyes out.we had to cross 2 rivers which involved a lot of wading.I had my bike serviced the day before but lost my granny gears from word go and rear brakes half way round.But what a day i reckon that the 70km equates to 100 mls on the road. I got the final placings this morning, i was 135 overall out of 355 and 7th in my age group out of 21. I was glad to just finish, some of those guys are strong going up hills, it looks like i have to push in a few more climbs before the 8th and my 24hr effort. iain
  13. i will be doing the 24 hr mtn bike at ben nevis however i can go down some other time and cut grass if that helps. iain
  14. i am trying to put a team of three or four riders together for this ride, i have not done one before so ignorance is bliss. it will be from 12 mid day sat to 12 mid day sun. iain
  15. I have enterd the 72km cycle around the ben organized by no fuss events on sat 24 of this month. i will be going up the night before and have an empty car if anyone was interested in going i could give a lift. it will probably be wet and windy so there will be no midgies iain
  16. i cant make this week as on holiday in the sun. its probably just as well as after last sun it took me two days to recover, thanks to all who towed me home. iain
  17. i would be up for it, i have not managed to get many miles in on the last 2 weeks so would be slower than slow but wouldnt mind if i got droped, probably at the distillary!! iain
  18. i am wanting to buy a set of club bib shorts and short sleeved top i would think i am a med. iain 01505 702565(705125)
  19. iain couttie

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    i would be keen to do it if not working, how does it work? do we work at home or meet at a venue with our kit? iain
  20. i will help however i can as you know i just started so nothing tech just a yellow jacket and told to stand there would be good. what time and where do you want helpers. iain
  21. hi this is johny no mates, i would like to try the tt at georgetown but dont have anyone to team up with. do i make a friend on the night or try to organise one before. if anyone is up for it i can say that i am consistant(last every time out)
  22. hi can someone tell me how to get to the tt this evening. thanks iain
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