[Closed] Wednesday Night Pentlands anyone?

Baby is now 4 days overdue. I best stay at home 🙂

Curry.
Hot bath.

I was aiming for the more horizontal wives tale.

I was out on Sunday researching the perfect urban singletrack route from Granton to the Pentlands, was going pretty well until I got to the top of Corstorphine Hill where in a strange sequence of events I ended up going over the bars on a climb, smashing my bollocks off a pointy rock, bending my forks and cracking my 4 month old Salsa Vaya at the headtube 😥

Disaster.

I wholeheartedly applaud you for trying to get these rides going again though, perhaps I'll just sell off the remains of the Salsa and get myself a cheap second hand singlespeed MTB for the winter 🙄

maybe - bit early for me to make it from werk though

also think I'm just going to put the Barons on so might come home to two flat tyres and accompanying puddles of jizz...

It could be a wee bit later to start if that helps...

maybe - depends on how I feel after work. will decide tomorrow lunch time or whenever.

Not tomorrow but I might be up for the odd one this winter.

Seeing 13FM smash his bollocks sounds entertaining.

entertaining

Well, I guess the force with which I managed to go over the bars, on an uphill, was a bit Danny McCaskill-ish, doubt there was much else entertaining about watching a grown man curl up in a ball in the middle of the trail for 5 minutes though...

Can't do tonight, was out last night for a couple of hours from 8pm - bonaly, puke hill, round the back of that hill with the pole, crazy slidey sheep track, waterfalls, black hill, maidens, the other clough that i can't name, currie rooty singletrack, poets, home.
Was a lovely night, windy and cold but clear mostly. Sadly was on my lonesome but worked out OK.

Always keen for Tuesdays and Thursday, later start for me so i can do baby bath time.

ojom - good to meet you the other week, sing out when baby arrives if you need anything.

Can't for the time being due to broken wrist but I'm both local and have lights on order for some night riding. Quite keen if this becomes a regular thing...

OK, I'm heading out anyway so if anyone fancies it, meet me at the gate at Bonaly, at the bottom of Puke Hill (beside the bonaly car park)- NOT the shops like we used to, because I cannot be bothered to ride down the hill in order to ride back up. 6.30ish I will be there, on a grey ragley

(if you're running late, give me a text on 07749 496159!)

Oh aye generally tuesdays and thursdays work better for me too, busy couple of weeks for me but might do this again next wed or thurs.

always chuckle at the (rightfully named) puke hill - I'm sure several folk have named it that for obvious reasons, I was aware of my mate calling it that early 90s - he'll be happy his naming lives on...

That and Scalextric...

I didn't know it was called Puke Hill until recently, i had called it the Tip Track in homage to my ex-b"$£% hill in Wellington I have left behind. Its an honest grunt to the top. Scaletrix appeared on my Garmin one day as i went down it , didn't even know it had a name.

I'll be out next Tuesday and/or Thursday

I know somebody who puked on puke hill on an ill-advised saturday morning ride (this was after it got the name, but good effort).

Thanks Colin - I got your text as well. Sorry for not replying, I think i was up to my arms in Crown Low Odour Wheatgrass Matt Emulsion at the time.

Anyone done Puke Hill on a singlespeed?

I managed it once when fit. Bastards riding with me sprinted ahead to open the gate at the top so I had to ride on through it 😡

[quote=cynic-al ]Anyone done Puke Hill on a singlespeed?
sharki tried and snapped a chain

Who is his mechanic?

I caught up with a guy (Ewan) and another dude who was on a SS, i could tell from a distance as he was massively zig zagging !

LOL. Must confess by the time I got a SS I was no longer criss-crossing the Pentlands.

NZCol - mate of mine, Eoin, sometimes is on the Pentlands, though I don't think he has any SS mates and hasn't been up recently.. not in last fortnight anyway.

I've done Puke Hill on a single speed up to the turn before the first gate, but never beyond that as my knees and fitness won't let me. However, I've got the SS in with me today so may give it a shot on the way home...

