Velo Club Balrothery Inaugural Sportive: 14 April

koutoubia · 18-03-2019 4:27pm

linky to routes....
https://www.facebook.com/events/2249161558676257/permalink/2264396963819383/?notif_t=page_post_reaction&notif_id=1552920817341959

koutoubia · 12-04-2019 7:14am

Dont forget this is happening this Sunday!

koutoubia · 12-04-2019 8:29am

...oh and sign on is form 08.30!

Mercian Pro · 14-04-2019 1:53pm

Great event despite that wind and an early puncture. Thanks and well done to all involved in organising, marshalling, food etc. Looking forward to seeing the photos.

magicbastarder · 14-04-2019 2:06pm

Yeah, that was a windy day for it. Didn't make it myself unfortunately but passed a few people on it out near Garristown.

Wishbone Ash · 14-04-2019 3:01pm

Really enjoyed that. Excellent route full of twists and turns with no long boring segments. Whoever planned it certainly managed to get plenty of climbing into a relatively short route. Thanks to all involved.

triggermortis · 15-04-2019 1:28am

Fairly tough day given the wind. Missed a turn somewhere around Stamullem but got back on track easily enough. Had a group of 4 that worked fairly well most of the way round. Had to head off soon after finishing, but my legs are feeling it now....

koutoubia · 15-04-2019 8:32am

Thanks lads.
It was a learning curve for us and it only means that we can learn from it and make it better next year.
Route wise : we wanted to make it interesting rather then making it lenghty ie trying to make it 100km for the sake of it. Hopefully we got somewhere near that.

Thanks to everyone who showed up and for your support.
Myself and detones and the other organisers deffo appreiated it.
A special thanks to Harry Belafonte form this parish for going out of his way to come up and help out. Every helping hand counted yesterday.
Thanks again.

Harrybelafonte · 15-04-2019 5:06pm

Glad to help out, K.

Congrats to all who undertook that day. I was on what I think was the first corner off the main road and everyone looked to have already had enough of the wind by then. Glad everyone enjoyed it.

triggermortis · 15-04-2019 10:23pm

Is there anywhere to view the photos taken on the day?

koutoubia · 15-04-2019 10:34pm

I will ask tomorrow when they are going up.

koutoubia · 16-04-2019 2:53pm

Pics up......
https://www.facebook.com/veloclubbalrothery/posts/1069281756529063?notif_id=1555419878614072&notif_t=page_post_reaction

lledlledlled · 31-12-2019 2:18pm

Hi all, sounds like a great event. Any details on the 2020 plan?

koutoubia · 31-12-2019 3:21pm

Yep.
Same routes as they seemed to go down well.
Just need to nail down a date.We were looking at a similar date but wont confirm it!

Velo Club Balrothery Inaugural Sportive: 14 April

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