Colin McPhee Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Away on holiday enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions AlanT Posted August 3, 2014 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 70 miles in the wet. Struggled badly in the last 15 and glad to get home, showered and watched the end of the road race on TV with a nice hot cup of tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life Members chung Posted August 3, 2014 Author Life Members Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Well, Alan you missed the better half of the ride after you left us at Milgarvn! It was a wet start to the day when I joined the bunch of 4 of Iain Couttie, Charlie, Alan T & Alan Michael at the end of Georgetown Road as I was running late and could not make it to the clubroom. The bunch was briefly swelled to 8 when we picked up Iain Mcginty, Alan Fox & Big Al at the bridge, that didn't last long as Iain C was push for time and left us to do his own thing after the bridge. So the 7 of us went round the intended route climbing the Crow and went as far as Kilearn where the decision was made to head straight back to the Westend via Strathblane, instead of Croftamie. It was wet & we wanted to be in the Westend by 1pm, where we met Mark to find a good spot to watch the race. Byres road was just too busy so we ended up in Gibson Street and settled in the "Left Bank Bar", where upon beer, coffee, soup & chips was the order of the day. David B made a guest appearance for a while and we also met Kev. Habbick who only lived down the road. This was one of the best cafe stop I've had in a long time, 2 & a half hour drying our self indoors watching the race on the smart phone while rushing out to greet the riders every time it came past outside the bar. The atmosphere were fantastic, helicopter hovering in the sky and police motorcycle wizzing past reminds me of the Tour & Roubaix, except in Glasgow, pure magic! In the end, a well deserved winner in T. Geraints in a tough course with horrible weather. It's a bit of a shame David Miller or other Scottish rider wasn't in the final mix, but at least it was home nation rider. After the race finished, we even manage to ride part of the course from the Westend to Glasgow Green to the annoyance of some of the stewarts still on the course, but the dispersing crowd loved it and cheered us on :-) "Com'on the Johnstone" someone shouted from the crowd :-) Big Al, being the humble man that he is lapped it up and really enjoyed the appreciative/confused crowd as he raised his arm as if taking the win down Argyll Street - the mans a class act absolutely brilliant! Thanks for the wheels guys today on what was a wet but fantastic day on & off the bike! Right, I'm away to dry myself now! Good luck to the RideLondon team next Sunday, have a good one! Cheers Chung ginty001 and Stanley Accrington 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions charlie p Posted August 3, 2014 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Chung Could not have put it better. I have posted 1 strava section for main bunch run and one for amazing ride home via rr route. The applause from the Glasgow crowd was brilliant. Pretty cool cycling from west end to Glasgow green on a road laid out for the mighty jwcc ginty001 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley Accrington Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Sounds like a great day out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Brilliant, glad you heard the shout Chung! â˜ºï¸ chung 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions ginty001 Posted August 4, 2014 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Crackin day out..... the speed of these guys flying down Gibson street was something else :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al yuille Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Yeah, a great day out despite the weather. Good craic in the pub and a good spot to stay warm between laps. Nice to see the hard working Welshman pick up something for himself. Best of all, what a hoot riding round the course. I know exactly how Thomas must have felt ! chung 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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