Great weekend, we had a right laugh and cruised with loads of stops :)

Split tubeless on Rabbit Holes and an ace tyre, slower than Knard but more grip :-)
23rd May; Sat cycle; Butterdean Woods and Bangley 019 by Bruce[/url], on Flickr

Ok in blue also :-)
Haterz of anything are missing out on fun :wink:

Rain blew away here in the 40 mph gales mid morning :D
we winched through the woods then returned home on deserted beaches we hardly had to pedal with the howling tailwind :-)

pics here;
Sandstorm Saturday coasting…

Cross bike on the Lammermuirs tomorrow will be a bit more of a workout!

I can do a EL ride any weekend anyone is intersted,
Maybe it`s time to resurrect the old Railway station meet ride outs (Drem and Longniddry), Not really fussed your wheel diameter//tyre/nob size as long as you can A cycle, and B drink beer :)

Fatbike and along the coast-sorted :wink:

I’m a dog owner, I take my dog on walks where bikes are used and I make an effort to keep him under control,especially when bikes are going past, which is a challenge.
I have been on 3 rides this year and have had incidents with trail dogs.
2 occasions where I’ve been at a trail center on MTB only trails, to find a dog running at me, causing me stop, nearly coming off, and ruining a downhill I’ve just spent all my energy climbing up to the top. On the third,once again at a trail centre the dog had been abandoned by its owner, miles from any where, in sub zero temperatures, the dog was limping, and not in a good place. I took the dog back to the car park to find the owner having a brew in the cafe. I had to coax the dog back along fire tracks ruing the ride, that I had to drive for hours to get to.
I don’t blame the dogs but the owners.
Dogs are unpredictable…. Even the most highly trained have their moments.
When you are riding your bike, do you know what your dog is up to behind you?

Yes it`s called a seatpost cam :wink: :-)

A walk up to the Fairy Lochs to the WW2 Liberator Wreck site is a worthwhile visit… never been to another place in Scotland since so sobering with its desolation in such stunning scenery,
Here is a blog post of my visit there with some info;
Fairy Lochs Liberator Wreck

Berwicksire tomorrow, loads of woodland singletrack where you meet no one, got some more WW2 bunkers to go invesigate,
Sunday down the local beach :-)

No Fatbikes yet?
Surly Pugsley(s) for me
Perfect bike for myself and my local back yard of Beach, sandy singletrack, regular xc trails. I got 3 built up now over 7 years,
All similar but all quite differant with wheel/drive chain (Gears,IGH. SS)and tyre sizes :-)

18th Jan; 014 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

ECR style KramPug 29+
18th Jan; 008 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Alfine 8 spd ratbike for commuting,shop,pub fat loaner bike,
18th Jan; 012 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

And ridgid 29er hardtail, 29+, and 4″ fat with a wheel swap…
17th Jan 023 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

17th Jan 020 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Sold on the Grey Karate Monkey frame set, bought a used Pugsley frame set, offset the Krampus wheel set adding a 135mm Surly hub up front, an On One 100mm square taper BB, and now running 2.5 Minions both ends with HUGE mud clearance until i get another pair of 3″ 29+ skins, and i can also add 4″ fat wheels when needed :-)

17th Jan 023 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

17th Jan 024 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

17th Jan 025 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

17th Jan 026 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

17th Jan 020 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Beachride film with mates and Mowgli the Springer trail dog
No Strava crap and stats but was around 18 miles :)

Mowgli the Springer Spaniel, my partners dog,
13th April; Morning beachride with Mowgli 038 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

3 years old now and full of beans!
He often runs 40 miles alongside her Endurance horses on field boundries, woods and end rigs around here. The horses average 12-16km, He ran 70 miles in a day when she was training for the 160km Seacliff Endurance ride last June which she won – i think it was Mowgli`s eagerness to keep going that prepared her for it!

