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Gerard Deeley

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  1. Welcome to all members visiting our Confined Events calendar for 2024. We have been striving to keep and create events for all to take part in and enjoy a measure of sportfulness on their bikes. Remember that all of these events will be posted up both on our website and on the WhatsApp groups so nobody need miss them. Reliability Runs Sunday 18 February - Tour of Renfrewhsire Sunday 25 February - Moscow Revolution Sunday 3 March - Sinclair Street Sunday 10 March - West Kilbride More details to follow nearer the time and the clubrooms will be available for the usual food and chat afterwards. A.P.R. Events Darryl’s introduction of the A.P.R.s have been well received and are back to give anyone the challenge they desire. The format is adapted for the attending riders on the day, so very much for all abilities. Sunday 31 March Gateside Circuit. Tour of Flanders afterwards at the clubrooms. Sunday 14 April Barrmill Circuit. Amstell Gold Race afterwards at the clubrooms. Sunday 1 September Barrmill Circuit Sunday 8 September Gateside Circuit Other Events Saturday 18 May 10 mile Hilly T.T. Langbank Course. Road bikes only. Saturday 22 June Frank Lauder 10 mile T.T. Westferry Course. Sunday 20 October J.W.C.C. Hill Climb Championship Elliston Road. There will be the addition of a gravel bike category. There will be much more information on these fantastic cycling days to come. Including the dates of when I make sausage rolls and Paris-Brest choux buns. Hope to see many of you at these events. Gerard
  2. There is an appetite in the club for the Langbank/Houston/Gleddoch route the club uses for the 10mile Hilly Time Trial. There was also clear feedback that it would be preferable to do the route in clement weather rather than slog it out in the cold rain and wind and now that weather is here. It is an easy route to follow, but a challenge in how you plan on riding it. When is it best to push yourself and when do you need to keep it steady to get your best time! Saturday mornings seem to be quite a good time to run this event to get a decent turnout of riders. To run the event each time we would need at least three riders and a timekeeper so please do post up when you intend riding or volunteering your stopwatch skills when the events go live. As many of you are already aware I work most weekends, so waiting until I have a date that I can commit to to either ride or timekeep is impractical for the club. So I will need to put up dates for others to make the necessary arrangements on the day. In addition, as we can be flexible to suit ourselves should you feel the need for a TT then please post up a request for it and we can make it happen. We can start this coming Saturday 3rd June, meeting at Langbank at 0900.
  3. 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.
  4. http://www.mapmyride.com/sc/victoria-english-river/reliability-no-4-west-kilbride-route-14021498 Be a part of the glorious and long history of the JWCC and join your clubmates for our fourth in a row of a rare uninterrupted schedule with the Reliability Run to West Kilbride. For everyone who has been out in any of the previous weeks a big thank you for making these days so successful, just one more in what looks like the best weather forecast out of all them all. We have the usual format of three groups leaving the clubrooms at 0900, 0930 and 0945. All in increasing pace for the ride, do turn up in good time for your group. We will need keyholders for the day, please post up if that will be you. We have a surplus of sweet treats still in the club rooms from Sunday so all we really need is a volunteer to make some soup and sandwiches. While this is the last of the Reliability Runs and we have a few weeks before the fantastic APR events the club will not be going quiet. We should be able to fit in a couple of Hilly TTs on Saturdays next month and I hope to be able to organise a ‘bring a potential new member’ event that is guaranteed to involve a serving of sausage rolls afterwards. I expect to be working this Sunday, so do all have a good time.
  5. After two fantastic Reliability Runs so far with decent weather and a superb turnout of members we have a great weather forecast for this Sunday for our Sinclair Street route. http://www.mapmyride.com/gb/elderslie-sct/reliability-no-3-sinclair-street-route-1827559 As ever there are the three groups departing from the clubrooms in Miller Street at 0900h, 0930h and 0945h going at increasing pace. Post up here or on one of the WhatsApp groups to indicate which time you will leaving at. I am still waiting to see if I get the day off work and be able to come along to this one and confirm what food I can bring along. But we will still need various key holders for the day.
