One of our biggest turn outs so far on a club night! I counted 13 riders at the beginning and by the end we were 14, very impressive. Good pace last night and some fast times going up the hills – well done. Great night for it, sun was out and the wind was fine to which makes a change. And only 1 puncture last night for poor Nick (see photo).
How to join our friendly cycling club in the Carse of Gowrie.
Carse of Gowrie Velo are an affiliated British Cycling federation club.
We advise anyone interested in taking the leap in joining a cycling club. To first come along and give it a go. Our club rides are every Thursday evening at 6.30pm from Inchture Hotel. This will give you an idea of what it’s like to ride in our group and see the ability/pace of our club.
We vary our routes but generally we cover 30-50km on our short rides and on the 3rd Thursday of every month we go for a long ride about 80km. More information can be found on our Club Rides page.
COG Velo Membership
Once you have been out and think its definately for you then join up via our club link below: Join COG Velo
Good turn out with 9 riders up for the Tour de Tay last night, with 2 new riders along for the ride (Nick & Jamie). Well done guys it certainly was not a slow pace last night hope you are not too sore today! Weather was a cold evening and the wind was at times unpleasant, however we battled through and had an enjoyable ride through Perthshire and Fife.
We will be doing a Tour de Tay this Thursday 23rd May 2013. Usually a clockwise trip to Dundee over Tay road bridge through Wormit – Newport – Newburgh – Perth over to Carse of Gowrie and finish up at Inchture Hotel. Hope to see a big turn out this week, many coggers returning from a cycling break in Majorca with good miles in their legs.(Lucky chaps!) Any questions or suggestions then please discuss in our forum.
We will meet at the usual place Inchture Hotel 6.30pm
Please note for any new comers this can take 3hours or more to complete the 52miles so you may want to remember warm clothes, food and lights.
What a nice evening it was for a club ride. Sun and no rain with a little wind. Two new faces joined us last night which was good Will and Kieran. Hopefully we didn’t put you off with the tough little climbs Kilspindie and Glen Carse we took you up.
COG Velo in the papers again!
Etape article in the Perthshire Advertiser, Tuesday 14th May. Great photographs of some of the Carse of Gowrie riders in full kit after their stunning performance at Etape Caledonia, Pitlochry.
Thank you to our sponsors Miller Hendry and Medical & Dental Financial Planners.
We would also like to thank Marie Curie Cancer Care for a well organised fantastic event this year and the fab photograph above!
A very strong performance from Carse of Gowrie at Etape Caledonia 2013 with many of our riders sub 4 hours. Our highest placed male rider was Russell and our highest placed female rider was Steph – congratulations to you both. It is a fantastic route from Pitlochry through scenic Perthshire, up over Schiehallion and arriving back in Pitlochry after covering 131Km (82 miles) and climbing 1300 metres.
Race Times
You can look at the results from the Etape website.
Thank you to our sponsors Miller Hendry and Medical & Dental Financial Planners. We would also like to thank Marie Curie Cancer Care for a well organised fantastic event this year and the fab photograph above!
Epic performance from all COG Velo at the Etape Caledonia Pitlochry with 9 riders in the Top 100 and a couple of riders that did particularly well were Russell and Steph finishing the quickest from our Team. And those who lead the group from the front much Kudos! We were looking awesome in our new kit and the photographers took a keen interest as you can see from The Courier today front page and page 10.
Weather conditions were quite good with just the wind to deal with no rain and not too hot.
Thank you to our sponsors Miller Hendry and Medical & Dental Financial Planners.
6 keen COG cyclists out for a little spin before the Etape Calendonia on Sunday. Our ride was through Longforgan up to Fowlis loop back down then up Jock’s Brea and down Abernyte to finish at Inchture. Weather was ok not windy and only some rain but the roads were very muddy! Nice easy pace.
One of our biggest turn outs so far on a club night! I counted 13 riders at the beginning and by the end we were 14, very impressive. Good pace last night and some fast times going up the hills – well done. Great night for it, sun was out and the wind was fine to which makes a change. And only 1 puncture last night for poor Nick (see photo).
