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epicyclo":3trmo3uq said:eBike and bog, that would be an interesting find for archeologists in a 1,000 years time.
It actually kept going through an amazing amount of stuff as the power is kept on quite smoothly in the low power modes, rather than big pushes on the pedals.
Once it’s stuck though it takes some hefting out.
Jim’s right though, would be amazing if frozen solid.
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Out early-ish on the old drop-bar Mtb this morning to try out a route I'd seen on someone else's Strava feed.
First challenge was negotiating sleepy walkers, or those with headphones in, along the old Deeside Railway line shared use path, but having fitted a pretty loud electric "Bell" I was confident I'd have no problems... I was wrong
the headphone wearers still don't hear it, and I found that the electric bell tone sounded like high pitched bird call to some people, so they simply stood in the middle of the path looking up at the trees! so I changed to tone to more of a "Beep" and had better success with that.
It must have been several months since I "favourited " the route on Strava, as the vegetation had overgrown some of the paths, if I didn't have the Garmin to help guide me I might never have thought there Was a path in some places! It made for tough going in places, but it's always nice finding new trails fairly nearby.
Rode past Drum Castle, which I'd not seen before, and even found some actual "Gravel"!! at one point, the rest was single-track through woods, and country lanes /tracks.
The ride took longer than expected due to the confusion/walking/beating a path sections, but the bike coped fine, the rider however is in need of a medicinal beer this evening I think :mrgreen:
Out early-ish on the old drop-bar Mtb this morning to try out a route I'd seen on someone else's Strava feed.
First challenge was negotiating sleepy walkers, or those with headphones in, along the old Deeside Railway line shared use path, but having fitted a pretty loud electric "Bell" I was confident I'd have no problems... I was wrong
the headphone wearers still don't hear it, and I found that the electric bell tone sounded like high pitched bird call to some people, so they simply stood in the middle of the path looking up at the trees! so I changed to tone to more of a "Beep" and had better success with that.It must have been several months since I "favourited " the route on Strava, as the vegetation had overgrown some of the paths, if I didn't have the Garmin to help guide me I might never have thought there Was a path in some places! It made for tough going in places, but it's always nice finding new trails fairly nearby.
Rode past Drum Castle, which I'd not seen before, and even found some actual "Gravel"!! at one point, the rest was single-track through woods, and country lanes /tracks.
The ride took longer than expected due to the confusion/walking/beating a path sections, but the bike coped fine, the rider however is in need of a medicinal beer this evening I think :mrgreen:
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I did think earlier today when I seen JRGSXRs Kona that Mr P would like that
Well for me this weekend was a very varied mixture of activities, some bike related and some not. A good one all the same.
I started out on Saturday thinking I would try and get the Mercian put back together enough to see what I still needed, which hopefully should be next to nothing. Made a start and finally settled on brakes and bars but then paused and spent time debating whether as it is now coming close to winter I should just build back up the Mercian tourer for the rougher weather. Heather and Caleb were out for the morning so I basically sat out in the sunshine and drank coffee while fiddling with bike stuff. Made a start at least.
Then spent the mid afternoon/evening down at the beach near home with some friends and Heather and Caleb, we took the surf kayak across and as it was so still it was great for teaching Caleb some more paddle strokes to learn and also practice in the unusually calm water. I then took it out for a while round the point but only after his mother was coerced out the water with it
I knew we should have taken both.
We then had a bbq on the beach before walking across the field to home. Such a great afternoon, hot, no wind, playing about on an empty beach. Not long after we got in the fog rolled in, what a difference.
This morning woke to fog still about and a very damp garden, the fog lifted just after lunch but revealed an overcast sky and a pretty grey day, still warmish but no where near as glorious as the day before. We got some stuff done around home, had lunch at a local bakery and then late this afternoon I had to go into work to sort something, only a couple of minutes work but would save me doing it Monday and then finishing it Tuesday. So a good excuse to go for a ride on the Jack Taylor, not that I need one. So a longer round about route was ridden through to Thurso and then up to work out the other side. This I was glad I did on the way in as when I came out while it was OK in town you could see the harr/fog coming back in out in the direction of home. Also after meandering on the way in it was now getting on time wise so it was a much more direct route home.
Anyway just a bit of cycling this weekend but all retro related. Hope everyone has had a nice one and had some of the sunshine over the weekend too.
Jamie
IMG_3926 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3930 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3932 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3936 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3939 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Harr coming in!
IMG_3944 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Well for me this weekend was a very varied mixture of activities, some bike related and some not. A good one all the same.
I started out on Saturday thinking I would try and get the Mercian put back together enough to see what I still needed, which hopefully should be next to nothing. Made a start and finally settled on brakes and bars but then paused and spent time debating whether as it is now coming close to winter I should just build back up the Mercian tourer for the rougher weather. Heather and Caleb were out for the morning so I basically sat out in the sunshine and drank coffee while fiddling with bike stuff. Made a start at least.
Then spent the mid afternoon/evening down at the beach near home with some friends and Heather and Caleb, we took the surf kayak across and as it was so still it was great for teaching Caleb some more paddle strokes to learn and also practice in the unusually calm water. I then took it out for a while round the point but only after his mother was coerced out the water with it
I knew we should have taken both. We then had a bbq on the beach before walking across the field to home. Such a great afternoon, hot, no wind, playing about on an empty beach. Not long after we got in the fog rolled in, what a difference.
This morning woke to fog still about and a very damp garden, the fog lifted just after lunch but revealed an overcast sky and a pretty grey day, still warmish but no where near as glorious as the day before. We got some stuff done around home, had lunch at a local bakery and then late this afternoon I had to go into work to sort something, only a couple of minutes work but would save me doing it Monday and then finishing it Tuesday. So a good excuse to go for a ride on the Jack Taylor, not that I need one. So a longer round about route was ridden through to Thurso and then up to work out the other side. This I was glad I did on the way in as when I came out while it was OK in town you could see the harr/fog coming back in out in the direction of home. Also after meandering on the way in it was now getting on time wise so it was a much more direct route home.
Anyway just a bit of cycling this weekend but all retro related. Hope everyone has had a nice one and had some of the sunshine over the weekend too.
Jamie
IMG_3926 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3930 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3932 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3936 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3939 by Jamie Dyer, on FlickrHarr coming in!
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