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Just a case of me doing the maths- I tend to quite easily do 12-15mph so that is 4 hours. Plus I'll probably stop for a drink and a feed 3 hours odd on a hybrid sounds a very fast time given that is a 17mph average!

It is 47 or 97 miles. I assume it is the challenge ride- the less of the two. In that case. . For me anything 4hrs 15mins and 5hrs depending on stops would be a decent time on a mountain bike as that is roughly10 miles an hour which should be achievable I think depending on tyres- (get slicks!). I'm aiming for 4hrs on the road bike which I think should be achievable as 12mph-15mph is my usual speed. Just out of interest my number is 3250 if anyone wants to say hello (as they fly past me )

I got my numbers, t-shirt and information book in the post yesterday. That was for the challenge ride though and it was postmarked from a 3rd party that sends these things out I think. IIRC Sportive riders get a chip for their bikes too and those that pay for transport will get tickets. Sportive ride is 7am-7.30am start and challenge ride is 8am to 11am I think. Should be good- but if it is hosing down !

Went out tonight to fix up the bike for PFS. Gear indexing sorted (Paisleysaints supplied guide was a help!) and gear changes are best they've been for a while. Chain all cleaned and lubed (oh err) up, but noticed I have developed a wheel wobble with all the god damn pot holes. Attempted to fix it and got it fairly good- need to get a better tool for it and give it another go. It was a real pain, small tiny corrections to get things right!

St Mirren- 2011-12- All current SPL, Morton 2010-11- Hamilton, Ross County, Peterhead, Ayr 2009-10- Falkirk, East Stirling, Alloa, Brechin, Dumbarton 2007-08- Gretna, East Fife 2006-07- Stenhousemuir 2005-06- Dundee, Forfar, Stranraer, QoS, Clyde, Airdrie, 2004-05- Raith, Partick 2003-04- Queens Park, Berwick 2002-03- Arbroath 2001-02- Stirling 1999-00- Livingston 1993-94- Montrose 1992-93- Cowdenbeath 1980-81- Albion Rovers 1922-23- Elgin Never- Annan Think that is everyone- ones in bold have played us at Greenhill Road but seems we have played just about everyone fairly recently given we've spent time in SPL and D1. Livi were the surprising ones but we got relegated from the SPL as they were promoted and then they got relegated the year we go promoted-only played them in one season so 4 times! Albion Rovers is really the longest of the established league teams.

I've got a road bike though and even though I travel through the Buckfast Recycling paths around Paisley have had no problem with punctures despite awful amounts of Glass. What tyres are on it the now?

3 punctures in 3 trips is extreme. I'd check the tyres and wheels as that is an incredible run of luck or problems with tyres- better ones can just change everything like that. It may well be that something is still up with the tyre, hence you keep fixing it, but glass or something else sharp keeps damaging the tube.

I take a puncture repair kit with me, might get a spare tube too. I'm using Hutchinson Nitro tyres- more a training tyre- apparently quite a heavy but strong, long lasting too tyre- certainly taken a million Buckfast bottle shards without puncturing- touch wood!- so all seems good.

Route for pedal for Scotland is up. Looking forward to it anybody else doing the 51 miler

Yep well done to the guys that did the 100 miler. I'm doing a thesis at the moment yep zzzzz, but it is due in Tomorrow so bike hasn't been in use for a week. Itching to get back out on it and get a good ride in for Pedal for Scotland. I'm sticking to the 51 mile route thou!

I'm currently doing 10mile runs quite easily in 40mins and regularly with the occasional 30mile+ run every so often for PFS. I don't know the route this year, as it isn't up yet and finishes at Murrayfield, this year, but it was out Duke Street, Edinburgh Road, through Easterhouse, Coatbridge, Airdrie, Caldercruix to Linlithgow and then into Edinburgh. Uphill all the way to Caldercruix particularly from Coatbridge then mostly downhill, with occasional climbs. You can get Schwalbe City Jet tyres for your MTB which I did on mine. They are cheap- £20 a pair ish, better than knobbly MTB tyres, good puncture protection, and hard wearing- however they are a bit of a heavy tyre and better rolling ones might be available.

Hybrids aren't bad- but given the way this thread goes you'll be on a road bike in 2 months. Well maybe not but you start looking for more speed etc.

Middlesbrough amongst many to be fair- 90+2 equaliser. Grrr.

I can't seem to reply to this for some reason- try for the third time! In my experience ticket collectors aren't too bothered by bikes as long as the trains are not packed or they are blocking the aisles. I've been on an old train without a bike bit recently and despite 3 bikes there the ticket collector was fine with it. Another option is to put the bike in your car, drive to Edinburgh leave your car there near the finish and take the transport in the morning to Glasgow I suppose. I'm getting a lift back from my folks who I asked to come for me ha!

