Bold Rover Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Great day - some really nice parts of the course. Pretty brutal - very windy - and somewhat into your face in bits. Strava says 6 hours 41 minutes. Hopefully just under 7 hours on the chip because I had 9 minutes of stops. Never managed to catch on to any peletons - which might have made a difference. A but pooped now!! All in all glad I did it - early start from North Fife - kudos to my missus for dropping me off and picking me up. And to you guys and Bold Rover in particular for selling it to me. Cheers. Hi spud - I didn't realise it was the Sportive you were doing - respect! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisleysaints Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Well done to everyone who took part in the PFS. Checked the routes on strava. I took a run up towards Helensburgh over Glen fruin and back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Fucking hell 7 hours on the bike, im building up to 3 at the moment! Respect lads, sounds like great fun, something for me to aim for next year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Great day - some really nice parts of the course. Pretty brutal - very windy - and somewhat into your face in bits. Strava says 6 hours 41 minutes. Hopefully just under 7 hours on the chip because I had 9 minutes of stops. Never managed to catch on to any peletons - which might have made a difference. A but pooped now!! All in all glad I did it - early start from North Fife - kudos to my missus for dropping me off and picking me up. And to you guys and Bold Rover in particular for selling it to me. Cheers. Top effort. Know a couple of others on the sportive who said it was difficult. I'm not much interested in timing myself - too old for that - but a cracking day out. Well organised, great food, good craic. And improved road closure arrangements, I believe. Very much so in terms of road closures. Much quicker getting started and out of Glasgow, bypassed a good few sets of lights that bunched people in the past and slowed things up. Once I got to Airdrie and the crowds had thinned out it was a very enjoyable ride, picking you pace and moving along. Very well organised, food stations are excellent, although they didn't have any milk chocolate at Kirkliston which I always enjoy getting! Thought the other riders were pretty good this year too, far less people passing in daft locations and going too fast round bends and past kids. Also didn't hear of or see any accidents this year which is a positive, however was in a crowd of folk almost taken out by an rider who lost control as you go under the bridge at Drumpellier- think he lost his water bottle, looked behind, and ended up swerving across everyone. Don't know how he didn't hit someone- the steward was not impressed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I noticed a couple of "Wiggo Wannabes" who were determined to pass at all costs but nothing too mental. And a guy at the finish line seemed desperate to push in front of me - so much so I had to swerve slightly and ended up brushing the wheel of the rider in front. Very low speed thanks to the astroturf so no damage done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 That AstroTurf was a killer at the end. My legs had gone and it felt like cycling through glue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 That AstroTurf was a killer at the end. My legs had gone and it felt like cycling through glue. That was what I was going to say. What a tough surface to ride a bike on! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unleash The Nade Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Went to Linlithgow yesterday for a wee walk and had forgotten PFS was on. It was great to see so many people, all ages and shapes and sizes on all kinds of bikes , mostly enjoying themselves. However, I have to say that when in the car and then watching some of them go by later, the lack of road awareness and respect for other road users by many of the cyclists beggared belief. I don't want to sound like some of the fuckwits who come on here and slag off cyclists, but to be honest, some yesterday didn't really look like they should have been cycling on public roads as there were some really near misses 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorel Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Enjoyable day out for me. Was with the wife so took the MTB and couldn't really go for a fast time, (started together, finish together thing) but still completed none the less. She is suffering today I tell ye. Couple of poor fellys as we passed Limerigg. Ambulance there and one with an oxygen mask on (who looked awful pale) and the other getting chest pumped. Shouts from the paramedic of cardiac arrest. I hope they are both ok. All in all I would agree it was well organised and I did enjoy the cake along the way. Road bike next year and let's see if I can get a top ten on the P&B leaderboard 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorel Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I agree UTN, some of the sheer disregard of the Highway Code, by some "cyclists" was beyond belief. That's why we get a bad name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyblair Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 For a change this year I did the Family Cycle as the wee one and the Mrs wanted to do it. Very well orgainsed at Kirkliston Leisure Centre and getting free transport from Murrayfield to Kirkliston must have been a bonus. I took the car and parked at Murrayfield first thing then cycled back to Kirky to get a bit of a warm up as I knew the cycle itself was going to be slow. Managed the 9.5 miles in under one hour with the wee one - well done to her given she is only 7. Only thing I would change is probably the start time for the Family Cycle. We set off at 9.35am (in the first wave) and kind of kept in front of the other 'family' cyclists. There were, however, a few of the 47 mile riders who came whizzing past us and I'm sure they must have been getting in amongst lots of very slow cyclists on the way, not sure what you do about this though. After the torrential rain of the Prudential London 100, it was really good to see a cracking day for it. And you are right, pedalling through long astro turf is a bit bizarre! