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Busy weekend and despite the weather we did manage to get out for a bit of a ride.
Just a meander around the local back roads on the tandem but still it was good to be out.
It still needs the bottom bracket replaced but am just waiting on the TA crank puller so I can take it out and measure what I need.
It will soon get a full strip down when I do the BB, change the front handlebar and levers and maybe change the bar end gear levers to downtube as well as new cables etc.
For now we have it enough to do day rides etc and will tweak it to suite ourselves as we go. Caleb is certainly loving it though, always happy and smiling, rushes in the door whenever we get home to tell mum of his adventures. I'm glad as he was keen beforehand but you never know until he tries it for himself. So for now all good. He has also picked up the tandem way of riding really quickly and we don't have any problems with staying in sync when stopping or starting.
Anyway here are a couple of photos as usual and also me sporting my new Audax Ecosse wool jersey that finally arrived Saturday.
Hope you have all had a good weekend and managed to get a ride in at some point.
Jamie
August 23 2020 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
August 23 2020 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
August 23 2020 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Just a meander around the local back roads on the tandem but still it was good to be out.
It still needs the bottom bracket replaced but am just waiting on the TA crank puller so I can take it out and measure what I need.
It will soon get a full strip down when I do the BB, change the front handlebar and levers and maybe change the bar end gear levers to downtube as well as new cables etc.
For now we have it enough to do day rides etc and will tweak it to suite ourselves as we go. Caleb is certainly loving it though, always happy and smiling, rushes in the door whenever we get home to tell mum of his adventures. I'm glad as he was keen beforehand but you never know until he tries it for himself. So for now all good. He has also picked up the tandem way of riding really quickly and we don't have any problems with staying in sync when stopping or starting.
Anyway here are a couple of photos as usual and also me sporting my new Audax Ecosse wool jersey that finally arrived Saturday.
Hope you have all had a good weekend and managed to get a ride in at some point.
Jamie
August 23 2020 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
August 23 2020 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
August 23 2020 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Today the wife is away doing a couple of Munros, so I've spent the morning at Broughty Ferry with Logan. An hour in the park was a good tricep workout pushing him on the swings and then a toddle along the beach to collect some more shells for his sandpit.
Glad of an easy day today though as I'm still beasted from my trip to Comrie yesterday with my latest purchase.
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Yes, that's a motor and yes I am still aching!
Had it about a month now but this was the first time I had a chance to get away for a full day. Been up the Sidlaws a couple of times and Pitmedden last weekend, but this trip was the kind of stuff I bought the bike for. Always struggled with the climbs at Comrie, that big kick out of the car park gives no chance for a warm up. Usually I manage about three loops in a day, but I'd done that by lunchtime and was up for the same again in the afternoon. It just makes the trip so much more worthwhile. Extra weight is noticeable (the bikes, not mine) on tight techy stuff and that bike in particular holds its weight low down and once your above walking speed is really agile. Not as "poppy" as my Santa Cruz but really confidence inspiring.
Amount of runs I did yesterday pushed body and battery to the verge and I got back to the car exhausted with 1 mile left on the battery range.
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Won't be a bike for every ride. Took it round my local loop just to get used to it, and it took the fun out of it. On easier trails it's too easy to run into the limiter and then the bike just feels like it stops dead. Needs a decent bit of climbing and descents where you're not really pedalling, more carrying your speed. Also not a bike for Epicyclo style riding, lifting it over fences and gates or stomping through heather when the path runs out is a whole other workout in itself!
Glad of an easy day today though as I'm still beasted from my trip to Comrie yesterday with my latest purchase.
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on FlickrYes, that's a motor and yes I am still aching!
Had it about a month now but this was the first time I had a chance to get away for a full day. Been up the Sidlaws a couple of times and Pitmedden last weekend, but this trip was the kind of stuff I bought the bike for. Always struggled with the climbs at Comrie, that big kick out of the car park gives no chance for a warm up. Usually I manage about three loops in a day, but I'd done that by lunchtime and was up for the same again in the afternoon. It just makes the trip so much more worthwhile. Extra weight is noticeable (the bikes, not mine) on tight techy stuff and that bike in particular holds its weight low down and once your above walking speed is really agile. Not as "poppy" as my Santa Cruz but really confidence inspiring.
Amount of runs I did yesterday pushed body and battery to the verge and I got back to the car exhausted with 1 mile left on the battery range.
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on FlickrWon't be a bike for every ride. Took it round my local loop just to get used to it, and it took the fun out of it. On easier trails it's too easy to run into the limiter and then the bike just feels like it stops dead. Needs a decent bit of climbing and descents where you're not really pedalling, more carrying your speed. Also not a bike for Epicyclo style riding, lifting it over fences and gates or stomping through heather when the path runs out is a whole other workout in itself!
Day off yesterday, so after dropping the wee man at nursery it was a quick trip back to the house to pack the bike in the back of the car and off to Dunkeld.
Been thinking about an alternative Bawbags route for an autumn meet and wanted to do some exploring. Turns out, I almost wish I hadn't.