It was ewan it was angus, there you go. He was on a fatbike.

Bump for future reference. Going to struggle this week, but I'm sure I'll join you at some point.

Graeme

cfinnimore of this shire puked at the top of puke hill on an stw wednesday ride a couple of years back. single speed inbred with the seat down I seem to recall, not a surprising result!

Had a really good stab at it, maybe managed 75% of the way up between the two gates on a 32:16, definitely seem to remember making it past the second waterbar thing, if there are even two?

No chance of ever repeating that effort though...

cynic-al - Member

Anyone done Puke Hill on a singlespeed?

I recall seeing someone on a singleated Stiffee go up it in the dim and distant past. They managed to get at least as far as I could see and I didn't pass them later, so it seemed quite likely they got pretty far at least without any mechanicals.

I often can't be arsed to ride up it with gears.

I never used to ride up it until I went on an stw ride where everyone shot up it.

Not going to make it tonight due to working for THE MAN

Northwind was out. I bumped into him on the way home.

I headed out with him in the end, met by the bottom of puke hill, had a good outing. Really nice evening for it.

I rode up howden glen and down allermuir, didn't see any other lights. Was surprisingly nice up there.

Mark, I decided your mate looked a bit keen and fast so pretended to be waiting at the gate for stragglers. Luckily a straggler turned up! Cheers for the ride Doug, we need to find more holes for me to ride into next time. Mmm beer and pizza

I'm thinking next thursday looks like a good night

Bishop is fun. He came for a job once and mention he likes riding his Galaxy a bit.
A few weeks into the job he casually dropped in that it had done tens of thousands of miles on a round the world ride.
He doesn't like to boast.

I'd often wondered if anyone had genuinely puked on Puke Hill. I've cursed, sworn, sweated, walked and fallen on it, but not puked. Yet!

Hels, was it someone I know too?

I'm out riding tonight, 7:50pm at bypass overbridge top of bonaly rd if any other keen beans for a slide.

Cheers for the ride last night gents - good to get a decent midweek Pentlands spin in again. See you for another of these soon (hopefully get out next week too).

I'd be up for regular night rides again. I'll keep an eye on the forum.

Tuesdays are a std night for me on on the roster of allowable nights so I will generally be there at that time. Great ride last night, some comedy sliding and confirmed a maxxis Ikon is not the winter tyre of choice.

I'm out for this week, resting up before the race at the weekend as it looks like it's going to be a bastard, but I'm going to try and do a tuesday and/or a thursday for most of the winter. Mostly pentlands but some trips.

All going well I might have a bike again by November, marking Tuesday in my diary from then on!

kennyp: it was an night before drinking related hurl, and a girl. Can't guarantee you don't know her !

I must get back up the Pentlands next summer, trying to get some fitness back after a few years out this winter, is a slow process. Sounds like not much has changed up there.

Northwind - don't believe that Map we put out that had 7 huge stages on it - that was just a wind-up.

However Colin, if you think the Ikon was a bad choice, you clearly didn't appreciate my efforts on the Saguaros. New tyre time today.

Great ride though in perfect conditions (weather at least)

Mt Tuesday night will now be Wednesday night as I am away today. Anyone interested in a 6:30pm/7pm ride tomorrow ?

Might be able to make 7.15pm tomorrow night if that suited anyone?

Yep I am in for that.

I'm walking wounded for this week so will have to miss it 🙁

I might be able to make it. I might even try puke hill on my singlespeed. Only one of those will realistically happen.

It's nappy replacement time for me so I won't be out. Chloe is occupying much of my time.

1 whole week old as of 20:15 this evening.

So your saying if somebody was drop off something to wet the baby's head there's a fair chance you'll be in?

Mark - congrats brilliant news. Surely an evening in the Spylaw Tav to wet chloes head is order then ?

