PaulL

That fact you thought I got into it at all is amazing! 😂

I have a medium you can borrow Richie, send me a message to pick up

Large PlanetX EXO3 TT/Triathlon Upgraded to Sram Red Etape Electronic/Carbon Wheel set. Used only a couple of times and in excellent condition Not wanting to split £2200 If interested please PM me

Pedals sold now Micheal

I will be available to help

SOLD Vittoria competition corsa Tyres - Graphene - 700x25 £40 CX tyres practically new(used a few times before taken of new bike) - Continental CycloX-King tyr 32mm £25 Fizik R1 Uomo Cycling Shoes - Carbon size 45(11) - great condition couple of scuffs £70 - However rubber heel on one shoe is loose but have spare heel and screws. .SOLD Cassette Shimano ultegra CS-6700 10 speed 11-28T - new £35 SOLD Bepro/FAVERO power meter pedals- Dual pedals(power/cadence on both) - £150 SOLD Set of Shinamo Ultegra 11 speed shifters - £80 Miche ingranaggio 52 pista advanced 52 track chainring new £20(New) Shimano ultegra 52-36 11speed chainring - brand new £50 Schwalbe One V-Guard Folding Road 700x25 Tyre new £40 for both Dura Ace 10 speed chain - £20 brand new - still in box Blackburn frame bag Large - £30

Thanks Jann

Trying to remove some old images so I can post more, but in attachments sections on my profile no option to delete. Any ideas?

Be rude not to?

Looking at going to the Cyclocross World champs next year Feb 2020(im not riding unfortunately). I was looking at flights from Edinburgh to Basel and only £50 return at the moment. Post if interested. Should be a great weekend!

Great to see you got the help you needed George, Powerful message that needs to be shared. Chapeau

I've taken up a new sport, one that suits my Talents!

I did it too, it wasnt so bad... Well done Galeb! Top stuff

The cut off times are 90hrs, 84hrs or 80hrs depending on which time/group you start with. This equates to about 14 kmph(this will include time not moving). Not sure a talk on our strategies and planning would be helpful for members, but might get a few laughs

David B, David C and myself returned to Galashiels for another Audax, this one was the last one we needed to qualify for PBP. David B had decided not to go to Paris and was just doing this for the craic. Davie Borland was planning on riding straigh through the night so he could meet his wife for stake and chips about 1pm the next day, the pace he set of at it seemed he would! he was flying and lead the field throughout the day, as this was 3 out and back legs we got to wave a couple of times. He sensible decided to stop after the second leg rest up and meet the wife. David C and my self had a more relaxed plan and after the first leg 230km we were feeling good, We then headed of into the night for the second leg towards Gretna and rode with a Friend of Campbells called Neil. He was stopping at lockerbie at the first passing, but we decided to continue on hoping to complete the 2nd leg without stopping, but our pace had dropped in the darkness and as we hit Gretna it was fairly cold. When we got back to lockerbie about 380km in we were very tired and the usual pains we each had were back. We decided to stop at lockerbie truck stop(from and Irvine Welsh novel) and sleep for 3 hours and head back over the climbs in daylight. When we woke we both agreed to head back to Galahsiels and call it, it was a tough call but by this stage we had difficult sitting down and our pace was abysmal. I suppose training for these events are a good thing! and the qualifiers did there job, and weeded out the chancers trying to do the bare minimum to get to Paris! any way we got back to Galashiels after 460Km and plenty of time to do the 140km left, but of to McDonalds and home we went! Thanks to David C and Davie B for the company on this adventure! one my buttocks will never forget! Salut!

In our goal to qualify for Paris Brest Paris Myself, Davie B and David C headed down to Galashiels for the 400(420)km out and back to Barnards Castle. We stuck together until the Barnard Castle the half way mark and then Davie B continued at a faster pace with a couple of guys we had met and David C and I started the dusk Wet Climb over some Moss hill. Through the damp night we rode but! it was a balmy 12 degrees so it was not too bad. We did encounter few kms of road with 100s of frogs on it which passed the time trying not to squash any, which we managed! Until I heard David shout! -1 frog bless his soul, a few minutes later a Huge Rat ran into David's wheel but he managed to stay upright, I used to have a Rat her name was "Otago" David loves my patter. It was about then 3am? that Davids Knee started to hurt and our energy levels were very low, luckly we passed through lockerbie and had only 20km to a 24 hour with a service stop, I'm not a big fan of McDonalds but I was tonight. After about 5mins cycling David convinced me that the service station was here?? "Look" he said and pointed towards a BP sign behind some trees, But we stil had had 20km to go? I wasnt going to argue with him or his shiney new Wahoo gps, a few minutes later we got to a Service stop only to find it was the wrong one and nothing was open(Hammock Award Contender), a few swears were jokingly exchange and we rode on to McDonalds. Once we got there David went for a Sleep and I changed out of my wet clothes. I tried to sleep but people were intent on talking to me even though my eyes were closed, but best McDonalds I ever had, I even ate David's leftovers once he fell asleep. Back on the bike and back into the rain, With Davids Knee and my development of what I can only describe as "the worse butt pain in the world ever®" we took a nice steady pace back the last 100km.. the sun came out near the end and we were greeted by fried egg and bacon sandwiches by the organisers. A quick shower and off back up the road, I told David I would stay awake on the journey home as he was driving, I think I lasted abut 5mins. Started at 9:00am finished next day at 10:17am Distance : 419.91km Time pedaling 18:48:33 Elevation 3,922m Avg Speed 22.3km/h Elapsed Time 25:17:05 Anyhow only a 600km to do to qualify, To be honest i thought these would be easier than they are... yes they are physically draining but it really is all in the mind. Thanks for the company Lads

Meet you there!

I was third on the sprint! Not one wheel was sucked... Charlie would be proud

Well done Richard! nice times all

Life getting in the way of cycling... will aim for next week and after a perfect month of Tapering

Due a busy UCI race schedule this year for me this will be my first chaingang... I expect the same amount of leniency shown to McCusker when he is having a bad day... Obligatory GIF below

Legend!

Happy to help, Would be more than willing to do a talk on map reading and route planning

No problem, looks a bit wet but might go out for a bit

No worries Charlie, will just go for a spin