Ken Laidlaw Sportive route starts at Hawick and tours the Scottish Borders and finishing back at Hawick. The long route is a distance of 104 miles (168 Km), and has 10 big climbs totalling 2422m.
Well done to Robbie for taking on this beast of a Sportive, great effort mate.
Find out more about the route and photos/results:
http://www.kenlaidlawsportive.co.uk/
No for wimps!
COG Velo
Outstanding effort from all who took part in the Highland Perthshire challenge.Ben 1st for the men and Kirsty 1st for the ladies!
COG Velo top the table with Chris (2nd) and Pete (3rd) taking the top 3 places in the 50 mile route and also finishing in an impressive time was Alasdair (26th).
The 100 mile COG guys had a rather frustrating time of it with Nick sustaining 4 punctures and a broken front derailleur 🙁 Even with all their troubles they still managed to finish in the top 20 with Pedro taking 6th, Jamie 7th and Nick finishing 17th overall.
Hope the road markings on the Collace climb spurred you guys on 😉
Results for 50 mile highland sportive
Results for 100 mile highland sportive
Looks like some were too fast for the official photographer on the day – ha ha!
Well done everyone
COG Velo
Big numbers last night with 10 riders hitting the hills of Carse. Nice short loop with climbs up Knapp and Jock’s Brae. Some people showing their form with Russell and Nick sprinting up Jock’s Brae, great effort guys.
Inchture > Longforgan > Knapp > Jock’s Brae > Collace > Knapp > Longforgan > Inchture
http://www.strava.com/activities/76744606
Distance: 47km
Elevation: 550m
Good ride folks!
COG Velo
This Sunday St. Andrews will host the St. Andrews Sportive cycle event now in its 2nd year and bigger than last year, with over 400 riders this year. There are a choice of 3 routes 48 miles, 66 miles and 88 miles with 4427 feet of climbing. Looks like they will be very nice routes through fife with some interesting climbs.
For more information visit St. Andrews Sportive website
We would like to wish our Carse of Gowrie entrants the best of luck.
COG Velo
Good luck to all who are taking part in the Highland Perthshire Challenge on Saturday. Most are riding the shorter route 50 miles however some are tackling the 100 miles – tough nuts! As it is a very local Sportive close to Carse of Gowrie, finishing at Perth Airport the plan is to ride back to Glencarse Highland Games for beers. Find out more from their facebook page.
Anyone wishing to take part or for route information visit: Highland Perthshire Challenge website.
Ride hard and have fun!
COG Velo
As planned we cycled up to Little Glenshee which ordinarly would have been a very pleasant and scenic cycle however as we arrived at Perth the weather took a turn for the worst and it rained on and off for the remainder of our ride. The climb into little Glenshee itself was enjoyable not to steep and much longer than some expected. We should definately visit again sometime perhaps part of a longer ride and hopefully when the weather is much better i.e. no rain!
Good turn out with 10 riders including a new member Ali who came with us until Perth. Nice meeting you and hope to see you out again with us.
‘Superb navigational skills from Pete 🙂 ‘
Inchture > Rait > Perth > Almondbank > Pitcairngreen > Little Glenshee > Tullybelton > Bankfoot > Burrelton > Abernyte > Inchture
http://www.strava.com/activities/74977011
Distance: 88km
Elevation: 920m
Well done everyone especially due to the horrible rain, hope everyone dry’s out ready for next weeks ride.
COG Velo
The plan for tonight is to ride Little Glenshee near Creiff. Weather looks dull and windy, hopefully the rain will stay away.
Inchture > Perth > Almondbank > Pitcairngreen > Little Glenshee > Bankfoot > West Tofts > Kincalven > Burrelton > Abernyte > Inchture
http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=589608
Please be prepared with warm clothes, food, water and lights! Any questions check out the discussion forum.
COG Velo
Russell and Brian took part in yesterday’s Duathlon at Monikie Country Park. They completed in an amazing 2nd and 4th place overall respectively. Russell even clocked the fastest 10K on the day – well done sir. (They are not brothers by the way).
The girls Arlene and Nikola fancied the tougher challenege of the swim aswell, taking part in the Triathlon yesterday. Completing the challenge in very respectable times indead – well done ladies.
The results can be viewed from the organisers website:
http://www.eventfull.biz/
COG Velo
Well done goes to Kirsty for last weekend’s great effort in the Cairngorm Bike Festival mountain bike race finishing an impressive 3rd overall in the ladies category. Russell also took part however, he struggled to stay on his bike and lost some time when he fell off.
Cairngorms Bike Festival MTB – 4th August 2013
Results can be found here:
http://www.cairngormsbikefestival.co.uk/2013/08/race-results-released/
COG Velo
This week numbers were slightly lower due to the holiday season but still we had 6 riders out enjoy the lovely weather, including 1 new member Neil – hope to see you out again. Everybody seemed to enjoy the route which turned out to be slightly longer than usual and covering 650m elevation! Nice sprinting up Glendoick from everyone Nick and Chris just making it to the top first – nice work chaps. Strong effort out of Newtyle guys even with the slight head wind.
Inchture > Glendoick > Perth Airport > Balbeggie > Kinrossie > Newtyle > Auchterhouse > Muirhead > Fowlis > Longforgan > Inchture
http://www.strava.com/activities/73205732
Distance: 70km
Elevation: 650m
Well done everyone!
COG Velo