And 10-20 miles easy on the coast, he just drinks out of the burns and puddles eon route!,
one very energetic hyper dog! :mrgreen:

Jones 710mm Loop bars?
Sanny and i bought 2 pairs at £80 off new build Surly ECRs from my local shop, not cheap at RRP £130, but nice bars :-)

4th Jan; Sunday cycle 027 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Abandoned Hospital yards from house, place is riddled with Asbestos!
26th Sept 007 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

26th Sept 010 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

26th Sept 011 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

26th Sept 012 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

26th Sept 015 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

26th Sept 017 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

26th Sept 047 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Film of the place, all a bit 28 Days Later

And loads more in East Lothian;
Salcoats Castle
23rd Nov; Urbex Cycle 088 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Cold War ROC Posts;
22nd Jan; Genesis Cdf 40 miles roads and some Roughstuff 034 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

22nd Jan; Genesis Cdf 40 miles roads and some Roughstuff 035 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

22nd Jan; Genesis Cdf 40 miles roads and some Roughstuff 037 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

17,2,13 Sunny Sundays are Awesome! 123 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

25,8 027 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

1000`s of these
Friday is fat Bike Day… 8,2,13 121 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Friday is fat Bike Day… 8,2,13 120 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Friday is fat Bike Day… 8,2,13 122 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Friday is fat Bike Day… 8,2,13 116 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Auldhame castle
4th Jan; Low tide to High tide cycle 009 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

4th Jan; Low tide to High tide cycle 010 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

22nd Jan; Genesis Cdf 40 miles roads and some Roughstuff 014 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

WW1 Pill Box
25,8 027 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

WW2 XT Class sub wrecks…
WW2 XT Class Midget Sub wreck,Aberlady Bay by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

WW2 Airfields
23rd Nov; Urbex Cycle 111 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

23rd Nov; Urbex Cycle 022 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

WW2 POW Coolers, writing still on the walls by the Huns who did time in them!
23rd Nov; Urbex Cycle 070 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Former Gamekeepers house;
23rd Nov; Urbex Cycle 045 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

23rd Nov; Urbex Cycle 046 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

23rd Nov; Urbex Cycle 044 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Bickertons Tomb-grave of Crusader Knight Sir David de Lindsay
23rd Nov; Urbex Cycle 037 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

23rd Nov; Urbex Cycle 038 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

8th Feb; Weekly catch up; 003 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

And a coastline of WW2 Machine gun pill boxes
27th Dec; JMP beachride 008 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Drop bar Karate Monkey; 44 miler loop 167 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

17,2,13 Sunny Sundays are Awesome! 123 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

43 and still getting it on the back wheel… :-)
Start when your in 1st year at high school riding BMX and never stop…
Todays youngsters make us all look like old gits with their manuals :wink:

Fatbikes are great for wheelies, dunno, must be the geometery :-)

Right size if you fit 4″ tyres… :wink: :-)

Big group heading out from Gullane next Saturday :-)

There is a mag out now for those that hate folk enjoying themselves on they fatbike things :)

10690208_10152945703457526_6451673977587867604_n by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

:-)

Aye i`m a noob… :?

How STW has changed, Once you got flamed on here for riding a fat tyre bike- before they were called fatbikes.
Now folks are slating each other over what Fat tyres they should use! WTF! :roll:
Who gives a shit what anyone else thinks what your riding, if it works for you where you ride, then use it! :wink: :-)

Left the highest tyre marks on this long gone wall ride one weekend…
GT%20Nov%202008%20wall%20ride%20005[1] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Ace bike, Took mine on some amazing rides…
Applecross 08 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Things have moved on a bit i believe in the MTB world with slacker angles but it could still be a fun ride :)

Nates, yeah they drag a bit, but it`s a Fatbike!, still ok for a 40 mile xc day

Can just see one here in the fading light :-)

18th Nov; Midweek Cycle; Detour Fatbike Commute 044 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

It will fit with Monkey nuts fitted but you will not have much mud clearance, here is a pic of a 2.5 Minion on a RH, swapped it for a 2.3…
29 x 2.5 Minion`s 006 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

29 x 2.5 Minion`s 005 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

After todays mud bath ride around the local woods and trails away from the coast after a weeks rain i would not hesitate to roll with 2.5 Minions if i owned a Krampus.
I am running 2.5 Minion DHF front/2.3 Minion DHF rear on my Karate Monkey, and would have been spinning a lot today on Knards,
Karate Monkey – Mid Nov Woods cycle 003 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Bregante;
Aye they are Rabbit Holes on the Monkey
I did have 2.5 Minions both ends with Monkey Nuts in the rear with 3×9 and good chain clearance.
Tyre clearance is ok for sandy soil trails but not much clearance for mud so swapped out the rear 2.5 DHF for a 2.3 DHF.
A 3″ knard fits in easy on Rabbit Holes and Monkey Fork- The Krampus fork is the same width. Only 483.0 mm in lenght compared to the Karate Monkey`s 468.0 mm fork.
Some folks have fitted krampus forks to KM`s giving slower steering and a slight increase in BB height.
I fitted a 1.5 degree offset headset to slacken the steering a bit on my KM and it rides way better ridgid.

