Central Scotland May Ride

[magnatom]

I'm afraid I'm going to have to drop out - I'm flying off to the US the next morning and I'll be having to get myself and daughter packed and ready that day.

Bit miffed at having to miss the ride, but as this is my first holiday outside of Leith for 5 years it's taking priority !

I knew you'd chicken out. Your worried about all my training aren't you, ya big Jessie!

 

[scook94]

Haven't seen a post here in a while, just thought I would make sure you're all still up for the 31st?

I've been putting in some serious training for this.

I did the route last Sunday and if I can do it then anyone can! It's immense fun round the south side of the lake once you leave the road and take the woodland path. Gonna have to do it again in a couple of weeks.

 

[goo_mason]

I knew you'd chicken out. Your worried about all my training aren't you, ya big Jessie!

Pure dead petrified, by the way !

 

[TechMech]

Haven't seen a post here in a while, just thought I would make sure you're all still up for the 31st?

I've been putting in some serious training for this.

I'm deffo up for this, in fact i've really been looking forward to this for ages.

I've been doing some training as well, with several 20ish mile runs now under my ever loosening belt

In fact one of the runs (starting in Dunkeld) was awesome, and 25ish miles of some of the best scenery around. I'd put this up for a forum run, if it was easy enough for everyone to get to.

 

[HJ]

TechMech, I have to ask, how heavy is an average sized hamster??

 

[TechMech]

TechMech, I have to ask, how heavy is an average sized hamster??

Well I found a great web site for all your hamster facts http://www.provet.co.uk/Hamsters/hamphysiol.htm, where it states that a male hamster weighs between 85g and 140g, so taking the average weight between these values is 112.5g.

Therefore I've lost 112.5g x 56 = 6.3kg (or 13.88lbs in old money, or as near as I could work out to 1 stone )

A female hamster weighs between 95g and 120g, so maybe i should clarify that I used a male hamster in my calculations, in case the hamster fact police start sending me spam emails complaining

 

[magnatom]

Excellent Tech Mech! Well done on the weight loss as well.

 

[Scoosh]

Well I found a great web site for all your hamster facts http://www.provet.co.uk/Hamsters/hamphysiol.htm, where it states that a male hamster weighs between 85g and 140g, so taking the average weight between these values is 112.5g.

Therefore I've lost 112.5g x 56 = 6.3kg (or 13.88lbs in old money, or as near as I could work out to 1 stone )

A female hamster weighs between 95g and 120g, so maybe i should clarify that I used a male hamster in my calculations, in case the hamster fact police start sending me spam emails complaining

Will anyone be able to recognise the svelt, unhamster(m)-like wisp who might show up for the next ride ?



Will he be called TechMech ......





... or even magnatom

 

[magnatom]

Will anyone be able to recognise the svelt, unhamster(m)-like wisp who might show up for the next ride ?



Will he be called TechMech ......





... or even magnatom

Did you just suggest that I might be svelte? Yippee!

 

[HJ]

Will anyone be able to recognise the svelt, unhamster(m)-like wisp who might show up for the next ride ?

Will he be called TechMech ......

... or even magnatom

Did you just suggest that I might be svelte? Yippee!

No Mags, he suggested that if you were svelte none of us would be able to recognise you, which is probably true...

 

[Joe54]

Original Bicycle Festival 2009

From the Scotsman weekend magazine page 5 today.
Link to festival www.originalbicyclefestival.co.uk I thought it best not to post elsewhere being a newb and all that "Kirkpatrick MacMillan is widely acknowledged as having invented the bicycle" according to author of article. Anyway looks like good fun "The Frilly Gillie will carry out a simulated stalk"

 

[TechMech]

HJ is this the pub in Brig O Turk? If so, i've been reliably informed (by a resident no less ) that this pub is closed and is not likely to open any time soon

However, she did say there was a cafe place on the north road of the loch, that's right next to the water, but she didn't know if it was open on Sunday's or not.

Good news folks!!!

I've had word from my local contact that the pub in question reopened this weekend and the food was excellent!

They weren't taking card payments though (not set up yet i guess), so best to bring cash to be on the safe if we're still going to stop by.

 

[HJ]

Excellent

 

[HJ]

Just a reminder that the CC Relay Jersey will be coming on this ride, any ideas on where it should go next?

 

[HLaB]

Which way is it going, the east coast or the west coast? I could take it to Dundee or Perth or through to Glasgow or anywhere inbetween, if we have any body there to collect it.