[Closed] Prepare to meet thy groom - TBC Wednesday Night Ride

I'm so there!

Puke hill, nibbler for the circuit. How many can we put in hospital?

I'm in.

Maybe set up a wee race course/lap and bugger about?

This had better not be a serious suggestion

Puke hill, nibbler

Had hoped to join you but still struggling with Man flu so will leave it for another week.

Feeling a bit sniffly, if its a lady cold I'll be there, if it's man flu I'll be at home resting.

I'm up for it too- but better check with booking secretary first 🙂

Yeah probably, the ground may not actually be that wet - was drying nicely on Monday.

Hmm, lap-type routes.. interesting... very interesting....

No.

It's not.

a working bike this week

Anyway, no can do this week as I'm in Dorchester and Winchester tomorrow.

Enjoy.

i'm there, all being well - with NEW light. Errrrm I can explain....

route-wise, lets do something completely different. Dicking about sounds good. As does hip flasks.

Corstorphine hill for a range of dicking about opportunities then? Just a thought

Roslin Glen for night-time dicking about shurely?

Not that I'll be there, again. 🙁

Is there much on Corstorphine Hill? I could be tempted by that.

There is a bit of stuff - not a lot but its enough for an hour or more. There is the park at ravelston as well that has a bit more

'Storphine Hill's not a bad shout for a bit of dicking about and not getting home at 1030.

I'll bring out the broken record and suggest that you don't take a big group up Corrie Hill when it's wet (or even when it's bone dry).

I'm going to try and get out in the afternoon. Might pass you on the way back down the WOL. I'll spot jimmy's tractor beam light from 2 clicks away, I'd imagine...

Kit is right. Groups on c hill go down like donkey punches. bad times.

'spose yer right

*grumbles*

@Kit - what time you out? I probably cant make the evening posse unless things change about, but fancy a spin afternoon-ish.

BTW

, the ground may not actually be that wet - was drying nicely on Monday.

It was pretty dry this afternoon - only a few soft spots - but overall very nice, sometimes dusty conditions!

Kit is right. Groups on c hill go down like donkey punches. bad times.

Could I humbly request then that you don't take big groups down Cox's? (the skinny clifftop one from Castlelaw to Dreghorn). I was shown it in confidence (something I'm not very good at 😳 ) by someone who had found it the hard way, then showed it to a couple of folk at the end of a TBC ride a while ago.

I was a bit worried to see the videos of folk riding it in the wet from last week, it has a delicate (and muddy) look about it, I'm gonna get kneecapped by the elders of the EUCC if it turns into another pistachio...

And ye's can all sod off from using Nail Trail too!!

I'll be oot, wherever consensus/indecision leads us.

Bushmills in the hipflask this week.

13thfloormonk - Member
Kit is right. Groups on c hill go down like donkey punches. bad times.
Could I humbly request then that you don't take big groups down Cox's? (the skinny clifftop one from Castlelaw to Dreghorn). I was shown it in confidence (something I'm not very good at ) by someone who had found it the hard way, then showed it to a couple of folk at the end of a TBC ride a while ago.

I was a bit worried to see the videos of folk riding it in the wet from last week, it has a delicate (and muddy) look about it, I'm gonna get kneecapped by the elders of the EUCC if it turns into another pistachio...

You could ask them to take my Google Earth based map off their website while you are screaming out in pain. Publishing some of these routes online has hardly done anything for their consistency.

I'll be assuming the usual Bonaly shop at 7pm arrangement. Can somebody text me (Bruce, Mark maybies) if you are meeting somewhere else. God forbid I have to drink my hip flask on my own.

will be at Bonaly 7pm...hopefully with stanfree too...
im oot of fire water so help you out Steven 😮

Haha, Druidh, I am not speaking on behalf of EUCC, nor has anyone from EUCC actually mentioned this trail (they ride it, after all, maybe they don't even care).

I just don't want to be responsible for groups of 20 riding it, as its definitely a trail that will suffer from heavy traffic.

I know - it's that constant dilemma. Get a few folk to ride it and it develops into a nice trail. Too many and it becomes a mudfest.....

Hm - it was rather less than 20 - it was 3 solos and our tandem. I for one walked over the boggiest bit. It wasn't really at risk I think - earlier in the year it needed more traffic to keep the vegetation down a bit. However yo are right - heavy traffic when its wet will damage it.

Its a constant dilemma - when there is lots of us and its wet we try quite hard to keep to the less vulnerable trails.

