Gerard Deeley

Fantastic first time TT.... on a beautiful night too

A good turnout on a warm, sunny evening with a fair old breeze from the south. Results as follows:
 
Morna/Andy - 20:53
Carol/Dave - 19:36
Joe/Ross - 19:09
Alan McM/Karen - 18:38
Lusia/Jess - 18:08
Alan T - 18:04
Iain C/Gerard - 16:47
 
A few people paid for tonight and previous confineds at the same time so I've got £47 to transfer to the club's account.
 
Good effort, folks.

Brill day out way the gang nice to meet charlie & brian (father & son ) and gerard or gerald gerry then ,good seein old faces that have came on from a couple of years ago,10 was the bunch and all worked well till the crow then every man for them selves , great decent into the campsies cafe and top service and food to see us home, must admit wee bit goosed will have to hydrate better and eat better as had more miles than first thought 87mls but dug deep for it and happy to get home withought the knock ! Top day and weather even kind to us 👌

Just like to say WOW! in respect of Katie's performances on the track in Rio. Gold medalist and WR holder (OR too???) Totally deserved her selection.
 
A credit to you Ian, and the rest of the Archibald clan - she's done you proud. Long may we continue to enjoy watching Katie shine at this rarefied level of elite competition. 

I will be there

With the favourable weather forecast today - 10 souls came out to play on a dry & no-wind kind of day, an almost forgotten experience considering the recent Sunday's :-/
 
Alan T, Charlie F, David C, Gerard, Iain Couttie, Iain Mctarvish, John, PaulL, Ryan & myself made up the bunch to tackle the route we had planned. Good work done by all with some fast down hill bits, it wasn't long before we hit the Crow.
Having not turned a pedal myself for a while & just binge eating for 3 weeks while on my holiday took its toll on me. I think I got a PW (personal worst) up the Crow as I cramped up half way over it.
Unlike me, Big David C got a PB up it with the help in no small part on his shiny (......well, lovely matt) new Canyon :-) gorgeous machine by the way!
 
Anyway, a cafe feast in Lennoxtown was enjoyed by all, the place was busy with cyclist as always, but this time we outnumbered "normal customers" :-)
 
A quick blast back to Hardgate through Strathblane & I left the party to plod home solo on the Northside. Hope everyone got home ok!
 
It was nice to meet Charlie, a new member & he did really well throughout despite his first outing with the Wheelers!
It's been a while since I've been out on a club run were a father & son was present - Charlie is Ryan's dad by the way :-)
Hope to see more of youse in the future!
 
Thanks to everyone as always for the wheels & company today, it was great fun!
 
135km for me when I got home totally knackered - it feels great to be back on the bike with some decent km again.
 
Cheers
 
Chung

Chung,
New to Club and would be good to join you on this Run, travelling from Lochwinnoch so probably best to meet you at Club house.
Cheers
Charlie

It's a Chung Run for me this Sunday, I will get you at the bridge. A Crow Road run as well! you are full of surprises.

Hi All,
 
Weather for this Sunday seems ok but need to be back for 2pm, so thinking a wee jaunt over the Bridge :-) Not been over the Crow for a while, therefore that'll be my destination as usual :-)
 
9am Clubroom - GT road - Bridge (9.40am) - Hardgate - Stockiemuir - Kyber Pass - Mugdock - Strathblane - Blanefield - Dumgoyne - Killearn - Fintry - Up the Crow - Lennoxtown (Cafe) - Strathblane again - Milngavie - Hardgate - Bridge - Home
 
Not a long run but a few climbs, so I think 60 miles approx. clubroom to clubroom????
 
Anyway, would be good to have some company :-)  & let me know if you're coming please.
 
Cheers & see you
Chung

Only the beautiful people turned up to ride tonight, with the least glamourous chosen to time keep: this meant we had to keep our own times and giving everyone a chance to ride.  A blustery evening with a bit of headwind on the way out that was more of a side swipe on the way back, explanations for this meteorological phenomenon can be answered on a postcard and addressed to my wheelie bin.
 
