James

Here are some photos that i screencapped from the video.

It's amazing what a little bit of sunshine does to swell the numbers in a bunch :-)
 
I counted 11 head out this morning with one whole bunch doing the intended route - Alex, David C, Eric (new chap) Graham, Gerard, James, PaulC, Paul Levy, Ritchie, Tom (on his new bike - class) & myself headed off 9.15am.
 
Like a true reliability run, we had to have a few mishaps - a couple of mechanical, a puncture, someone riding onto a grass verge, dropped lights (that was me by the way) & mangkie mudguards. However, that did not spoil the fun at all, unbroken sunshine, no real wind to speak of & a good size bunch was a what makes a great wee run indeed.
 
We picked up Len on the way into Largs, then some opted to have a coffee stop at Largs (the evening trackies) while the rest of us carried onto round the coast to fulfil the West Kilbride route, but a wrong turn at Dalry meant we skipped a bit out .... oops :-)
 
Anyway, manage to rejoin the café bunch while back on the cycle track heading home & made our way back to the clubroom for some hot beverage & Gerard's lovely tart :-)
 
Thanks for wheels today guys & looking forward to next weeks Don Smith then :-)
 
Cheers
 
Chung

Great day for a run with some good company. Felt a bit jealous of those that stopped at BB for Coffee and Scones.
 
Well see how the legs are tonight after that wee run!!

Left house without my helmet. Ta Alex for pointing small matter out. Ta to missus for meeting us on Georgetown rd with said helmet. In bishop ton bike failure small chain only. Cadence never been so high on west ferry tried to fix at lights in Greenock failed but ta to Greg O malleyfor helping me and towing me back. Hard enough hanging on to Greg when have big ring but in small ring my rpm was off the scale. Ta also to Paul McD who waited for us further up road.Lost bunch at Gourock just not enough speed in wee chain. Solo to Largs and joined Darryl Andy Ian & Alex for coffee then pleasant ride up Haylie. Weather was great but my bike maintenance is shocking.

Enjoyable ride today. Although i feel i jinxed my front mech by mentioning that i had considered going 1X on  winter bike then getting stuck in the small ring!

Great ride today, weather not quite as bad as expected..... looking forward to the summer right enough...

Thanks for the wheel to follow today guys, spiffy run. Just what  needed after a few weeks absent from a proper bike ride.
 
Sorry couldn't accompany the rest back to base for some hot delicious soup, left the bunch and stayed on the North side to head home solo. The rain started to fall heavier on that side it seems & the ubiquitous head wind up the A77 was not fun at all
105 klicks by the time I got home, sore/wet but well chuffed, it took me another 2 hours just to wash everything - myself + bike + gear :-)
 
Thanks again Charlie for posting & the rest of the Rule #9 bearers :-)
 
Cheers
 
Chung

Good to get out and weather turned out not as bad as the forecast for a change. Good company in compact bunch.
Thanks Ian for the soup at the club house

Cracking day on bike today
Myself Ian Mcginty & James left club rooms at 9.30 am. We picked up Chung & Ian McTavish on Georgetown Road & Ian Carvill in Helensburgh.
Cracking ride and was a lovely morning for cycling
There were 3 guys in club rooms. Think they had an allergy to light rain

A few pics from today past Moscow. If you zoom in you make out snow cappeD Arran in the distance.

Interesting short cut. Wish I had known where I was going as I ended up going straight on at the fork in the and about a mile or so further up ended up at a farm. I did manage to get over onto the old Port Glasgow Road using a bit of cross country.........bike handled the snow okay so it must have been the new tyres fitted!! Feet took a while to thaw out though when I got home. I will need to remember to eat more food on the run next time

Interesting short cut. Wish I had known where I was going as I ended up going straight on at the fork in the and about a mile or so further up ended up at a farm. I did manage to get over onto the old Port Glasgow Road using a bit of cross country.........bike handled the snow okay so it must have been the new tyres fitted!! Feet took a while to thaw out though when I got home. I will need to remember to eat more food on the run next time

Well that was very sore. As we all saw it was pretty full on from about the Red Smiddy in a bunch of over 20. Bunch split a bit on the Cloch DrAg then a lot more on the Inverkip drag. I was with Alex and Alan in a group of 8 riding pretty hard into Largs. Stop longer than usual whilst we tried to figure where everyone was and who was doing what. Charlie arrived just as we were leaving after his puncture and very gamely decided to join the much depleted full route group. Leaving Largs the tempo was more of the same and by the time we got to W Kilbride Charlie had gone and I was sitting in. 8 left in group now and I sat at back to Kilwinning drag where the lights didn't just go out, they imploded. Big Alan still in group and giving it dokey. Granny ring home for me and in a bad state when I got back, too long without any long runs due to lurgy. Don't think I can remember being in Largs for 11.35

