Gerard Deeley

Well done all the PB-ers on a beautiful night.
Thanks to Gerard and David for timekeeping and pushing.

Thanks to Gerard and David for doing the honours on the sort of night you daydream about in winter.
 
Well done to the trio of PBers! Good effort.
 
15 quid transferred to the club's account.

A gorgeous evening for the gorgeous people to go as quickly as possible down the Georgetown Road TT Course.
 
Drum roll please...
 
Carol C paid 20m 23s
David C paid 20m 07s
Lusia S jet 18m 54s pb
Alan M paid 18m 51s pb
Emma M paid 18m 32s pb
Alan T paid 17m 34s
Richard paid 15m 33s
 
Congratulations to all of our riders for turning out and to those who got a pb.

A gorgeous evening for the gorgeous people to go as quickly as possible down the Georgetown Road TT Course.
 
Drum roll please...
 
Carol C paid 20m 23s
David C paid 20m 07s
Lusia S jet 18m 54s pb
Alan M paid 18m 51s pb
Emma M paid 18m 32s pb
Alan T paid 17m 34s
Richard paid 15m 33s
 
Congratulations to all of our riders for turning out and to those who got a pb.

I'll help Gerard with the hold up / push off

thanks to Gerard and Dave for timing and push off tonight.
Alan

After we left you before you guys turned for the C11, Stevie & myself headed towards Glendaruel then Struchor, climbing Hell's Glen from this side (a first for me) it was indeed very hot, at one point my Garmin recorded 31.5 degrees :-0
 
Luckily a water fountain half way up was ideally placed, just like in the continent :-)
 

 
A looong day on the saddle for me - home with 215km & over 2000m climbing, I'm boiling & knackered .........
 
Thanks for posting the run Andy & the wheels/company by everyone!
 
Cheers
 
 

another cracking ride today with some great weather - the views over the kyles of bute a particular highlight. C11 is never easy but in the heat it seems a wee bit harder than normal!

Everyone home safe. Great day in the sun. Beer being consumed. I am sure reports will follow soon. Missed Darryl and Iain... 5000 metres hurts, but tan lines are wirth it 😂😂

Well lasufriDA was monumental. No surprise there
It was hot, it was well organised, it was hard, it was nearly as hot in Scotland this afternoon !
Utterly beautiful Spanish village woke up to bangin music at 0800 Saturday morning and hundreds of keen cyclists.
Rolled out downhill and apprehensive and actually got a bit cold in the first 5k. Lead cars moved on and the keen bunch started to rack up the pace. Only to be halted in their tracks after 10k by lead car and motorbikes keeping the lid on things. Hit the first climb and it was effectively neutralised for the first 7k of the 14k climb. Which was beyond beautiful in terms of views and general "I'm really glad to be alive". At halfway the lead car moved on the lads racked up the pace. Everyone then went up at own pace and over the top for a humidinger descent. About half way down descent I had to hit some serious brakes as the lead car had restricted the pace. And it was held to 16mph for about the next 15k which had a lot of chaps not to content. Boys will be boys and want to get stuck in !
Anyway the plus side was our entire JWCC regrouped before next big climb. On this climb I held tough with big Al and James before saying adios about 1/2 way up. Managed to rejoin with a group of about 10 a short time after the long and incredible descent which must have had about 30 hairpins and the most beautiful views imaginable.
Just after rejoining we hit a long drag which in Spanish terms means 6k of grovelling!
Then hit the Montecorto wall which was only 2k long but had about 300m of 25% in the middle of an otherwise steep climb anyway. Can't really do it justice, there is nothing comparable in bonny Ecosse. So Alan and James flew up and I topped out with LA Guns and we started to work with some others on the flat back to the start town to end the first loop of 133km. Just after the start town where you had to be formally registed to do the next 67km, I managed to catch James on the descent and we worked with some others for 20km or so to the next feed.
Things went significantly downhill for me at this point as I just could not eat as I had stomach issues. Bad move, as immediately after this feed I bid farewell to James and rode on to the next station where I was in a state of 'bonk'. After sitting in a bit of a state for a while LA guns joined me and we became compadres in distress !
Anyway after an incredible calory consumption, and I mean about 10 little cheese and ham sandwiches an energy bar, 2 cups of coke and half a melon just for me, we were both rejuvenated and rode the last 25 miles to the finish. Strava estimated I expended 7800 calories so I guess not to big a surprise if you miss a feed you bonk !
 