So close and yet so far, I am no longer bikeless, however I'm not feeling sadistic enough to drag my new Cannondale Synapse through the Pentlands! Laps of Arthur's Seat anyone? 🙄

Two more weeks to possibly have an off-road worthy bike again...

Are any of you still meeting at 7.15pm tonight and if so where?

50/50 for me but if so would be top of Bonaly Rd at the bridge over the bypass

Didn't get a chance to check in here again today. I nipped out after hanging around Bonaly for 10mins. Bit blowy so stayed lowish. Trails still drier than I expected

Been totally distracted by being terrible at rock climbing this year, only been out offroad on a bike about a dozen times 😳

However, I have just bought a house very close to the Pentlands so should manage to get out on some evening rides and get back to putting some effort into being crap at mountain biking too 🙂

Also, congratulations Mark (and family), and hello to Iain, Steven, Andrew and other folks I've not been out on a ride with for far too long.

Ride again tomorrow night for some slippery goodness. 7:45pm Bonaly Skool.

Was up Puke Hill yest with a number of ambulances who seemed to be assisting someone down in the stream by the downhill tracks - anyone know anything ?

In the finest traditions, it was the dudes enduro last weekend so now I can't use one of my hands 😳 But- next week 😉

I'll be up for Wednesdays sometimes Tuesdays, but typically not this week.

Going to sit out tonight and work instead. Can't do next Tuesday either due to a work thing. :/

No worries, I'm going to try and get out for maybe an hour or so as like you I am under the pump a bit.

I'm going for a spin 6:30 Thursday night, starting Stockbridge-ish, heading over Corstorphine Hill, towards Craiglockhart, Braids, Mortonhall, Dreghorn, Bonaly and probably back into town from there, although weather and time allowing there are plenty of options.

I'll be on a CX bike so the emphasis is on lots of pedally singletrack rather than gnarly rocks and drops (I've already broken one frame... 🙁 ).

Quick bump for the Wednesday crowd, Thursday night UrbanCxSingletrack anyone?

6:30pm outside Alpine Bikes, Hamilton Place.

Ah well, just to draw this embarrassingly one sided little conversation to its natural close, I'm now bailing on my own ride so I won't be there tonight. 8)

Sore ankle which is only getting sorer.

I'd have come along but couldn't get a word in edgeways between yourself.

Stop interrupting Jimmy, you're so rude!

At the risk of another humiliation...

Tomorrow or Thursday night from Stockbridge, 6:30?

Lots of singletrack but a CX-ish bias so more pedally than gnarly.

This sort of route, although possibly finishing closer to Holyrood.

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/578647706

Still out for this week 🙁

I'm riding tmrow, starting Flotterstone way anytime from 6. If folk are riding over Bonaly way I'll be there later on.

Umm well I had fun on my own. Bit eery climbing into cloud topped hills on my own but kept me interested. After encountering lots of people I thought I might be the last out going down Green Cleuch around 830 when a light came towards me. I ride close in case it was someone I recognised to find it was a young girl out on her own... And I thought I was tough!

Well I discovered some new trails in the Ravelstone Dykes area en-route to Corstorphine Hill, had a fantastic but slippy descent back down to town, played on some steep cobbles, quickly skirted Arthur's seat on some very muddy singletrack and then returned via some more steep cobbles in the Cowgate.Very entertaining!

Same time again next week Jimmy?

I look forward to it!

Well I discovered some new trails in the Ravelstone Dykes area en-route to Corstorphine Hil

between ravelston park and the school?

Sorry i have been worked over this week so missed Tuesday night. Might make it out next Tuesday though, will confirm on here

Could do next Tuesday.

Bigjim, that's the one! Nothing worth going out of your way for, just works for me as a nice addition on the way to Corstorphine Hill.

I would like to try a Tuesday ride, still not sure of the Salsa's Pentlands credentials, especially since I've already broken one.

Shall try and commit next week. Starting Bonaly?

Anything happening tomorrow night or have I put everybody off? 8)

7pm Bonaly works best for me, not sure what the usual time is.