Kinross sportive 2011
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aberal
Guru
- Location
- Midlothian
pickup1980
Active Member
- Location
- edinburgh
does anyone know if there is a train station near the start
ACS
Legendary Member
- Location
- Just below the snow line
The nearest is Lochgelly or Cowdenbeath at about 11 miles away or Perth at 17 miles.
kfinlay
Must Try Harder
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
Cowdenbeath is the closest at 9 miles and a easy cycle at that.
Halfmanhalfbike
Über Member
- Location
- Edinburgh
Yep. Pretty much all downhill or flat from Cowdenbeath to Kinross
Yep. Pretty much all downhill or flat from Cowdenbeath to Kinross
Yep. Except for the uphill bits - into the wind.
Halfmanhalfbike
Über Member
- Location
- Edinburgh
Well yeah OK there is one uphill bit but the wind's usually at your back
Funny, but when I ride - the wind is usually in my face !
Halfmanhalfbike
Über Member
- Location
- Edinburgh
Just come back from a recce of the Red route. In the car tho'!
There are some nasty little short climbs on the route but I think "rolling" best describes it
The extra bit they've added on to avoid Auchterarder is going to be a swine. Lots of 100m steep bits
But...................................the state of some of the back roads is horrendous.
Huge lumps of tarmac everywhere. Potholes, bits washed away. You name it. It was bad enough in the car. Had to creep over some of the worst bits it was so bumpy
If the roads aren't sorted before the event I'm taking at least 4 inner tubes with me
There are some nasty little short climbs on the route but I think "rolling" best describes it
The extra bit they've added on to avoid Auchterarder is going to be a swine. Lots of 100m steep bits
But...................................the state of some of the back roads is horrendous.
Huge lumps of tarmac everywhere. Potholes, bits washed away. You name it. It was bad enough in the car. Had to creep over some of the worst bits it was so bumpy
If the roads aren't sorted before the event I'm taking at least 4 inner tubes with me
Gravity Assisted
New Member
This will be my first Sportive in the UK - really looking forward to it.
I have noticed some pretty awful potholes round here - West Lothian. Should make life "interesting".
I have a question - the site says you can start between 9 and 10 - Why? Does anyone really wait til after 9 to start?
I have noticed some pretty awful potholes round here - West Lothian. Should make life "interesting".
I have a question - the site says you can start between 9 and 10 - Why? Does anyone really wait til after 9 to start?
Dalgety Trev
New Member
A request for anyone riding (or driving, walking etc) any part of the Sportive Kinross routes. If you see any potholes or really bad bits of road get them logged on http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/
There is no guarantee that they will be fixed but at least the council will be aware of them.
I think the organisers have done a recent (post snow) survey of some of the route & will be doing a full assessment & report to the council in due course.
RE the question on start time. Its because its NOT a race & its NOT a mass start due the obvious issues of releasing 650 riders onto fairly minor open (to other traffic) roads. So a rather generous window has been allocated to allow people to arrive, get registered and leave (in small groups) when they are ready. Its a formula that works well for other sportives. For anyone riding please keep an eye on the website as the time window for registration and starting will be widened due to the increase in numbers.
If you are in West Lothian, you can't be far from a CC Ecosse Forum Ride, coming to a route near you .... as soon as the weather improves/ someone arranges one/ we are fit enough to do more than 20km
We look forward to meeting you before the Kinross ride
