CC Ecosse Pedal for Cake Ride

[Telemark]

Well ... they came, they ate, they left again ... and there is quite a bit of "spare" cake, bread & soup ...
There were 8 of us at cake stop 1 (some photos to follow no doubt), HLaB, Magnatom, Mcshroom (new honorary CC Ecosse member from south of the border!), Scoosh, Seamab, Viniga, HJ & Telemark.

I escorted mcshroom, who had come all the way from Cumbria (nice to meet you and put a face to another CCer's name ), to the train station and then went back home to clear up the debris, before doing some work . The other 6 were last seen heading west.
The members of the peloton will no doubt tell the (eventful!) story of their ride ...


Back to work now

T

 

[Coco]

Didn't you get to ride West, T?  All that hard work and no fun? 

 

[Telemark]

Didn't you get to ride West, T? All that hard work and no fun?

Unfortunately work was getting in the way , and having said (in public ) that I would do the catering, I thought I better keep my promise. But I've just had a great week's holiday with plenty of cycling, so not too heart broken... (all mileage added to MyCyclingLog )

T

P.S. With hindsight, it would have been bl**dy hard work into the westerly

 

[HLaB]

P.S. With hindsight, it would have been bl**dy hard work into the westerly

It was good fun coming back east I averaged over 18mph a from Kincardine (me and Seamab bailed out there) without trying too hard and I was home before 7:30pm; Typical I lugged around 2 sets of lights (front x 2 and rear x2) and never needed them. This is my ride, minus the last 4.8 mile when the GPS batteries failed. It was only 76.43 miles in total, I'm sure Mags an Vinigia will have done even more by the time they get home. IIRC Vinigia (coming from South Glasgow via Torrance) had already done 60 when I left them.

 

[magnatom]

Now that was an eventfull ride!

Getting ready this morning, I realise, oops, I've left my light rain jacket at work. Oh well, with the forecast of showers, I was resigned to getting wet.

Anyway a brisk couple of miles gets me to the station to pick up Viniga and mcshroom, and we head off for the east. We took a slight detour to avoid some of the busier roads. We made fairly uneventful progress and bumped into Scoosh just after the PfS feedstop at Avonbrige which was setting up. In fact there were a bumber of occasions where we noticed that the cycle event signs had the wrong date on them... A small split occured for a few miles and Viniga and I arrived in Winchburn ahead of Scoosh and mcshroom. Here we met Seamab. After a short while Sleekitcollie appeared from the pub....I mean car (aye right) and showed off his injury and scars. Impressed we were, and we were glad we didn't have any road rash like that...(umm errr). So with the group reunited we continued our travels east, assuring HJ we'd be there in no time. So HLab and myself led the pack with Seamab following a close third. This was to be our undoing....

I am told that fixies, like the one that Seamab was on, don't like slowing down too quickly going up hills. So as we start up a hill, with a bit of a blind turn Seamab see's a chance to sneak up through the gap between myself and HLab. Unfortunately this happened at the same time as HLaB closed the gap.

First contact was made between HLaB and Seamab. Then followed a second more substantial contact. The first I know about this is when I turn to look behind me only to see Seamab's body coming directly towards me. Third contact. Down I and Seamab went. There seemed to be a long pause as my limbs scraped along the ground and my head (with helmet) bounced off the tarmac. Then came the forth contact as HLaB and bike hit me, or my bike, I'm not sure, and he sails with the grace of a brick over the top of me, bike and all. Eventually we stop in a crumpled heap waiting for a car to roll over us. It didn't as Viniga did a good job of stopping the traffic behind.

OUCH

Is my bike ok!?

Slowly we pull ourselves toether and take ourselves and our bikes to somewhere safer. It turns off the bikes came off lightly, scrapse slight buckles etc. Otherwise rideable. Body's weren't quite so lucky. I got road rash on my right hip, right shoulder and right leg with a few cuts on my fingers. My helmet had a few bashes and scrapes some from the road, some from HLabs bike. I know Seamab had some road rash on his chin, HLab had a few sore bits as well. They can fill you in better.

However, we were all ok and able to go on. And on we went.

We limped in to Edinburgh and after a bit of clean up we were treated to some lovely bread, soup, cakes etc. Thanks very much HJ and Telemark!!

After that we all felt better and decided to strike for Torrance. Unfortunately the faries had better ideas and 3 punctures later, one explosive, we realised that we would never make it to chez Magnatom in daylight. Pooh.

So a few of us made for the hills (at Scoosh request) on the way home or to Falkirk station. A very enoyable cycle it was getting the old heart pumping.

So we parted at Falkirk high and off home on our merry ways we went. Eventful, yes. Enjoyable yes.

So off the train at Bishopbriggs I head the last couple of miles home on the bike. As I turn in my street my mileage shows 95.75. Hmmm. Should I go for a spin to get the tonne?........Nope! A great day, but time to lick the wounds!

Thanks again everyone, despite the setbacks, I really enjoyed the day. Oh and I am now enjoying the cake and beer. My wife bought 24 cans of beer! How much does she think we drink!

