34 miles 988 feet climbed Average Speed 10 VMax 32.5 mph In which the Blank Family discovers the assistive properties of a stonking tailwind and Suzy wishes she had gone out on her bike a bit more before we left. Great nights sleep followed by a top notch breakfast at Read more…
Distance travelled 37 miles Climb 1600 feet Average speed 10mph Falls 2 Submissions 0 In which we have discovered the perils of crosswinds, the pleasure of tailwinds and travelled under the protection of the Windy Budgie. The best night’s sleep I’ve had in ages at the Harris Hotel in Tarbert, Read more…
Distance 28 Miles (for most of us) Climb 939 feet Souls retained – 100% Max speed – not recorded but I doubt we saw 12 mph Wind speed – Cataclysmic. No goblins appeared during the night to claim my soul (as far as I know), breakfast was amazing and depsite Read more…
Miles covered 32 Falls – none Greatest temperature difference experinced in a 20 minute period – 8 degrees Average speed – very high due tailwind Neolithic monuments visited – 2 I can’t recommend the hostel highly enough – it’s utterly unique – we all had the best night’s sleep so Read more…
Distance covered 28 miles People bumped into 4 Rescues made 2 Max Wind – Off scale In which we are rescued by a Bernie Fish (world’s best landlord 2015) and people are encountered who are stangely familiar but are also unable to carry off a tweed hat. “Well if you Read more…
The End Two years ago I was telling another Riderz parent that we had been inspired by a holiday story of their’s to get the ferry to the Isle of Barra and cycle the Southern Western Isles. There was a brief pause whilst they composed their features before exclaiming, slightly incredulously Read more…
One of the reasons we started a blog in the first place was in order to keep a record of stuff that we had done, seen or been involved in as a club. Facebook has proved to be a very useful tool for keeping in touch but it can be Read more…
We are delighted to announce that BT have become a supporter of the club by providing a significant donation towards coach training. The training of coaches, both initial and ongoing, is vital to the continued success of the club and we are delighted to receive this generous support.
Technical difficulties meant there were not enough photos of the Crit on the Green cake stall. We hope this short selection goes someway to rectifying this.
CRIT ON THE GREEN! Wow. It was windy and wet. Proper Glasgow weather, on the upside it wasn’t as bad as people feared it might be. Over 200 entrants, a cake stand of EPIC proportions. There was soup too, and coffee! So a massive thanks to everyone who was involved, Read more…
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