Forum ride - Central Scotland

[jassy-x]

Enough of the 'old'!

Yes, Valkyrie and I have ridden together a few times, although he has much more experience than I do with long distance events, and he rode Paris-Brest-Paris last year. Nutter.

He's good to ride with, and if he sticks around here should be a real help to others.

<He'll be due me a pint next time I see him for that...>

......now that he's joined up...chances are....

....quite like the audax idea, but I'm not sure I could suffer the saddle for the distances you guys do.....will be doing well to finish this forum ride without an ache or two....need to get some decent miles in over the next few weeks.!!!!!!!

 

[Noodley]

....quite like the audax idea, but I'm not sure I could suffer the saddle for the distances you guys do....

We can discuss on the ride. There are plenty opportunities for having a break. Audaxes are not all really long. Plenty of 100km rides in Scotland (and the north of Englandshire)

 

[Noodley]

Could we arrange to do it ...

...not sure if you'll get many takers unless you are particularly perky.

 

[jassy-x]

We can discuss on the ride. There are plenty opportunities for having a break. Audaxes are not all really long. Plenty of 100km rides in Scotland (and the north of Englandshire)

....sounds good.....hope this ride will open up a new world of cycling for me...has just been a solo effort up to now.....will be interesting to see how my fitness/abilities holds up in a group and having to pace myself with others......looking forward to it....

 

[Noodley]

[pantomime mode]

Oh Yes You Can!!! - it's only the pre-completed entry form that needs a log-in

[/pantomime mode]

Well, since I just had to find out if I was right or wrong, here it is from the horses mouth when I tried to choose Scotland only for next year.....

"UK Membership Number/Password not matched.
Be sure to use your AUK Membership Number as your Username.
You can access the Calendar up to 4 months ahead without a password, or use the Month links to the left to view one month at a time."

So neh neh neh...:?:

Ok, you can view Scotland only for upto 4 months, but that is only 2 events.

 

[Valkyrie]

The Scottish Audax Calendar looks a bit like this...

200 19 Oct Galashiels Etal-u-Can 08:00 Sun [2000m] BR £3.00
100 02 Nov Dalmeny The Forth Finale 09:00 Sun [1100m] BP £4.00
200 01 Mar Rosewell, S of Edinburgh Dave Harris Memorial 08:00 Sun AA0.5 [2900m]
200 19 Apr Galashiels Moffat Toffee 200 08:00 Sun [2300m] BR £6.00
200 02 May Oban Port Navigation Light 07:45 Sat BR £4
300 03 May Oban The Half Light 06:00 Sun BR £10
200 17 May Forfar Deeside Loop 08:00 Sun AA1 [3105m]
110 17 May Forfar Howe of the Mearns 09:00 Sun BP
300 06 Jun Kirriemuir The Snow Roads 06:00 Sat AA2.25 [4800m] BR £8.00
600 27 Jun Galashiels The Borderline 600 06:00 Sat BR £4.00
200 09 Jul Galashiels Aaron Aardvark's Thursday Skive 08:00 Thu [2000m] BR
400 22 Aug Galashiels Nae Bother to Us 400 06:00 Sat BR £4.00
200 29 Aug Newtonmore Dulsie Dipper 08:00 Sat BR £3.00
100 29 Aug Newtonmore Grantown Gallop 10:00 Sat BP £3.00
82 30 Aug Newtonmore Strathspey Treasure Hunt 09:30 Sun BP £2.50
80 30 Aug Newtonmore The Gaick (off-road) 09:00 Sun BP £2.50
200 04 Sep Biggar,Lanarkshire Midnight Madness 21:00 Fri [1460m] BR £2.50
200 13 Sep Johnstone, W Glasgow Katrine Kapers 08:00 Sun BR £7.5
300 19 Sep Galashiels User9609 Fever 06:00 Sat BR £4.00
200 18 Oct Galashiels Etal-u-Can 08:00 Sun [2000m] BR £3.00

More rides will get added during the year. But if you could all please get these in your diaries now...

 

[Noodley]

...and this one, which appears not to be in Scotland according to Audax UK:

100 15 Feb Musselburgh Tour of East Lothian 10:00 Sun BP £5.00


Anyway, I am sure this forum ride will be a great opportunity to meet up and have a pleasant ride

 

[Tetedelacourse]

Hello

Are we still on for this Sunday 19th Oct, Stirling train station 10.30am? If you're planning to come along I'll PM you with a contact number in case you're held up, so I (or hopefully we!) know whether to wait for you or not.

Cheers

TDLC

 

[HLaB]

Hello

Are we still on for this Sunday 19th Oct, Stirling train station 10.30am? If you're planning to come along I'll PM you with a contact number in case you're held up, so I (or hopefully we!) know whether to wait for you or not.

Cheers

TDLC

Still a goer for meTete, cheers

 

[gavintc]

Yes, still planning to attend. Stirling train station at 1030 am.

 

[jassy-x]

....still a 'yes' for me also.....did a wee bit of the route on my ride yesterday morning...Carron bridge to Stirling...in perfect conditions...would it be too much to hope for a bit of the same next weekend????.

 

[gavintc]

Admittedly, it is still 6 days away. But, Metcheck is providing a less than encouraging forecast for Sun - light rain, 22 mph wind from the south and a coolish 10C.

 

[HLaB]

The Met office site doesn't go that far, the BBC hinted that the sh1t is going to hit the fans for Thurs/Fri but things are going calm down for the weekend, hopefully there right. What does Magnatom's knee say ?

 

[Noodley]

I'm in (hopefully) last stages of lurgy which has kept me off my bike for a few weeks, but still hope to be there. As long as you promise to take it easy....

 

[Tetedelacourse]

I've been comfort-eating my way through the global credit crunch so extra air needed in my tyres for sunday. Should make me more impervious to the wind though.

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