[quote=Teetosugars ]
[b]It's my birthday[/b]
Oi! Tell her that since it's [i]your[/i] birthday you'll be doing what [i]you[/i] want! 🙂
[quote=Junkyard ]Note to self sort out a bike for this....if only I was tons size i would be able to buy the one he is currently speccing just before this trip happens I could bring the 29er - and put some semi-slick tyres on it?
Do we have agreed routes yet? I'd like to get the GPX files if so.
I have a road bike but no touring bike or CX bike- probably just bring that as I assume the "off road " stuff is gentle as can be
Its a kind offer but ,hopefully, I wont need to take you up on it.
475 miles...still tempted.
+another 1 keen for a gpx
:wink:I hope my 29er will be okay for the weekend as it is that or the other 29er......see you all in the pub
no gpx, no route profile, just good old fashioned fun, that a fat bloke on a behemoth of a tourer can manage with 42c tyres, and full guards. slowly mind!!
I hope my 29er will be okay
Ditto, but with my 29er
anymore for anymore........just incase anyone missed.
few places left still.
[quote=ton ]no gpx, no route profile, just good old fashioned fun, that a fat bloke on a behemoth of a tourer can manage with 42c tyres, and full guards. slowly mind!!
OK- just tell me the routes then. I'm happy to create a GPX file for those after one.
newton stewart, barraer, spittle, port william, big balcraig, whithorn, isle of whithorn, garlieston, wigtown, newton stewart.
51.42 miles. this is for saturday.
Linky no worky
sunday.
newton stewart, boreland, glentrool village, loch trool, loch dee, clatteringshaws, loch grannoch, cullendoch, creetown, palnure, newton stewart.
45 miles.
It looks like I'll have to start getting some miles in. 😳
Can I be the first to ask, what tyres? 🙂
black rubber ones........... 😆
I am doing it on a road bike so there.. none of the cross or 29 er for me
Just an idea for folk but the forest road sections from Glen Trool to Clatteringshaws may be heavily cut up at the moment due to forestry work/wood lorries used to clear the area of Larch die back disease so a 28mm tyre at the least would be needed, if i'm up that way on the Tripster i tend to use my [url= http://clementcycling.com/xplor-mso ]40mm Clement MSO[/url] as it's perfectly fast enough on the roads and gives a bit of comfort on the forest roads - the other roads are the usual mixture of rough rural surfaces (some bad, some very rough, some butter smooth) so a 28mm treaded tyre at the minimum would be preferable.
For practically all my riding throughout this area whether that be road or off road tracks/forest roads/paths i fit my [url= http://clementcycling.com/ush ]Clement X-Plor USH[/url] , I'm not fussed about how fast or beating previous times though so my advice may be tarn with a pinch of salt.
(apologies for always bleating bout clement tyres but i've found them to be perfect for my type of riding in this area)
Sorry, Ton, someone had to.
Marathons will have to do me.
Marathons will do you absolutely fine chipster - plenty of volume for cushioning, you might have to take it easy on some of the big forest road descents though.
What? So I'll have to go slow down 'em as well? 😕
Thanks SF, easy it is, then.
Nah…bugger it….just **** hoon it down them….every bike tour with mates needs a near death escape and if it involves a fully laden 40 ton wood lorry and a massive 8 wheeler wood harvesting machine then all the better - you'll be total legend! 😀
OK. I [i]think[/i] these are the routes ..
Day 1 - http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/636593116
Day 2 - http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/636596886
I've got 28mm Marathons on the Amazon at the moment so might opt for those, or some 35mm Maxxis Raze CX tyres. Hey, I might even do a tyre swap on the Saturday night 😉
I also found [url= https://www.google.co.uk/maps/ @54.967899,-4.482213,3a,75y,34.21h,80.37t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s3OOMTAqPhAxiz4vURixGjw!2e0]this Newton Stewart house[/url] on google streetview. I reckon we should all go round for a nosey
Colin, route for day 1 is wrong.............. 😳
but I don't matter.............. 😀
Aye, there's a few points where I wasn't sure which way you were headed. Where did I cock up?