Generally we go up to Loch Ordie then take the right fork at the end of the loch and loop clockwise round Deuchary hill. Looking at the maps the left fork heads north up to Lochan Oisinneach Mor and Lochan Oisinneach, loops round Capel Hill and come back to the start of Loch Ordie. Despite showing 100% battery when I packed, my garmin died after 2 mile, leaving me with the back up map on my phone. Map shows a mix of doubletrack and footpath but as OS veterans know, on Scottish maps most of the lines are a wild guess and can be anything from a motorway estate road to a track a rabbit went down once 100 years ago! Path started nicely enough, lovely and scenic, but soon started to get a bit wetter. It then deteriorated into boggy sections and soon just a plain bog. After a mile or so it improved and I can to a gate. Just as I got through a gate I met a couple coming the other way, who said the path was really boggy higher up and unrideable, although they'd just walked around the edges. They also told me that the gate at the far end was locked but I'd be able to carry the bike over. I pointed out to them that's easier said than done with a 25kg e-bike! On the map the was another path which cut round the back of Capel hill and would miss this boggy section and the top part of the loop, so I continued anyway. Big mistake. The path got worse as I'd been told and even with motor assistance turned up, I was off and squelching. The weird thing was the sections in between were bone dry, almost dusty then all of a sudden you'd have 20-30m of sheer bog. Predictable, when I came to the right area for the turn off, I could not see a track. Maybe if the garmin had been working I'd have found it, but from the looks of the terrain, the ground was even wetter than the path I was on. At least the main path was visible if not very pleasant. I'd not been the only one to attempt it by bike as they were recent Ritchey Z Max tyre prints, very retro! As I neared the top Lochan the track improved from boggy to just plain wet, but at least the ground underneath was a bit firmer. Thankfully the locked gate was just a standard gate and not a deer fence, so a good heft and the bike was over. Disappointingly the track around the Lochan got boggy again, but once on the anti-clockwise track to the north of it, things turned firmer again, wet but still rideable. As this track went on it entered sheep country and improved into a nicer landrover track and thankfully easier to ride. I was able to start to enjoy it again and started to find reassuring path markers for the Atholl estate. When I got nearer to Loch Ordie I had plenty of battery left and decided to take a path heading towards Guay. A fantastic decent followed and then a climb back up to the house with the bark dogs that you pass on the way out. From there it was just the reverse of the outward loop and an easy scoot back to the car.
Took 4 hours altogether including a bit of back tracking when I went the wrong way after Ordie on the way out, but this was with only a couple of stops and electric assistance.
Still a possible summer Bawbag route, but only after a good dry spell. No way a Baltic Bawbag route.
Here's some photos in no particular order.
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Been thinking about an alternative Bawbags route for an autumn meet and wanted to do some exploring. Turns out, I almost wish I hadn't.
Generally we go up to Loch Ordie then take the right fork at the end of the loch and loop clockwise round Deuchary hill. Looking at the maps the left fork heads north up to Lochan Oisinneach Mor and Lochan Oisinneach, loops round Capel Hill and come back to the start of Loch Ordie. Despite showing 100% battery when I packed, my garmin died after 2 mile, leaving me with the back up map on my phone. Map shows a mix of doubletrack and footpath but as OS veterans know, on Scottish maps most of the lines are a wild guess and can be anything from a motorway estate road to a track a rabbit went down once 100 years ago! Path started nicely enough, lovely and scenic, but soon started to get a bit wetter. It then deteriorated into boggy sections and soon just a plain bog. After a mile or so it improved and I can to a gate. Just as I got through a gate I met a couple coming the other way, who said the path was really boggy higher up and unrideable, although they'd just walked around the edges. They also told me that the gate at the far end was locked but I'd be able to carry the bike over. I pointed out to them that's easier said than done with a 25kg e-bike! On the map the was another path which cut round the back of Capel hill and would miss this boggy section and the top part of the loop, so I continued anyway. Big mistake. The path got worse as I'd been told and even with motor assistance turned up, I was off and squelching. The weird thing was the sections in between were bone dry, almost dusty then all of a sudden you'd have 20-30m of sheer bog. Predictable, when I came to the right area for the turn off, I could not see a track. Maybe if the garmin had been working I'd have found it, but from the looks of the terrain, the ground was even wetter than the path I was on. At least the main path was visible if not very pleasant. I'd not been the only one to attempt it by bike as they were recent Ritchey Z Max tyre prints, very retro! As I neared the top Lochan the track improved from boggy to just plain wet, but at least the ground underneath was a bit firmer. Thankfully the locked gate was just a standard gate and not a deer fence, so a good heft and the bike was over. Disappointingly the track around the Lochan got boggy again, but once on the anti-clockwise track to the north of it, things turned firmer again, wet but still rideable. As this track went on it entered sheep country and improved into a nicer landrover track and thankfully easier to ride. I was able to start to enjoy it again and started to find reassuring path markers for the Atholl estate. When I got nearer to Loch Ordie I had plenty of battery left and decided to take a path heading towards Guay. A fantastic decent followed and then a climb back up to the house with the bark dogs that you pass on the way out. From there it was just the reverse of the outward loop and an easy scoot back to the car.
Took 4 hours altogether including a bit of back tracking when I went the wrong way after Ordie on the way out, but this was with only a couple of stops and electric assistance.
Still a possible summer Bawbag route, but only after a good dry spell. No way a Baltic Bawbag route.
Here's some photos in no particular order.
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on Flickr
Untitled by Steven Clubb, on FlickrRe:
Surely by Baltic Bawbags time the ground will be frozen, and thus rideable over the boggy sections? Unless the increased mass breaks through the ice into the chilly perma-sludge below
(the mass of the ebike, not you Clubby
).
Surely by Baltic Bawbags time the ground will be frozen, and thus rideable over the boggy sections? Unless the increased mass breaks through the ice into the chilly perma-sludge below
(the mass of the ebike, not you Clubby
).
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