has this been posted yet? couldn't find owt... would like to break my wednesday night ride duck tomorrow! 6pm at cargo, correct?
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wednesday pentland ride?
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Posted 12 months ago #
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oh man there must be someone!
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I should be heading out. Will be at the Bonaly Shop shop for seven.
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I fancy it, will be at Bonaly shop for 7 if I make it.
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Woop I'll be out too!!
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ok, well i'll head to cargo for 6 as it's near where i live; if no one arrives i'll be at bonaly for 7! cheers!
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MrK - are you Menmuir's mate? I think I'm meeting the two of you tomorrow at the canal.
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nope! never met mr menmuir, or anyone! except TBC mark, when i bought some shorts... which part of the canal are you meeting and when?
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Hopefully I'll make tomorrow - see ya'll at the wee shop. I'll know for sure nearer the time.
6pm at cargo
That means you'd be even slower than me! I think it's around 6.30ish usually @ Cargo (not that I start from there).
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aha! i thought 1 hour was generous!
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MrK mkII, I pass by Cargo on my way out, I'll try to be there for 6:30, but if not should def be at the shop for 7 (I'll be on a white Whyte).
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excellent. i'll be on a black inbred (yawn!).
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nope!
Alrighty then! Simply a coincidence. I'm meeting stevenmenmuir and his buddy at 6-ish on the canal where the lower part of Viewforth crosses over. I'm assuming you'd be welcome along if you fancy a slightly earlier start! Unless he sees this and changes his mind
Kit (very green Orange)
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I'm intending to head along tonight. Will be at Cargo for 6.30.
See you there.
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others are welcome, i just wanted to get a slightly earlier start.
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I doubt I'll make it, got food poisoning on monday and don't think I can be that far from the cludgie yet! Plus I've not eaten much. boo!
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I am hoping to make it tonight. I'll aim to be at Cargo at 6.30.
I have a hidden agenda... I am volunteering with the Bike Station on their Innertube map project. I am tasked with engaging with users of the Union Canal and Water of Leith path. So, please don't think I'm a total FREAK if I spend a portion of my time photographing the ride.
(I may also be looking for a/some willing volunteer(s) for an audio interview...)
I'll be on a blue 456; IRN-BRU jacket.
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If I can get a pass from the wife I'm there. I'm confused though. Is it bottom of Viewforth at 6, Cargo at half 6, or Bonaly at 7?
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Standard times are 6.30 Cargo then whoever meets there will meet the rest at Bonaly at 7. The 6 o'clock is an earlier option tonight.
I may not be at Cargo now, trying not to get roped into football from 5-6 but if that happens I should be able to make Bonaly at 7, probably absolutely knackered!!
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Right. I'll do Cargo at half 6 if I'm allowed. I'll be on a funky metallic blue/purple Wronghorn.
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I need to be home early so I'll have to miss this one
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Great ride guys - feeling a bit broken this morning though! Was worth it for the dry trails!
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what route did you do?
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Clubbiedean - Poets - Chocolate Chute to W.o.L. into Balerno, up to Red Moss for the Boardwalk - Exponential - Green Cleugh, Black Hill, Plantation singletrack - Pistachio - Back to Easter Kinlieth farm and down 'Mushrooms' (?) to Toduff Quarry, down the steep rocky chute then back to Bonaly on the road, then the Dreghorn singletrack to round things off.
Had my first 'incident' with the Maxxis Aspens, brilliant, fast tyres, but they don't grip wet grass at speed, cue straight lining into a wall at speed and a sore elbow/hand today
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Edit - too slow - see above!
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Tyres exist that grip on wet grass?
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quite a bit of climbing on that one then chaps! I don't know the chocolate chute, but if its anything like the chocolate drop on corrie hill i get the idea.
they don't grip wet grass at speed
I'm surprised anything grips the speed you go at!
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Aha, a fellow Chocolate Drop veteran! We saw someone launch that from one of the higher embankments on the side
Al, combination of even less grip on wet grass than usual, and seriously grabby Elixirs, I didn't stand a chance.
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Yeah, that was a great ride with plenty of new trail for me. Definitely feeling all the climbing today but well worth it.
Any updates from MrK mkII on the injuries and migrane? Two pretty nasty looking falls, especially the one into the ditch.
Never made it home with my puncture, in fact only made it about 100m along the road!
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sounds like carnage last night!
I haven't even seen the chocolate drop for about 13 years, but certainly wouldn't have even thought about launching off the side bits, what with those magnetic trees and muddy 'runout' at the bottom.
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Carnage? I'd say so. I think Exponential Road was the nail in the coffin for me, but I held my own and didn't cave in until we got back to the canal. Running on fumes from there back to home. I really need to consider eating more than a ham & cheese sandwich all day before heading out on climbathons.
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Chocolate Chute to WoL - is that where you go along the estate road near Currie Kirk then take the right just before the bridge? There are two trails there, the first one being at the gravestones and it has a nice off-camber corner to drop.
I remember the Chocolate Slide from Corstorphine Hill - ah, memories...
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Great ride folks. It was 50 odd km round trip by the time I got myself home to Leith and inhaled my dinner.
Had forgotten how much fun/terror was involved in trying to keep up with the 13thfloormonk. Just about kept up on the downhills, but no chance on the climbs.
Hope everyone's mechanicals and wall/ditch escapades haven't caused any lasting damage.
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There are two trails there, the first one being at the gravestones and it has a nice off-camber corner to drop.
Its the second one, although I don't know how long its been known as Chocolate Chute (I think it should be renamed 'Pooh Alley' since the original P.A. has been flattened). I'll quite often ride back up the one with the nasty off camber rooty drop, although obviously I don't ride up the rooty drop...
Didn't realise Keiran had a second off, hope he's OK, did he get an escort home?
fun/terror
its all down to the new bike. 'Fun/Terror' is actually a very good description of the ride!
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Chocolate Chute to WoL - is that where you go along the estate road near Currie Kirk then take the right just before the bridge? There are two trails there, the first one being at the gravestones and it has a nice off-camber corner to drop.
Yes, that's the one. Turn right when heading up the Kirkgate, and Chocolate Chute is on the right half way to Balerno, just before the bend in the road at the bridge. Haven't ridden the other path you mentioned, but I think I know the one you mean.
Edit - between to it by 13th
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