East Lothian,



Glencoe,

Harris,

welcome back to the land of fresh air and uncycled water paul,you`ve missed some great sideways rain!

mind the iorn brew for us driving :wink:
should make it,and bring paul(stanfree) if he is home from londin :o

great footage, awfull music!

the Lizardskin neoprene fork gaitors are long enough for 5" travel forks,
i use them every winter,but always take them off once home and wash and rise them with the hose and hang to dry,those pikey forks are 05 and never been serviced except for a TF tune 4 years ago. i think its faulty mtb`s not having gaitors and needing serviced yearly, all part of the marketing con! :o

thanks Filthy :lol:
im too waiting on all the parts specs and a few miles on the MTBR thread beltdrive progect before getting the hacksaw out!, i have a hope SS rear hub up front so got a 22t…maybe you could get a 30tooth chainring?.dunno if anyone does one of the shelf,if not Middleburn will make one for you

will cut and plate the drop out,someone has started doing one in the states,i will order the kit from the states via a friend who will post it to me after a paypal email to him :o
heres the thread on a currant coversion; belt drive pugs

read somewhere its about £475 for the 11speed hub and about £50 for the shifter, should be good though :o
Filthy if you get a 8speed i would recommend a Nexus 22tooth for the hub,im running 20/32 and 1st isnt low enough for sand dune duties,
alfine sprockets available in 18&20 tooth, Nexus in 20/22t, there the same sprockets except for the plastic gaurd on the Alfine,
hope to have the 11speed and belt drive on my pug next year :o

was a great evening, does anyone have a link to andys joint winner matt`s youtube page?thanks in advance, :o

surly pugsley for the beach and goofing around on :o

i think its 69% of the UK coastline is here in Scotland,but England and Wales has some stunning coast,as an island nation who does alot of coastal activitys there is very little interest in cycling on beaches, despite the surly pugsley being available in the UK from any ISIN dealer bicycle shop,the basic kit costs about £1000 plus regular bars,stem,seat,gears etc…
compared to a very good full suss bike a pugsley at around £2000 complete with a decent build is not too bad, and you get year round riding when trails get too wet to ride without damage,also there great for peaty terrain.but they dont like clay!, on sand they leave less of a footprint than a human!,so who can argue about that?!,
the magazine had one in a bikeporn feature back in 1996 when they were released and were going to do this and that on it but it just dissapeared.
im doing all the Southern Upland Way bike packing this winter which will show how versatile a bike it is on soft ground in winter..i know its gonna be cold at nights!, be nice to see more sold but for now i guess its a bit niche!,there are 2 in Scotland!
knowen as fatbikes they are getting massive in the US,
for those interested have a browse through the MTBR Fatbike Forum…

i rode my Karate monkey framset with its ridgid fork for a year and it wasnt that bad on short rides,after 4 hours or so and the aches set in,a high bar set up with ergo grips helped alot,when i went looking at 29er forks they were so expensive, usually £100+ more for 29" TO 26" for most rock shok/fox options…then got a 100mm suntour epicon 29er fork for £190 from CRC,
its not as good as say a reba but the bike is way better for it,as are my shoulder blades and wrists on big days out…i think these steel bikes look alot better fully ridged but are maybe alot more usable with a suspension fork,alot of folk reckon carbon ridged 29er forks are better than steel so an option there for you to look at (on one?)
oh one one do cheap rims,infact they do cheap frame and forks worth a look as you have found, :o but i do believe riding a ridged bike will sharpen your basic riding skills as having to pick lines etc instead of ploughing into stuff, have fun :o

Paul i have a XT shadow mech and XT shifters and cables in the man cave if your bike needs a fixin dude!,

GW, been along that end of our coast too!, did a film last winter…
Dunglass to Barnes Ness
good mix with Torness etc..
i wondered about submitting an article to the mag,heading up to Sandwood Bay for a weekend next month so maybe do something,it is after all described as the most scenic and remote beach in Britain…aswell as the longest drive being up in the Scottish NW! :o

i got home before Rob got his pics up! :o,
EDIT, no you just beat me Rob, :lol:
great ride again,thanks Rob and Jeremy for leading and route planning on the spot,great route too!
nice to meet new folk as always,see you all soon :o

free bikes are great!,folk keep giving me old bikes!
current boozer bike…was given this for free,1954 Raliegh sports,minted condition,in shed 30 years!,new (real rubber made in India) tyres were new on ebay for £12,

the hub gear drive smiths speedo goes to 40 mph!

also given this part restored Moulton, 1973 on the rear hub

given this by my brother,1987ish pug triathlon (pinched chain but goes)…

and found this in a skip,been told its about 50 years old and called a Trusty,cant find any info online and a bit wee :wink: but cool…

not yet but going to soon with a spare hub on a kona Humu frame Once i machine 2mm off of each spacer to fit the 130mm dropouts!, the splines on most of my hubs are marked but so far hasnt caused any problems,though i will try and find a wide based SS kit to reduce any wear,any SS conversion kit recomendations from anyone?,

as with all the good comments about them above,no pinch flats yet with Twinrails or Ardents,never had rear bearings fail on pro 2s yet, even after 2000miles on one used for beachriding, fronts seem to go quite often but cheap to replace, thumbs up here :o

