2023 Subscriptions EricL Posted April 30, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Alarm at 5.15am, shower and off to the east at 6.00 for my first Kinross Sportive, a really popular but relatively new event, so popular in fact, you have to sit up until midnight months ago for entry to open as it is sold out in minutes! Arrived at Kinross in good time to be met by deep blue skies, still icy air and snow on the tops of Lomonds of Fife and surrounding hills. Rider number admin done, wait in queue for the start and then sent off in small groups ...away you go. Riders from all over the country, clubs from Dundee, Dunfermline, Pentlands , Carse of Gowrie, Falkirk and many more, plus one from JWCC! 6 hours, 88 miles later (140k) and 2000m of climbing over 6 or 7 decent long steady climbs and fast descents, e.g. Dunning and Knockhill, the route was complete. Well marshalled with two feed stations and some of the quietest roads, in very good condition, I have seen in Scotland for cycling. Hardly a pot hole over 140k, even on the back roads! Clearly the dry sunny weather helped, however today proved you don't have to travel too far for a decent day out. cheers, Eric Gerard Deeley, Darryl Gunson, PaulL and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted May 1, 2016 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Sounds great Eric. Was it closed roads? EricL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions charlie p Posted May 1, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Well done Eric EricL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions robster82 Posted May 1, 2016 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Sounds great Eric well done. EricL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions EricL Posted May 1, 2016 Author 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Sounds great Eric. Was it closed roads? no closed roads Darryl, but most were so quiet you'd never know. Great ride by you guys yesterday. DavidC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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