did I mention the emotional pain of getting dropped on every fireroad and road section... ;-)

ScotRoutes wrote:

Catbaiter wrote:
* notable exception being the coffin path down to Strontian, here "making it down" included unexpectedly leaving my bike upright in a bog and sliding down a wet hillside on my back.

I did tell you I'd only "ridden" it in the other direction

when you say ridden...

Bearbonesnorm wrote:I believe now is an approprite time to play this card

what he said ;-)

Untitled by jim gardiner, on Flickr

iphone 7, hastily grabbed before I got blasted by that squall. Loch Sheil.

No worries. I do a lot of prevaricating too. It would be the spring by the time I get the Bandit sorted, stuck main pivot axle at the moment, well the last 2 years actually. So at least this has me back on it, shall have a stab at it next week. Then I think I'll get a bag made, reckon it'll make a ...

i had this for a couple of months after cracking my elbow in just the wrong place on a rock whilst kayaking.

worst part was not being able to put my elbow on desk.

ended up wearing a mtb elbow pad (race face charge) quite a lot to protect it until it got better.

I’ll pack earplugs.

Catbaiter wrote:You're overthinking it. Just pack some sh*t into some bags, strap them to your bike and accept that the weather looks like utter toilet and you're going to basically die of exposure.

Jeez.

So I don’t need sunglasses?

i used to spend ages trying to take good photos. now I really can't be arsed. realised that right place, right time with a camera (any camera) in hand is far more important. I leave my rx100 on P mode most of the time and let the camera work it out. In fact most of the time I only take my phone whic...

First multi-day trip out in a while on Wednesday and I can’t seem to sort my sub standard out to the point I’m now doing unrelated stuff.

Anyone else suffer from this?

good job you're taking a bomber tent then eh...

cold. the word you are looking for is cold.

ScotRoutes wrote:
Also be aware that there will be lots of water. Polloch has had over 160mm of rain this month.

orders new set of 29r mudhuggers...

Rocks in the Lakes must be blunt then. What were you using - same tyres in B+ and 29"? I wanted to like 650B+ maybe Nobby Nics weren't the best choice. they appeared to have made the sidewalls from paper to keep the weight down but they were 1/3 of the price of maxxis alternatives. when I sold...

B+ is for rocky stuff I reckon.

My experience of B+ is they puncture at the first sniff of rocks. I’ve gone back to 29.

the fella at mtb-batteries is really helpful and can do custom builds etc.

cant remember his name, mark maybe?

https://www.mtbbatteries.co.uk/about-us/

heading to the in-laws for half term week, they live a mile of so south or beddgelert at the bottom of the aberglasyn pass.

I reckon I can get away with a two day ride with a night out somewhere. Maybe 40-50miles a day?

any suggestions welcome.

Ikons.

Waiting for me when I got back from holiday.

How much of a rush are you in? I bought one of those trail star clones from aliexpress the other day on a whim and in reality I don't think I'll use it. Turned up the other day. I only want back what I paid for it (£36) plus postage, so maybe £40? But I'm off to Canada later today for two weeks so w...

i must smell bad to a tick as I've only ever had one or two in 20+ years of riding.

a riding buddy (sharki who some of you may know), used to pick up multiple ticks on most rides.

have you turned the screen brightness down. thats the biggest draw by far on a modern smartphone.

and turn wifi/bluetooth/gsm off.

They are both actually stills from a video I took.

https://vimeo.com/229298127

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