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Went to Linlithgow yesterday for a wee walk and had forgotten PFS was on. It was great to see so many people, all ages and shapes and sizes on all kinds of bikes , mostly enjoying themselves. However, I have to say that when in the car and then watching some of them go by later, the lack of road awareness and respect for other road users by many of the cyclists beggared belief. I don't want to sound like some of the fuckwits who come on here and slag off cyclists, but to be honest, some yesterday didn't really look like they should have been cycling on public roads as there were some really near misses Disappointing to hear that. I set out a bit earlier than normal, I was at Glasgow Green at 8am and had to do registration etc before heading to start line- think it was around 8.30am I was away at. I honestly thought most of the riding was fairly decent from the people that were around me bar the one incident where a guy made a bit of a balls up. For a change this year I did the Family Cycle as the wee one and the Mrs wanted to do it. Very well orgainsed at Kirkliston Leisure Centre and getting free transport from Murrayfield to Kirkliston must have been a bonus. I took the car and parked at Murrayfield first thing then cycled back to Kirky to get a bit of a warm up as I knew the cycle itself was going to be slow. Managed the 9.5 miles in under one hour with the wee one - well done to her given she is only 7. Only thing I would change is probably the start time for the Family Cycle. We set off at 9.35am (in the first wave) and kind of kept in front of the other 'family' cyclists. There were, however, a few of the 47 mile riders who came whizzing past us and I'm sure they must have been getting in amongst lots of very slow cyclists on the way, not sure what you do about this though. After the torrential rain of the Prudential London 100, it was really good to see a cracking day for it. And you are right, pedalling through long astro turf is a bit bizarre! Hmm that is a difficult one- I guess the really fast cyclists who go early 7am starts at Glasgow Green to avoid getting in the way of the kids on the 48 miler, end up in their way for the Kirkliston run 2 hours or so later. The bit from Kirkliston to Murrayfield is probably the tightest and narrowest bit of the run too along the cycle track- I never bother trying to go fast on that section of the run and rarely overtake as it is so busy with walkers etc. Great time for a 7 year old too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I cycled 44.5 miles today. Furthest cycle by a long way. Sare. Arse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifespud Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Bike packed up and away in a van to Corsica. Off to do the Raid Corsica next week. http://www.marmot-tours.co.uk/Road-Cycling-Holidays/the-raid-corsica.html Should be interesting! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unleash The Nade Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Bike packed up and away in a van to Corsica. Off to do the Raid Corsica next week. http://www.marmot-tours.co.uk/Road-Cycling-Holidays/the-raid-corsica.html Should be interesting! Super jealous Looks awesome mate Enjoy and be safe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Back to the dark morning cycle-to-work situation. I strangely enjoy it actually. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I have had my second non commuting ride since mid July. I was getting crippling pains in my knees after reasonably big rides and told I have arthritis. So I have had two and a half months off and on some very strong anti inflammatories. Tried a 60 miler today and seems to be ok. Anyway I have bought a heart rate monitor and figure to rebuild myself using heart rate targetting over medium distances like 60 miles rather than going for epic distances. Here is to burning through all the blubber I have built up meantime. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Chase that http://www.strava.com/activities/200661439 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Chase that http://www.strava.com/activities/200661439 I've got rides on Strava with similar temperature. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I had a wheel-drain interface incident this morning. Slowly filtering (6mph tops) past stationary traffic towards a set of traffic lights then suddenly I found myself over the handlebars and on the deck. The front wheel had wedged itself perfectly into a slit of a drain, with my bike then coming to rest against someone's car (oops). There was no damage done so the driver was fine with it. A passing pedestrian helped unwedge my bike from the drain; remarkably, there doesn't appear to be any damage - certainly, I was able to continue after putting the chain back on. As for me - left leg came off worst, with a gash above the knee, some scrapes just along from it and something on my shin that will turn into an almighty bruise. And a distinct lack of pride. I knew there was a drain there but never thought anything of it because it's a filter I've done literally hundreds of times with no problems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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