3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross - Sunday 26.09.10

Fyrishbikes team rider Gordymac(VCM) has secured an entry in the 48th annual 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross race in the Yorkshire Dales national park.   Based at Helwith Bridge near Settle, North Yorkshire the race route is 38 miles long taking in the climbs of Ingleborough(723M), Whernside(736m) and Pen-y-Ghent(694m).

Look out for training reports in the coming weeks.

Day ride- Sunday 08.08.10 

• Day rides start from the Crawl park in Alness at 10.00 unless otherwise stated.

Evening ride- Tuesday 10.08.10

• Evening rides leave from the Crawl at 19.00 unless otherwise stated.

Puffer Lite 12 hour- Saturday 26.06.10

Saturday evening saw Fyrishbikes riders in action at the summer Puffer 12 hour race.  Alek and David were soloing and Gordymac was mixing it up in trios.  A fine night was in store for the participants with the puffer course holding no surprises with dry and dusty conditions.   David and Alek started steady and continued it right through with an excellent 3rd and 5th place respectively.  Gordymac, Donnie & Cherie also kept things fast and steady throughout the night and finished 1st in mixed trios and 2nd overall in trios.

Well done to all the Fyrishbikes riders.

Puffer 12- Saturday 26.06.10

Sxc Champs Fort William- Sunday 13.06.10

Fyrishbikes riders Mike and Gordymac travelled to Fort William for the 2010 Scottish Championships on Sunday.  After overnight rain conditions were muggy for race day with the West Highland midge reveling in the conditions.

Mike(CFCC) was first off in Grand vet covering three laps of a very demanding course with a monster climb and big technical descent made even more arduous by the mud.  Mike placed 7th in a time of 1:26:44.

Gordymac(VCM) was next off in Master riding four laps of the course which by now resembled little of the morning races. 

Plenty of crashes on the descent thinned out the field before a last gasp sprint to the line for 7th place in a time of 1:39:36.

Fyrishbikes friend Ruari Watt(WHW) placed 2nd despite having a first lap puncture.  Well done to all the riders.

10 Under the Ben- Saturday 15.05.10

Fyrishbikes riders were in action at Nevis range on Saturday,  Alek(SQW) placed 18th overall which was good for 10th in senior solo with 9 laps whilst Henry Cruickshank placed 29th overall with 8 laps putting him 18th in senior solo.

Local rider Iain Maclennan placed 40th overall completing 8 laps on the way to 24th senior solo.

The Boys team comprising of Alness Academy pupils past and present,  John Allison, Terry Kemp, Steven Baikie and Ewan Sinclair with an average age of 16.25 completed 8 laps on the way to 9th overall giving them a very respectable 5th place in senior quads.

Etape Caledonia- Sunday 16.05.10

 

Four Fyrish riders took to the start line in Sheildaig on Saturday morning in glorious sunshine, riding for their respective teams a good day was had by all.

Fyrish team friend Miles Stubbs of Lochcarron riding for Square wheels in his first Bealach came home in 235th place in a time of 3:26:57.

Climb placing & times :

Well done to all those that took part.

A small group of Fyrish riders gathered in the West Highlands on Sunday to ride the Ciaran path descent from Blackwater dam back to Kinlochleven. 

Met with a little white fluffy cloud day the temperature was even high enough to allow Ewan's usual wifebeater to be banished to his pack for the climb. 

After a short descent to beneath Blackwater dam and a sessioning climb back up on slickrock we took to the descent proper.  With a spell of dry weather this was the driest any of us have seen the Ciaran path.

Now any ride down the Ciaran path would not be complete without Ruari having a puncture and with only a token dribble of latex in the tyre it wasn't going to seal.