a cracking read… 🙂

aye the buggas are out in force…I was doing the Kirroughtree black a few weeks ago and I had a puncture up in the woods on the “Black Craigs” section… I was working away changing the inner tube when I looked up and it was a like a scene from John Carpenter’s “The Fog” coming at me through the trees…. I have never swapped out an inner tube so fast in my bloody life… 😀

Last weekend was bad as well, I was glad I had a midge net while I was marshalling at the NPS at Kirroughtree…

Check in with Kael first… http://stores.ebay.co.uk/KaTec-Bikes?_trksid=p4340.l2563 send him a message and he will advise ya…. I bought my bushings and bearings for my Commencal and Trek Session 10 , he is an A1 bloke..

could it be that the shock bushings are worn??

aye, My Son has been there 3 times before, he didn’t know anything about MTB (lazing and boozing are his pasttimes…LOL), he has had no hassles there at all.
Have googled it and know that it is hilly, will do a bit more research into it before I go…

was bad enough biking round Kirroughtree red/black last week in 27 degree sunshine 😕

thanks to all who have replied to my post…. much appreciated folks.. 8)

cheers guys… I was only wanting to know about MTB’ing out there…. 8)

Trek Session 10 (AKA The Beast) , took it for a test ride and everything felt right with the bike… 50lbs of pure downhill Tractor… loving it to bits.. spent a few hundred quid on parts replacement… but for what it cost in total It was a bargain, cam with Marzocchi shivers DC forks.

ave gotta pass on this one… sorry… 🙁

is this a full day… 8 runs??? what is the time of the first and last lift up the hill??
And how do we get the cash to Tally???

Is this of any help to you??
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Tech-Tuesday-Pedal-Pin-Retrofit-2011.html

I bought my spokes from here.. http://www.billys.co.uk/english/productresults.php?dept=5015&group=U I wasn’t worried about weight of the spokes and just plumped for stainless one… 64 spokes + nipples cost me £22 posted..!!

I use more than one spoke calculator , I then take the average spoke length.
http://www.dtswiss.com/SpokesCalc/Welcome.aspx?language=en
http://lenni.info/edd/

also make sure you have a dishing tool as this can make things more accurate when tensioning the spokes

I always use 3 different calculators, DT SWISS, Wheelpro and Edd
http://lenni.info/edd/
I then take the average from them….

yep, +1 for Kael

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/KaTec-Bikes?_trksid=p4340.l2563

I bought a full set of bearings from him only just last week for my 08 trek Session 10

For me it had to be riding the Nevis Red and DH course up at Fort William back in August… and also growing the Cojones to run the Shredder road gap down at Ae Forest this month….I actually ran it twice… what a BUZZZZZ that was… 🙂

Kirroughtree today..

did you enjoy getting the big air then Si??? (shopping trolley technique was it?…LOL)

cheers guys… I had to check… I am not that up on DH rigs and their tyres…. 8)

http://www.7stanesmountainbiking.com/Home each of the stanes has a profiler on it’s page…. hope that helps… 8)

http://www.cornerhousehotel.com/ 4 of us stayed there back in May of this year…. good food and a decent nights kip…

Innerleithen, from the top of Minch Moor all the way down to the car park..
Black Craigs at Kirroughtree is over not long after it starts 😆

I am not the best at working with tools and wood..but I managed to knock up a usable truing stand.. 8)

copy the link to the picture and then click on IMG above the message window and then click on paste…Hey Presto..

Giant Reign XO down at Ae forest Omega Man

http://www.sleeperzzz.com/ I haven’t stayed there ..but they are cheap enough..

John doesn’t have a normal speed… just a bloody fast one… 😀

Kirry has a fair bit of off piste trails, I will be available up to the 20th of this month, after that I will be off for a wee break down south..

Here http://www.petracycles.co.uk/product_info.php?language=en&currency=GBP&products_id=39512&source=googlepbs

or go to Google.co.uk and use Thule 591 spares as your search string…

hope this helps..

DB/Mabie and Kirrie car parks are £2 per day… Drumlanrig car park charges are a bit hit and miss.. some attendants charge you £5 per car others charge £5 per head!!
To me the trails at Mabie and uppy downy with a few good sections…Dalbeattie has chicken runs for the techy sections, be mindfull at “Moyles Magic” as that can catch out the unwary, as you will come over a rocky section and then you are full pelt down a steep rocky section..

Kirrie is fun and has chicken runs round the black sections…you will all have a blast at all the trails… have fun and enjoy yourselves… 8)

I use the thule 561 for my Giant Reign with 20mm maxle.. you can purchase a seperate 15mm tubing for smaller through axle bikes… both would use the QR off the forks to secure the bike… the 561 does come with a standard fork mount QR also…

only 5 mins down the road..

http://www.castlecary-caravans.com/index.html

I was over the a few years ago and the buses have bike racks on the front of them, perhaps you could catch a bus to Squamish or Whistler????

Like the old saying goes.. “You can’t please all of the people all of the time”

being out in the fresh air with a few mates or on your own is what trail centres are all about… just enjoying what we have got… 8)

“Dirtschool” and “Home”… but don’t quote me on the no profanity content….
a fair bit of Danny Mac in the Home DVD..

I use both the Thule 591 and the 561 outrider… granted the 591 makes for easier operation, it’s horses for courses… 8)

is it this bike???

no it won’t fit.. you will need the fork mounted one.. I had to go for the 561 for my 08 Giant Reign X0

hope this helps..

the Thule 561 comes with a 20mm bolt through adapter and the normal 12mm lock

Likewise due a trip over Kirri hope to get there next weekend

lemme know times and I will try and get down to Kirrie… I am hoping to get the forks back for my Meta this week….

you did a good job with the editing though… i liked the ambient background sounds 8)
hope to catch up with ya sometime out on the trails..

did this one last year using 2 Veho Muvi mini cams..

Pretty good.. what software did you use for the edit??
there was a wee tad of ghosting with some of the fades 8)