Forum ride - Central Scotland

[jassy-x]

Jassy that's good you've done a reccy - that's a bit I've not done.

...and a nice bit of of road it was too Tete....no traffic...and a good wee descent in to Stirling.......scenery was pretty good as well....not that we'll see much of that this weekend with the rain, cloud and gale force winds..

 

[magnatom]

Oh bugger! I'm sorry guys, but I'm not going to make it. At the (almost) last minute some of my friends from Germany have decided to descend on us this weekend. It'll be great to see them (and their two kids, so it will be a full house! . However, I am really disappointed in not getting to come along with you guys, no matter what the weather was!

Somehow I am sure you will have a great time without me. In fact I am sure you will get round faster without me!

Anyway, I will definitely be up for the next one, this year or next? Who knows, if it is next year I might just have a new go faster bike.....maybe...

 

[jassy-x]

.....that's a pity Mags....I was really looking forward to meeting a real cycling legend !!!......next time !!!!!

 

[Scoosh]

Oh bugger! I'm sorry guys, but I'm not going to make it. At the (almost) last minute some of my friends from Germany have decided to descend on us this weekend. It'll be great to see them (and their two kids, so it will be a full house! . However, I am really disappointed in not getting to come along with you guys, no matter what the weather was!

Somehow I am sure you will have a great time without me. In fact I am sure you will get round faster without me!

Anyway, I will definitely be up for the next one, this year or next? Who knows, if it is next year I might just have a new go faster bike.....maybe...

Priorities, Mags, priorities.

Choices:
1) bring the friend/s with you - typical Scottish way of spending a Sunday
2) excuse yourself for a few hours - prior engagement
3) let down all the guys from CC who have worked so hard and re-arranged so much to be there - not to mention overcoming the Dreaded Lurgy


By this stage, you will be feeling so guilty, you will need the ride to blow it all away




ps. Sorry I can't make it - still recovering from The Knife @ SGH

 

[magnatom]

Priorities, Mags, priorities.

Choices:
1) bring the friend/s with you - typical Scottish way of spending a Sunday
2) excuse yourself for a few hours - prior engagement
3) let down all the guys from CC who have worked so hard and re-arranged so much to be there - not to mention overcoming the Dreaded Lurgy


By this stage, you will be feeling so guilty, you will need the ride to blow it all away




ps. Sorry I can't make it - still recovering from The Knife @ SGH

Don't do it. Don't try and convince me to go. I really can't as I haven't seen my friends for ages, and I'm not sure the kids would enjoy it.

Just bad timing. I was even planning on taking Friday off so I wouldn't miss a day with my kids!

Still, this was planned to be the first of many. I really want to get into more cycling. I've seen the bike I want, Specialized Tricross Sport (although I've yet to try it and to find the money for it!) and I'm looking onto satnav to help with my exploring. I'm even contemplating, when/if I get the new bike, that I might give a 10 mile TT a go, just to get an idea of where I stand fitness wise (very likely at the bottom!).

Oh well....

Surgery at the SGH? I hope it wasn't anything serious and I hope it went well. You should have let me know you were coming and we could have had a lovely meal in Cafe Clyde, the lovely (ahem) hospital restaraunt!

 

[gavintc]

Well we will miss the legendary magnatom.

 

[Tetedelacourse]

I think Magnatom and Goo are having an affair.

Shame you can't make it, maybe see you both at the next one.

eek, better bring waterproofs for Sunday if wetcheck is anything to go by!

 

[HLaB]

Sunday is finally up on the metoffice site, heavy rain and winds up to 35mph I might pop up to the lbs at lunch and get some new mud guards for my now dropped bar Sirrus and leave the Bianchi for the better weather. The old guards interfered with the brakes not always a good thing.

Magna your passing up the oppurtunity to film this

 

[magnatom]

I think Magnatom and Goo are having an affair.

Shame you can't make it, maybe see you both at the next one.

eek, better bring waterproofs for Sunday if wetcheck is anything to go by!

Damn we've been found out. I'd better be more careful, where I post my helmet camera footage

Actually, you may as well cancel the ride, as I know you were all coming along just to get my autograph!

Tete, have you been shouting at anyone recently....

 

[Tetedelacourse]

not since 10am!

 

[goo_mason]

Damn we've been found out. I'd better be more careful, where I post my helmet camera footage

Actually, you may as well cancel the ride, as I know you were all coming along just to get my autograph!

Tete, have you been shouting at anyone recently....

Here was me thinking we were talking about another kind of ride ... :?:

 

[Scoosh]

I really want to get into more cycling. I've seen the bike I want, Specialized Tricross Sport (although I've yet to try it and to find the money for it!) .............. when/if I get the new bike, ........

Oh well....

becomes

Oh well....

....when you consider a Planet X Kaffenback. It's the Planet X cyclocross bike, great bikes and this is the right size, cheap as a second-hand Kaffenback, leaving plenty of cash for the fancy GPS/helmet cam/Christmas/wet weather gear for Sunday or to upgrade if preferred.
Good bike, good price.

It's the wrong size for me


Honest, I won't push any more for you to join all the determined souls real cyclists going out on Sunday

 

[Dayvo]

Glad I hadn't arranged to come over. I'd have been one of the very few!

Glad to see that some of you are made of sterner stuff and will be out there come rain or, er, more rain!

Good luck, all, and have fun.

 

[Tetedelacourse]

There's a bike here perfectly fitted up for you too Dayvo!

Cheers, still looking forward to it, sou'wester and all.

 

[Noodley]

OK just back in from a wee ride round the block and it would appear I can still cycle. So I'm in for Sunday.

I laugh in the face of rain and wind, and regale in the prospect of hills....unless it's cold of course

See y'all on Sunday. I'll be the one driving round and round Stirling looking for the train station.