CC Ecosse ride October

[Jane Smart]

Telemark, I am still around, had a bit of a fall this week from the road bike, so a bit sore, but nothing broken, hope to see you all soon xx

Enjoy and stay safe out there xx

 

[eldudino]

Good news is my photoshoot has been cancelled. Bad news is that I cancelled it due to tweaking a muscle in my leg, so no cycling. Have a great ride today chaps and chapesses, it's not raining in Stirling at the moment so you might miss the bad weather. I'd dress for the worst though, and make sure you've got mudguards on!

 

[Telemark]

According to the Met Office and this excellent website the may have passed through, and the might make an appearance in time for the stop .

Get well soon, all you injured people - there seems to be an epidemic outbreak of strains and offs - hope it's not contagious!

T

 

[primalgeek]

Really enjoyed my first CC Ecosse ride. A good route and good chat! Looking forward to our next outing.

On a side note, my Garmin is now showing 1003 miles (and my wife bought me it as a pressie for reaching the 1000 mile mark)... so that's 2000miles cycled since May .

(wonder what I'm going to convince my wife to buy me for 2000 miles )

 

[HonestMan1910]

Really enjoyed my first CC Ecosse ride. A good route and good chat! Looking forward to our next outing.

On a side note, my Garmin is now showing 1003 miles (and my wife bought me it as a pressie for reaching the 1000 mile mark)... so that's 2000miles cycled since May .

(wonder what I'm going to convince my wife to buy me for 2000 miles )

Weather looked perfect today, glad you enjoyed your 1st run out and hope to meet you soon.

 

[HJ]

There is snow on the hills, what a great day for a ride! It was fun!!

 

[Telemark]

Really enjoyed my first CC Ecosse ride. A good route and good chat! Looking forward to our next outing.

On a side note, my Garmin is now showing 1003 miles (and my wife bought me it as a pressie for reaching the 1000 mile mark)... so that's 2000miles cycled since May .

(wonder what I'm going to convince my wife to buy me for 2000 miles )

Nice to meet you, PG! & hope to see you again soon for another CC Ecosse ride ...

Does she cycle, too? If yes, bring her along next time, if no, time for you to buy her a bike

It was a nice leisurely ride, with even more than I had hoped for, but that northerly wind made itself felt when we turned into it. Great company and plenty of friendly chat, as always . The only incident was Jimbhoy breaking a spoke and having to depart early, to limp the bike home - hope the wheel didn't seize along the way, Jim!

 

[mcshroom]

Hi everyone and thanks for a great ride again. It had a bit of variety, with roads, canal paths and even a bit of rough stuff down a "private" road. The sun came out not long after the start and although the wind was a bit chilly we had some very good October riding weather. Where I firmly established my lantern rouge credentials on the hills

After trying out the variety that the tracks round Falkirk had to offer we ended up at the wheel, where there also seemed to be a charity cycle event on so lots of other cyclists around.

I got my reservation switched so I didn't have to wait until 6:15 to go home - I hope everyone else made it back ok (how did the wheel hold up Jimbhoy?)

I'd forgotten it was still cloudy at the start, it cleared up so quickly. Here's the picture at the start though: -

 

[MrRidley]

Made it back ok, got the wheel fixed at big Al's at the Campsie's, only cost me a packet of biscuit's, well chuffed with that, nice to meet you all, oh
that road i looked at on the map was closed, had to go to B/Bridge after all, made my way back from there.

 

[eldudino]

Who was the hard b*****d with shorts and T-shirt on!

Shame I missed the ride, it cleared up around 11 so you should've had a good one.

I'm also liking the way HJ's wheel is turned int he first pic to show off the bling-bling wheels and discs

(On another note, I just spelled 'bling' wrong, and it came up in my spell check, how bizarre!)

 

[aberal]

Yeah, nice ride again - was fun. Quiet back roads (mostly) with some terrific views of the snowy hills, a tootle along the canal path and some excellent lentil soup at the Wheel. And unexpectedly sunny after the rainy start to the day. See you next time.

 

[HJ]

Who was the hard b*****d with shorts and T-shirt on!

Shame I missed the ride, it cleared up around 11 so you should've had a good one.

I'm also liking the way HJ's wheel is turned int he first pic to show off the bling-bling wheels and discs

(On another note, I just spelled 'bling' wrong, and it came up in my spell check, how bizarre!)

Na, it is to show off the fancy carbon bars and the Fizik bar tape....

 

[Telemark]

I got my reservation switched so I didn't have to wait until 6:15 to go home - I hope everyone else made it back ok (how did the wheel hold up Jimbhoy?)

phew! I felt a bit silly after you got off the train - we should have gotten off too and kept you company with another cup of tea if you had been stuck with the later train. Great to see you again, still amazed you came all the way from deepest Cumbria again to join us .

Made it back ok, got the wheel fixed at big Al's at the Campsie's, only cost me a packet of biscuit's, well chuffed with that, nice to meet you all, oh
that road i looked at on the map was closed, had to go to B/Bridge after all, made my way back from there.

phew again. Glad the Bianchi is back on the road .

Who was the hard b*****d with shorts and T-shirt on!

Shame I missed the ride, it cleared up around 11 so you should've had a good one.

I'm also liking the way HJ's wheel is turned int he first pic to show off the bling-bling wheels and discs

hehe ... I'll leave the hard b*****d to reveal his identity, my legs would have turned blue and fallen off .
Sorry you couldn't make it this time, at least the injury was a proper excuse, unlike the photoshoot

Yeah, nice ride again - was fun. Quiet back roads (mostly) with some terrific views of the snowy hills, a tootle along the canal path and some excellent lentil soup at the Wheel. Any unexpectedly sunny after the rainy start to the day. See you next time.

lovely lentil soup, tea & cake!

T

 

[Scoosh]

Cool

ride out from Embra - arriving bang on time

at the meeting point at the station.

Great ride - if a little delay-punctuated as we checked maps against GPS. Sun came out to highlight the snow

on the hills (which added 'background' to the pics

).

Many thanks to Telemark for selecting the route; to mcshroom for coming from deepest Cumbria to ride with CC Ecosse (again

); to primalgeek for coming for his first CC Ecosse ride and saying he'll be back

; and to all others for their company, chat and a certain one for his very bling bike

.

Glad Jimbhoy made it back safely - a broken spoke is not a joke (

).


For those who missed it, due to being in Dubai/Hawaii/injured - you were missed

.

 

[primalgeek]

Nice to meet you, PG! & hope to see you again soon for another CC Ecosse ride ...

Does she cycle, too? If yes, bring her along next time, if no, time for you to buy her a bike

My better half doesn't cycle... yet . She recently bought a bike but has only been out for a quick 10 min pootle round our estate.

Who was the hard b*****d with shorts and T-shirt on!

Guilty as charged! The "slight bump" in the road coming out of the meet point was enough to make me warm and toasty for the rest of the ride.

P.S. Where do you get the cyclechat jerseys from (can't see any obvious links on the forum)? I won't consider myself an official member until I've got one!