Anytime! I can show you a couple of alternative routes avoiding that Wemyss Bay road. I was chatting to gmac recently about road rides, maybe time to set up another west coast run.
Wemyss Bay stretch wasn't too bad on Sunday, I started off early to miss the worst of it. The A78 dual carriageway was about the worst part of the entire route, one donkey in a car missed me by inches just before the junction where there are 3 lanes and the left coming off for Irvine, feck knows what he was thinking but I guarantee his ears were red hot before he reached the roundabout
A road run would be good, I'm sure velo would enjoy that :shock:
I still think your deluded if you believe 'anyone' can maintain 8.85mph for 14 hours. There is much more to riding a bike than just turning the pedals :roll:
I averaged 9.8mph over 102 miles around Western Ross-shire on this rod braked roadster singlespeed. I wasn't worrying about speed, just out for a cruise. There were a few climbs on the way, and there was some extended wimping out and sheltering from some horizontal rain for about an hour or so.
I generally aim to knock off 10 miles in each hour on a long ride these days. It's a pace that allows me time for brew ups, shelter stops, or a wander along any interesting tracks I see. If I was doing it for the exercise, I'd be doing it another way.