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    George reacted to Jannza in Breeze cycle ride   
    https://www.letsride.co.uk/rides/kilmacolm-to-bow-and-back
    Weather permitting, I'm planning to host my first Breeze cycle ride this Sunday. If you know any beginners or people who haven't been out on their bike for a while, it's only 8 miles.  (ladies only)
     
     
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    George reacted to Gerard Deeley in Flanders Fest Sunday 2 April 2023   
    In a new event for the club we will be having a Flanders themed day on Sunday 2 April.  Thanks to the tireless and unrelenting efforts of the highly skilled Johnstone Wheelers I.T. division we will have the Tour of Flanders available to watch in the clubrooms after our various club runs.  There will also be some catering to enjoy as well - yes there will be sausage rolls!
    There are the three ride groups available, so please anyone organise a route in the appropriate WhatsApp group for anyone to join in.  Aim to be back at the clubrooms for about 1300h to 1330h and plan accordingly.  Include a cafe stop if desired, but if you have a waffle a picture must be posted up.
    As this is a social event it is an excellent opportunity for you to introduce a potential new member to the club.  So please bring along a guest for the day and we can welcome them.
     
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    George reacted to P McDonald in APR Barmill Sat 10th Sep   
    Great wee APR this morning in fantastic weather with Murray showing the old guys how its done with a fine win, chapeau to him
    Lots of great new surfaces round the Admiralty but still a couple of craters ! Ideal for this sort of thing 😁
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    George reacted to P McDonald in APR Barmill Sat 10th Sep   
    Just posting a follow up to the Whatsapp message - there is an informal APR planned for the Barmill circuit on Saturday, I will be at clubrooms 9.30am to ride along track to Glengarnock for anyone who wants to join. Everyone is welcome and there will be generous time gaps to encourage an early group to stay away !
    Good response so far with about 10 confirmed.
    Look forward to seeing more on Saturday morning if you can make it.

     
     
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    George got a reaction from chung in Parts and bike delays……   
    Photos or it didn’t happen! 😉
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    George reacted to Mark O in Parts and bike delays……   
    It happened. 😁

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    George reacted to Codg1e in Drinks   
    See you there G!
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    George reacted to thejanullrichdietplan in The death of the Sunday Run   
    Should give them a go Billy - they are usually pretty steady rides rather than easy recovery pace and while a bit shorter it's not by much. Also when things get a bit hotter then the longer Sunday rides will likely return. 
    I agree though that everything being on whatsapp or a facebook group is a bit of a problem - particularly for new members (and potential new members) who aren't a member of the group yet. Before i joined the club i was able to read all the threads on the forum and see things were pretty active and it was one of the reasons i joined over other local clubs.
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    George reacted to Dave C in New tarmac at Cycle track   
    Found this new run off at Bridge of Weir cycle track when out walking today.
    Torr road/ Horsewood road exit/entrance
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    George got a reaction from Gerard Deeley in Saturday 19 March Restricted Gear TT   
    I hope to make it along for hilly TT next week. Restricted gear is not my bag.
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    George reacted to Gerard Deeley in Reliability Run #1   
    Not aiming for a catch anymore, so sticking with the usual times.  However we can bring them forward if that is what people want.  Let us see what happens next.  You only really want a catch if I have been baking so you get your share anyway.
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    George got a reaction from Gerard Deeley in Confined Events 2022   
    Just going to end up with folk in faster group getting blasted out the back and coming in in ones & twos. Not a great idea IMO. 
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    George got a reaction from Ramsay in Flanders 2020   
    My entry has also rolled over. I’ll be going. 
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    George got a reaction from Darryl Gunson in Review of confined events calendar   
    Moving some events to a Saturday morning might get more along as riding confined & Georgetown league on consecutive nights is tough 
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    George reacted to Kenny MacDonald in Review of confined events calendar   
    Just throwing in some events ran in past which proved popular
    I used to run a two day event at Glengarnock circuit  it started with a prologue TT 1.6 miles followed by a crit of an hour plus 5 laps in afternoon. Followed up by a RR at Gateside on the Sunday all done with 3 marshalls per day .
    We ran a series of APRs  at various locations a) Peesweep at top of Braes  b) Gateside  2 circuits  c) Kilmacolm d) RNAD always popular events
    A hill climb series 4 climbs one after the other starting at Howwood then Club hillclimb then 2 climbs off Beith Road heading to RB at Lochwinnoch
    Hill climb followed by cyclocross event  we ran this for a few years first as a confined then as an open event.
    Place to place TTs instead of out and back great if you ride with tail winds only  or reduced distance one year we were getting great numbers at Georgetown and light was fading so we shortened distance each week down to a final 3 mile event everybody loved it .
    We rented a field off a farmer near Howwood and had a series of MTB races for different categories on a weekly basis ( riders paid £2 each ) before that we built circuits at Bluebell woods Elderslie  , vacant ground opposite clubrooms , quarry near Georgetown road and Gleniffer braes 
    Two ups where teams were chosen from hat on the night so you could have the fastest and slowest rider riding as a team , great for team bonding or not depending on the individual LOL
    We used to traditionally follow up club hill climb championship with a sports day which had slow cycle ,obstacle race , speed judging , freewheel , plus novelty events ie throwing the welly a sort of shot putt on bikes . WE invited other clubs to event , traditionally Lomond Roads and Regent.
    We did a couple of cyclist v Harriers events with Kilbarchan Harriers these were popular down south ( a couple took place in Irvine as well) 
    we did try to organise a bike v horses event but failed to find a suitable circuit 
    Sometimes you have to think out the box 
    ie when I started the Millport events again we had a 3 up 10 mile lap of the island . Everybody told me it was too short for a team TT nobody would ride it  the first year we had over 120 riders and more the next year . It was only discontinued due to island becoming too busy .
    The same was true of TTT championship when I reduced it from 100K to 50K everybody said it wouldnt work it went from 6 teams to 24 teams 
    We also held open event series with other clubs ie
    Early season APRs at RNAD Beith 36 , 45 56 miles an extra lap per week we did that with Inverclyde Velo and Fullarton Wheelers
    We also ran a summer crit series at Glengarnock with Inverclyde Velo , Fullarton and Inverclyde CRT helping to run the events 
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    George reacted to thejanullrichdietplan in Review of confined events calendar   
    It's a tough situation and I think other clubs are experiencing similar issues with participation in confined events.
    I can't speak for any one else but the reason I don't do many confined events is that in the summer i'll usually do the Georgetown league on a Wednesday night rather than the club event on a Tuesday. Partly this is so i can do the Renfrew Bunch on the Tuesday but also with the success of the Georgetown League it now has a big draw as the local event to compete at. And unfortunately i don't like TTing that much to do it twice a week!
    So that is a bit of a negative comment...for more productive then Kenny's idea about a club BAR sounds an interesting idea - potentially would keep interest going across the whole season and in different disciplines. Although not sure about using standard times for it -  for a Jet to win they would need to be going sub 10 minutes on the Georgetown to beat Ian A!
    Also to encourage whole club participation in TTing then perhaps a one day special event instead of a club run in the summer? Sort of like a mountain bike enduro event but on the road. 3 x TTs in a row - a 10 on the hilly course, a Georgetown TT and one lap (5 miles) on the restricted gear circuit.  Starting and finishing at club rooms and all the riding (including the TTs) is about 60miles.  Race all events or just do one if you like. And if you dont want to race could help timekeep or even just have a cafe stop while others are doing racing. Finish at the club rooms for a bbq. More of a social sort of race event rather than any trophies at stake. I realise this suggestion sounds like a lot of extra work But i'd be happy to help organise.
     
