I've just moved up and I'm looking for people to ride with at Innerleithen, Golfie, Glentress, etc etc. Hopefully that's the simple bit. The complicated bit is that I'm really only looking for very competent riders. Sounds like I'm an ungrateful c*** but having made this mistake before in other places, it's better all round if the riding ability is similar! 🙂
If I can't keep up with you then I'll apologise profusely, buy beer/coffee/cake, and accept that I'm a tit.
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I know, I'm a ****. But it's much less noticeable in the real world.
Can’t help right now anyway but you don’t sound like a *****. Hoping to be in a similar position in the next 12 months and I’m hopeful that it’ll be easier to find similar ability riders in the tweed valley than it is seemingly everywhere else. Tried multiple times to find some ladies to ride with from time to time and it’s impossible!! It does make a difference but most people interpret it as bigheaded when you say you want someone who can hold their own, especially seemingly women!
Happy to meet and ride in the Pentlands, some reasonable riding but more XC than Golfie thrutch. There’s a Tuesday pie ride goes from Bonaly Store as well.
Maybe use Strava to identify the regular top 3% of local riders by segment then somehow contact them?
What’s your view on wearing helmets and braking downhill?
TJ on his Tandem maybe?
Try the Edinburgh mountain bikers meetup group. There's also a central Scotland or Stirling area mountain bikers meetup group that go all over.
Sorry for the slight hijack OP - I'm not able to help - but for women ...
Hoping to be in a similar position in the next 12 months and I’m hopeful that it’ll be easier to find similar ability riders in the tweed valley than it is seemingly everywhere else.
GolfChick — maybe check out The FNY Collective.
Funny thread!
Mind that "Riding God" is quite subjective and based on self-assessment. Unless you have actually won any Enduro World Series races - or perhaps UCI Downhill world cups of course - when it is based on proof.
But seriously the incidence of said immortals I would think is pretty high in the Tweed Valley as a percentage of the general population.
Hang around on the street corner in Innerleithen outside Number Two coffee place, and follow anybody you think looks Super Gnar enough for you.
NZCol
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Happy to meet and ride in the Pentlands, some reasonable riding but more XC than Golfie thrutch. There’s a Tuesday pie ride goes from Bonaly Store as well.
Thanks for the only genuine offer on the thread. Unfortunately I'm not well geared for xc riding as I'm overbiked. I am up for some road riding though.
mrsheen
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Maybe use Strava to identify the regular top 3% of local riders by segment then somehow contact them?
It's a reasonable approach which I often do to find new routes to ride etc. But I can just hear the product managers at Strava discussing this: "So any punter can message good riders and beg them to ride together! Proper meet your heroes stuff". Response "Sounds well annoying".
hels
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Funny thread!Mind that “Riding God” is quite subjective and based on self-assessment. Unless you have actually won any Enduro World Series races – or perhaps UCI Downhill world cups of course – when it is based on proof.
But seriously the incidence of said immortals I would think is pretty high in the Tweed Valley as a percentage of the general population.
Hang around on the street corner in Innerleithen outside Number Two coffee place, and follow anybody you think looks Super Gnar enough for you.
I agree. This is a funny thread. But I've met plenty of very very fast riders who don't race EWS or World Cups. In fact, I'd draw a clear distinction between "very competent" and "literally the best 50 riders in the WORLD". I'll keep my fingers crossed that one of the immortals in the Tweed Valley happen to notice me posing on a street corner. Look out for the guy with his top off and a sign saying "Looking for a hard ride".
Well outside of a DH bike there’s enough to keep you interested within pedalling distance of town. I’m pretty confident I can keep up, can you though ?
Sounds like you need a Geex.
What happened to Greig Brown? He was rapid up and down. Not heard of him for a while, got married or some nonsense.
Before 5 years ago I'd have been tempted, but like to keep my heart rate steady these days.
You might that find that the 'average' rider in the Tweed Valley is actually pretty darn good. Where have you moved from and where did you ride previously? Have you ridden Inners or Golfie before?
Riders who hang around No1 Peebles Road Cafe in Innerleithen will probably be at the level you're looking for.
NZCol
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Well outside of a DH bike there’s enough to keep you interested within pedalling distance of town. I’m pretty confident I can keep up, can you though ?
Have sent you a PM.
dmorts
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You might that find that the ‘average’ rider in the Tweed Valley is actually pretty darn good. Where have you moved from and where did you ride previously? Have you ridden Inners or Golfie before?Riders who hang around No1 Peebles Road Cafe in Innerleithen will probably be at the level you’re looking for.
That's what I'm hoping. I've come up from Bristol where I rode FOD and Cwmcarn etc. I've ridden Inners a couple of times before and really enjoyed it but was on my own so probably didn't find the best stuff.
Not me.
I'm slow and awful and get off and push my rigid singlespeed at every opportunity.
Thanks for not showing me up!
What happened to Greig Brown? He was rapid up and down. Not heard of him for a while, got married or some nonsense.
He's a hardcore roadie. He lives near me. I see him on strava knocking out 150 mile practice rides twice a day.
None of us would be able keep up with him. He's a machine.