Times are
Team Cowan 19min 56sec
Alan and Ross 19min 32sec (Team Brisk?)
Alan T 18min 00sec (Team Solo? and he can also make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs)
Iain and Gerard 17min 10 sec (Team Wheezy?)
 
No money changed hands so we can pay at our next run.

Only the beautiful people turned up to ride tonight, with the least glamourous chosen to time keep: this meant we had to keep our own times and giving everyone a chance to ride.  A blustery evening with a bit of headwind on the way out that was more of a side swipe on the way back, explanations for this meteorological phenomenon can be answered on a postcard and addressed to my wheelie bin.
 
Times are
Team Cowan 19min 56sec
Alan and Ross 19min 32sec (Team Brisk?)
Alan T 18min 00sec (Team Solo? and he can also make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs)
Iain and Gerard 17min 10 sec (Team Wheezy?)
 
No money changed hands so we can pay at our next run.

Only the beautiful people turned up to ride tonight, with the least glamourous chosen to time keep: this meant we had to keep our own times and giving everyone a chance to ride.  A blustery evening with a bit of headwind on the way out that was more of a side swipe on the way back, explanations for this meteorological phenomenon can be answered on a postcard and addressed to my wheelie bin.
 
Times are
Team Cowan 19min 56sec
Alan and Ross 19min 32sec (Team Brisk?)
Alan T 18min 00sec (Team Solo? and he can also make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs)
Iain and Gerard 17min 10 sec (Team Wheezy?)
 
No money changed hands so we can pay at our next run.

Only the beautiful people turned up to ride tonight, with the least glamourous chosen to time keep: this meant we had to keep our own times and giving everyone a chance to ride.  A blustery evening with a bit of headwind on the way out that was more of a side swipe on the way back, explanations for this meteorological phenomenon can be answered on a postcard and addressed to my wheelie bin.
 
Times are
Team Cowan 19min 56sec
Alan and Ross 19min 32sec (Team Brisk?)
Alan T 18min 00sec (Team Solo? and he can also make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs)
Iain and Gerard 17min 10 sec (Team Wheezy?)
 
No money changed hands so we can pay at our next run.

Just realised Andy also completed the double, many miles solo as well! Wow! Well done.

Firstly, my legs are sore, very sore! But nothing compared to Paul and Alans.
 
My intentions today were to meet the men on the second lap and kill myself for the team, I think I achieved that.
 
Paul and Alan, simply an incredible effort! To sustain that speed, over those hills for 112 miles is ridiculous! Well done to both of you, enjoy your celebratory beers.

Just to add a wee note. Today was completely amazing with a totally disciplined pace line meant that we maintained a steady speed over lap one. Alan was and is a total legend the way he took spells but to be honest you have to say exactly the same for Paul and Jan. There were a few dark moments the first being turning into the wind at Lochranza. I was paced up and to my surprise we KoM'd Pirnmill to Brodick despite the pace up the climb and the headwind into Brodick.
 
Second lap and with the energy in Paul and Alan and the arrival of Robbie you could tell the DA was on. The climb out of whiting bay saw my second moment of darkness. The combination of wind, sharp hills and nasty transitions put me in the red and I knew I was done. Imagine my surprise when reaching Lochranza it was still 50 minutes and 15 miles to the boat. I gave it absolutely everything I had left and even seeing the boat pull out as I arrived felt more like a victory than a failure!
 
Thank you Paul, Jan, Robbie and Alan for an unforgettable day!
 
Andy

Was a great day out although a bit disappointed too. Starting to struggle by the Lochranza climb then going through Lamlash the second time my head went quickly followed by my legs. Probably a sensible choice to chuck it but it does mean unfinished business!
 
I may need to take over the clubs Arran obsession now that Paul has got the Arran Triple Crown (the single, the 56/50 and the Double) - like George says he'll be feeling like Alexander the Great not having any more lands to conquer!

So DA is done. Sigh of relief, you don't have to read all my DA punctuation mince any more. Until we do it again.
 
