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.
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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 -
epicsteve - MemberI'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 [i]nowhere[/i] near as much fun.
I've just re-read my previous message. I think I need more coffee.
If any of you Edinburgh folk are wanting a play on bikes tonight (thursday) Edinburgh bike polo are playing in leith. Breadalbane street from 8pm onwards. Be nice to see some of you there.
we three fast ones all rode the climb out of green cleugh.
It was indeed, a grand ride, even with failing brakes. Nice to meet people finally.
i reckon he could do 50Mph if he cut his hair. and wore a skin suit. not sure you'd get anybody to witness it though.
Skin suit? I must get one.
I'm tempted to take my road bike to the top of Beech Avenue and see how fast I can get up to on the way back down.
I only have a 36 / 11 top gear so I spin out at 30 mph before I get to the steep bit and despite a good tuck I would assume a road bike is more aero. 50 mph should be feasable - we have hit that on the tandem down there but that obviously hits a higher terminal speed
I managed to get an MTB to a bit above 45mph going down Beech Avenue some time ago so on a bike with road gearing 50 should be possible.
My helmet started acting like an aerofoil and was lifting off from my head! It was only the straps that was keeping it on. 🙂
I find I reach a higher terminal velocity down Kirkgate, maybe due to the farther vanishing point... "think" I've seen 48mph down there on 26x1.25 gator-skins (don't take the decent road bike on it, too rough around that Balerno...)
Hi
Are your ride outs open invitation? id be interested in getting out more, learning some new local trails and basically meeting a few more mtb people in Edinburgh area.
I've been down Kirkgate on the road bike quite a few times. The road surface is so bad that I find I have to slow down for bits, so don't think I've seen over 40mph down there.
The main issue with trying the roadbike down Beech Avenue is that I'd have to ride it up first! Even though my bike has 34:28 as it's granny gear I'm still not all that keen (although I did get almost all the way up on a singlespeed once)!
Beardy - absolutely. Social rides open to all. Please come along.
Good Stuff TandemJeremy,Ill look fwd to it.
Is it a weekly run you arrange? arrange via this forum?
Beardy - its not my rides - I am not in charge.
However we have been trying to get out every Wednesday evening - meet 6.30 at cargo at lochrin basin or 7 at the wee shop in bonally. Someone will post up on tuesday normally to confirm.
Open to all. Its a social ride not a training ride
Beardy - in case you don't know it, the wee shop is at the corner of [url= http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bonaly+avenue&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=10.706311,28.081055&ie=UTF8&ll=55.900546,-3.257596&spn=0.004956,0.013711&z=16 ]Bonaly Avenue and Bonaly Road[/url]
a grand ride, even with failing brakes
hey Kunstler, a grand ride indeed. I have those MPH3 spares for you, sent an email to your profile address.