stevie

I had to refit my rear mech completely this morning. Turns out the shop might not know how to fit the new ultergra rear mech! Currently midway through a tapa coffee run! 

A lot of clubs have instagram accounts...and now so do we!
https://www.instagram.com/johnstonewheelers/
I intend to post some general club related things whether it be photos from club runs or race photos or whatever  - a lot of this content will be shameless reposting of photos from strava (but will credit this). If you want anything added message me, likewise if you want anything removed.
 

Tentatively 

Just back from a weekend on Arran in campervan. Wouldn't cycle at the moment. Except for the sea level roads on west coast the roads are diabolical. The bit around the velo cafe is a mess. Spoke with the tearoom owner at Sannox who says people are commenting on abuse of their cars by potholes. Local paper reports organised cycle events likely to be discouraged. Sorry Paul but I would give the DA a miss until roads are fixed. 

Robbie you will be pleased to hear my reign of terror is over.   
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Kom:
Me, Marc, Galeb
Intermediate:
Marc, Paul
Finish:
Paul, Marc, me
 
Overall standings....im bound to have missed someone out here it was a big bunch tonight.

Name Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Overall Iain Mct 12 12 6 30 Paul Mcd 5 0 8 13 Marc 1 0 9 10 Darryl 1 5 0 6 Richie P 0 6 0 6 Robbie 3 3 0 6 Stevie 5 0 1 6 Ryan 0 4 1 5 Galeb 0 2 2 4 Alan T 1 1 1 3 David 1 1 1 3 Eric 1 1 1 3 Jesse 1 1 1 3 Andy 0 1 1 2 Charlie 1 1 0 2 James 1 0 1 2 John Clark 1 0 1 2 Joseph 1 0 1 2 Paul L 1 0 1 2 Anthony 0 0 1 1 Gary D 0 1 0 1 Gary K 1 0 0 1 George 0 0 1 1 Gerard 0 1 0 1 Gregg O 0 0 1 1 Ian A 1 0 0 1 Glen 0 0 1 1 Scott M 0 0 1 1 Cedric 0 0 1 1 John Craig 0 0 1 1

Bike is back so I’m confirmed. 
 
Might be be bringing a wringer if ‘friends of the wheelers’ are still allowed.

Not for me unfortunately, someone gonna stop this Mctavish domination please!

Stevie-nae-pals. 
 
 
 

Same route once at the red smiddy but starts in Renfrew (although a lot will join along the route like in Bishoption to avoid some of the stop start stuff at the beginning plus miss out Bishy hill). A lot will take the Heggies short cut but there is a regroup at top of the Clune. No intermediate sprint and stuff like that but a sprint at the finish.
There are faster riders out so there are parts of the ride it can be really hard, but IME it is usually easier than a Thursday night. 

Stevie-nae-pals. 
 
 
 

1pm good for me. C u both @ BOW viaduct. Sorry Stevie normal service  next week hopefully

Worthwhile day out. 

Just under 105 miles. Only 25 out. Great route but utterly exhausting. Peroni is helping though

Great day out with the bunch, we even had some sunshine.  

Then got soaked on the erskine bridge changing another puncture gerard!

Gerard lives hoora, Couttie dead hoora.

Completely. Utterly. Burst.

Tubeless for the win. Will be back chewing my stem next week. 

9am club rooms

Great to see you all so enthusiastic but be warned that Bison 2.0 will be laying down the wattage next week.
in fact my shorts are known as the cottage of wattage, ahem....

See you all the week after next , when my speed suit will have arrived 

good grief, is it that time of the year already?
Tomorrow I will be mainly skiing fresh deep powder in Glencoe. And hopefully at weekend as well. See youse when winter is finished.
I am sure you will look after the prospective members who, once they've been out two or three times,  are welcome to contact me about joining. More the merrier (until about 20 at which point the bunch splits on West ferry and it becomes outright war)
 

Another good run on a pleasant evening. Couldn't hold the wheels on Bishy hill, then caught up with Charlie at the start of Westferry. We worked together until Heggies, then the hill did what Hills do to me. Rolled through the bunch at the top of the Clune, then suffered a spontaneous double leg failure just before the final descent into Kilmacolm. Met up with Gerrard in the village and we worked our way back . Shattered but happy to be out.

Was top day out. C40 probably only a sculpture now but if a bike has to go, then the haghoek is a pretty decent place to go. Besides, watching the wee man smashing the cobbles made it all worth it. 

Flander Tours - Day 3
Ronde Van Vlaanderen Cyclo 173km
OK ....... where do I begin with the above question :-)
Good start to the day, Martin picked me up on time from my hotel in Nazareth (which was a good 15km away from Oudenaarde) ...... and things got interesting after that :-)
Got to the start without too much issue, getting ready & then some kind bloke pointed out to us that Martins car had a flat rear tyre, oh dear a puncture already & we haven’t even started riding :-) still, at least it wasn’t our bikes ......
Busy start understandably as Oudenaarde was the start for 3 of the km category, Antwerp being the other one for the longest ride, but all finishing in Oudenaarde.
We - Martin, Lewis, Danny, Ruairi & myself set off with our plan of staying together. I would like to point out at this point that Mul’s youngest Ruairi is only THIRTEEN years old & I was told up until yesterday, his longest ride was only 50-ish miles :-0 He was determine to break the ton today, crikey, you couldn’t have picked a harder one to do it ....... huge Chapeau!
30km in first “incident”, Danny’s knee injury flared up & was really struggling with severe pain & so Martin decided the best way to distract him was to do a somersault off his bike on one of the cobble section :-0
Luckily he got back up & was ok, but unfortunately Martin’s lovely restored Colnago came out worse, the rear drop out was crack & un-ridable. So, he rode the remaining course with Danny’s bike which was a bit too small for him, had a seized seat post & dodgy bottom bracket, while Danny headed back gingerly to the car on his Dad’s broken bike.
At this point, we were thinking of shortening the ride & go for the shorter route, but later when we got to the junction point, we had to decide!
Ruairi was determined to get his 173km & not swing denied the Kapelmuur, so we stuck to the original goal!
One berg after another & regular feed stops gone without much incident thankfully.
This year, the organiser have cleverly printed the participants name on the number, which had to be displayed on the front of everyone’s bike, that meant the cheering crowds on the climbs knew who to shout for.
Young Ruairi got the biggest cheers on the day & rightly so! It was brilliant to watch him dancing pass big tall guys with “badass” tattoos on their guns going up those bergs, it was certainly one of the highlights of my day!
Chapeau again young man!
Just before the Kwaremont, disaster struck again, it was Ruairi this time, he hit the deck when a big 7ft German guy took him down on a straight flat stretch road!
Thankfully he just dusted himself down & got back up after Martin checked that everything was fine & got back on the bike to tackle the final 2 climbs.
These Mulholland’s are made of granite :-)
But the other guy didn’t look so good, no real injury though, just really shell shocked & probably low on sugar level. Size doesn’t matter!
Finally, it was great to see the finish line in what have been the most memorable day in Belgium for me so far!
Big Thank you to the Mulholland’s for letting me tag along & witness this their epic family tradition & for the lifts to & from the hotel!
I absolutely enjoyed myself immensely today & it was a brilliant ride!
Massive Chapeau to them ...... oh, we even had a “local” Wheeler at the finish to buy us all beer - Phil Malcolm who now resides on Ghent came by to say hello & bought Martin & me a Flanders gift too, thanks big man!
Thats all for now & thanks for listening :-)
Cheers
Chung