And, most importantly, I didn't rain!

I'll post a couple of photos tomorrow.

 

[HLaB]

Now that was an eventfull ride!



I know Seamab had some road rash on his chin, HLab had a few sore bits as well. They can fill you in better.


I'll post a couple of photos tomorrow.

I've got 2 minute scratches on my Shin (I've had worse shaving) a four small red dots (1 on my knee and 3 on the shoulder), smaller than half you're thumb but judging from that small mark on the back of my helmet I can honestly say that helmet saved my life. Without it my head might of got cold and I might have caught Hypothermia and died

Edit: I forgot to say, I can't wait to see the photos :-)

 

[Scoosh]

T

P.S. With hindsight, it would have been bl**dy hard work into the westerly

Never mind the hindsight, it was hard work with current sight . Weather forecast said light winds but rain; we got no rain but strong winds .

Many thanks from all of us to Mr & Mrs HJ (HJ & T) for the wonderful Cake Stop 1 , which also included soup and bread. All up to the usual high standards .

We certainly learnt that:

- it takes quite a long time to ride from Bishopriggs to Edinburgh (more so when certain bikes decide to get 'intimate' ).

- soup and cake will always take longer than 1 hour

- it will take a longer time to ride from Edinburgh to Bishopriggs into a headwind

- it is easy to 'loose the mojo' when delayed by flats

- I'm too old slow to keep up with the youngsters (you know who you are, Mags/HLaB )

- no one gets left behind on a CC Ecosse Forum ride


After the extra delays of flat tyre repairs, we realized that we would not make it to the West in time to eat the chocolate cakes etc (as much as was left by certain youngsters ) so we re-planned and made our individual ways home, some in company, some alone .

Nevertheless, it was a great day's riding , excellent company , top rate food and chapeau to mcshroom, for getting up/ leaving home at 0530 to come and ride with us - it was great to meet you and thanks for coming along. Hope you made it back by train and car without being too !

 

[Eoin Rua]

Sounds like an eventful ride - glad ya'll managed to stay reasonably dry.

HLab - your Garmin doesn't have a figure for calories consumed at cake stops

 

[HLaB]

- I'm too old slow to keep up with the youngsters (you know who you are, Mags/HLaB )

Don't be daft, when ever I've ridden with you, you've always been able to hold a decent pace. And we've not done a 300k audax yet

 

[HLaB]

Sounds like an eventful ride - glad ya'll managed to stay reasonably dry.

I think Mags stayed dry until he got home (then he found 24 cans of beer ) After a damp start I never saw any rain until a light shower at Linlithgow. The forecast was for Heavy Showers and Light Winds, we got the opposite

 

[magnatom]

Anyway, I was a little out of my league on the way home. Seamab, HLaB and Viniga are all faster cyclists than I. Remember, Seamab was on a Fixie. Considering some of the undualtions on the way back, I was impressed!

 

[magnatom]

I think Mags stayed dry until he got home (then he found 24 cans of beer ) After a damp start I never saw any rain until a light shower at Linlithgow. The forecast was for Heavy Showers and Light Winds, we got the opposite

No, Mags was covered in blood remember!

 

[Telemark]

And, most importantly, I didn't rain!

I'll post a couple of photos tomorrow.

That's because you are not god!

Glad you (and HJ, Scoosh and HLaB) got home safely, with no further injuries, apart from those to the inner tubes - we haven't heard from the others (Seamab, viniga, mcshroom) yet .
I hope Mrs Magnatom isn't too upset that only one happy customer turned up in Torrance, maybe the ride was a bit ambitious! Do we (you? ) need to plan a future shorter CC Ecosse ride as a simple loop from Bishopbriggs or nearby some day, and have a cake stop and chat AFTER the ride?
We'll post a photo or two in a bit, too

T

 

[HLaB]

That's because you are not god!

Glad you (and HJ, Scoosh and HLaB) got home safely, with no further injuries, apart from those to the inner tubes - we haven't heard from the others (Seamab, viniga, mcshroom) yet .
I hope Mrs Magnatom isn't too upset that only one happy customer turned up in Torrance, maybe the ride was a bit ambitious! Do we (you? ) need to plan a future shorter CC Ecosse ride as a simple loop from Bishopbriggs or nearby some day, and have a cake stop and chat AFTER the ride?
We'll post a photo or two in a bit, too

T

Thanks for the excellent, yet again :-)

Now I remember why I don't use the paths in central Edinburgh too often. Touch wood the last p'ture I had on the commuter was nearly 6000 miles ago (guess where, on those paths) The last p'ture I've had was on my ride back from Berwick on Tweed and guess what it was on those paths too.

CoCo had a route down south of Glasgow, unfortunately it was blown/ rained off perhaps folk may want to do that loop, unfortunately today's will probably be my last ride for a while I'm back to uni next week.

 

[Telemark]

I nearly forgot another "classic" moment


When I asked if anybody wanted sugar for their tea, somebody (?) had already handed Mag the nearest glass jar with a white substance in it ... He did say the tea tasted a bit funny - no wonder, he'd added a spoonful of salt to it .

T