Roberto Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Felt like a deflated balloon this morn & called off, best o' luck everyone else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions iain couttie Posted September 20, 2015 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Weather was a bit dreich to start with ,was in group 2, so a step up, started quite fast and didn't think I was going to stay with it ,however managed to hang in and finished in the bunch of 5 that got ahead in my bunch, never got passed and didn't get dropped, so great day for me. Iain ginty001 and James 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions thejanullrichdietplan Posted September 20, 2015 Author 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Tough day. Started off fast in group 3 and i was hanging on a bit going over Mount Stuart - i dont think i had gone hard enough in the warm up so it was a shock to the system. Conditions were quite difficult after that with the wind but there was an EKRC rider organising things so it was pretty full on and working together (in my case mostly to avoid being shouted at!) After about half way he started attacking on his own we would just leave him out ahead, then we'd catch him and he'd start moaning at us that we were only working together to catch him. Then he'd go again and repeat. I thought we had been working pretty well it was the attacking that had disrupted things. Anyway got a timecheck with about 10 miles to go - 6 minutes to group 1, so realised then it was over and things calmed down - Hard to keep giving yourself a kicking when there is no chance of a catch. Scratch group caught up a bit before the return to Mount Stuart, i was expecting to be out the back here going up the climb but strangely managed to get over near the front, must have been the tailwind. Alan wasnt feeling great (although his not feeling great is still better than most doing the race) so offered to lead me out - it was going pretty well until near the end when he got boxed in to the kerb due to some idiot drifting over, so i went back and around the outside - rather than my usual going too early i left it too late and finished a few back.It was an enjoyable day, good to see so many wheelers out. For those doing the novice race, it looked like a tough one - some of the kids you were up against are young but they are not novices - if the rules allowed they would have been in the APR and capable of giving most there a tough day too. ginty001, James, Colin McPhee and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Michael Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Really tough day, sorry i couldn't offer a better lead out but Friday night hit hard in the end. Happy to finish with the scratch group considering how I was feeling. Well done to all wheelers involved, especially those with a two day hangover 😉 ginty001, PaulL and James 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted September 20, 2015 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Well done guys, and especially Alan, as I know exactly the handicap he was carrying PaulL, Alan Michael, George and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted September 20, 2015 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Great stuff Couttie. Well done everyone else. As Jan mentioned the start was pretty rapid and I got dropped a few miles after Mount Stuart. Decided to chill out and start a rest period so rode down to town and got an earlier ferry back. George and PaulL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions robster82 Posted September 20, 2015 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Well done lads PaulL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions carol cowan Posted September 20, 2015 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Frantic start as usual 3 riders burst away at the start and were never caught managed to keep in a small group up and over Mountsaurt think I was slightly faster than last year. Well done to the first timers Sandra, Karen Morna and Aden all done really well and Dave C won 1st rider in E & F category. Nice to see Graham, Andy and Peter and for their support. Carol iain couttie, alexb, GrahamF and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Iain67 Posted September 20, 2015 Members Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Great day with good turn out for the wheelers. Agree Carol, well done to the new guys who were buzzing after the race. Hope they'll be out again soon. Well done to james too, a credible 7th in his first race. Anyone know where I can buy some new legs....... GrahamF, Morna and PaulL 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions KarenG Posted September 20, 2015 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Great to be in the company of so many Wheelers today. Well done to the guys competing in the APR-some real fast finishes! Congratulations and a big well done to Sandra and Morna. Hopefully the 1st race of many ladies! Hats off to David Cowan on his win, and generosity at the bar :-) Thanks very much to Andrew, Graham and my Dad for coming over to cheer us on :-) SansC, PaulL, GrahamF and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin McPhee Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Not my best effort I'm afraid. Felt ok for the first 10k but after Paul's exit I had no wheel to suck ( ) and could not go through without going seriously into the red. Don't even have the excuse of the night out as unfortunately couldn't make it. Held on for about half a lap then blew spectacularly. Solo'd on but then took the shortcut back to live and fight another day. Well done to Iain strong riding and chapeau to Couttie and Alex for finishing strongly in group 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions PaulL Posted September 21, 2015 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Well organised and fun weekend, Great turnout by the Wheelers... Well done All! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions GrahamF Posted September 22, 2015 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 A few photos of Wheelers in the Novice Race, it was great to see so many Wheelers out for both the Novice and APR races, but I didn't stay to record the APR! KarenG, SansC, slowalan and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions thejanullrichdietplan Posted September 23, 2015 Author 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Good photos! Saw this one from the event in 1952 - check out the crowds watching the finish! https://flic.kr/p/cRLzRU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Michael Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Great photo jan.. Wonder what the time gaps were in those days 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions KarenG Posted September 23, 2015 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Wow! That's a brilliant shot :-) Huge crowds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Both my old man & my uncle rode a few Rothesay events in the 1950s...they're not in that shot, alas! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions PaulL Posted September 24, 2015 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 managed to get a couple of the APR GrahamF, JaneF, iain couttie and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexb Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Two more pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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