Jamesfts, cheers. That’s reassuring. I went with Dirt Dan’s at Vallelujah. Entirely unnecessary drag-fest. Think I might try the Minion SS’s on the back to compensate but then again I might die!

Thanks mate, yes but my issue is the plus tyres float on mud a bit which is not ideal for the coming weekends enduro in the middle of a still melting Highlands. Plus tyres win in the dry tho IMO.

There are very few trails at Golfie that are that steep though tbh. But I wholly agree, the only difficult aspect is the steepness of Date Night. Golfie all that way for me!

Can confirm, Date Night is easily as wild as most of the Golfie. Yet Golfie has more diversity and longer tracks so is my favourite.

Hey mate,

Sorry, don’t seem to have received the email as yet. Looking forward to using it!

Thanks

Gav

Hi mate,

It’s thirdtimeluckie@hotmail.com.

Thanks very much!

Gavin

P.S. I sent you a message too

HI mate,

I’ll take it if no-one else has.

Thanks!

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Cheers OB! Finally found what I think is the right one after a large search.

Just signed up! Looks great from the videos and just northerly enough for a southern Scot!

Having administered IV and oral salbutamol to patient’s I can guarantee you it makes you incredibly tachycardic, shaky and generally feel like one is having some kind of cardiac event. Hence we only use it in very extreme circumstances. Hard to see that over a 4-6 hour stage this would be beneficial to anyone!

Hi Pete,

I’m a doctor although this is quite an unusual question. Do you still see any GI consultants? They might be the best to ask. I would have thought that getting fit would be very much recommended but you should ask an expert.

Gavin

Jim Wallace. A very decent man that.

My advice is: try as many as you can! You might find the smoky one’s difficult at first but persevere and they will seem like the biggest flavours you have ever tried! Not all blends are the same either. Compass Box for example make incredible blends. Just do some reading yourself. It’s a really amazing world of whisky these days.

Etape Loch Ness. Incredible scenery and route!

Speedstar, cheers mate but it’s a Christmas pressie, so going new!! ( I know get me eh!?!?! )

Ye shall not be disappointed!!

Wookster, I have a 780mm one i’m getting rid of if you are interested?

I have an XL Mojo 3 frame for sale in the classifieds. So good it won one of the Tweedlove enduros!

Have you tried the old letting the air out completely then inserting a cable tie past the seal into the positive chamber trick? Not even sure it will work on those forks but if there is air trapped in the bottom of the positive air chamber it will prevent them fully extending.

Tanjore. Clerk street. Dosas.

Not sure which bits get wet? Can’t be any wetter than the rest of the Tweed valley’s soup?! I think this descent is one of the most flowing descents in the valley. Feed the Pony is better but it’s a hell of a climb. But if you want flow..

If it’s reds then Carl’s Lane, Ho Chi Min, Zoom or Bust and round to Dave’s Trail. Repeat as time-able. All on Trailforks.

I fettle my own bikes but I have never seen a derailleur be so sensitive to the hanger. I have a hanger tool as well but even with the best straightening I could manage the big rings remained a mess when shifting. When I examined the old hanger it was off by maybe a couple of degrees from straight in comparison to the new one but I am sure any other derailleur would have coped. It’s also extremely sensitive to the B-limit setup. i’m assuming due to everything just being slightly narrower.

Great when it’s working well though! Just hoping I don’t go through several hundred derailleur hangers to make it so!

Hi Robz,

I did it this year and doing it again next year with a group of friends. Everything stated above is correct and you really need to be able to put in that 150-160bpm stuff (or mostly just under threshold power) for 90 minutes or so. Looking at the mountains next year, i’m not sure it will be quite as brutal as this year’s although it’s still a huge amount of climbing. I would say the most important thing is to learn to hydrate and get food in you early and use proper electrolyte-based drinks.

The last 1/3 of the route was just bodies everywhere, people hiding under trees, collapsed, voming. There was a single reason for this: the heat. To beat that requires you to both be fit enough to do the course, which is all about the hills and total time on the bike as you get huge breaks on the downs, plus properly hydrating ie. 1 750ml bottle or so depending on your body weight of electrolyte fluid per hour. Plus the snacks they provide are a bit useless for electrolytes apart from the bananas, consisting mostly of purely sugary things, so I would definitely recommend supplementing your own gels into the mix as they will also give you electrolytes and sugar in an easily digestible format.

Don’t want to sound like i’m forecasting doom either as the elation on reaching the end was incredible! But I almost collapsed on the way down from the col d’Izoard and had to stop for 15 minutes and drink a lot of fluid, despite having already finished the thing! Entirely doable with good training and practicing nutrition but huge numbers of people didn’t finish and their disappointment was obvious. PM me if you want to discuss anything further.

Personally I am trying to mix up Enduro riding and road riding so I know how it is. I’m ending up a bit divided between road and mtb each week as there is some cross-over but entirely different types of intensity. But sod it, they are both keeping me fit which is supposedly why I do it ;)

I managed 38 minutes at Golfie before an OTB left me with a cut on my chin needing 4 stitches. Thanks to the guys who stopped to see if I was alright.

For anyone who stopped to help me on community service yesterday, many thanks. Only needed 4 stitches in the end. Will enhance the Halloween costume!

Just tried a Magic Mary front and rear although 2.6 addix on the front and 2.35 3C on the rear. Did Green Wing a few times and there was definitely plenty of grip but still rolling quickly. Testing further tomorrow on some steeper stuff.

Anyone have a space going for this? Meant to enter but didn’t in time and have the weekend off :(

Yeah I tried the L although at 6’3 I should have been on the XL. They seem sized like the Santa Cruz’s. Could even have done with an xxl for really big chaps, who always suffer restricted choice IMO

gp, yeah it climbed fine albeit with a GX Eagle groupset. But i’m putting that on my Mojo too. Seemed like a total rocket ship and actually quite short in reach so manoeuvrability was not an issue. In the Tweed valley, i’m finding longer bikes pretty tiring..

Butt’r Eurostyle. For the tingle.

Rode one. Simply superb bike. So forgiving. I just couldn’t afford the 5.5k price tag! Although there is a cheaper version but the Team would have had to be it. sadly.

I live in Melrose. The quiet roads via Lilliesleaf and Midlem are very pretty. If it’s a mtb then the 4 abbeys way (not 4 abbey’s cycle route!)

This was cracking on a fat bike… till I fell in the Tyne on the way down!

Watch as the path along the river is extremely eroded.

Saw the one and only Danny Mcaskill out at Inners today. Wonder what trails he was hitting?

SC sizing comes up fairly small. General consensus is to size up although their TT’s are getting longer.

10 minutes?
Wow!
Try not being weak.

I tried that but no success sadly. Reversing the foot it is!

I find it’s either arm pump or quad pump. Slight hijack but anyone any tips on how to remain in the attack position for longer than 5-10 minutes without acute cramp in the quads setting in? It’s particularly bad on the rear leg which I assume is bearing more weight..

Taking my mate to Glentress for his second ever day of mountain biking. Was thinking Mud n’ Roots and Ponduro to start?!

Feed the Pony. From the top. Just pure fun!