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[Closed] So... Glentress... A first visit...

mboy · 2010-09-27T15:52:42Z

Got back late last night from a long weekend at Glentress, the first time any of us (including Bushwacked and Keyses2 of these parts, and my GF) had been... We also had the good fortune to meet up with a certain Mr. Sharki of this very forum, as he's up there right now too! Anyway... What a weekend! OK, I'm sure if you get to ride the trails all the time cos you live next door to them, the shine might begin to wear off, but I've not had such a good time on a bike in a bloody long time quite frankly! And I think it's fair to say that everybody else had an excellent time too. Even my GF, who's not been riding offroad for that long, loved it, and I'm sure when she's a bit more confident at descending would love it even more. On Friday afternoon we rode the Glentress Blue and the Green, and had a brief messabout in the freeride park. Saturday morning/afternoon we rode Innerleithen Red, followed by Glentress Red Saturday afternoon. And on Sunday, realising we were all too knackered and didn't have enough time to attempt GT Black, went back for another run of GT Red after a bit of a messabout in the freeride park again. Got to say that I loved it all, the Blue has got to be the single most perfect trail for getting newbies hooked to the sport (my GF loved the blue!), GT Red is just incredible, and Inners red was pretty damned amazing once you've got over that absolute complete bastard of a climb that goes on forever! Here's a pic of me nearly bottoming out my suspension off the first drop of Spooky Woods (later realised my suspension was a bit soft, so pumped it up a bit more!), having fun... Got some more photos to come once I've got my camera back off the GF (left it in her handbag, ooops!). [imgOh, and cheers to those who convinced me to take my mid travel full sus bike, I'd DEFINITELY have regretted taking my heavy long travel bike given the amount of climbing we did, and there was no descents that would have made taking a long travel bike worth it anyway. And cheers to the guy we got chatting to on the Carbon Specialized Hardtail who told us where some of the lesser well known routes were, we didn't have time to check them out as we had to get back, but next time (and I'm sure there will be a next time) we will do...

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mboy

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raddogair, good to meet you mate. Nice to see somebody properly going for it!

Anyway, got a couple more photos now... My Bike at the top of Spooky Woods...

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Me at the bottom of Innerleithen, all of a blur (photo courtesy of Sharki)

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Sharki getting a little bit of hang time at the bottom of Innerleithen

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And some poseur, pulling one of his normal hard man poses... 😉

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Good weekend indeed... And surprisingly dry (if a little cold)!

Posted : 29/09/2010 9:19 pm

Bushwacked

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LOL!!

Posted : 29/09/2010 10:03 pm

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