  6. We up the distance in Reliability Ride #2 for Sunday 12 February. Looking for another excellent turnout from the beautiful people that make up our entire membership. http://www.mapmyride.com/gb/elderslie-sct/reliability-no-2-moscow-route-1787383 There will be the usual three groups 0900 for those who prefer to chat along the way 0930 for those who prefer to stay a bit quieter and ride 0945 for those who prefer to scream on the inside so as not to show weakness Please turn up In good time to be a part of your chosen bunch as they need to set off sharp. As ever a modest donation of food for afterwards in the clubrooms is most welcome. Hot soup, sandwiches and cakes are the usual winners here.
  7. It is the 5 February, I did put that in the other post and then forgot to put it here. Thanks.
  8. http://www.mapmyride.com/gb/elderslie-sct/reliability-no-1-tour-of-the-shire-route-1730016 The first of our 2023 Reliability Rides, meet up at the club room in Miller Street in good time to go with your intended group. First group will be off at 0900h, the second will leave at 0930 and the fast riders will leave at 0945. Please post up if you intend coming along and in which group, the more the merrier but groups should be kept to manageable sizes. Can we also have a key holder for the clubrooms to allow access before and after. It is traditional to bring along something for afterwards, soup, sandwiches, tray bakes, etc and if everyone makes a contribution for at least one of the weeks there will be plenty. While these are events that are confined to club members we do also welcome new members and they are a great introduction to JWCC. Let us make these fantastic cycling and social events with our club and get the season off to a great start.
  9. A welcome to all club members now reading this, you have now entered the nirvana of JWCC participation that is our Confined Events. Last year was a mixed bag for these events as we looked at ways to get rider participation across the board. The Reliability Rides did sort of happen, though it is now clear that we need to factor in bad weather in February. The APR events were well attended and they will be back. Using the Georgetown League worked well as those who did them were getting a midweek TT in a well run format. The Hill Climb Event was a superb day for the club so the misery of that minute and a bit was all worth it. The Restricted Gear events did not happen and there was only one Hilly TT, if the opportunity arises then we shall keep trying them. First events of 2023 will be our Reliabilities, the traditional test of rider and steed during the last throws of winter and into spring’s lacklustre arrival. Along with the traditional set routes the club has used for many years we can also expect the traditional torrential rain to cancel them. Previously this meant shifting the busy calendar about to reschedule them over less popular events. Learning from this we have a more rolling schedule that accommodates postponements by allowing a few extra weeks before scheduling our next events. In summary I will post up the Reliability Rides as they happen, starting with the Tour of Renfrewshire on the 5 February.
  10. Here are the times from our annual hill climb competition in the order the riders set off. Johnstone Jets Finlay 1m46s Rhuari 1m37s Olivia 1m50s Lucy 1m15s Eilish 1m11s Calum 1m04s Fyfe 1m 24s Ben 1m12s Matthew 1m13s Noah 1m07s Colin 0m47s Evan 0m48s Johnstone Wheelers Gerard D 2m42s Diane G 2m44s Ross T 2m20s Andy R 3m17s Jamie T 1m27s Sammy E 1m42s Bob M 2m59s Paul M 2m01s Jann L 1m57s E Robbie G 1m34s Darryl G 2m10s Ian M 2m11s Eric L 2m44s Ian C 2m40s James R 2m51s Carol C 2m12s E Ian A 2m18s Ritchie P 2m08s Colin A 2m05s Evan M 1m58s Jerry S 2m31s Graham F 3m04s Chung W 2m37s A superb turnout to make for a great club event. See you all out and about soon.
  11. I will bring along a tasty Rioja for you, I am quite sure I would spill a pint on the drive over. I will message you when I get back from my holiday next week. Thank you for helping me out.
  12. How much do you want for the 50/34? I borrowed the cranks from the TT bike, but there is just something wrong about having another bike being unusable, even if it will not be used again until next year.
  13. Get your names down here for the hill climb. I have seen most of your efforts on Strava, so you are most definitely ready for it. Rewards available back at the clubrooms afterwards.
  14. I am needing to replace my 105 5800 series cranks on both sides, no need for the chainrings. Can anyone help?
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