I won't be oot the night - got a bad chest coming on and after last times 2 month long infection i will be watching this one closely.

Any left over whisky can of course be dropped off at the hoose - don't think you have to drink it all for me.

it was 3 solos and our tandem

Oops! Just ignore me then...

😳

@Kit - what time you out? I probably cant make the evening posse unless things change about, but fancy a spin afternoon-ish.

Ron, I'll aim to be at the Bonaly shop for 3pm, leaving Trinity 2-ish. Reckon you can make that?

13thfloormonk

Nae worries. Its an issue to consider and I have no problem being reminded

I was so there with my SS. I ain't going now that Mark has pulled out.

Kit: I wont know for sure 'til later so if I'm at the shop by 3 great - otherwise don't wait.

Ron

I am out - work calls 🙁

Hmmm... Think I'll bail out tonight and head for a climb instead. Riding GT on Saturday hopefully if anyone fancies it. Probably an early aft ride to finish in evening sun and quiet trails.

Can't do afternoon as constrained by family things but plan to leave Edinburgh at 8am to go to Innerleithen or Glentress this Saturday if anyone wants to join me. Plan to be back in town for lunchtime.....cheers.

Hmmm... Think I'll bail out tonight and head for a climb instead. Riding GT on Saturday hopefully if anyone fancies it. Probably an early aft ride to finish in evening sun and quiet trails.

It's cause i aint coming isn't it? You can't bear to miss me and your world is now empty.

Blimey, congregations really are falling... Busy day here but fully intent on the 7pm rendezvous. After all, don't want to disappoint Team Hervelo...

head for a climb instead

Now Jim, you know there's plenty of climbing in them thar hills!

I was actually set on making this one for the first time in months, but then was given an invite to a lock-in at a shop workshop, which was too good an opportunity to miss.

Serviced forks and new bottom brackets ahoy!

Is anyone still going? I fancy heading out...

Might be a case of "see what I broke on my bike" however.

im,going,Stevenmenmuir,Alistair,Rob...er anyone else?, looks like outnumbered 2-1 by the girls again 😮 😉

Count me in. Unless you see an upturned green Chameleon along the canal towpath.

The shop by Bonaly is where? Just before the school?

Yeah about 200m down the hill from the school.

Thats the one - on the road up to the scout camp

yep just follow Scout camp signs, shop is half way up the hill on left,i will be there to catch the shop before 6.30pm so look out for you if your early 😮
EDIT...beaten again..im so slow 😮

thebikechain - Member

Hmmm... Think I'll bail out tonight and head for a climb instead. Riding GT on Saturday hopefully if anyone fancies it. Probably an early aft ride to finish in evening sun and quiet trails.

It's cause i aint coming isn't it? You can't bear to miss me and your world is now empty.

Can I come round for tea? What I mean is, can I come in from your garden bushes.

Its the kids parents evenings tonight , but to be fair Im finding It harder to get motivated In the dark nights. Hopefully just a phase might need to find MTFU motivation for future weeks. 😮

jimmy - my back door is always open. fnar.

It's cause i aint coming isn't it? You can't bear to miss me and your world is now empty.

Don't flatter yourself Mark - it's really because [b]I[/b] won't be going...

😉

Just back in from my ride. Drier than expected, although I stuck largely to main paths. Grass is dew-y, and its pretty humid. Cold when not biking, but once warmed up, I was as sweaty as jimmy's xtra-size jockstrap.

I'm out too. I have some rather urgent chores I have to attend to (the things you have to do for mates.....)

great ride tonight everyone,nice to meet more folk again and a nice finnish down poats glen and along the water of lieth...every week im up its worth the half hour drive each way for the banter and trails 😮
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Yeah, good ride, & not just for the successful climbing 🙂
Only got 2 not-2-blurred shots this time -
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and a short vid on Threipmuirs' north-east shore - http://www.flickr.com/photos/robgarrioch/5078978161/in/photostream/
My turn for a snapped chain must be coming...

Yep - that was a real nice way to spend an evening especially as I thought I wasnt going to get out at all today.

Good to meet some new faces.

And Steven - you've managed to convince me that tea drinking is more dangerous than mountain biking!

Ron

A great ride out and very enjoyable. Black Hill was good and probably the last time this year we will be able to ride it. 🙁

Optimism Ant, will ride it again as long as it doesn't rain 😐 Rob can you put that pic of me on ****book?