[Closed] SS requires less maintenance - The Wed Night PeNtLaNdS rIdE... sharki got fixed!

Aye, charge up the lights and i'll charge up my legs...

Same place time, different lycra

Hip flasks and singlespeeds? Doesn't sound like my kind of gig at all.

Is there a prize for finding the most outrageous climb?

Yeah, they are usually followed by an outrageous descent. Allermuir gets my prize.

No fair...

Jeez, why does other stuff always happen on a Wednesday. I [i]was[/i] going to go for a piss-up with uni mates while I still can, but a night ride is tempting.

Oh wait... my back wheel's a bit ****ed, should get that sorted first 🙁

I'll go on the piss up on your behalf Kit.

Ha ha, you should get yourself a ginger wig and some specs first then sharki!

Singlespeed you ay? I have lots of gears but only one speed 🙂

I was out in the Pentlands on the newly built up singlespeed last night. Struggling to remember why to be honest - hurts on the ups but is too slow to be fun on the downs.

I'm so there!

Pentlands last night:
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Hope you get the same although fewer midges would have been nice. I reckon I swallowed so many that I didn't need my dinner when I got home.

I'm gooing to try and make this one if its ok, is the meeting point still at the wee shoppe at bonaly for 7.

MTB is still in bits plus had my gf over for over 2 weeks so wasn't able to cycle much (my 2 excuses). But once I make it there (probably next week) I'll have two boxes of the good stuff for You Mark 😉

Another pic from yesterday evening
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I'm out of it tomorrow guys. Family stuff(again).

coont me in

Is this a singlespeed only event? If so, I'm strangely tempted so you can bask in my shiteness and marvel at my squeaky bike.

I was back to gears (and suspension) tonight - much happier!

First ride with lights for quite a while as well - Nail Trail in the dark, fantastic.

will pop up unless crap weather,
also organising an East Lothian ride out Sunday...all invited train times too,,,details here; [url= http://forums.mtbscotland.net/viewtopic.php?t=1556 ]cake run...[/url]

Should be along. There's a good descent we haven't yet done, but the s/speed quotient should dictate the route... 2nd go at Puke Hill Shane? 🙂

Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon....

mieszko - i am growing to like you an awful lot.

it's a normal ride - gears rule!

two boxes of the good stuff

Hmmm, that can't be legal...?

Puke hill is up for ownage...

I'll bring my, salomon quests..

see yous there.

I'm going to use that line later on.... "hey darlin...fancy a box of the good stuff!" 8)

Bruce, i'm actually down your way on Sunday for my organic farm open day. will see if I can squeeze in a ride.

I've you chaps are seriously considering a mass singlespeed up Puke Hill then let me know as I'd like to nip round with the video camera.

You should come along anyway steve. I promise no politics

I'm pretty sure I will be up there at some point tonight, but starting from Balerno as usual and also probably somewhat later than you chaps as I'm usually in the office until well after 6pm.

Won't be making this one, still getting over the mn flu from the w/e. Did do a ride out today with work up Poet's Glen and round theback of Clubbiedean Res' a little moist in places but not too bad overall . Enjoy , maybe next week.

Dammit! I'm in Warrington. Literally. 😡

Fun fun fun..

Proper atmospheric up top tonight, watching your lights cut through the wind blown low cloud with the city lights below looked uber cool.

Cheers guys and thanks for all the sweeties and hip flask swiggings.

Thanks for going the distance you guys, stout hearts required for the first bunch o' climbing, but worth it, I think...? The start to our descent was somewhat rougher than it should have been, but all the more reason to re-visit 🙂

Some snaps from an experimental photo-night;

Shane decides which group to go with; surprisingly, he chose wrong!
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Paul escapes the alien clutches, thank god for Cannondales!
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Mark, taking customer service seriously again...

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And now the rain's battering off my windows - warm fuzzyness inside

Great pics Rob!,
lights,whiskey,jelly babies...great eh?,
wont forget that descent N.E of Allermuir out the cloud,rear wheel locked with no grip from the Ardent and speeding up into the dark!,
anyone who says xc riding or the Pentlands is boring should have been there,great descent,
thanks again Rob for a great route,
all pics i took are blurred except one from Allermuir summit and Paul is taking a wizz!
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what a great ride...
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The compact filmed riders passing perfectly so next week will go ahead and have a go at making a niteride film, here s is what i tried tonight;
name the tune!!!

see anyone who can make it Sunday at Drem... 😮

Cheers Rob - thanks or the guiding. A little more hikabike than usual ( could you feel your ears burning?) but a new and big descent. One day I will remember to adjust the travel on the forks for the descents!

Innit great when you drive to work the next day through deluge / flooding, knowing you had a good session last night... (cycling commuters excepted 🙂 )

Forgot to say how impressed I was with Sharki's s'speeding, that boy don't need no gears!
One of my vids appears to be broke, will re-load tonight (good one too, everyone diving into the trees)

Just donning the full wetsuit for ride in. Think its been on all night.
Splashy commutes are bestest.

Thanks for that guys, really enjoyed that.

What a descent! worth the push.

Great banter as always.

Why didn't I get this kind of customer service when I was in TBC?

Cheers rob, blimin hard going at times though, in particular through thick grass and gorse..lol.

coastkid

organising an East Lothian ride out Sunday...all invited train times too,,,details here; cake run...

I may be up for this, take it the more the merrier?