Punctured on hill up to inverkip0 then 3 up to Largs with Billy & James short stop then drpped on west Kilbride drag another puncture so went up hill at West Kilbride then headwind all way to lochwinnoch where I am now in castle Semple cafe as had 3rd puncture wife not answering phone and cafe do not sell strong spirits
Next week I am going to go in to the garden and beat myself with a stick as that would be more fun than this

Enjoyed that. My speed on the decent was 37mph!!. .... bit mental to say the least. Hope you enjoyed the rest of the ride and as I was disappointed to miss the BB. Got the train back to Johnstone and cycled back to BOW along the track. I knew I had a few more miles left on the tread.
 
New tyres ordered now!!

Thanks for the ride. Loads of snow lying at top of Brisbane but otherwise dry with light winds today. This was an unexpectedly good weather window between storms.
 
James made a strong bid for the mighty Hamock Award/Wheelers Fail of the Year. He punctured after the Fairlie Moor descent. When he took his rear tyre off we were impressed to see 5cm sections of bare cord bulging through the wafer thin ripped  rubber.
 
To descend the Moor road with that timebomb tyre took real courage. We have photo evidence as well as the testimony of a clinician, a respected lawyer and professor of psychology that James demonstrated the finest attributes of the Wheelers: parsimony bordering on insanity, complete disregard for danger and a single-minded dedication to just getting out on the bike at all costs. It will be hard to beat.
 
We stuck him on the back of the bunch and pointed him to Fairlie station to catch the next train back to Johnstone. Would love to hear if he cycled the last 4 miles to BoW.

I am glad to see someone of the same ethos as me, buy speed rather than train, good man!
 
iain

Tough day but happy to report a wheelers 1 2 after myself and Scott managed to get off the front with a mile to go only to be joined by Ian and Ritchie, we managed to hold off the couriers for the sprint lol well done ian

Well done guys.. hard work tonight, now feel haunted and not hunted!!!!

Well done guys.. hard work tonight, now feel haunted and not hunted!!!!

youse are all mad. I was on a bike but it had 26" wheels, tyres at 20psi and we went at 5kph.

Lusia and Charlie safely back. They headed to the top of the Clune after the 2nd puncture stop but, seeing the snow, decided that discretion was the better part of valour and headed straight back down again and took the Old Greenock Road and the Gunpowder back to Bishopton.
 
Who said chivalry was dead, Lusia swapped wheels with Charlie to make sure he got back to Paisley and headed for home
 
Charlie made it home in time to get to Dooley's for purchase of new rubber
 
Tough morning. All I did was drive to Dunblane and back :-)

When we left Renfrew the bunch was 10 wheelers and jets! Were quickly joined by about 8 others. Puncture before Bishopton was quickly fixed. Heavy snow after Bishopton and was actually lying on the Westferry so we headed up clune in abandon mission mode. Second puncture near top and whilst fixing that one the snow eased a bit so we decided to rule 5 it. Lucia and Charlie headed back as Charlie's front tyre was looking very unreliable. Headed up spango and single lined it at a steady 24/25 mph to Largs. James, Andy G, me, Iain A and Robbie present in bunch, Jan and Alan had made a strategic decision to turn back at Greenock, someone was rude enough to suggest they brikked it
Jim and Lynsey joined us at Largs, James manly headed up Heely on his tod and Andy stayed in the single line train to his warm inviting house in W Kilbride. Thereafter it became a survival game with heavy snow after Ardrossan. Chapeau to Jim, Lynsey, Gregg, Scott, Richie, Robbie and Iain for making it to Barrhead. I was tail end Charlie (no pun intended m'lud) after Kilwinning drag due to lack of fitness.
 
One that will not be forgotten in a hurry.

Just to remind you test next Monday be there about 1840 to get set up
 
For those who haven't done this it takes 60 minutes in total but the test part is only 20 minutes

Yeah, that was a bit daft. I punctured before I even got to the clubhouse, so that wasn't good when Iain, Adam, James and Andy rolled up. After some debate about route, we set off as planned. Adam pulled out at Bishopton, leaving 4 of us. On the descent to Westferry, the rain turned colder, so we took the snap decision to head up and over the Clune and back on the track. We had snow coming over the top of the hill and conditions were just generally unpleasant.
I discovered that the Ouray jacket is very warm, but not particularly waterproof, and once wet, quickly loses all its thermal retention qualities, as well as adding significant weight.
30 miles covered today in cold, wet conditions. Still trying to warm up.