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Possibly doing this one next week - is the main loop done clockwise or anticlockwise for best benefit? Thanks


 
Posted : 22/12/2012 7:53 pm
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Anti-clockwise is better.


 
Posted : 22/12/2012 9:29 pm
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Anti-clockwise, tis a long pootle up then mega steep, then pootle along top - and the descent seems to go on and on and on and on that way....


 
Posted : 22/12/2012 10:03 pm
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+ 1 for anticlockwise. I enjoyed the ride, nothing technical but a good climb, great views and the descent is scary fast. You can see along way North and South from the high point which is great. It's very exposed for a good part of the ride, hope the weather improves for you!


 
Posted : 22/12/2012 10:06 pm
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We used to ride it as part of a longer loop. Starting at the Brig O' Turk and riding out around Loch Venacher towards Callander, then picking up the bike path up to Loch Lubnaig to Balquidder, there was a bit of a hike a bike up to the Glen Finglass watershed, then we'd ride the anti clockwise half back to the Brig O'Turk. It's probably twenty years since I last rode it but it made a good loop.


 
Posted : 22/12/2012 10:20 pm
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Thanks guys - that's what I suspected but a review went the other way so thought I'd check.


 
Posted : 23/12/2012 11:47 am
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bit of a hike a bike up to the Glen Finglass watershed

Bit? Maybe it was particularly wet underfoot, bit Glen Buckie has been a bog fest everytime I have walked or biked it (5x now). Best day:
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Posted : 23/12/2012 9:29 pm