TheGrifterSound™ isn't necessarily a sign of impending failure. Have had them develop that almost immediately, then last for ages.

There was a freewheel reviewed in ST about this time last year, whose name escapes me. Believe that's still going strong.

Freehubs for the win (except when they fail too).

lookout mountain in the ochocos.

i tried last year. it was horrific (both moustache and the experience of growing a moustache).

Fer shure.

Cap when it's cool. Buff when it's cold. Woolly hat when it's freezing.

if anyone fancies a stylish Scottish Cyclocross cap, then see the SCX shop for details.

Bon!

big weekend of racing in the Scottish Cyclocross series. Racing both days at Glenmore Lodge, near Aviemore. Going to be great.

http://www.scottishcyclocross.org.uk/2009/10/scx-glenmore-lodge.html

knowing scotland it will be either bloody freezing or warm and you will be eaten alive by the midges!!!
if the first couple of words are correct then you'd know the last few aren't at this time of year. 🙂

could do with a decent cold snap to kick winter off properly. was boiling wandering up ben vrackie this evening.

beautiful view from the top though – http://twitpic.com/ng791
🙂

in the immediate area of glenshee – nothing much that'll be technical singletrack. if you can get up to braemar there are options there.

no-one bivvys anymore. that was last month,

the hepcats are all jakpaking[/url]. 🙂

we were up in Carron Valley installing trail counters a couple of years ago and had an entertaining conversation with a forestry contractor who was in working adjacent to the trail. let us know the safe distance to be near on of the badass harvesting machines and it was a long, long way away.

we also had some contractors in doing trail work at the time, so had blocked off cannonball run top and bottom with logs and an old section of chainlink fence in a frame (building site gates?) – all signed & website up-to-date. imagine our surprise when a rider emerged from the trail and claimed not to have realised that the trail was shut…

11:00 – see website for full details.

http://www.scottishcyclocross.org.uk

…and remember the clocks change tonight. 🙂

OrangeChammy – see my other post or scottishcyclocross.org.uk about location of SCX at Mugdock tomorrow. The map link on the Scottish Cycling event calendar is incorrect.

See you on the startline. Prepare for anti-dust! 😉

bushwacked – brand new park in Burntisland (Fife). Just a few scabs and a limp…

looks good. would de-rad the main homepage pic though.

one day they'll be as rad as me…

Yup. Mugdock for me in round 3 of the Scottish CX series.

More details here – http://www.scottishcyclocross.org.uk/

First cx of the season for me and what a corker. Another 100+ turnout for the Scottish Cyclocross race at Auchentoshan. Course in top nick and flawless organisation by Glasgow United CC. Roll on Mugdock!

http://www.scottishcyclocross.org.uk/

ht will be fine. as will a singlespeed.

LOL at the google ad on the youtube link that coffeeking posted. nice work…

what sort of chain tugs were you using?

can mount proper mudguards with p-clips and some cable ties.

another (default) user of Windows Movie Maker here. dead easy to add music/titles/basic effects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHOAauqtzhk *

would like to do fancier stuff, but still looking for something better, PC based and free.

* yes, i know my bunnyhopping sucks

not racing this weekend, but putting in some prep for the 2nd round of the Scottish series at Auchentoshan next weekend.

http://www.scottishcyclocross.org.uk/

http://www.7stanes.gov.uk/website/forestry.nsf/byunique/infd-5sdml4

you look like the lovechild of gary fisher and mike gatting! 😉

so glad they got rid of that smug **** Eamonn Holmes and his group of sycophantic tits from the R5L. if only they could get shot of those Nicky Campbell and Steven Nolan ****…

is it really not possible to pedal up some how and then ride it?
you could ride up forest roads to about 250m, then it's only another 400m (vertical) of bog trotting to get you to the top gondola station.

piece of cake. 🙂

they're a bit keener on closing the bridge to bikes these days. guff here.

smart riders avoid the shitty A90 cyclepath by heading towards Kirkliston after Cramond Brig and then up and over via Wester Craigie Farm or heading further west and up and over to Dalmeny past the hollowed out bing.

there's a pedestrian/cycle lane on both sides of the FRB, but only eastern one is open at the moment.

No worries – thought it must have been a typo – or booze :).

WHW north of Crianlarich(e). Yup, that's probably the best bit on a bike. There's been some work done on the path between Bridge of Orchy and Inveroran, so that section is pretty weatherproof these days. Devils Staircase likewise (since the mid-80s).

you said clockwise is the best
anti-clockwise is best IMHO. the day i tried it clockwise was pretty horrific weather-wise, but i still wouldn't do it that way round on a sunny day…

is it all rideable (I'd like to go with a friend but he's fairly new to this) ?
nothing particularly technical, but it's a good sized ride with no easy escape routes, so not sure i'd recommend for a newbie.

was assuming OP was referring to this route:
http://www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?id=16477

Glen Tilt (clockwise or anti-clockwise??)
anti.

knee warmers+normal shorts for me.

The problem with planky stuff is that the raw materials work out a lot more expensive than conventional trails, even if you get volunteers to do the actual building.[/i]
depends where you're building it. build that far up a (proper) hill and it becomes very expensive to helicopter in enough rocks to build a sustainable trail across a boggy hillside. as was pointed out a while back, boardwalk like that is a lot easier/cheaper to remove in future too.

looked here?

(from a google image search)

simonfbarnes – Member
I thought this was months ago…

do you need extra time to dust off your annual 3 Peaks flamebait posts? 😉

Glentress by train?
nope. that's not the line they're planning on re-opening. closest stations will be c. 20 miles away. get pedaling! 🙂