Central Scotland May Ride

[HLaB]

Enjoy the Etape HLaB, I hope one day to be fit enough to give it a try, it looks like a great ride...

Thanks,
You're fit enough already you only have to average 12.5mph to enjoy the traffic free stuff; if you are slower than that the roads reopen but you can continue. You've probably done more than 130km (81miles) with a fully loaded tourer.

 

[HJ]

Um, some not so good news, might have to rethink the 17th May idea, I for one was planing on catching the train to Dunblane but ScotRail have other ideas... any thoughts?

 

[magnatom]

What about the 31st of May? You can make that one can't you HJ and it has 8 votes...

 

[HJ]

Yep that looks possible, anyone got any objections??

 

[ACS]

Just a reminder the 31st is during the late May Bank holiday.

 

[MrRidley]

None from me, but seen as it's a good bit away i'm going to go on a nice run this sunday as weather is looking good, round strathblane up to fintry and back down the tak ma doon road and i've got monday off to recover

 

[HLaB]

Um, some not so good news, might have to rethink the 17th May idea, I for one was planing on catching the train to Dunblane but ScotRail have other ideas... any thoughts?

What about the 31st of May? You can make that one can't you HJ and it has 8 votes...

That's a bit of a pain about the 17th; the 31st is fine by me.

 

[scook94]

31st rules me out...

 

[Halfmanhalfbike]

That's a bit of a pain about the 17th; the 31st is fine by me.

Route 2 on the 31st is OK for me. That's the day after the Edinburgh Nocturne so I'll be pretending to be David Millar

 

[D-Rider]

Yep that looks possible, anyone got any objections??

I won't be able to do the 31st - my holiday had to get moved forward due to Mrs D-R's work commitments. However, don't worry about that - it looks like lots of takers for the 31st so just go for it.

Incidentally, the doodle has taken a bit of a flakey. It looks like I'm "OK" on all the possible dates which is definitely not what I originally put in.

 

[scook94]

I rode part of the Trossachs route today. Some quite serious undulating going on and a bit of a challenge in places for a newb like me, but great scenery! Came back through Thornhill rather than heading north to Callander. Was a grand day out (well 3 hours really) considering the weather was supposed to be awful. Managed 35.5 miles

 

[HLaB]

I rode part of the Trossachs route today. Some quite serious undulating going on and a bit of a challenge in places for a newb like me, but great scenery! Came back through Thornhill rather than heading north to Callander. Was a grand day out (well 3 hours really) considering the weather was supposed to be awful. Managed 35.5 miles

What's the bit south of Loch Venechar like? I'm probably going to do it on Monday on a road bike.

 

[scook94]

Didn't go that far HLaB. Rode from Stirling to Dunblane (not as bad as I'd imagined) then out to Doune. From there out along the B8032 to where it intersects with the B822 and took this rode back towards Thornhill.

I wasn't that far from Loch Venechar but didn't want to over do it on my 3rd outing!

 

[HLaB]

Cheers scook. I've got this ride mapped out for Easter Monday, although I'm a bit unsure of the southern section of Loch Venachar.

 

[scook94]

To be honest, and perhaps it's my own naivety, I thought the roads in general were pretty shocking. I was glad to have big knobbly tyres, steel frame and carbon forks today!