We got to the meeting point / start a little late (0930) and thought we would catch en route. But, we did not see you at all. Once it was all over, my wife was keen that we continued our bed shopping (it has been a month long saga). So we left the finish area at around 2pm just as the cyclists finished their first show. It was a good day - sorry to have missed you all.
Pedal for Scotland - Team
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HJ
Cycling in Scotland
- Location
- Auld Reekie
It was a great day out, the hardest thing was climbing the stairs when I got home. Really enjoyed it, great bunch of people to ride with, proving that CycleChat really is a friendly place.
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goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
- Location
- Leith, Edinburgh
gavintc said:
We didn't get to the finish until around 4pm, so you'd LONG gone !! Obviously the Team CC gannets spent too long filling their faces at the feed stops. I logged a rolling time of 4hrs 7 mins, so considering that we set off at 9.20 you can tell how long we spent eating & drinking
HJ
Cycling in Scotland
- Location
- Auld Reekie
I recorded a rolling time of 4 hr 8 mins, but arrived at the finish area after the main part of the team having made the stop at Hopeton (which they missed) and maybe the explanation for my gaining 1.5 Kg over the course of the day...
Indeed 'twas I, sitting on the spare tyre of my Disco, awaiting my wife and son. I met HLaB before transport in Viccy Park and just missed you all at Linlithgow, where I was attending to said wife and son, who didn't have time to wait in the lo-o-o-ng queues for food/water. We were in Tesco's carpark and I hastened across to the palace grounds to where you had been reported but you had fed and gonegoo_mason said:
.I drove on and passed HLaB +1 after SQ, then missed him/them going past where I was parked. Just managed to shout to Magnatom (for 'twas HE [bows in deference]
), then had to wait a while for mrs and master scoosh. By the time I/they got to the Finish, there was no sign of any CC jerseys - and, not being a participating cyclist, I didn't know the hostelry to which you had retired. 
. My impressions are that this event has almost become a victim of its own success, with 6,500 riders - most with no much clue of how to ride safely and fairly on the road. Too many riders going 4 abreast, swerving out without checking behind them and not being considerate of other road users. Yes, there were some idiots in cars tearing past and honking/ shouting but they did have a point. The drivers were wrong - but so were many of the cyclists. Mrs scoosh also said there were so many people on the cycle paths that quite a few times she had to get off and walk.
Glad you all enjoyed it and sorry to have missed you.
Oops, Yes - he's in the pic
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Lovely pictures Mr H Jock, but can you tell us who is who? I cannot recognise anyone from their avatars.
I had stopped past the top of the climb after Avonbridge and was waiting for mrs/master scoosh, watching people go by, trying to be encouraging, when this blue blur roared up the hill, past and away.
Mark Beaumont, just getting into his stride, big gear, going some !
Mark Beaumont, just getting into his stride, big gear, going some !
HJ
Cycling in Scotland
- Location
- Auld Reekie
Hi scoosh, your shouts of "CC team go go go" were much appreciated at a time when I was beginning to flag, thanks...
scoosh said:Indeed 'twas I, sitting on the spare tyre of my Disco, awaiting my wife and son. I met HLaB before transport in Viccy Park and just missed you all at Linlithgow, where I was attending to said wife and son, who didn't have time to wait in the lo-o-o-ng queues for food/water. We were in Tesco's carpark and I hastened across to the palace grounds to where you had been reported but you had fed and gone
I drove on and passed HLaB +1 after SQ, then missed him/them going past where I was parked. Just managed to shout to Magnatom (for 'twas HE [bows in deference]
My impressions are that this event has almost become a victim of its own success, with 6,500 riders - most with no much clue of how to ride safely and fairly on the road. Too many riders going 4 abreast, swerving out without checking behind them and not being considerate of other road users. Yes, there were some idiots in cars tearing past and honking/ shouting but they did have a point. The drivers were wrong - but so were many of the cyclists. Mrs scoosh also said there were so many people on the cycle paths that quite a few times she had to get off and walk.
Glad you all enjoyed it and sorry to have missed you. How did Tete and Mrs Tete get on ? Have they finished yet ?
I completely agree with your comments. It is a charity ride, so you are not going to get drilled clubmen competent on a chain gang, but the sheer numbers lulled many into a false sense of security that the road was closed allowing them to ride all over it. It was a struggle to pass groups riding slowly 4 abreast and as you commented pull out unexpectedly.
The path out of Glasgow suburbs was strewn with glass and too narrow for the numbers.
The loop around Hopetoun House was strange - I am not sure why it was in the route. A muddy, badly maintained farm track.
Finally, the run in to the finish on the paths of Edinburgh was criminally dangerous. We have protected the cyclists from the excesses of Edinburgh's drivers. But, in the process exposed the Edinburgh Sunday dog walker to a peleton that took no prisoners. Cyclists spread out across a shared use path, forcing all others into the grass is not my idea of fun.
HJ
Cycling in Scotland
- Location
- Auld Reekie
Speicher said:Lovely pictures Mr H Jock, but can you tell us who is who? I cannot recognise anyone from their avatars.
Hairy Jock said:It was a great day out, the hardest thing was climbing the stairs when I got home. Really enjoyed it, great bunch of people to ride with, proving that CycleChat really is a friendly place.
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Start: left to right, Tete, Mag, Goo, HJ and Dayvo.
Finish: left to right Tete, HJ, Mag, Goo, HLaB and Dayvo.
When we met at the start, we were guessing too...
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Last year the ride went through the Hopetoun House grounds/ grass, apparently it was disaster, after several thousand cyclists and constant downfall. The Road was supposed to be an alternative but it wasn't much better.gavintc said:
