Velothon wales 9th July 2017

[Dave W]

morning all. Who's up for a smash fest tomorrow to get the best team time? I.e. Chaingang the whole while working with other people.

[Jason T]

Mark, my mate Math (who's ridden with us a few times) and myself should be at the Magic Roundabout (or just behind it on the Ocean Way stretch) for 07:00. 

[harpo]

Whats everybodys times then??

[Dave W]

7am start for everyone this morning. the pep talk went along the lines of try to work together while smashing it.

once we got away we picked up Mr Rosser, Jason and his mate mat at the magic roundabout. the speed went up and up along with lots of dodgy calls through the turns. On the newport flats across the bridge was the worst accident couple of bikes touched wheels and went down.
dipstick me managed to take a wrong turn due to a milk lorry hiding the left turn to the tumble. 500m off course back on with the Craig and Rosser chaingang.
Weather was great today and the people along the route

here are the chips times   (5947 riders rode the long route)
                    Time      Speed mph  Position
Dave W           04:05:44            21.24    107
Craig M           04:05:48            21.24    108
Allan W           04:09:02            20.96    129
steve C           04:11:25            20.76    147
Nigel W           04:15:13            20.45    189
Reece A           04:33:28            19.09    462
Nick L           04:46:39            18.21    791
Dodgy Knees   05:04:24            17:15    1276
Greg Brett   05:08:38            16.91    1422
Richard B           05:08:55            16.9      1429
Neil B           05:14:27            16.6      1623
Mike H           05:18:33           16.39     1784
andrew W   05:27:26           15.94     2062
Ross S           05:34:34           15.6       2339
Nick H           05:47:43           15:01     2857
Carrie H           05:47:43           15:01     2858
Lee E           05:47:48           15:01     2865
Kevin R           07:03:18           12:33     5138
Sion M           07:03:18           12.33      5137
Roy H           07:03:19           12.33      5139

Chips time for Tony Terry and Steve C are not showing on the website

Well done to everyone   

searching for pictures I found this Nigel sprinting over the line
https://twitter.com/Velothon/status/883994109870002176?s=08

[Toestrapsteve]

Well.done Oggies - great day for it and loads of PB's. Glad the timing chip didn't work - way slower than my 4:05:37 from last year. Needed that coffee -cheers Terry/Tony

[Greg B]

Big thanks to the oggies that helped at my second puncture with the pump and spare tube. I must carry more spares in future! I'd phoned the wife to pick me up until you guys came to the rescue.

[Nige]

Anyone know how the team results went?

[Ben]

All I know is Cardiff Ajax took the top spot.

[RoyH]

Some pics from yesterday, he didn't get everyone sorry.

https://goo.gl/photos/vSiZ88EsCSqkZeDm8

[MikeHill]

Thanks to Greg for having the second puncture otherwise I wouldn't have realised my rear wheel was loose which was why I got dropped by the amblers 😂.

Thanks to all that waited for an hour for me to finish too 👍🏾

Next year .....

[ron b]

Well done Carrie, did Nick dip on the line, or following team orders?

[MikeHill]

Thanks to Greg for having the second puncture otherwise I wouldn't have realised my rear wheel was loose which was why I got dropped by the amblers 😂.

Thanks to all that waited for an hour for me to finish too 👍🏾

Next year .....

[Carrie H]

Thanks Ron, and thanks to all who gave me encouragement and advice before, during and after the ride. It was a fabulous event. Knocked 28 minutes off my moving time and halved stoppage time since last year:chuffed. Nick is his own man but kindly stayed with me and let me ride his wheel when I dipped off between 2nd & 3rd feed, could have got a much better time without me.
  I was the fastest woman Oggie on the day 

[Dave W]

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cyclist-velothon-wales-dog-back-13329268
he rode the velothon with a dog on his back

[Nige]

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/moment-velothon-cyclist-suffered-extremely-11375903

ouch velothon crash