[Closed] Innerliethen - Boner in the wet!

A colleague was there at the xc at the weekend, not very wet at all (it drains well).

Hard? Depends on what you are used to. If you're comfortable at GT then it may stretch you a little, but it is great fun.

Did a mini DH on a weekend where it never stopped raining. Minions were fine apart from the bits where nothing worked. Lots of pairs of gloves was the key.

Wots this then? Some 'off-piste'?

unless you mean the XC trails which are weather proof really

Went down it a couple of weeks back, ended up pushing. Boner is particularly bad when wet and I don't have spike tyres. The soil is not as stony north side of the river compared to the downhill area; turns to deep mud in the winter and all the folk on spikes locking their wheels and ripping up the bends has really not done any favours on Community Service, Repeat Offender etc.
Give it a couple more weeks to dry or get someone to show you the monster new one nearby. 🙂

Cheers chickenman on the money, would really like a nice clean run.

certainly dont need spikes for the real inners. its all hard pack - and the offpiste stuff they like to build on fall lines so you ride a river.

just need your floatation armbands on for the puddles/running water

over the other sides a different story.

This is the north side of the river, the Inners DH on steroids.

I presuming this mega track Chickenman mentions is for the EWS, could be wrong though.

ah I though you had just popped over from pink bike and were getting a bit too excited about riding there

north side of the river compared to the downhill area; turns to deep mud in the winter and all the folk on spikes locking their wheels and ripping up the bends has really not done any favours on Community Service, Repeat Offender etc.
Give it a couple more weeks to dry or get someone to show you the monster new one nearby

useful to know, was trying to find out how things were on the north side, last time we went there the clay mud clogged wheels to the point of stopping them moving, which I've not had for a very long time, so not been back since. was thinking it might be best to let it be until it dries out a bit so as to not carve it up, some of the off piste at gt has been completely ripped apart this winter.

I've heard of this new golfy one too... no idea where it is though!

Didn't ride Boner yesterday when I was there (3 ascents was enough), but the mess on Community Service has apparently been fixed by Neil.

3G was pretty rideable, particularly in the middle section, the top was a bit muddy. Repeat Offender was it's usual brutal self, not any more muddy than last time it kicked my arse. Jawbone was rideable top to bottom.

Another couple of weeks like this week and I'm guessing Boner will be magic.

ah I think i see something new on strava 😉

ah I think i see something new on strava