An alternative to a bicycle ride DCC are organising a relaxed social evening for all DCC members, a chance to get to know people, put a name to a face without sunglasses, helmet and Lycra. It will take place Saturday the 17th of September, beginning at 7:30pm. Restaurant: Everest Inn, 78 Hospital Hill, Dunfermline. Menu Numbers need to be confirmed by Wednesday 14th September so please register your interest on the facebook event.
As part of the clubs drive to increase skill based coaching this September we will be hosting 3 coaching sessions in the fundamentals of mountain biking. Neil Daly, a British Cycling Level 2 Mountain biking coach has volunteered to coach these. They will take place on Monday the 12th, 19th and 26th at 7pm and will last an hour. Fife College has kindly given as space to host them and the directions can be found here. It is a great opportunity for those new to mountain biking to hone in on basic and fundamental skills before transferring those to the trails. The sessions are progressive so attendance of all three would be beneficial but not imperative. Session One - September 12th - Bike check
This year we fielded two teams in the annual National Scottish Team Time Trial Championships. Our A team consisted of club riders Mick Nally, Adrian Hay, Ken Thompson and Scott Jackson. The B team consisted of Scott Hutchinson, Neil Daly, Tom Bishop and Craig Buchanan. The route took place just east of Forfar, it was made up of 2 twenty mile laps. The course, although relatively straight, had some climbing and tricky turns to make staying as a team together difficult. Our A team was first to set off but a mechanical problem meant Adrian Hay couldn't make it to the start line. Despite this the trio put in a stellar performance to set a time of 01:30:04, giving them 15th fastest time of the da
