The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is one of my favourite albums by anyone, after that I would go for Highway 61.

> ransos – I don't think Positively 4th Street is on any albums except compilations

Found this Cyclists Welcome accommodation search quite helpful planning a trip recently, don't know how much it has for Aviemore

http://cycling.visitscotland.com/accommodation/%5B/url%5D

5% at my work.

You're only repeating a line… you didn't even invent it…

joke number 7

I got lots of flats with the Speed Kings that came on my P7. The 'speed' part is right though.

Changed to Panaracer Cinders, much better suited to my clumsy riding style… no more flats

5'11" and a bit… 19" frame is perfect

Picture in a recent thread http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-orange-p7s

Now I write that down it looks like A LOT of riding. And a lot of driving. Not sure if I'm looking to do too much. I really want to do some natural riding, ideally with the aforementioned overnight stop in somewhere picturesque and it seems silly while in Scotland not to ride some of the trail centres.

None of Witches, Laggan or Golspie are especially long routes – you could do as little or as much riding as you feel like these days.

Fort William across to Wolftrax isn't much of a drive (about an hour I think?)

I think Zerodown said it best in their hymn "Empty Promised Land"

Because ego won't permit belief in our mortality;
so we manufactured our delusioned lie;
We believe with much conviction in our useless superstition
that our lives are bigger than life.

They're green

Go a bit faster.

Freeflow in Glasgow do Cube bikes out of those ones listed

http://www.freeflowbikes.com/cube-bikes-141-c.asp

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2008 flavoured.

Spotted at the Scottish XC race at Cathkin Braes today:

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Just needs a few cable ties I reckon.

I was just thinking Blairadam is nowhere near Golspie (unless there are two trails called Blairadam…)

Found some more from another photographer:

http://www.olivercoats.co.uk/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=180

YYYY gets mad when people drive cars everywhere, the roads are perfectly good for cycling on. Why oh why?

The 'official' photos are online now

http://www.xpressphoto.co.uk/events/gallery.cfm?galleryid=28&startrow=1

First time doing this kind of race, the course was great and good atmosphere like others have said. The many, many people who overtook me were very polite about it…

Got a couple of pictures of the first lap starting:

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Hope you don’t mind me joining the group halfway through. I’ve managed every day this year but with some really bad photos along the way. Hope the group will give me some more inspiration!

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I knew last week was Bike Week, didn’t realise this week was Newt Week…

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I’m intrigued as to how the phone ended up in the path of a vehicle, and was then driven over. Any more details?

Thats a great explanation in the final paragraph on the blue page:

“Through circumstances he finds himself at 29 with his contract expiring”.

I must try that one sometime:

“Through circumstances, I was not at work yesterday…”

Haven’t seen this thread before, lots of amazing pictures.

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Aha,I seem to remember there red and black options from that point? I was up there last summer (I took the red option…)

One of the Moray Monster trails? Can’t remember what its called.

Entirely a matter of choice, but if you’ve got a helmet anyway I can’t see much reason to leave it at home while you ride to work.

There were quite a lot of people making a racket up the hill when I was up there, impressed by the guy who brought a cymbal up with him.

As other people have said the atmosphere in the arena is best if there’s a British rider really pushing for the win.

The road closure is 10pm-6am, and not Saturday or Sunday nights.

http://www.trafficscotland.org/plannedroadworks/details.aspx?id=277704

I reckon bike is the best way to get from town up to the WC as well.

At my work the final payment is 5% of the original price of the bike

Also looking forward to the bike test, got a SC Blur Carbon booked :-)

1. Three years pretty solidly, having done it a bit in the past. Short commute though, less than five miles unless I choose to make it longer.

2. Never badly injured (so far…) I’m quite cautious and assume the worst of all other road users. I wave to drivers a lot and wouddn’t wear headphones riding on the road.

3. Never knocked off. A few times I have avoided it quite spectacularly, like crashing into a wall to miss a minibus which turned across me (coming from the opposite direction) in Leeds. This year the score is one each between me and the pedestrians of Glasgow, I’ve knocked one down (chain jumped off/hit pothole/mounted pavement) and one has walked into me travelling quite fast.

Not much reason to be unhappy about moving to Glasgow. Great place to live, just spend a bit of time picking where you’re going to stay, a couple of streets apart can make a big difference. As noted above like anywhere there are bad parts and good parts. The good stuff in Glasgow is great.

Plenty of wee trails at lots of parks all around the city, more/bigger if you don’t mind a bit of riding to get there and loads of choice in all diretions within about an hours drive

Garden and garage advice in response to bike photos.

For Glasgow southside commuters, you’ve probably seen the big yellow signs but Eglinton Street is going to be one lane each way from Monday I think .
Evening times link

Might make it easier to get through the traffic if its all queued in one big line :D

If you overtake a black hybrid with mismatched mudguards and a Comic Relief red nose on your travels, its probably me…

lank45 – yep well spotted

Loads of fantastic photos in this thread.

One bike one from me:

And a non-bike camera phone effort from a few years back.

Good to see photos up so quickly, agree with the above that the course was great fun

Some estate agents will try to get away with calling everywhere Shawlands as it is probably the most popular area in the southside (and so probably the most expensive).

Mount Florida I would say is just as nice but Shawlands has more shops, pubs etc

Otherwise you seem to have picked out the nicer areas already