Robbie Semple easily picks up the superlight carbon fibre cycle.
A cyclist has a new set of wheels after winning a carbon bre bike that was vital to an epic trip to Oban. Kintyre man Robbie Semple won the machine in a rathe ather charity cyclist Willie ‘Big Bill’ Neilson, from Dunbeg, rode it from Land’s End to Oban and raised £14,000.
Another Argyll link was completed when former Chennai Six pirate hunter Billy Irving, from Connel, piped Neilson into Glasgow during his epic ride. Irving and Neilson were team-mates at Taynuilt Shinty Club and members had raised money during the ex-paratrooper’s incarceration in an Indian jail. Semple was delighted to win the superlight bike and said: ‘Willie bought it new in March just for the charity ride for the Beatson. ‘I received the bike a couple of weeks ago ather it had been serviced by the Rusty Bike Shed in Taynuilt, as part of Willie’s deal.’