     
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    George reacted to Gerard Deeley in Review of confined events calendar   
    A pretty spot on observation from Billy.  There are currently many different small groups of people riding different bikes at different times.  As club members we really should be be trying to ride together as much as possible.  In the past the planned diary of club runs and events have defined what you needed to do as an active club member but that model is not getting participation and we are now looking for a new way to do things.  As time is progressing on this matter I will put up a provisional diary based on what we would normally have done, a starting point from where we can work from.  Quickly following on the next task is to decide what we should keep and what we should change out with.  Darryl has proposed a working group for discussing this and the invite is still open to everyone.  Widespread contribution is vital, we all want to ride our bikes as club members, what would get us doing it together?  This may also involve doing it over a video conference call that I have zero knowledge of setting up!  I would rather bribe/encourage everyone with a drink at Amaretto.
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    George got a reaction from Gerard Deeley in Review of confined events calendar   
    Moving some events to a Saturday morning might get more along as riding confined & Georgetown league on consecutive nights is tough 
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    George got a reaction from Iain67 in Flanders 2020   
    My entry has also rolled over. I’ll be going. 
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    George reacted to P McDonald in Flanders 2020   
    Hi Ramsay
    Myself and daughter Emma thinking about it if we can get an entry. Entries not open yet but keeping an eye on it, I guess it could end up full with carry overs ! My plan would likely be to fly to Amsterdam, hire car etc with Emma getting train from London where she lives.
    Keeping a watching brief
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    George got a reaction from Iain67 in Sunday 28th November Arrochar Alps   
    Except for those times you drove to the ferry or to race a TT. Another belting post from the Laird of Hot Air. 
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    George reacted to thejanullrichdietplan in TL is Coming   
    Back to track league after being ill for a couple of weeks. Feel like ive lost some fitness plus probably still some lingering effects of a virus so found it pretty hard. First couple of scratch races i  would get dropped, then back on, then dropped, then back on again. Unable to go with any accelerations so just rode steady in the race but not really a part of it. Points was a bit easier however i did nothing.  Last was a tempo -i didnt contest the early sprints then tried to get one about midway, failed, went back in the wheel and sat in for another lap then went again but much earlier. Got about a half a lap up on the chasers and managed to maintain that to the finish scoring a few times and getting the win. Tough night for me but at least ended on a positive note!
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    George reacted to thejanullrichdietplan in TL is Coming   
    No racing tonight - track damage discovered in the pre warm up inspection.
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    George got a reaction from Iain67 in Spain 2022 Campamento de Entrenamiento de Ciclismo   
    eeeeeeeeyyyyy Macarena
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    George reacted to AlanT in 25/07/21 Galston Leg Bender   
    Turned out I wasn’t up for that, but glad to get out for the alternative route just the same.
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