SansC Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Hi Paul, Welcome to the club. That's you all sorted. An official paid up member! :-) Thank you for completing so promptly. Enjoy the tropically weather tonight Sans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA_Guns Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Plain to see what i've been missing clearly! Thanks for the baptism of fire everyone....not sure my legs enjoyed that but there's only one way to get back into things. Sorry I couldn't let anyone know I had fallen away again....going to be a few weeks before I'm up to speed I suspect. Hopefully catch up with everyone on Sunday PaulL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions XXX Posted April 21, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Just thought I would post some bunch rules. One flick of elbow = would you kindly come through Two flicks = be a good fellow and take a spell Three = hurry the #### up I am burst and if don't come through ###### you all I am sitting up Just thought I would remind you all except the boys we could have caught if we worked PaulL and Mark O 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions thejanullrichdietplan Posted April 21, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Cracking night tonight, fastest we've ever been along the west ferry btw who was 1st and 2nd in the intermediate sprint? Plain to see what i've been missing clearly! Thanks for the baptism of fire everyone....not sure my legs enjoyed that but there's only one way to get back into things. Sorry I couldn't let anyone know I had fallen away again....going to be a few weeks before I'm up to speed I suspect. Hopefully catch up with everyone on Sunday We've all been there at one time or another! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark O Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Given the north easternly blowing this evening, you guys must have been flying. Who was nasty to old boy McBagel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted April 21, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Cannot delay the spreADsheet report Iain !, it was Alex then me at intermediate alexb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions thejanullrichdietplan Posted April 21, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Starting to get complicated, if ive missed anyone out then sorry. To level things up a little how about next week APR rules? Chaingang together as normal, no points for the Clune (or the intermediate sprint). From the top those with more than 10 points have to give the others a minute head start. If the first group stays away then 5 bonus points to everyone that stays away plus the 6,4,2 for the finish. If a catch is made then just the 6,4 and 2 for the sprint. Of course if no-one thinks this is a good idea then can just do it as normal! Colin McPhee, P McDonald, James Esus and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions robster82 Posted April 21, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Can we not have 10 minutes head start....please? James and PaulL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions XXX Posted April 21, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 No chance of that happening as self interest would prevail and nobody will do a turn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted April 21, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Someone rattleD A moi's cage? Anyway love it Iain, frequent rule changes to keep us on our toes ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions XXX Posted April 21, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Paul not really just an observation , I think my plan next week is to try and wait 5 more meters for the 30 , will get it right eventually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Michael Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 It's a great change up to proceedings, makes us all work. I love it but could we kick it up from the red smidy? This is a training run after all and if we want to get better we must push harder.. DavidC, PaulL and Colin McPhee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexb Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Like the change Iain, though there are only 4 with more than 10 points. That'll be fun in a brutal, twisted, Alan sort of way! But as his comment, this is a training run. What if the waiting group catches the other group? 5 bonus points then too surely! Great run tonight though, gutted to pull off at the Houston roundabout and miss the fun at the end. Not only did I make my starter but caught two rounds before dinner too! DavidC, PaulL and Alan Michael 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Esus Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Hard to see the elbow flicks when you were behind me Rule change; Does that mean no more points or is it just for a week? If so how can people get promoted? I'm planning to join second group anyway with 2 points, REBEL!!!!! Last night was great! Most of us top tenned parts of the westferry! Clune took care of itself. After the intermediate sprint, I co-ordinated a break away of four, which turned into 3 when I decided I no longer wanted to be part of it! Tried to start a chase back with Billy pulling us along the whole Georgetown Looking forward to next week! XXX, PaulL, P McDonald and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions PaulL Posted April 22, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 A fun/brutal night... I think I will retire with my 1 point iain couttie and DavidC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark O Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 I'm following the points thingy with interest (admittedly from afar - just doesn't work for me where I am living tbh), and Iain top marks for generating some sport on a Thursday - the APR idea is brilliant now that a pecking order appears to be emerging. I still think this ride is all about the Clune. Most can hang in/on on the flat, take a wheel and draft for a bit before attacking the group or at least minimise time gaps but not all can do the solo 'inside your own head' effort of a climb and then kick on after a vertical effort. (I say that with the greatest respect all round as a positive critique). If it's a training ride as Alan McB suggests then more points should be up for grabs for the Clune to encourage weaker climbers to work on this aspect and grab points from their nearest rivals in terms of ability, rather than merely 'ride' the hill, or as Judas indicates let the Clune take care of itself. It also gives the mountain goats a chance to stick it to the sprinters and rolleurs knowing that their efforts are worth something and they are not merely Georgetown fodder. Probably easier to place riders coming into the layby than spot who finished where in the sprint. Dunno about cranking the pace up from the Smiddy (dunno what pace was being set). I can understand Alan's enthusiasm to rip it, but there is a danger of that the skills element could be lost and the cagey cat and mouse stuff sets in before you start or the whole thing explodes and guys would be better off riding solo. For the chain gang section along the West Ferry, while still a work out, this should in my view be about the group working as a group before the sport up the Clune and the run for the Georgetown begins - think a break in a race and everyone in the break working to maintain the gap. No point dropping the hammer 20 miles from home to find oneself riding solo. Ideally, tho perhaps unlikely to happen, the goal should be about letting weaker/new riders learn/develop to an extent every week and ultimately having everyone together as a coherent group at the bottom of the Clune a la team time trial.......or has the emphasis changed? Just my observations on what looks like on the whole a right blast. Happy to have my spectator's comments shot down of course. M PaulL and Alan Michael 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Michael Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 My thinking is soft pedal from Houston to red smiddy (as it is) then step it up with through and off (not attack or go mental) it'll get the legs warmed up for the harder effort of the west ferry and won't be as much of a shock to the system. Just a thought really what I'd like is to go full gas until I pop, then you know you've left it all on the road and you should get faster next time but I suppose the renfrew bunch is the place for that, but you don't get points with the renfrew bunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions George Posted April 22, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Haven't been out for a bit but reserve the right to annoy people from afar. I thought the ride was fine the way it was before the points competition started but there's no harm in a bit of friendly competition. Mark, your idea about the mountain goats having their fun against the sprinters is fine in theory but over the last couple of years the guys who are fastest up the clune tend to be the same guys who are fastest on the flat as well- Alan McB, Alex, Paul McD, Jan, are strong enough to give everyone a spanking on up/down/flat/sprinty bits. Alan, good idea. yes we could go through and off from the smiddy so long as anyone who gets pinged off is waited on at top of bishy hill as it's a long way to ride on your own. Think I'll have to come back out to restore decorum and crush any free thinking. James Esus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin McPhee Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Thought the Clune was a bit cagey last night and meant folk weren't able to go for their pb's however made it interesting in a sort of way so I'm up for any changes suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions XXX Posted April 22, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 I don't mind what we do, think we should start on the smiddy but gentle warming up for west ferry re APR if some do t work in the chased group could lead to some frustration , but don't mind either way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Esus Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted April 22, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 . Very interesting post you mADe there Jesus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Esus Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 It was a full stop to the matter!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions George Posted April 22, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Full stop? Comma ahead! James Esus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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