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Oi - I ain't a troll
LOL @ TJ - you've confessed to as much in the past - or, let me guess, will you now find a way of distinguishing your behaviour?
*sulks*
Ok - I don't troll as much as I used to 🙂
Anyway - some of my best friends are trolls
I'm not a troll. Oh hang on....
Xan - I'd love to make it a regular ride; I'm training for a Glasgow-JoG ride at the end of August using Sustrans routes and need to get the big miles in and 8 hours a day in the saddle. I'm setting aside Sundays for riding otherwise I won't find the time. I'll post up again if there a lot of Glasgow folk wanting to join in.
ml - hi... not sure if we've met...?
Hope you have a great day. Sort of thing I may be tempted to do another time, particularly as you'll be going right past my house.
Oh and their re-sufacing the canal paths just now, so time for the full sus, lol!
Proline85 - you don't do a spot of racing, do you? 😉
I did edinburgh - falkirk wheel and back again last year. Never ever again! It had rained loads so wasn't quite the clean/mess free ride i was after and it began to feel really samey by the time i got to falkirk - and then i had to go back again. 🙁
Am builing my mtb back up again Lee, so once i'm sorted (and have remembered to ride offroad) i'll drop you an email and we can sort a ride out.
Hope it can be made a regular thing. I'm free two weeks on Saturday (30th April) if anyone fancies it?
dirtygirlonabike - MemberAm builing my mtb back up again Lee,
😯
Used to do this from Cumbernauld once in a blue moon to put in some easy miles on a nice day, nice places for beer in L'gow and E'burgh obviously. It's a nice few hours but the train costs about £10 to get home.
There is nothing too bad about the path unless it has rained in the past few days, you could end up quite mucky. Do-able on a racer but then you dont have the option of playing in the huge bing outside e'burgh. Worth 30mins of anyones time.
The really long tunnel is good fun, don't spoil it by taking any kind of lights :D. The aquaducts(sp?)can raise the heartbeat slightly as there are no barriers to stop you getting a dookin.
Actually quite tempted now, any ideas of when you passing Cumbernauld?
Xan - that Sat is 2 May... I'm free though. Shall we set that in stone?
doh - probably going past Banknock at approx. 10am...?
claire - nice! i thought you'd forsaken any riding that wasn't on nice smooth blacktop!
Is it?? Oh well I obviously cant count. Yeah, I'll be there. I am sure 2 of my mates will join us as well.
Ok, I'll post up next week to arrange for Sat 2 May. Where abouts do you stay?
Ok, I'll post up next week to arrange for Sat 2 May. Where abouts do you stay?
No problem. I'm in Glasgow Just of Springburn road (the good side....well if there is one) so I'm only about 3 miles from the path entrance next to Bishopbriggs sports centre, and oly about 4 miles from Maryhill entrance. What about yourself?
Anyone else up for Saturday the 2nd as well??
I'm in Finnieston for the next 4 weeks then moving to Hyndland. I've only been in Glasgow for a year, and most of that on the Southside, so I'm still finding my way about!
ml - hi... not sure if we've met...?
We did, last time you were at my house, persuading me to buy a steel hardtail (which I did). 😉 Martin Little, friend of Tash. 😀
Ah! Hey Martin, how are you doing? Glad you found STW... and that hardtail. Drop me an email and we'll hook up for a ride sometime. email address is in my profile.
For anyone interested I'm meeting boardinbob at the Squinty Bridge at 8am.
Where / when are you doing lunch?
Linlithgow would be a good lunch stop I reckon. The Star and Garter or Platform 51 (next to the station) has a beer garden, cos the weather will be beautiful tomorrow. Will probably be there for 12pm.
You fancy joining us at Lithgae? You're in Balerno, aren't you?
Will probably be there for 12pm
Really?
Departure time = 8am
Your max speed = 12mph
Distance = 65 miles
Quickest possible time = 5 hours 25 minutes
Earliest possible arrival = 1:25pm
No, at Linlithgow at 12 for lunch - it's about 30 odd miles, 4 hours is plenty 😀
Then another 4 to the burgh.
Ah right, I thought Linthigow was the end point. 😆
Oh no right the way through! You cool with that?
I might head out (on the roads) to Linlithgow and join you on the way back then.
Oh no right the way through! You cool with that?
Yeah should be fine. Never covered that kind of distance before but as it's totally flat and we're stopping for lunch it'll be fine.
Don't worry, the thought of a bag of Edinburgh chips will get you there if you're anything like me.
druidh - do you want to swap numbers to meet up?
I'll need to bring a bottle of Edinburgh "sauce" back for the wife as she constantly moans about the lack of it in Glasgow 🙄
<salivates>Mmm chips with salt'n'sauce</salivates>
Thinking about joining you guys for a few hours. Not sure if I'll maybe just do about 15 miles and then turn round and head back cause I need to leave Glasgow at 4 to head to a stag night. If I am going I will probably meet you at Bishopbriggs at the back of 8. All depends how many beers I have tonight. Bob i'll give you a text later and let you know what I am doing.
Good man
leelovesbikestoo - Memberdruidh - do you want to swap numbers to meet up?
YHM
Love to comne, but can't make it this weekend
did it last year - no bother from the ned community.
Was on a Spesh TriCross, which is pretty roadie, and distance from Firhill to the end of the Union Canal (Forth&Clyde continues to Grangemouth from Falkirk) was 54 miles IIRC.
There was gravel and broken glass on one or two sections, so I'd recommend some kind of puncture proofing to save the general harrasment of fixing a flat.
great day out, would recommend it. People on canal boats very nice to chat to as you cruise past them.
Falkirk Tunnel is long, dark and gloomy
boardin-bob and I had a great ride on Saturday - Fountainbridge to Queen Margaret Drive was 62.5 miles (E-W due to easterly winds).
Set off at 9.30, a lunch stop in Linlithgow at 12pm, and got into Glasgow for a pint at Cottiers at around 5pm.
We did ride the infamous Falkirk tunnel, but the lights had been fixed so it wasn't that bad without our own lights.
I want to do this again on 2 or 3 May - if anyone else is interested look out for a post soon.
Yes it was a great ride. Nice steady pace all the way. A well deserved pint at the end. I'll be there on the 2nd.
I'm still on for the 2nd. looking forward to it. Did you manage to judge the wind right?
Yeah an average of the weather sites said easterly going to north-easterly in the afternoon, which was pretty much accurate. Locally there were times when we had a bit of headwind, but probably just due to the surrounding hills and trees. Was a bit chilly until we got past Falkirk, then the sun split the sky coming into Glasgow. Shame we didn't get a sunny bench outside Cottiers!
I'd be interested in doing this but i'm Edinburgh based so would be looking to start from Edinburgh and then get the train from Glasgow back. I'll keep an eye on this thread though and see what the plan is.
Did you take full sussers in the end?
I slept like a baby afterwards. 10 hours of uninterupted sleep. Bliss.
I might be interested in doing this on the 2nd, will you be setting off at the same time again?
We got the 8:30am train to Edinburgh and it was a pretty decent time to start
Did you take full sussers in the end?
I did.
I even managed to fall off. 😳
think it will be the same as bob and lee did last week. Wait and see how wind is on the weather the day before then decide where to start. Doing this with a head wind would be a nightmare. Think i have a few more guys that might be interested in joinin us.