MacRetro chat and rides thread

[RobMac]

YOU BTSADRA!

 

[mikee]

i will use my specialized powers sparingly

 

[The Ken]

ZZ turbo trainer... I'll sell you mine if you want - used around 6 times - quieter gel rollered, fluid resistance type - no resistance adjustment, you use your gears to make it harder.

 

[zigzag]

Ach Dave, already bought one! Picking up one tonight from 8690q...

 

[The Ken]

no worries ZZ, I might use it again, think I'm down to £25 a shot now

 

[velomaniac]

In an idle moment I've been peering at OS maps and reckon there is a potential mini epic closer to home than our jaunts into deepest highlandshire.
Aberfoyle can be linked to Rowardennan on Loch Lomond via loads of landrover track and footpaths. Google satelite imagery and OS maps show interesting footpath descent to Rowardennan but then again it might be too steep. Then north along WHW to Cailness which I've seen snippets suggesting its good to ride before steep Landrover track climb back out and eastward back to Aberfoyle.
A trip on the Loch Lomond ferry in Summer can be thrown in for interests sake.
Could be something interesting to look at next year
I love maps me !

 

[zigzag]

Anybody watching the Skye Trail on BBC2 at the mo? Cameron McNeish is wandering down towards Sligachan

 

[zigzag]

Went for a wee spin around around the forest south of Loch Ard a few years ago - managed to get lost but did find a nice wee bit of singletrack, but don't ask me to find it again Coming round a bend onto a herd of deer was highlight of the day though.

Is this the descent down into the Forest Velo, or is it not marked on the map? Interestingly, the trail west from Moin Eich disappears on the big scale OS map!

Also a thumbs up for the WHW trail toward Inversnaid! And not strictly relevent to this ride, also has a link to a trail around Ardgartan...

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic ... och-lomond

More info on trail here:

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic ... ice-wanted

 

[RobMac]

No it looks like the path onto Ben Lomond :?

 

[zigzag]

Only if you go north Rob...

It's the track west-to-east that's the one that leads to Aberfoyle.