Forum ride - Central Scotland

[jassy-x]

I laugh in the face of rain and wind

...thats handy...I'll just sit on your wheel all the way round then....provided I can keep up of course !!!!

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

..the rail station is right behind the Thistle/Marches shopping centre & bus station...it's easy to find....as Tete said earlier, you can park at the Thistle/Marches carpark which will probably be cheaper than the BR charges.....

 

[gavintc]

I think the list of those coming for the ride on Sunday is:

me (+ my wife probably)
jassy_x
noodley
tete
HLab

Any more that I have missed?

 

[HLaB]

I popped to a lbs at lunchtime to get mudguards, now I've got them it definately won't rain. Having said that I also ended up buying new sunglasses .

 

[Noodley]

..the rail station is right behind the Thistle/Marches shopping centre & bus station...

Ok, I'll be the one driving round looking for the Thistle/Marches shopping centre.
How far are we going? Sorry I have lost track....

 

[gavintc]

You and me too, I do not know Stirling - who is planning the route. I hope it was not magna.

 

[Scoosh]

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

Yes .... but Scoosh junior, (aka experiment) did ask when he was getting his pedals back

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

Sou'wester under or over your helmet ??

 

[Tetedelacourse]

You and me too, I do not know Stirling - who is planning the route. I hope it was not magna.

Hairy Jock might be joining us but then again he may not.

This is the route I proposed to get the ball rolling and seems to have stuck. This one doesn't contain the additional loop over to Lennoxtown, up to Kilsyth and back over to Carronbridge, which is the optional lumpy bit!

stirling loop

 

[Tetedelacourse]

Yes .... but Scoosh junior, (aka experiment) did ask when he was getting his pedals back

Sou'wester under or over your helmet ??

Oh yeah! Sorry forgot about that! I'll be in work (Gyle area) next week every day except Tuesday if that helps?

 

[magnatom]

becomes

....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

Yeah it looks like quite a nice bike, but I'm planning on using our cycle to work scheme to get my new bike, so it would spread the costs out a bit.

I really am disappointed at not coming, as I really enjoyed PfS. A bit of rain isn't a problem as I'm used to that in Glasgow.

 

[Tetedelacourse]

Here's the route on Google maps with directions and the optional extra:

try again tete

I'm not sure I got the exact start and finish correct on this one mind you.

 

[magnatom]

So how was it then? I must admit it looked like the weather was going to be a bit rough.

 

[Dayvo]

Don't think they're back yet!

Must have got lost, or locked in a pub!

Hope you all had fun, fellas!

 

[gavintc]

It was rough - windy, wet and pretty uncomfortable but we got around 50 miles of central Scotland's finest cycling roads. Tete has agreed to do the journalist on our exploits, so I do not want steal his thunder/eat his sandwiches or whatever the in-vogue cliche is. We need a camera man for the next one.

 

[goo_mason]

You might get a cameraman, but the amount of video he'll have will take an awful long time to edit down....

 

[jassy-x]

It was rough - windy, wet and pretty uncomfortable but we got around 50 miles of central Scotland's finest cycling roads. Tete has agreed to do the journalist on our exploits, so I do not want steal his thunder/eat his sandwiches or whatever the in-vogue cliche is. We need a camera man for the next one.

.....yes, the route was excellent, but the weather was brutal....got progressively worse as the day went on.....needed a hot bath and a few Southern Comforts to thaw me out at the end of it......good to meet up with a few of the forumers...