Alan Fox Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Entered this Audax with Campbell.... http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/15-149/ More company welcome. Chung - no excuses this time...you know you want to.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life Members chung Posted February 19, 2015 Life Members Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Alan, very tempting! Are you driving down on the morning of the ride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Fox Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Chung, Yes...early morning start on the day. I can get two bikes in the boot if you want a lift. chung 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al yuille Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Good training for the 400 Chung ! chung 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Fox Posted March 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Started out with Campell from Symington (nr Biggar) at 08:00 on Sat in high winds and rain. This was the theme for the day, although the lesser spotted sun did make an appearance in the afternoon. Leg 1 took us Southwest over the Crawick pass to Sanquhar. I did suck wheels for most of this after I struggled on my first 206km Audax a couple of weeks ago. Campbell did take a fair share of the spells at the front. Leg 2 headed North East to Crawford via the Mennock pass and Scotland's highest village Wanlockhead. Fuelled by my new energy food (bagels with jam, peanut butter and banana) I was feeling good, until we turned South West into a vicious head wind for a 30km leg 3 to head over the Dalveen pass to Thornhill. This section included the last 15 miles of the Drumlanrig sportive route. For those familiar with this, I was pedalling down the descent in my small chainring at about 12mph at times! Thanks to Campbell for doing more than his fair share at the front of our two up. Thornhill brought a welcome lunch stop before heading South East through the scenic Ae forest. The waterproofs came off in this leg 4, but the wind was relentless. Leg 5 was a straight North from Lochmaben to Moffat and a refuel for Campbell in the chippy. About a hundred miles in the legs at this point and the Devil's Beeftub climb out of Moffat awaiting us for the return to Symington. Climb was brutal. Long, long, long. Kept shifting to lower gears that didn't exist! Campbell spun up with his triple...cause for thought.... Despite the weather, great day on the bike and great company. Completed in around 9 hours in the saddle (I think) with about 130miles on the clock. A welcome bowl of soup with coffee and cake at the end sealed a great day. PaulL, Campbell Hutcheson, Richard and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life Members chung Posted March 29, 2015 Life Members Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Well done, Alan & Campbell! Definitely a tough day indeed, I was talking to Big Ronnie today & even he avoided this one :-) but to be fair he did ride it last week with the organiser to recce the whole route :-) I've got something long-ish planned for next Sunday just for you :-) Hope to see you then! Cheers Chung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions thejanullrichdietplan Posted March 29, 2015 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Sounds tough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Alan It was a good day out good company and by the way my shoes fit & smell like I have had them for years. Fitted like a glove this morning. Campbell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Well done, men! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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