Anyone up for a ride this Wednesday?

Think my knee has almost recovered from last week, and will now be wearing full body armour and be packing 3000 lumens to set fire to the heather and melt any rocks in my path.

7pm sharp at the Bonaly shop?

{whispers} forecast looks fantastic, conditions should be 100%…

Should be. 6.30 at lochin basin outside Cargo

I will try and be at the basin at 18:30

Can’t make it this week, half day booked for a long outing in the Tweed Valley 😀

Definitely be back out very soon, probably next weekend. Pedal marks on the back of my legs might have faded a bit by then too!

Might make it, feeling a bit peely wally today though, sod’s law given the weather and being off work 😐

Sounds good to me, I’ll be out anyway so should be able to swing by Bonaly for 7.

I’ll be heading out at 6.30 from Bonaly if anybody wants an earlier/faster ride.

Unfortunately not this week, darn family coming back and all 🙂

Ground was pretty dry around White Hill on Monday, I’m sure there’ll still be some muddy bits if y’all look hard enough though!

I should be along this evening, see you all at Lochrin Basin.

robgarrioch – Ground was pretty dry around White Hill on Monday, I’m sure there’ll still be some muddy bits if y’all look hard enough though!

The trick is to let TandemJeremy ride in front – if you see his back wheel go over his head, you know there is a muddy bit there 🙂

Bah!

Aye, I should be along tonight, been far too long since I’ve been out in the Pentlands.

will also be going out at 7 due to pre pre ride faff.

Ha! Hope we ain’t too slow for you 😉 Or you could give me atow up the climbs

Or do each climb twice!

I looped up into the Pentlands this morning and conditions were good – Pistachio was fine if you’re heading that way.

Just about to leave the office and trying to decide if I can face the climb up past Currie Kirk into the Pentlands or just go straight home instead!

I think I’m going to have to pass as have the lurgy, might drive to castlelaw and ride around a bit from there though, so might bump into you

Grand ride out chaps

That was lovely, cheers folks!

Will try and make it out next week if I can break the spell the skinny tyres have cast on me the last couple of weeks.

That’s if my Hemlock is even still talking to me 😳

Good ride! Always good to see new trails I hadn’t even considered…

Next Wednesday, I have plans to go down to Glentress with some pals, meeting at 7pm in the bottom carpark, if anyone fancies it.

crawled into the chippy after ten. flew down black hill in fading light, brilliant. wee bit tired this morning.

A few pics

everyone at top by TandemJeremy, on Flickr

beautiful evening by TandemJeremy, on Flickr

northwind descent by TandemJeremy, on Flickr

sunset by TandemJeremy, on Flickr
More here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25846484@N04/sets/72157626596943280/with/5663949776/

STOP THAT MAN!!! HE HAS MY BIKE!!!!!

Is that the track down towards Thriepmuir from Hare Hill?

Yup

Cheers. Not been down there in a while. Did you take the track over Hare Hill from Green Cleugh and if so how dry was it?

Up green cleugh to beyond the waterfall then left up a steep track and onto the vague track that goes round behind hare hill. Usually very wet – one or two boggy patches but remarkably dry on the whole

cheers folks. A lovely evening and a fantastic ride (except the uphill bits, I sucked at those)

Kudos to those that rode that climb out of Green Cleugh.

TJ – I’m afraid the verification of your warp speed down Beech Avenue failed. I plugged in the phone before shutting down the GPS app on the phone which, I have now discovered, causes the host PC to mount the SD card before the app has a chance to write the data. anyway, sorry 😳 you’ll have to try another day.

Arrggghhh 🙂

Never mind – it was just to prove to Druidh that its easily possible to top 40 down there. 43 on the bike speedo which is not that far out I am sure.

Cheers TJ – I’ll probably work that into a ride at the weekend.

Possibly my favourite Pentlands ride is from Balerno then over Maidens, along to Green Cleugh, over Hare Hill then down to the top of Parabolic, back into Green Cleugh, down Black Hill then home via the Nail Trail.

Kudos to those that rode that climb out of Green Cleugh.

I’ve never ridden or seen it ridden all the way to the top.

I’ve got tracks from my Garmin showing 40mph down Beech Avenue – it’s not difficult and I’m usually up to that sort of speed on it if there aren’t walkers on it.

Getting that far south is a bit far for me – even with minimal diversions I rode 30 miles last night

Parabolic? Beach ave / exponential hill?

Garry Lager rode the whole of that climb last night. Impressive. I got about halfway before collapsing in a wheezing heap

Druidh refused to believe I could easily top 40 mph down there. Glad to get confirmation

Parabolic? Beach ave / exponential hill?

All names for the same hill.

Never mind – it was just to prove to Druidh that its easily possible to top 40 down there. 43 on the bike speedo which is not that far out I am sure

bearing in mind it’s hard enough getting over 40mph on a road bike without a good stretch of hill i still reckon your speedo is way off.

tbc –

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I’ve got tracks from my Garmin showing 40mph down Beech Avenue – it’s not difficult and I’m usually up to that sort of speed on it if there aren’t walkers on it.

Its very easy to hit 40+ down there. Its not the length of the hill its thE steepness –

Hmm, think I’ll combine 1st half of last weeks ride with the 2nd half of this weeks, if I’m lucky enough to be allowed out at the weekend…
Thought it would be a spiritual one last night 🙄

Its very easy to hit 40+ down there. Its not the length of the hill its thE steepness –

Tsk tsk. What a waste of some fine rooty singletrack on Beech Avenue.

Pint of beer to the first person to do 40mph down the path on either side of the hill (without face planting), or alternatively 40mph to the first person to do 40mph up the hill.

What a waste of some fine rooty singletrack on Beech Avenue.

Absolutely, it may be quicker on the tarmac but nowhere near as much fun.