Pedal For Scotland 2009

[Scoosh]

I have got a car so could throw bike in the back of that and drive into to near the finish if parking is at all possable there (but I suspect that lots of others will be trying that also so parking could be a nightmare)

Have been half keeping an eye on the cycle chat ride thread but still not convinced that my fitness level is enough yet. I know that you go at the speed of the slowest rider etc but I am a bit worried about holding everyone up so much.

No problem with the car parking - if need be you can leave it chez scoosh, all of 4 corners from Viccy Park.

holding everyone up so much

Actually, HLaB, Mags and the other greyhounds need the pauses to try and read a gps with sunglasses on - then still go in the wrong direction . As SB has said, it's the pace of the slowest rider - and Hairy Jock is a very good, understanding and encouraging sheepdog

 

[goo_mason]

Suspect from looking at a map I know where the route went and it would not have been up the gorge..

I have got a car so could throw bike in the back of that and drive into to near the finish if parking is at all possable there (but I suspect that lots of others will be trying that also so parking could be a nightmare)

Have been half keeping an eye on the cycle chat ride thread but still not convinced that my fitness level is enough yet. I know that you go at the speed of the slowest rider etc but I am a bit worried about holding everyone up so much.

I only cycle as a commuter, doing a round trip of 20 miles a day, 4 days a week. I'm almost 16st, and I managed it last year without any problems. If I can do it, anyone can. Up until then I'd only ever done a max of 10 miles at any one sitting.

There was even a wee boy of about 5 who did it on his tiny bike !!

So you'll manage no bother, marooncat.

 

[HJ]

Where does the route go and what sort of time do people tend to take to do this in? Think some of the people on here could do 55 miles before breakfast without breaking a sweat but I would find it hard going

Admittedly it is rather disconcerting when you are leaving Linlithgow to meet riders coming the other way with their medals but there were only two of them... don't let that put you off, there was one guy doing it on a rickshaw last year, I did offer him a fare but he declined...

... As SB has said, it's the pace of the slowest rider - and Hairy Jock is a very good, understanding and encouraging sheepdog

Woof Woof...

 

[Dayvo]

there was one guy doing it on a rickshaw last year

We saw some fella finish on a Chopper!

 

[goo_mason]

Here's the wee man that did PfS :


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz8QAUwQd3Y

 

[HLaB]

Here's the wee man that did PfS :


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz8QAUwQd3Y

The wee lad showed a good pace considering he had just cycled 50miles; a future Tour de France winner.
The one I liked was that wee lass (not much older) we saw just after Linlithgow passing plenty of folk struggling up the hill.

 

[marooncat]

I also had a monster of a hybrid.

You will be fine.

I only cycle as a commuter, doing a round trip of 20 miles a day, 4 days a week. I'm almost 16st, and I managed it last year without any problems. If I can do it, anyone can. Up until then I'd only ever done a max of 10 miles at any one sitting.

Yeah thats me, fat girl on a Hybrid

 

[ACS]

Yeah thats me, fat girl on a Hybrid

Don’t you mean 'Rubenesk'?

 

[HJ]

Arch and Patrick, eat your harts out...