Amblers 18th May 2014

[Paul Longthorn]

Sorry won't be out on tomorrow's club run. Hope to have had a massive night of celebration, after watching Hull City lift the FA cup. Or more likely trying to forget the hammering The gunners have delivered. I Will be out next week. Who is going to post a route? Enjoy

[Tom]

Bwllch from Ogmore Vale side then down to Porthcawl for coffee??

[MarkLomax]

Hi all!

Any chance a newbee can ride out with the amblers tomo???

[Tom]

yes of course-all welcome.9.00 at the Triangle,Brackla-outside Physique.See you tomorrow

[MarkLomax]

Cool. Thanks. I can watch the Giro now there's no need to ride today ;-)

[Mark Pope]

Sounds like a good route Tom. See you tomorrow.

[Chris Reed]

Glad I put my 12-27 on today!

[Tom]

Tigers can hold their heads high Paul-much better performance than the Bluebirds 6 years ago today.I think Ramsey made the difference-no doubt drawing on tips he picked up from me via his Mum ,Marlene during the many years she suffered as my P.A.

[harpo]

whats a 12-27???

[Tom]

A LOW gear!!

[RichardB]

The rear cassette Haydn. Ideally you want a large sprocket on the back such as a 27 or 28 for climbing.

[Tom]

17 riders left Brackla on a combines Pacers/Amblers ride.No-one having any better suggestions we followed my proposed route to Coity,Bryncethin,old road to Llangeinor,back road to the Bwllch then down the Afan Valley to PT.Rather than heading for Porthcawl as Terry warned us it was so busy yesterday we might wait an hour for a coffee we headed to Parc Slip for our coffee stop.Very pleasant sunny ride,a few incidents to report though.
First I'm worried Steve Chapman's eyesight may be going the way of mine-he says he saw our Club Captain having come down the Bwllch ride past us.I'm sure if it was Paul he'd have turned round and climbed it again just to be with his club-mates.
Second I saw Chris G en route who'd gone on his own for a hillier ride as he assumed Mark R wasn't going to be out as he hadn't posted anything.Mark who was with us says Chris should have been at Physique by 9!
I'm sorry this sub-standard report doesn't list everyone by name but a good proportion were called 'Mark'including Mark(Redbeard)out on his first club-run 6 months after taking up cycling.I'm sorry it was a hillier route than usual Mark -you did well and it'll be easier next week-unless you can join us for a mid-week ride,I'm hoping to get out  on Tuesday but will post separately.

[RichardB]

Well reported Tom! Great numbers today. And great to be out in the sun.

[harpo]

there was another new rider called marshall, he did really well!really enjoyed the ride!

[Paul Longthorn]

Yes Steve Chapman's eye sight was correct escaped for an hour up the Bwlch to ride off my hangover. Sounds like a great turn out this week. Thanks for the route And report Tom. See you all next week.