JaneF

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/other-sport/philippa-york-gives-seal-of-approval-to-king-of-the-mountains-mural-and-jokes-it-makes-her-feel-like-billy-connolly-3266025

Good turnout today for the mural unveiling - after that a ride over the Crow and then a loop through Killearn and Strathblane and back to the start. 
I’d like the record to state i was joint first to the top of the Crow - beating everyone else including the former Tour de France polka dot jersey winner in the process. A show of strength from Scotlands premier cycling club to the watching media.....I may have started 5 minutes before everyone else but it still counts 🤣

I would have been down first if it was not for a pesky puncture on those stupid council road blobs that pass for maintenance these days.
A great turnout of cyclists and the media.  It was disturbingly left to me to speak to the BBC and the Scotsman, good job I can converse in fluent gibberish.  A good blast round the Campsies with many cyclists.  Followed by lunch with Pippa, where we heard a load of stuff about what went on in the pro peloton back in the days; plenty of names named and shameful behaviours.  Nice to see Chung, it has been too long and new member Geo.

Gerard and Graham heading to Dunlop, in brilliant sunshine.

I missed you, many apologies.

Nah, you didn't-was driving 🙂 Hope you had a good ride 👍

Thanks to lockdown I can descend a lot faster.  It has something to do with physics, mass and gravity, I will know more about after the topic comes up in home schooling.  If you were wearing visible club kit I would have stopped to say hello, I miss club runs and everyone I would see there.

After the disaster for club events that was 2020, I have uploaded the provisional calendar for 2021. There are a couple of caveats though.
1. All club events remain suspended until further notice. In practice, this means that I fully expect that none of the scheduled events will actually take place until after Easter at the earliest. There is at best a 50% chance that the schedule will run normally after July.
2. Just because an event is on the calendar, do not assume that it will take place unless a thread is opened specifically for it.
3. Events that do not take place will not be rescheduled. 
4. Events that do take place will be run in accordance with the most up to date SC/CTT guidance. Where there is conflict between the two bodies, we will always support the stricter regime to ensure your safety.
 
I hope everyone has a great season, when it eventually gets going.
 
And actually, I've ignored rule 3 above...
 
pdf 20210602 Provisional 2021 club calendar V2.pdf

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/Scottish_Cycling_Protection_Levels_v5_-_NEW_VERSION-_FINAL.pdf
 
As things stand with the new societal Tier arrangements coming into force from this evening, Tiers 4 and 3 mostly apply to our area, including Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and NAyrshire.
Riding bikes for exercise across Local Authority (LA) boundaries is permitted (driving cars is not).
Max group size 6/7. (6 if not a club organised bunch and from no more than 2 households) Up to 7 from the club provided all guidance is followed and Test & Protect register taken.
Start and finish your ride from the same place within your own LA.
Safe distancing throughout, practice FACTS etc.
Suggest any bunch ride to be non-stop apart from mechanicals.
Ride leader required for club bunch run to ensure guidance is complied with, as has been the case over the past months.
 
with thanks,
Eric
 
    

We like this.
Lusia Steele: original 2008 Jet, Jet coach and daughter of Wheelr @KennyS off to Bulgaria this week.
GB elite sprint squad, Euro champs. Nice. 

We have now received the latest guidance for cycling activities.  
There are significant changes, and much to absorb, in the attached documents.
The documents contain all of the information relating to the SG publicised Tier Level structure per local authority. For now, we should focus on Tier 3 guidance. One interesting development appears to be the ability to cross local authority boundaries. That said, the restriction for club rides at Tier Level 3 looks like max 6 riders, from unlimited households (up to 6). Social i.e. non-club rides are permitted at up to 6 riders from 2 households.
Please click on the links at the foot of this message for full details.
     
Scottish Cycling
Following the introduction of Scotland’s Strategic Framework, Scottish Cycling have updated our guidance for cycling activity to reflect the level of activity which can take place within each protection level. Protection levels for local authorities are reviewed on a weekly basis and the level applicable to your local authority can be found here   
The Scottish Government has recognised the importance of Sport and Physical Activity to supporting the nation’s health, and, while this is extremely welcome, we must all play our part in ensuring that we adhere to the guidance laid out in this document – all of which has been approved by sportscotland, the national agency for sport, on behalf of the Scottish Government.  
 