Alan McB and me were the lucky ones who achieved immortality but it was most certainly the result of tremendous teamwork, the likes of which only happens on very special days. I was a particularly lucky recipient of the teamwork, as was Alan but he just did not need it as much as I did !
 
So me, Alan, Jan and Andy did a brilliantly smooth first lap. Very even workload and very smooth changes. Alan was doing longer pulls but very importantly not faster just longer. Thanks to my gals who planked our stash to save us a few seconds. Iain Carvill also joined us on ferry to do a single on his own.
 
First lap was a fast one with the excellent teamwork and perfect conditions. Just as well as Alan had a front wheel puncture which we changed toot sweet as we were not for losing his horsepower.
 
End of lap 1 we were getting into the stash and just about ready to leave when Robbie came floating up to the bench. This was the first Angel I saw today. His fresh legs were very welcome and even though we were pretty gubbed by this point, I have to say he was flying. And I guess that was after a nightshift which was likely the reason he did not make 7am ferry.
 
So in the early part of the second lap Jan was over extending so shouted us to go on. He then did the ultimate team duty, more of which later. About 15 miles into second lap Andy had a bad spell and tailed off, but it was temporary, more later. Myself Robbie and Alan then horsed it up the east coast, well Robbie and Alan did and I dabbled with the notion of spells.
 
Turned round into the long climb at Lochranza into headwind and Robbie, somewhat understandably after doing a power of work on the second lap, tailed off a bit. Alan cantered up the climb with the bit between his teeth and soloed on for the last 12 miles to achieve immortality. I plugged my way up then then down the descent and was going up the rise before the last 8 miles or so which by this time was a strong headwind and honestly I was at point of stopping and getting a bus. I was cooked in every way. Then I saw another angel, Jan had rode round in reverse and proceeded to drag me in a state of delirium for the last 8 miles and give me jellies and generally ride at the only pace I could manage. Made it back to ferry and thought to myself if I was to stop cycling tomorrow then I would be happy with my cycling life. Relief beyond words to stop the pain.
 
Robbie then rode in and caught the ferry to complete a very impressive single as he spent a lot more than 1/2 the lap on the front, and we had to ask him to scale it back a lot of times.
 
Meantime Andy had rallied and also rode the full double, which means he rode about 40 miles on his tod. What a trooper. He rode into Brodick as the ferry was floating out !
 
Speaking for myself, there is no way I could have done that without every one of the guys contributions today. Thank you all immensely for making a dream come true.
 
Need to spend some time now thinking up a new challenge
 

We did. Totally epic. Including a puncture first lap. Report to follow when I regain my faculties.
 

After the weather induced 'non-event' last week, this may be the first of this years 2-up TTs.  As usual first-timers and returners welcome!

 

Teams of all shapes and sizes are welcome to have a go on these '2-up' TTs on Tuesday evenings in August, bigger teams should mean smaller times!

 

If you don't have a partner to ride with don't worry, you can form a team on the night, or you can ride solo!

 

Meet at 18:45 at the usual place towards the Inchinnan end of Georgetown Road.

Here's the link to the course: JWCC Georgetown Road TT Route for anyone who may not have done this route before.

 

A team of 2 volunteers please to officiate?

Thanks to Graham for organising a great day out and to the rest of the guys and gals for the company. A full day in the end up, but still most enjoyable. The beers and chips at the end were well earned.  

Thank you to everyone for a very memorable day out.  It was shame to finish with the train, but in the dark with no lights is not sensible so a lesson learned there.  Glad to hear you are home safe Boyd, I hope it was the same for everyone else.

Thank you to everyone for a very memorable day out.  It was shame to finish with the train, but in the dark with no lights is not sensible so a lesson learned there.  Glad to hear you are home safe Boyd, I hope it was the same for everyone else.

Thank you to everyone for a very memorable day out.  It was shame to finish with the train, but in the dark with no lights is not sensible so a lesson learned there.  Glad to hear you are home safe Boyd, I hope it was the same for everyone else.