That bike is more than decent! Very nice bike, I've got a £299 effort, for my first road bike which if you delve back a few pages you'll see, I agree not to start out too fancy. 25miles in a hour is very fast for me. I'd do more like 12-15miles in an hour. The best target I'm told if you are serious is usually the 20mph barrier where possible. I'm nowhere near that yet, but monitoring it my pace is steadily improving around 14-15mph tonight which is consistent with other improvements. Aim for 20mph where you can but as Drooper says don't get beat up if you can't hit it, so many factors in it. Need to get a P&B cycle run in some time!

Hmm only mentioned because I'd been getting mud up my back particularly in the half dry, half wet weather on some routes where the weather is dry but the road is wet. Somehow I've gone off them since the P&B community has spoken . Actually more useless weight and parts for me to rage at- no thanks! You are going to have to tell us what road bike you get. We P&B are a nosey bunch. Impossible to say depending on route, hills, wind, I guess even a bit of bike and weight of the person! I was told the Etape Caledonia race which is 80miles and a good old climb is around 20mph average to be close to the front. Around Paisley I average about 12mph in urban areas with stopping and starting at lights etc- but did 15mph to Kilmacolm the other day on cycle track- so probably faster if I wasn't stopping at junctions. If you can regularly get over 15mph over around 20miles you aren't doing too badly for me I'd say a good time over a long distance for most club cyclists would be 20mph with a few going faster?

I think the same, triple or double matters little but like other things in the cycling world to some people they are prone to snobbery about specs or getting into nonsense arguments about different tyres, different cassettes etc. Note to self- need to get mudguards fitted to road bike before it hoses down at Pedal for Scotland!

Great wee run today, however there was a Easterly wind which meant I was rather assisted going from the west of Glasgow up the hill to Kilmacolm! Rained and I was soaked but there you go! However still did that in a record 53mins which is 14mph average so seems times are improving and way back was 49mins so 15mph despite being into the wind. Anyway 25miles covered today so half the distance for Pedal for Scotland. Applied for Pedal for Scotland so will be doing that on the 11th September.

Aye well there is a 100mile version of that too Nah doing the 50 mile version but haven't applied yet- will do so this weekend if I get round to it.

Not bad- understatement for me! That isn't far off 20mph which is an excellent average speed a lot will like to achieve. I barely average 12 or 13 miles an hour (20kph!) at best less on urban roads through towns.

I went to Kilmacolm today, hot, into the wind and tired after a party the night before. I did ok until just after Linwood and then I was dead lol. Guy on a boardman mountain bike took me at Brookfield and I actually kept with him to just after Kilmacolm but then faded. Slow time compared to usual 70mins from outskirts of Glasgow to Kilmacolm.

Aye what a horrible place. The windows aren't even all boarded up, some have been left wide open (wood nicked ) doors are open too and at least one had fire damage I think. Did not spare the speed between the start of Port Glasgow and Morrisons in Greenock. Seriously what a shit hole, but nice views of the Clyde!

Yep, went from Paisley to Gourock on the bike. Was going to go to Kilmacolm and back but it was a nice day went to Gourock and got the train back as it was too late to cycle back to Paisley. 40km (25 miles) in 2 hours 8 mins so about 12mph average. Not a fan of the cycle track in Port Glasgow / Greenock area. It feels dodgy at parts and has more glass than a window factory on it too. I just got to the Port and met two guys on motorbikes on the cycle track then met a group of 6 guys with loads of booze going for a session with one of them standing at the edge of the cycle track having a slash . I lost the cycle track too around the Cappielow area so ended up cycling round the hills and the estates with boarded up houses and stuff lol! I think I was the first cyclist ever in Greenock the way they looked at me!

Aye the cycle teams can! I did the M74 cycle and was about 2 miles into the 6mile run at Rutherglen as they were coming back flying the other way. Some had got trapped at the back of the pack and were making their way though which was a bit hairy too. Most of them are quite friendly though, passed a few of the Johnstone guys on the cycle track at one point who said hello as did the Glasgow Southside (I think) too. Occasionally you can get the odd tit though, like the guy who somehow avoided me after taking a racing line round a blind bend at speed. I did my best time yet out on a loop round Paisley and Renfrew- but it is getting time to go long cycles I need to do.

Yeah, I just get bored too easily! I'm tempted by the 100km ride- I've done 40km in 2 hours on the cycle track- so fancy pushing myself for that too.