Overview Document https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/Scottish_Cycling_Protection_Levels_.pdf   Clubs and Activities https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/SCCANov.pdf

Scottish Cycling message - 30/10/2020
Scottish Cycling are in the process of updating our guidance for cycling activity to reflect the level of activity which can take place within each protection level.  We are currently awaiting sportscotland's guidance documents to allow us to finalise our updated guidance, so it is unlikely that we will be issuing an update today (Friday 30th October).   As current restrictions remain in place until Monday, please continue to follow the current guidance in the meantime.    It is our intention to get our guidance finalised over the course of the weekend and published in line with the new restrictions coming into play on Monday 2nd November. 

Scottish Cycling message to clubs today - please continue to manage club activities accordingly and notify me of planned rides and named participants - thank you
 
You will likely have heard earlier this week that the Scottish Government has extended the date for which temporary measures are in place for the Central belt, until November 2nd at 06:00. Scottish Cycling, in consultation with sportscotland,  has therefore taken the decision to also extend the previously communicated restrictions for cycling activity, until November 2nd at 01:00.
The latest Scottish Cycling Covid-19 guidance, including the supplementary information, can be viewed  here.
You may also be aware that the Scottish Government will be introducing new protection levels, which will involve a 5-level system, from November 2nd. We will further update our guidance once the impact of these new protection levels, upon cycling, is known.

Thought I would share a few pictures of my overnighter on Islay last week with my boys.  Just cycled from Port Ellen to Port Charlotte and camped overnight.  Islay is quite stunning and I have never seen such a huge and clear night sky.  I may have to work out how to carry a telescope by bike too.

Following the update from the First Minister on 7 October 2020, Scottish Cycling has published supplementary information for the 5 health board areas with enhanced restrictions. The supplementary information supersedes the guidance within our corresponding documentation.
 
This supplementary information applies to the following five affected health board areas: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Glasgow City, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire NHS Lanarkshire: North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire NHS Lothian: City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian NHS Ayrshire and Arran: East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire NHS Forth Valley: Falkirk, Stirling, Clackmannanshire All restrictions outlined within our supplementary guidance will apply from 01:00 on Saturday 10 October 2020 until midnight on Sunday 25 October 2020. Full details of this can be found by clicking the link below.  https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/Supplementary_Information_10_-25_October.pdf In general all group rides and club activities should only take place within one health board area. Activities should not cross into neighbouring health board areas. Participants can only take part in activity within the health board they reside in i.e. do not travel to other health board areas to engage in cycling activity.  

We ought to get out cycling there as much as possible and then when change happens we can all sound old and irrelevant when telling anyone about what the roads there used to be like.

Hi just to let you know there are plans to upgrade C11 being discussed. 
https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/project-corridor-options-access-to-argyll-and-bute-a83/
 

Some of those options dont look too promising!
I realise it's a selfish view but a huge part of the attraction of Cowal for cycling is precisely because it is a bit inconvenient to get to by car despite being close to the central belt. The A82 up Loch Lomond and over the Rest (or the A81 to Aberfoyle) are spectacular roads in terms of scenery but they can be horrible to cycle on because of how busy they are...would hate to see C11 or the Whistlefield and the other roads over there become like that!

Hi just to let you know there are plans to upgrade C11 being discussed. 
https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/project-corridor-options-access-to-argyll-and-bute-a83/
 

My hair is always perfect.

Ah, virtual riding. Iain and Richie would almost certainly give a doing outside, but there is a certain comfort in knowing that I can fall off the turbo at the end, rather than cycle several miles uphill to get home from the clubrooms. Daryl and Alan T were right on my shoulder for most of the climb. Great session guys, thanks for the company. Going for a kip!

The updated guidance fromSC is that club events are still suspended. So, no published programme of events. Yet.
Got to say, I'm a wee bit disappointed by that as I thought we could maintain social distancing on a time trial, but, heh ho.
 
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/scotland/article/20200313-Scottish-Cycling-Coronavirus-COVID19-Guidance-0

Hello Paul,
Oh ...... pressure ..... don’t expect too much though 🙂 ....... it’ll be a wee fun surprise! 🙂 ..... I think!
Just a wee teaser first then 🙂
Cheers
Chung
 
 

Tick that one off.

This is an easy one to get to.