And today I did......

[clubby]

Had seen a vid of stage 1 and thought that was where it was. ZZ and I did the end part that last year and it was really good. Stuff near the start up by the deer fence looks way steep.
Stage 2 (rake and ruin) is great, just a pity the slog to the top of it always knackers me.

 

[jimo746]

Sounds good Kaiser. I looked at doing some SES rounds this year but the price has gone up from last year :x and it kind of put me off a bit tbh. Decided to sign up for a few Sportive events instead (which aren't much cheaper but at least they're a bit longer).

I was all set to do a long road ride today but it looked grim this morning and the wind was blowing a gale, the thought of 4 or 5 hours battling the wind on the road bike just didn't appeal to me.
So instead I had a lazy morning catching up with the Tour de Yorkshire on the ITV hub, then took the Zaskar (actually my Mrs's bike ) for a blast in the local woods. The sun decided to come out and I explored some new bits of trail,. All in all a lot more fun than riding on the road!

 

[RobMac]

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Jim every time I hear you on about your Zaskar I feel like digging mines out, its a '97' from memory.

 

[clubby]

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Jim every time I hear you on about your Zaskar I feel like digging mines out, its a '97' from memory.

There's another one of his many bikes none of us have ever seen or heard of :facepalm:

 

[kaiser]

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Jim, the muckmedden enduros are a great compromise. Rideable blind, not quite as gnarly and the Perth one was great fun( well except me stacking it and buggering my shoulder). Recommended , really good day out.

 

[Jamiedyer]

Enduro sounds pretty full on Kaiser, but it sounds like you had a real blast and a good day out which is what it is all about really.
For myself, I got back about midnight last night after heading to Forth Fat on Friday. Another great weekend and with a bit more variation to the rides on Saturday and Sunday and a much quicker pace made it a bit different than years past. A good variation of techy coastal rock riding for mile after mile picking a line, long cruisy beach sections then lots of stuff in the woods on tight singletrack to following the John Muir Way trail back to North Berwick yesterday.
Great riding and a great social weekend camping, eating and drinking with friends. A great fun weekend.

Jamie

DSCN3764 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

DSCN3770 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

DSCN3771 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

 

[RobMac]

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Good turn out Jamie any idea how many?

 

[Jamiedyer]

There was less of a turnout than last year, I think there was about 87 or something last year. I am not sure how many each day but a nice manageable number. There were some issues last year with the increase in numbers as it's basically just a ride, same as a macretro ride etc but it was becoming a bit hard to manage. There was less people this year I think due to it being a bank holiday and also there was a couple of other fat bike things going on down south. For the first time the guys from Surly hadn't come over from the States which was a shame and Pat from Ison was missed as I think he had another event. he is a funny guy and a good guy to ride with.
A great weekend, you should bring your plus bike along.

Jamie

 

[RobMac]

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Didn't realise + bikes were allowed :?

 

[velomaniac]

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A fat bikes a floatation tyred bike, that is a bike with a big footprint to allow it to ride on soft ground. Fat bikes evolved from bikes with 2 - 3" wide tyres on wide rims. Rim width is actually the important bit as it allows low psi and thus big footprint. So as long as your going to bring a bike that can be ridden on soft ground the fat bikers other than the true snobs will be happy to have you around. I've done runs on plus bikes with the fatbikers before and everybody was fine.