Aye!
The first two climbs were crazy, seemed to be a race to see who could burn out first!! Glad it evened out a bit after that as I seriously suspected I was going to get left behind.
Great fun though, been a while since I got out on a relaxed ride with the wheels off the ground a fair bit!
Good to meet you all.
Steve
Great fun last night. Cheers to Stevemtb and northwind for lifts.
will have to do it again soon.
Chris
Pentlands wasn't too bad either - bit damp as expected but still good slippery fun!
I couldn't have got back in time to go up pentlands anyway but it looked a bit dreich anyway, how many turned out?
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All good fun though, although I started to notice how bad I smelt when standing in the chippy, I think there was more than just mud in some of those puddles 
Novelty of having an Aspen tyre on the front in the wet is starting to wear off though, big bars or not its sometimes a little tricky trying to find the edge of the tyre when slipping sideways round another corner...
Yeah - there was a lot of sheep crap around - I stank when I got home!
mmm is nice! i think the sheep wee gets washed into puddles too, does get a bit musky up there when its wet. hope you kept your mouths shut!
The dilemma is do you shower before tucking into your chippy, or just throw on some sacrificial clothes and eat with the mud still dripping off your face?
Actually, slight digression, Stu, did you say you'd entered the Selkirk Marathon or are you in Canada? I've just entered the sportive and the marathon.
I didn't get out myself last night - hope to get out tonight instead.
13thFM - where's the dilemma? Admittedly the stinking of sheep sh!t does make it a bit closer to a dilemma but the hot chippy comes before a long hot shower. Otherwise you have to have a quick shower and a cool chippy which is no post ride reward!
I've never come back from the Pentlands stinking of sheep shite but I did once come back smelling particularily bad after I fell into the boggy pond that's just beside the Red Moss boardwalk. SWMBO made me go into the shower with my kit still on!
13thFM - where's the dilemma?Whatever it was I smelt of smelt pretty virulent, I couldn't really bear to be in the same room as myself.
By a cunning masterstroke though, I got extra vinegar on the chips, which combatted the smell of deceased badger/fox vomit and allowed me to relax and enjoy my dinner.
Haven't entered yet but will do - for both the sportive and 100km.
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