Kit, Bloody Fantastic- Top Bloke!

6 and a half right round then ;)
well i tell you what, looked at it on an OS and it looks a fantastic ride, have you done it yourself?
Can most of it be biked?
Thanks for your help!

Well cheers for all these routes guys :)
I look forward to what “kit” can recommend me :)
Cant wait to get down and ride now!

I have to say im not a massive out and back fan!
And is that a days worth of riding? So head up, drop in at the chalamain gap and ythen blast back down?

Hey guys thanks for all the advice
and i am happy to say we made it 4 days camping waiting for the weather and we hit it, bivvying uo there before scrambling across.
Crib Goch is next on the list, we understand this is fairly simple?

The ben alder loop, is there a lot of hikeybikey involved in that?
Druidh, Cheers for that , made a good read! I understand both sides really, mind you spending £540 on bike hire at Bothy Bikes, being given a trail map is quite nice!
But i understand trail builders want the trails and respected, and you would hope all riders would do this!

Did you manage to find any GPX routes by the way “kit”
i sent you a quick mail.

With the Lairig Ghru
is it just a case of ride all the way to braierach then turn around and come back ? :)
everybody says it is a great blast down, is that heading from braeirach back to aviemore?

Got to put it out there 13thfloormonk

‘exploring’ (i.e. getting lost in bogs) that it doesn’t really take much to impress me
I like your style!
But thanks for your help :) i’ll give it a whirl :)

Hi Gusamc
as mentioned im going late august so ill get a flickr account setup so you can look at ur pictures and will email you all our gpx routes before we go :)

Inshirach forest is meant to be a beautiful place, i would be grateful also if you have any routes on this. Best stuff you’ve ever ridden? will have to make that a definite then! is it technical riding or just a damm good descent?
Your probably right about Badaguish its a special place thankfully everybody respects it.

Hi Kit

No worries pal thanks for that one of carn Ban Mor anyway. Is Lairig Ghru worth an out and back and is it do-able in a day. How far down it do you go right to braeirach or is that pushing it for time?
We went to nethy bridge last year and did the burma road and ryvoan/sluggan pass before shooting off to go and do the corrieyairack and that. Its such a stunning place we couldn’t resist not going again despite morzine screaming at us!
Well we are there August 19-27 so if your up feel free to tag along!

I can email you the map of the singletrack around bagaduish if you want? i think its frowned upon to post it on here hahah!

Cheers Pal Your a Godsend!
Its really appreciated, if its easier for you im happy for you to email me
Lewismorgan10@gmail.com
is the Creag na Sroin worth doing?

Cheers Pal,
I considered that because i presume after pools of dee is where it starts getting hikeybikey?
Have you managed to do it from aviemore and back in a day?
Problem is i dont want to miss out on any fun :D although i hear the singletrack best into rothiemurchus is the best?

cheers mate
we did go last year and we biked from aviemore down to laggan. We went up and over the corrieyairack to fort augustus whiihc was brilliant (despite the low cloud meaning the next day we had to bike back on the A9!)
However we were so shattered we never got round to go to laggan, and we stayed in the bunkhouse which i have to say we found quite unhygenic and the lads wouldn’t be too keen on going back :L
Thanks for your help though :)

I have that map
if its suitable to upload it?

should it be a last day job then incase one of us breaks a leg!

Here is the plan if anyone thinks there is better options please tell:
Day 1: Ryvoan pass/Loch morlich with some rothiemucrhus
Day 2: Burma Road, maybe doing the singletrack off the top if anyone can give me a grid ref where this starts?
day 3: Cruise dwn to Badaguish and do some of the “secret” singletrack, i have a map from boty bikes showing the main canadian trail etc.
Day 4: Carn Ban Mor sounds like a beauty so we’ll give her a go
Day 5: Lairig ghru/Glen as the chap earlier posted :)
day 6: Craigellachie is a possibilty or is it too hikeyikey?
Anyone is welcome to cycle with us if theyt are down.
Best pubs? We lived in Pappa Rocks last time but might look for somehwere new with some atmosphere :)

i know
The chap already told me
calm down

apologies im new to this!

I’ll Have too make that Day 1 then!
We went once before last year but one week’s not enough to get round the start of the routes! Let alone get into the nightlife!
Looking forward to this year and thanksa lot for your route help, makes our trip a lot more enjoyable. Planning a route from the fenlands 500 miles away is quite difficult.
Have you done any singletrack around glenfeshie? Supposed to be good

I’ve seen the Lairig Ghru
but the morale seemd that it was pretty much mostly unbikable?
I can cope with a mile or 3 Hikeybikey if the descents worth it i guess!
Would you do it again? How does it compare to Carn Ban Morr?

Jagwire outers are superb!

I’m quite fancy sgor gaooithe or the lairig ghru,
not really after too much of a hikeybikey dont know if anyone has done any for these routes?
If the descents worth it then i’ll probably give it a go

Cheers mate I’ll check them out,
Sounds good what ride is it? everyone always raves about rothiemurchus might have to check that out.
Its past the 15 minute mark, looks like ill have to just live with it!

Trangia mini is a top buy,
the burner is exactly the same size and its much smaller in your rucksack
works even better in the wind so cant go wrong!
Lewis