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took a run out today and was out for three and a half hours, freezing cold but beautiful weather!
used to pedal around here (the Rothes windmills) a lot many years ago, but it's changed somewhat with even more windmills now!
don't remember so much climbing, but maybe being young and much fitter back then i just didn't notice it!
slogged up a long climb, only to find it stopped at the top! had no option but to go back the way i'd come, carried on downhill only to find myself on the back road from Dallas to Knockando, so it was 15 miles back to the car on road, which with soft, wide knobblies was no fun! :facepalm:
was a brilliant afternoon though, cold feet by the time i got back to the car, and knackered, and hungry, but loved it!
first pic shows Lossiemouth in the distance, and the third shows Ben Rinnes too, good views from up-on-high!
took a run out today and was out for three and a half hours, freezing cold but beautiful weather!
used to pedal around here (the Rothes windmills) a lot many years ago, but it's changed somewhat with even more windmills now!
don't remember so much climbing, but maybe being young and much fitter back then i just didn't notice it!
slogged up a long climb, only to find it stopped at the top! had no option but to go back the way i'd come, carried on downhill only to find myself on the back road from Dallas to Knockando, so it was 15 miles back to the car on road, which with soft, wide knobblies was no fun! :facepalm:
was a brilliant afternoon though, cold feet by the time i got back to the car, and knackered, and hungry, but loved it!
first pic shows Lossiemouth in the distance, and the third shows Ben Rinnes too, good views from up-on-high!
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Saturday had a ride out with Brian, Colin, John and Andy for Global fat Bike Day.
It was a 10am start at Loch Kinellan (?) just above Strathpeffer for a ride through and over some big hills to hopefully end up at the burger van in Garve for lunch before heading back using a mix of the same and some new tracks. A mixture of singletrack and forestry roads.
It was quite cool, especially in the shade or when the clouds covered but it was very still, no wind at all. Most importantly no rain, a bit of mud though, but all in not too bad.
Hadn't been on the Pugsley for a bit so it was good to get out and give it a good run.
Not retro I know, but hey, just thought I would share.
Jamie
DSCN3131 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSCN3133 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSCN3135 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSCN3142 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSCN3147 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSCN3150 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSCN3152 (2) by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSCN3151 (2) by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
It was a 10am start at Loch Kinellan (?) just above Strathpeffer for a ride through and over some big hills to hopefully end up at the burger van in Garve for lunch before heading back using a mix of the same and some new tracks. A mixture of singletrack and forestry roads.
It was quite cool, especially in the shade or when the clouds covered but it was very still, no wind at all. Most importantly no rain, a bit of mud though, but all in not too bad.
Hadn't been on the Pugsley for a bit so it was good to get out and give it a good run.
Not retro I know, but hey, just thought I would share.
Jamie
DSCN3131 by Jamie Dyer, on FlickrDSCN3133 by Jamie Dyer, on FlickrDSCN3135 by Jamie Dyer, on FlickrDSCN3142 by Jamie Dyer, on FlickrDSCN3147 by Jamie Dyer, on FlickrDSCN3150 by Jamie Dyer, on FlickrDSCN3152 (2) by Jamie Dyer, on FlickrDSCN3151 (2) by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
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Looks like a good day out Jamie. Not done much recently. Mrsthefish broke ribs on her bike in the summer and hasn't been keen on the cycling since. Not some gnarly black run - coming home from pub. O dear.
Anyway, worked weekend so she was up for a skive and a bimble round Rothiemurchus today. Crappy phone pic but it was grand with frosted trees, icy lochs and hard frozen ground. Proper winter weather but no doubt we'll be back to horizontal rain soon enough......
Looks like a good day out Jamie. Not done much recently. Mrsthefish broke ribs on her bike in the summer and hasn't been keen on the cycling since. Not some gnarly black run - coming home from pub. O dear.
Anyway, worked weekend so she was up for a skive and a bimble round Rothiemurchus today. Crappy phone pic but it was grand with frosted trees, icy lochs and hard frozen ground. Proper winter weather but no doubt we'll be back to horizontal rain soon enough......
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Spent Sunday night putting together some of the bits for the Big Dummy.
The skateboard deck was replaced with a proper Xtracycle flight deck. This mounts onto the rails with bolted on hooks and are very strong. They recommend these if you carry human cargo. Onto this is a Magic Carpet, this is the grey seat running on the deck. Its a very comfortable but dense padding and is in a waterproof cover with reflective piping, with the back being a red reflective material. This straps down onto the top rail at 9 points so will never move. Then I put the U Tubes on, these are the rails that run along the side at foot height. This is where things went a bit confusing, the U Tubes fitted into the rails at each end and they had 2 holes near the end of the tubes with one at each end lining up with the holes in the Dummy frame. The tubes came supplied with four bolts, problem was my frame only had a hole on one side of the tube and the U Tube holes had no threading. After a bit of checking it turns out they sent me the later tubes as the earlier ones for the Dummy have a little spring loaded pin that when it gets pushed into the frame and aligns, then the pin pops out through the frame to stop the tube coming out. To remove, just push the pin in and slide the tube out. So U Tubes winging their way back to London and older tubes being sourced, hopefully wont be too long.
Anyway its getting there, just looking for a set of Nitto Albatross bars for Caleb but just hope they are not too wide, just need something with a wide sweep for him. Maybe there is some sort of kids swept back bars. Oh and I also need another set of bar ends for his footrest, just need to find something straight with a curve at the end as the old Specialized ones I have on there at the moment are slightly curved and when mounted for foot pegs they sweep upwards slightly.
Anyway just thought I would share.
Jamie
DSC_1615 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_1616 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_1618 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_1617 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
The skateboard deck was replaced with a proper Xtracycle flight deck. This mounts onto the rails with bolted on hooks and are very strong. They recommend these if you carry human cargo. Onto this is a Magic Carpet, this is the grey seat running on the deck. Its a very comfortable but dense padding and is in a waterproof cover with reflective piping, with the back being a red reflective material. This straps down onto the top rail at 9 points so will never move. Then I put the U Tubes on, these are the rails that run along the side at foot height. This is where things went a bit confusing, the U Tubes fitted into the rails at each end and they had 2 holes near the end of the tubes with one at each end lining up with the holes in the Dummy frame. The tubes came supplied with four bolts, problem was my frame only had a hole on one side of the tube and the U Tube holes had no threading. After a bit of checking it turns out they sent me the later tubes as the earlier ones for the Dummy have a little spring loaded pin that when it gets pushed into the frame and aligns, then the pin pops out through the frame to stop the tube coming out. To remove, just push the pin in and slide the tube out. So U Tubes winging their way back to London and older tubes being sourced, hopefully wont be too long.
Anyway its getting there, just looking for a set of Nitto Albatross bars for Caleb but just hope they are not too wide, just need something with a wide sweep for him. Maybe there is some sort of kids swept back bars. Oh and I also need another set of bar ends for his footrest, just need to find something straight with a curve at the end as the old Specialized ones I have on there at the moment are slightly curved and when mounted for foot pegs they sweep upwards slightly.
Anyway just thought I would share.
Jamie
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