CC Ecosse (West) Ride - 16th Feb

[Deleted member 20519]

Loads of miles, loads of punctures and loads of fun!

Colin, massive thanks for the ride home - there's no way I would have been in Paisley before it got dark.

David, I forgot to give you your gilet back (and a massive thanks for letting me borrow it, I'd defininetely be a lot colder and a lot wetter if I didn't have it on!) Don't let me forgot to bring it to the next time we meet up.

 

[Mo1959]

Wot you doing down there? Lol Hope it wasn't as painful as it looks.

 

[tug benson]

Todays ride

http://app.strava.com/activities/41113854

 

[tug benson]

Jaz work on your sprint

 

[Deleted member 20519]

Jaz work on your sprint

 

[Rasmus]

Some unwelcome visits from the rain and p***ture fairies - but still an enjoyable day out, as always.

 

[GlasgowGaryH]

My stats http://app.strava.com/activities/41116494

 

[GlasgowGaryH]

Tugs lunch,all gone in 2 minutes flat

 

[GlasgowGaryH]

At the Whangie

 

[Harry_Palmer79]

Back home and dry (eventually!) after another cracking ride with the CC Ecosse group... cold and wet but lots of fun!

My longest ride to date and my first real hills I was certainly very glad of the extra gears on my Carrera Crossfire over my SS Genesis Flyer! (I think I would have had to walk most of it had I ridden that bike...)

One day I will do the whole route, but I did at least do the hilly bit this time (even if they were slightly laborious, for me at least!)

Great to catch up with some of those from last time and some new (to me) faces too.... looking forward to the next one!

 

[Scoosh]

An 'interesting' ride .

'Bents (with my degree of handling skill ) don't like twisty, narrow cycle paths and like gates and bridges even less . Well, they might but I'm not too keen, as my speed/skill isn't quite there yet ... but CHAPEAU and very grateful thanks to Jazloc and others, who never let me get too far behind, kept looking back to ensure I was still there (and upright ) and came alongside to chat and help me keep going.
I managed the hills going up (they weren't that big ) and flew down t'other side . It was very cold and wet up those hills and didn't stop raining till we were past Balloch - when a couple or 4 stops for flats held us up quite a bit - and we started shivering a bit .... .

A txt from Mrs Scoosh saying there was pizza and wine at home (but not till after I had a shower ) was greatly appreciated - as they were post shower . I can thoroughly recommend Pizza, red wine and the Tintin dvd for post-ride rehabilitation.

Many thanks to Col for getting Rasmus to organise the route and shepherd us round.

Extra thanks to my special sheepdogs . Thanks, guys.

 

[Col5632]

Another great ride, shame about the weather for some of it, sorry for holding you guys up

No worries about the ride home Jaz, didn't want you to get lost in the dark

Arrived back in dunfermline and work 2 hours late, done 1 delivery and then my car started to play up so that's the car sitting outside unusable, so it's not been a good day for me transport wise

Really looking forward to the next one which I think will be on this side of the water next time :P

 

[mr messy]

What can i say guys...its been emotional

A few ground rules for next run:
1 No one invites p-fairy
2 No mechanical maladies
3 Scoosh gets elbow pads and stablisers for twisty bits
4 Scoosh gets front and rear wings for downhill aerodynamics
5 Tug gives everyone 10min start at cakestop
6 Females! To show we aren't sexist...

Cold and wet but still a fun ride in good company, cheers guys!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

All back home safe and sound?
What happened? Who fell?
it kept quiet mild all day here in Glesga town, think the rain stayed off as far as I could tell when skipping the rubbish we produced at work

 

[GlasgowGaryH]

Sorry I never had the time to say farewell at the end of the ride but there was no point in delaying the ride within spitting distance of the finish. Will look forward to seeing you on another ride soon. Thank you all for a great ride in not the best weather. See you soon and keep peddling