Summary. Utterly brilliant. Would not have missed it for the world. Heat really does get to you in the end. My time and LA guns time was 9h24m, my top speed 51.5 mph, average speeds somewhat lowered with the restricted zones was 15mph. Estimated liquid consumption would be 8 bottles plus at least 12 cups of coke and water. And tubs of water poured over us by very helpful people at feed stops. Alan then James finished in front of me and LA guns.
 
Can't wait to read other reports as myself and James left early doors this morning for flights home.
 
DA next

Gorgeous night for TT-ing, warm, dry and a tailwind on the out leg.
Chris - DNS
Emma - 26.19, paid
Richard - 21.34, PB, paid (this week, last time out and next time out)
 
£12 transferred to club funds. Thanks to Billy for pushing riders off.
 
Well done to Richard on the PB, in a shockingly large fixed gear.

I'll timekeep.

I can sadly confirm I will not be able to make this one due to a school meeting. I will be reminding everyone there that the meeting is serious enough to supercede cycling.

Hi All,
 
I'm planning on a ride this Sunday, weather is meant to be descent, so any company would be most welcome.
Here's what I have in mind:
 
Clubroom 9.00am (flexible if folks wan to be earlier) - Bridge - Dumbarton - Bonhill - Cycle Route 7 - Dryman - Pipetrack - Aberfoyle - (Insert options) - Lake of Monteith - cross to Arnprior - Top of the World - into Fintry for a final assault up the Crow Road :-) - Lennoxtown (Cafe stop ?) - Strathblane - Mugdock - Hardgate - Bridge & home
Approx. 70-ish miles
 
OPTIONS
add - up & over Duke's Pass - Right Turn after the DP onto A821 - head towards A84 towards - Callander - onto B822 towards Thornhill - over to Kippen - Top of the World - Fintry
Extra 20 miles or so (I think)
 
I'll keep the option open & decide on the day if that's ok with folks!
 
Anyway, please post if you can come along & the more the merrier :-)
 
Thanks
 
Chung
 
 

Hired a bike and covered 190 miles in 3 days. Not too hot (25 C).
Not a big island so have just about been on every road there is!!

So jealous! Enjoy

Bad news for you, I have followed the build up to the D.A. and I was hoping that it was going to be a great day. Have a speedy recovery Darryl, Arran will wait for you.

The forecast of a light wind and no rain turned out to be a lie. The rain was light, and passed over quite quickly, once the wind got up. About 15 minutes before I went off a stiff breeze sprang up, and was right there in my face for 13 miles. Got to the turn in about 40 minutes, gubbed, then got back in 28, still gubbed.
68:17 for today's effort, 1:19 faster than last year.
It's good to get the first 25 of the year done.

The Met Office observation site at Bishy recorded wind speeds of 14-17mph (easterly) between 6 and 7 o'clock, with gusts of 32-36mph. We had a 14mph westerly for last week's confined, and I could more or less ride my bike in straight line then, so I suppose the gusts were the major difference tonight!
 
Thanks to Carol and Dave for volunteering to run the show. Hope everyone got home safely.

Time Trial cancelled tonight due to high winds. Discussion took place at West Ferry car park with Alan T, Tom Hill, Billy, Richard, Ian Couttie and Paul L and in the interest of safety decided to cancel as bikes were proving difficult to control at the sea front.  Decided to have a consolation run on the Georgetown but when arrived at the start it was just as windy there. Nice sunny warm night though. Carol & Dave

I have scavenged that busted rim and the nipples as well as three other rims from Wheelcraft. I will deliver them at some point.

I have been on a few runs over the last couple of years invitied along by Alex B, but this week i finally signed up to the Wheelers.
 
Hope to see more of you lot in the coming months which will be good preperation for my 9 day LEJOG in September.
 
Ryan F

I may not make it, big bang on today's ride and a big bit of my rear rim is dangling off.

Meeting at Amaretto 0945h, route still uncertain but I have to be back for school pickup, so not too much as we need to leave room for a cake stop.
 
This should be in the general part of the board, but I cannot shift it, oops.

Excellent wee run today. 10 left the clubhouse and worked round to Gleddoch. 4 of us opted to descend into Langbank and come back up onto the port Glasgow Road behind the rest of the bunch, and we re-grouped there before we got to Port Glasgow. Then it was left to head for Kilmacolm and Lochwinnoch, again with 5 turning off to Howwood and the hill climb route to Bowfield, then Gateside, Beith, Lochwinnoch and home on the track. Around 57.8 miles and 3648 vertical feet for me. Good company and a thoroughly enjoyable, lumpy route.