iain couttie

some hot action pics from yesterday.My phone no longer recognises my fingerprints.
 
Thanks to gerard for lunchtime snacks.
 
sweat mats will be compulsory

i will be at the club rooms from 9 am Sunday.

I can help on Sunday, between about 9 and 2:30, looks like it may be a bit frosty so it would be good to be doing something indoors.

That's great Iain, thanks. We will run our Jets rollers this Thursday, and have next week off to let the floor harden properly.
 
Racing at CX champs on Sunday, still to see a timetable to see whether I can be back in time to help.
 
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I am intending to sand the club room floor on sat, a bit of help to move tables etc. would be good. I also intend to varnish on Sunday this will take all day, 4  (or is it 3) coats at 3 hour intervals, a bit of help through the day would be good.

That must be a long weekend.
 

Yes, Iain, it was a real struggle to hold in the 'all-inclusive' stomach.
BTW- the hired bike was KTM Strada 2000.
Alloy frame and a triple on the front! Oh the shame of it!!!!!
But seriously, a good sturdy but heavy bike.

Keep that all inclusive belly held in old man!!!!!!!
 
Have a good one

wont manage till 7.30, will try and do some in the afternoon

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times, road very busy, weather good.
 
dave            2.11
allan t          2.11
chris            2.29
steve           2.01
douglas (jet) 2.18 got held up by traffic
gerrard  (not a jet) 2.20 did not get held up with traffic.
 
Good efforts all round

times, road very busy, weather good.
 
dave            2.11
allan t          2.11
chris            2.29
steve           2.01
douglas (jet) 2.18 got held up by traffic
gerrard  (not a jet) 2.20 did not get held up with traffic.
 
Good efforts all round

times, road very busy, weather good.
 
dave            2.11
allan t          2.11
chris            2.29
steve           2.01
douglas (jet) 2.18 got held up by traffic
gerrard  (not a jet) 2.20 did not get held up with traffic.
 
Good efforts all round

will time keep

The music was provided by Wet Wet Wet. I felt the rain I my fingers and I felt the rain in my toes. But Love was all around.. Ok enough of that.
 
5 groups, James and Colin in group 2, me, Chas and Couttie in group 3. I really enjoyed the late season bash. We stayed away from groups 4 and 5 and passed many in groups 1 and 2. However we did not get to the front of the race where Colin and James were. There were 6 of us left after the final drag. One guy got away and the rest of us had a spirited wee group sprint. I don't know whether I won this or was second as the spray was so much I could not quite see the line !
 
From what I can gather we were sprinting for about 12th or 15th place. Meantime up front Colin took a splendid 5th place
 
Always a grand way to end the season and sharpen the legs for the winter worlds.
 

Best part of the day for me was not missing the ferry, cold or whatever I have is still hanging on me, bit like hanging on to mount Stuart climb then turning around to buy chips and get the ferry. Still love this race, looking forward to next time.

Gerard, if most of your body fluids are not all over your face then you are not trying hard enough.
thanks for keeper and pusher

Davey calm your jets!!! we only have one night, do you think you are still in France?

top marks chung

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So it's all over Argles Gazhot is a fantastic place to stay if you want to hit the iconic climbs of the tour . IMO the roads are much better than Majorca and there are plenty of local sportives in the area Haut Route plus a Marrmotte to name a few .
So a quick resume of our week
Day 1
Cloudy day in the valley so we just thought in true JWCC tradition to miss the warm up and ride the Hautacam which was sort of nice as it wasn't overly hot after some time waiting for me we descended into thick cloud which made visibility practically zero, after a few k it cleared up , at the bottom we rode round towards cartress and decided that was enough for day 1
 
Day 2
Hot and sunny so what else Solour Abusique cracking climbs and the bike bikes look the part , Couttie managed to overtake two motorcycles on the way but great fun, we then decided to go back to Solour and go down into the back valley fantastic descent but long , talking about 45 minutes or so at the bottom it was really hot and we found Spandelles, this is not a well known climb but it is an absolute b####### don't know if it was the heat or the vultures circling above my head but I died a thousand deaths on this climb and eventually had to get off and walk , which gave the others great amusement as it took me close to an hour extra to get to the top
 
Day 3
Massive thunder storms so we ( me and Couttie ) went to Lourdes weird place
Day 4
Tourmalet Croix Blache cracking ride up over the tourmalet the descent was fantastic missed lunch by ten minutes the road round to Lourdes via Croix Blanche
 
Day 5
Big day for the boys they road up to Garni something but I decided against it and came back but took a wrong turn and ended up the Louis Ardeden brilliant descent no cars only locked up once due to being nackered
 
Day 6
 
Run over to Point Espagne for me Couttie and Al decided to do Ardeden on way back
 
Fantastic trip cheers to Daryl for finding this place plus found out that a 36 27 is too big for here

I did a personal challenge a few years ago cycle Arran water ski to Bute, cycle Bute then the same for Millport then to largs. Only about 100 mile cycle but its fairly hard, the likes of Charley would probably swim!
 
I know you probably want to keep it easy but just a thought!
 
iain

Went for a run on cycle track & net Ian Couttie who was out for a spin. He turned round and came back for chat as I plodded towards BOW. Need to brush up on your motivational chat though as u going awfy slow did not quite cut it. Think I later passed Ransay & Elaine Muirhead on track but may b wrong as suffering by that time so apologies for lack of response to your hello

Hmmm - Andy I will be 75 in 2026 so don't think I will manage it!!