James

Thanks Gerard for organising.
Dave, thanks for time keeping. 
Tough night with that wind. Well done all.

A nice evening for a return to the Westferry course, a little bit windy on the way out but that means a tailwind on the return leg.
Three riders had a go:
James 23min 29sec
Gerard 24min 4sec
Scott 24min 44sec
The best performance of the night was definitely from Dave Cowan who stepped up to time keep and made sure the event went ahead.
 
With what interested members have said so far about their availability to ride the current thinking is that we ride again next week on the 10th August.  Then we resume two weeks after that on 24th August and then finally the Frank Lauder 10mile TT Championship on the 31 August.

Gerard
Looking at the what's app I can 3rd Aug, 24th, 31st. (away on holiday 10th, 17th)
 
James 

Gerard
Thanks for organising. Looking to ride on the 3rd Aug

Very strong headwind on the way out tonight, combined with my legs legs still tired from a long day out in the mountains resulted in a poor time of 18m 45s.

Just a heads up that 8 of us are heading to Torrevieja area from Thus 24th Feb to Wed 2nd March. If anyone else interested please get in touch with me, Darryl or Billy. Transport for up to twelve is sorted by Billy with a mini bus and trailer for bikes. 4 of us still to book accommodation so would be good to know by next weekend and we can book a bigger villa.
 
Cheers

Just want echo Paul’s post and to encourage anyone who quite fancies it but maybe isn’t sure, or perhaps doesn’t know everyone. We first went just before the first lockdown and it was great. We stay in a quiet area with great cycling and accommodation. Basically, because the weather is so nice, we are out on our bikes all day. In the evening we have some nice food and a couple of light ales, and repeat the next day. It’s a great mini- break. As Paul says, get in touch if you fancy it.
Cheers

Thought it was a Cervelo advert !!!

Sorry for the delay, dinner was my priority last night when I got home and then I've been travelling today.
1. Sam 22.23
2. David 28.40
3. Alan T 25.34
4. Gerard 25.31
5. Paul 27.05
6. Scott 25.44
 

I would be interested. 

Hi All
With the current fun times that is a COVID pandemic , the February camp will obviously not take place , so with the likelihood of travel restrictions being lifted in the spring , I am planning to go over to Spain October / November. Think what a bounce a Sunny block of endurance miles will do before the onset of winter. The temperature in Spain October/ November is pleasant to warm . Anyway if anybody else is thinking about it it would be good to get a decent group , at the moment I think my gaff may be full , but that will depend on when dates are fixed, which obviously depends on travel restrictions being lifted .
post if interested 

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.

Now only 4 weeks to go from minging to pinging

I suffered the broken chain curse a couple of miles from lochwinnoch. Managed to freewheel to clohodric stone and push and walk home. Was a sorry sight when I got in. Frozen and grumpy. Annoyed I didn’t manage the complete rout.

8 men arrived at the clubhouse for the tour de Troon. Alan T, Alan McL,  Tommy, James, Eric, David C, Iain C and myself. 
Two departed at Stewarton,  Eric and David with the remaining 6 carrying on until Troon. A good return leg with cross/tail wind and rain. 
60 steady winter miles in the bag. A prime example of main bunch riding. 
 

I have attached the schedule of confined events  ( and some open ones) for the coming season. Confined event awards are open to all club members, and are an excellent way to introduce new riders to the mysteries and dark arts of Time Trialing.
This year, I have introduced 2 new courses for the League of 10. One is the Hilly course, and the other the restricted gear course at Gateside. These will be one of events within the league of 10, which will be mostly on the Westferry, as normal.
If you want to give TT-ing a shot, these are the events to try.
2020 Confined Events Calendar.pdf

Cracking day on the bike, if only the weather would stay like this for the next 4 months 😋

Hmmm, it was me.

Damn just seen ritchies post. We are oversubscribed on numbers front. Well it’s a good cause

Some good times well done to all ,
James Ross  18.58 (jets)
Tommy 19.33 (pb)
Gerard 17.27
James 16.26 (pb)
Gerard has collected the money .
 

Thanks Gerard and Ian for time keeping and holding up

I really pleasant night for a quick blast down GTR.  Well done to our band of riders on some good times all round.
James (Jet) 18.47
Scott M 17.29 pd
James 16.41 pd PB
Stuart 16.09 PB
I have £6 to transfer to club funds

The table below has the results from the league of 10, now concluded. Congratulations to Scott for the most consistent rider.
Points are awarded on the basis of run time - handicap time, with 20, 18, 16, 15 and 14 points being awarded to the top 5 riders on each night.
 
Name League of 10 Total Scott McIntosh 102 Stuart Tennant 80 Colin McPhee 78 Alan Thomson 63 Colin Sales 50 James Snodgrass 49 Joseph McIntosh (J) 44 Ian Archibald 34 Gerard Deeley 31 Tommy Donachie 29 Jesse Mitchell 18 Richard Montague 14 Sam Edgar (J) 14

There is a Couriers WhatsApp Saturday group that is winding me up. The change in the Thursday format has been posted up but it seems there are some people (John Craig and Garry Dunn) who want the ride to be a social ride operating at about 32kph (20mph for the old timers).
The joy for me in the chain gang is cooperating to go faster than you can on your own. In a low grade Cat 3/4 race the average speed for 2hrs+ of an un-cooperative bunch of cyclists is 38-40kph. If we can't cooperate and achieve 40kph for one hour we aren't cooperating! Gregg O Malley has won races on long solo breaks averaging this speed on his own. And no way should Gregg beat our determined chain gang who are working for each other.
Smooth and fast. When a chain gang is in full flow there is nothing finer! 45kph down the Westferry should be a breeze.

Thanks to Scott and John for timing on the night, and to all involved in holding. As already  mentioned, tough on the way out, and just hard on the way back. Great to see so many people involved,. 
Unlucky on the puncture Marc, there's always next year. I'll work out the handicaps for the Trophy, if people can send me their best 10 time coming into the season. If you don't have a 10 time, tell me that too, and I'll apply a 26 minute standard.
Winners on the night were Team Ian. Well done guys.
£36 transferred to the club account.