I am still doing it on a road bike with whatever tyres DONK lends me .....its all about the preparation
However if someone has some 29 er non disc wheels they can lend me for the ride 😉
What tyres PPPFFFFTTTTTT
Ton,saw this post a few weeks back.I've just realised I've got the Friday off from work which means I can drive up from West Lancs Friday & stay Fri / Sat night so if there's a place left I'll take it.
I'll bring my Halfords http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/psa-halfords-cx-bargain-250 bargain CX bike!
[quote=Junkyard dijo]I am still doing it on a road bike with whatever tyres DONK lends me .....its all about the preparation
However if someone has some 29 er non disc wheels they can lend me for the ride
What tyres PPPFFFFTTTTTT
If you're serious, I think I've got a pair of 29er wheel with rim brake surfaces. Still not sure if we're going to make this, would very much like to come but Mrs NBT's having some trouble with her legs at the moment 🙁
Busta I am heading up from Lancs so we may be able to share a lift
NBT I may be serious depends on how trough it actually is as basically I have a road bike or an Orange 5 or a SS.
All looking good to me. I suppose I'd better remind my legs what hills are, I've only been riding the flatlands since December.
Bustaspoke.......places left mate. more the merrier.
email in my profile
Junkyard, the offer of my 29er still stands. I have some spare CX tyres or 1.75" Marathon Mondials that would fit.
Ton YGM!
Tony, where is my guess at the day 1 route wrong?
All this talk of tyres on road bikes is putting me off. How much 'offroad' is there exactly? I was banking on taking a basic Spesh Allez (cos that's the only roadie type bike I possess) Or should I HT it???
colin, from wigtown. was gonna follow the road nearer the river cree.
jim, the offroad is forest tracks.....ok on a touring tyre like i said.
or a h/tail with slicks.
i have some 26'' marathons if you want to borrow em.
There's about 8 miles of forest road cycle route 7 from Clatteringshaws to Loch Trool - that is all - nothing else so don't get worried. but as this is a forest road it can often get rather cut up by forestry vehicles and weather - Last november i had a warm showers guest staying for a couple of days and i plotted him a 100m+ route through the best of Galloway (he was used to massive adaux's so 100m was easy for him) and it included the section above - he was on 25mm road tyres fitted to a Genesis CDF and found that section very rough/stony in sections and quite cut up in places but as long as he took it real slow he was ok - apart from the punctures :(.
He loved the route btw but said he would definitely have preferred larger section tyres for the forest road, and for most of the roads to be honest.
Can only do the Sat @ at push, working @ 6pm!
I fancy coming along after work Fri, riding Sat just to meet y'all and Ton who I've not seen since a ride at Kirby Thingy organised by a former STWer who has since passed away, D-Jay 😥
came across an e-mail when I was arranging to meet him and his mates over in Osmotherly the other day which reminded me of Ton and that wet day we met!! 😐
If I plan it right I can be there for around 8. But! My old man isn't keeping well atm so will need to be a last min decision.
Trekster, be nice if you can make it.....bring Stuart too. not seen him for a few years.
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Trekster, be nice if you can make it.....bring Stuart too. not seen him for a few years.
Have mentioned it, he's into sailing these days.
Hi all.. I'll be ridin my disc Shand stoater with marathon racer tyres... But could bring either, or both, of the following spare bikes for people who want something a bit more rugged than a std road bike
Both size med.
Singular swift, fully rigid, flat bars, 10sp.
Charge filter cross bike, discs, file tread cross tyres but could put something narrower on. Actually, this is a small... But feels like a med. Could easily run a smaller stem for someone shorter.
I'm 5'8"
Email stuartATbiggestjourney.com
Stooo , thats a nice offer for someone 🙂
Great people on here
paid in full now everyone.
there are a few spaces left if anyone fancies it?
you dont even have to ride with all us old farts, bring your mtb and ride kirroughtree.
Or bring your fishing gear & you can come with me!
How many of us are going in total then?
Oh and thanks for bikes offers as well as I am either going to have to buy a bike or borrow a bike.....decisions decisions
Oh aye, a roll-call would be good.