2 weeks ago rain was bouncing back up about 3 feet off the road over the pass there! :o
hope you got some pics paul :o

i have only ridden the route in parts in recent years from St Marys loch to its finnish just down the road here at Co-Path and most of it is now ok, very good from innerliethen onwards,
this winter we hope to take 5 days/4 nights and it will be short daylight hours so will be interesting!,good thing is the train down to Stranraer saves car pick up etc…

did it all back in 1990 or 91, aint as bad as everyone makes out :o
in fact doing it this winter :lol: using bothies and fatbikes (pugsleys)
if you fancy something shorter try the Kintyre Way

i wont make this,done my bit out in the rain today (kind of) working then cycle home in the hissing rain!,feet up in front of log fire tonight and some cider for me, have fun and see you next time :o

Midges will drive away the Klingons, thats why the Romans left :o

big hooks (cheap as) from screw fix , screw through plaster board into roof joist, job done :o

great story druidh!, good bit of research done on the route too,
you have really captured the enjoyment of touring in scotland,
i remmember as a nipper in the late 1970s traveling up the A9 on family holidays to nethie bridge in a V8 stationwagon landrover and it took what felt like forever!, thanks for a nice story

with the lock out cap removed and stem removed just gently tap the hex head top with a rubber mallet,there are 2 sealed bearings in your headset cups,proberly the lower will stay on the fork stantion and the top bearing will stay in the top cup,are you removing the fork to service or replace with a regular fork?,if service best send it away for a service, :o

theres some trails in the S.E. of the asland,old grassy crofters roads,
and the most amazing beach nearly the entire west coast :o

dont go on magic seaweed forum as a newbie as there`s some real cocks on that forum who will just take the piss big time if you ask basic questions,find a surf school and do a lesson,worth the money spent and you can ask all the questions you need to there, have fun! :o

i stopped looking at the invoices 2 years ago when they topped 15 grand and in that time (since day dot) only one order has had one wrong item needing returned,if i lived in town i would use a LBS but every delivery out to the sticks is never more than 3 days,always get an email if something is out of stock, always cheapest way to build a bike with CRC, lately also had great service with price shaggers on ebay…what a name though!

where i am found lurking through the dark months paul!…

i have both old Hopes,is it the all alloy caliper brakes?,if so 6mm original hoses,is it the black with gold screw in cap thingys?,then 5 mm original hoses…mine are so old cant remmember which is which!…just know they keep on working :o

very low indeed…
built by woman who wore suspenders…flown by so young and brave…with an engine that made mechanical music…a film dedicated to the few…

very high indeed…
google; progect excellsior for the amazing story of the film used by this band…Boards of Canada

Last half hour was in very heavy rain…

…of biblic proportions!…and now 3/4 way through strongbow bottle…flag still flying… :o
mist turns to drizzle…

my workmate walking his lovely Huskies…

lived here all my life yet never biked along here…Andrew had! (trail detective)…

mist rolled in…mind that film The Fog?…

then it was the secret trail and home as the heavens opened… :o

excuse the water filled lense pic…

had a great nights sleep in my hennessy hammock last week after riding through torrential rain for a few hours…
the post is a few pages down but heres a link to the full story and just how good a hammock is for conditions like this, i use a hammock, bivvy and small tent, all great,but all in different places,hammock is great in wet,midge infested woods,
scroll down the post for section on Hennessy Hammock camping,

thanks MrTall, maybe just give him the axle and front wheel then he will get it sorted,it was me who thought it would need a bit gap,doh!

ok Andrew twist my arm…spin around Tyningham woods inluding the secret trail above coast,start from house via binning woods then along to seacliff and sherrif hall wood if you want,anyone else welcome, 7pm kick off?

i have epicons on a Karate Monkey and they have been fine, same prob with the axle,just using an allen key to poke through, using a hope pro2 which i just bought the 15mm spacer kit for…local machine shop will knock out a 16mm internal diameter hub spacer for a few beer tokens when i get time to drop the 20mm spacer off…but no big deal, forks feel just like reba`s, with alloy steerer and stantions there a bit of a bargin at £190, done about 600 miles in last month with them and no probs,air leaks etc…
29er to me is just another different bike in the collection,dont really find it worse at anything though, just go ride your bike :o

rains off here in E.lothian and mist clearing inland,i.e. at my house,so you may get a dry ride up the toon…
as i cant drink/drive im going for a misty beachride at Tyningham them home for a bottle of cider… anyone with 4" tyres welcome :wink:

see you all next week hopefully…

P.S.. 24th july (week on saturday) is the airshow here at East Fortune,ride out from my house for 11am for a loop around East Lothian via Garltons and along river tyne then if a nice day park up and be buzzed by planes turning overhead on north side of Pencraig Hill, or if weather iffy back to my house to watch out the man cave..trees were flapping about last year as the Vulcan flew over!, will post a thread for numbers if enough interest..all invited :o

thanks for that flatfish,that would proberly be better than taking another (hoochie) tarp and cord to sit and cook under which i have thought about after that wet evening!