Paceman; Nipped out to the ManCave and got the calipers out;

Rabbit Hole with Minion 2.5mm; Width 62mm, height 50mm

Rabbit Hole with 3″ Knard Width 76mm, height 65mm

Its the air volume of the 3" tyre that gives it its float

Itchin for a Krampus frame for next year as have the wheels :D

11th Nov; 018 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Pumpkin Pugsley-Halloween 005 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Pumpkin Pugsley-Halloween 001 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Still running the KramPug 29+ 3″ fat (with spare 4″ fat wheels)
Pumpkin Pugsley-Halloween 001 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Just sold this Pugsley…
Pumpkin Pugsley-Halloween 006 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

And picking up another Pug on Saturday… ;)

And the big 5″ Moonie :-)
19th Oct; 009 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Rabbit Hole Karate Monkey will become a Krampus next year…
29 x 2.5 Minion`s 002 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

FAT BOB trailer too for hauling firewood off the coast
25th March; Purple Mk1 Pugsley Update; 002 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

Been buying old Surly Marge rims (4 of) hubs, cranks, and other bits for the future… getting ready for the coming Zombie Apoclypse… :wink:

Couldnt give a toss about the haterz of fat :lol:
best bikes for offroad riding around here :D

Miles of sandy singletrack around here :-)

Sizes stated it seems not much bigger on a Rabbit Hole than a 2.5 Minion!

29 x 2.5 Minion`s 001 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

29 x 2.5 Minion`s 008 by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

29+ is my favourite fatbike tyre size for riding away from the coast.
This old Puglsey frame was Scotland`s first fatbike and now 6 years old and over 10,000 miles clocked up on it, last 2 years it has been a KramPug, thats a offset Krampus 29+ wheelset that bolts straight into the Pugsley, and is my PUG/ECR alternative (with 4″ fatbike wheel option if required. With a 1″ higher BB to a regular wheeled Pugsley it is great for local xc trails, maybe it needs a Jones wide loop bar for riding off steep stuff, i will see…, but i love this bike and its old and so deft not a fad… :)
No one has mentioned cycling harvested stubble fields yet!, 29+ is the easist fun option for this :-)

Forget the weight thing and just ride the things!,
Here is prob the heaviest- a Mk 1 Pugsley with 36h Marge rims and tubes along side the lightest Carbon tubeless fatbike available!
No sand or snow in this film and still fun :-)

m0rk i`m east of Edinburgh, but am in Norfolk end of month for the 6th fatbike Gathering,

Vee tyres are £20 on eBay too this now folks in two options, scroll through this search; Fat Bastardo rubber fetish :)

2nd hand Fatty or old Pugsley should be able to be had for £600 upwards.
I don`t believe the Charge Fatbike handling comments as Charge are a company who build great hardtail frames, comments were from a pro OO Fatty designer :wink:
Like to see a rider with other UK fatbike riding experiance`s views on them…
Charge`s complete bikes are a good specced steel option to the alloy Fatty

I emailed Charge on the possibility of a frame set to buy to try out as i have spare 17mm offset wheels and 100mm cranks but have had no reply… :(

6 years riding 4″ fatbikes and now also 5″ on 100mm rims and 29+ (thats 3″ on 29x50mm for those out of the know :wink: ) over the last 2 years,

Thing is no point pushing them on websites that have non believers. Just go ride and enjoy them :wink: :-)

:-) well said

Dog walkers around here are mostly all fine in general, ping ping on the bell and a hello and usually youget an apologie. Some of them ride bikes along with their dogs too :wink:

There are miserable people in all walks of like, check out a lot of road cyclists for instance :lol: :mrgreen:

Dunno, but i am a all terrain biker (ATB) :)

Plenty riding in East Lothian, great singletrack, check out MTB East Lothian on Facebook for mid week group rides from Pencaitland :-)