Typical,
nice weather all week, Made the trip up to Kirroughtree for a ride round the best made singletrack bar none.
It started to rain 10 miles before the trail centre and stopped 1/4 hour before we finished, Bloody weather.
Sorry about the quality, but i'm as good at taking photos as I am at riding.
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cheers
Dave
I'm going to have to go back arn't I and see if I can do that first chute. Had some serious fear when I rode it and bottled it. Hopefully future rides will be a bit sunnier for you.
Every visit to a trail centre has been honking it down lately.
unlike Gib, eh Simon?
Nice shots, that place is such fun to ride, it really is.
True - but then I pulled a calf muscle at footie this week so am just resting up and not riding today in order to ensure i can make the most of Easter (Casares, Malaga DH, and prob a local loop) 🙂
Nice pics fella didnae even see ya whip out that bad boy. Good to see ya got back in one piece and dried out ok.. I managed to get back a bit earlier than I thought but it was still a good trek!!.
Maybe one day we'll have some of the famed Rivi STW Massive ride weather with us eh!!!.
One question tho, have ya not twisted the camera for that last pic... surely it was vertical!!! ;o)
No Grant, it's nearly flat!
your just bigging it up 🙂
Just got to dry everything now
Spawny b'stard. I love Kirry me.
Lowey it was good, but it absolutely honked it down.
I'll give you a shout next time we are off there.
it really is the best man made Singletrack of all the Stanes.
Pity it's so far away.
Vortex
I feel I am edging closer to being able to have the whole of June off, free to ride. I'll be based out of Dumfries so nearer the time I may well see about getting a few group rides going around the Stanes area.
Great idea Simon, there are plenty of STW rides 'dan sarf' a couple in the 7 Stanes would be crackin !
Yeah - I am hoping to meet Trekster and look at maybe doing a Stane or two one day, and then maybe look at doing a natural ride on a second day. Maybe I can get help from one or two other Borders riders to help guide too. I like the idea of a West Coast meet though and will get that sorted, assuming I am allowed to leave work end of May. I'll post a thread maybe end of April to see who is interested and just to let people know it may happen.
Dave if you are going give me a shout as well ta never been but if Lowey can ride it I will look like a bike god 😉
Heh - someone posted a photo recently from the top looking down from McMoab and it's a totally different kettle of fish to your photo! I can't ever see myself managing that one.
The problem with that John is that we will have to 'drive to ride'. You never know you might like it.
That chute was bloody steep. Not sure why the perspective has altered on the photo.
'Trail God Johnny' It certainly has a ring to it
i figure if you are driving anyway it is more like using a bus.....hoisted up by own petard though fair dig ....I am going to Swaledale as well .... I seem to have caught the bug....off to re eavaluate principles
Simon... this is mine...
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I rode everything ok with the exception of the chute. I was solo and had a long drive home was my excuse. Mind you, this was back when I was ok on the tech stuff... bloody rubbish now. No mojo at all.
Dave.. deffo give me shout when your next out on a trip mate.
Lowey
Thank you! It's like looking at two totally different chutes! Your photo has "in traction for 12 weeks" written all over it.
Remember seeing a vid on youtube of one lad riding up it!!
I love Kirroughtree I try and ride it once a month it's 90 mile away but always worth it I always ride it solo so usually give the chute a miss though have rode it when I have my brave head on.
How long does it take to drive up there vortex?
Danny, I think I made it in about a whisker under 3 hrs.
2 hours for you then Danny!!!!
Lowey is spot on took us 2 and 3/4 hours with no stop.
It's the same distance as Inners and GT for us lot.