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I am up that way on the weekend and the suggestion is to ride Ben Lomond.
Anyone ridden it? What's it like? Massive bike a bike?
Cheers
It's ridable down! Some of it is ridable up, but unless you're a mixture of Danny Madskills and Liam Killeen you'll be hiking up a fair bit.
Awesome descent though, as long as you're not averse to tight steep switchbacks and bunnyhopping water bars. We're up there next week, but no bikes sadly.
**edit** Should have said, I have ridden it a couple of years ago.
Likely to be a tad busy with walkers during peak hours on the weekend. Snow might also be an issue; it looked like Mont Blanc from Glasgow at the weekend.
As above, it's rideable all the way down with one short exception. Pads and a decent skill-set recommended.
Plenty of nearby alternatives if it doesn't sound like your kind of thing.
Walked it a few years ago and, from what I remember, there's a more gentle route up one side that you might find easier to ride up.
Coming down should be fun though... I'd be tempted to do it myself if I didn't live on the south coast.
Good descent, well worth it. The cobbler is also a belter, but only a couple of hours up and down, so best done along with the coire grogain loop.
Can confirm it has plenty of snow and ice on the top 200m, so the final ascent up the rock steps I would recommend to ditch the bikes and walk. Unless of course you have balls of steel.
What's it like for walking up at the mo? Crampons and ice axes or boots and common sense?
Thanks for the info. The ice and snow sounds a little excessive!
Any other suggestions for a day ride up that way.?.
The Glen Loin loop (aka Coire Grogain) from Arrochar is good for a couple of hours' fun. You could probably extend it with a bit of map-browsing. Loads of good trails on the hill above Aberfoyle (where the Go-Ape centre is), but possibly a bit frustrating without local knowledge. Been a while since I rode here, so not sure what state the trails are currently in.
Might be worth looking at the Trailscotland forum or the Glasgow Mountain Bike Club site to see if anyone's meeting up in that locality.
Check this out
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vISqNUCzF-Y
It's Sam and Ruth from the Breakpad at kirroughtree doing it a while ago. That will give you an idea. I think Sam did it on her Solo....
The last time i did it we had about 12 punctures so Dual plys are a good idea, its an excellent descent though, but do be wise as to your start time, its a popular walk
Saw a post on Instagram this week from Ben Lomond. Snow pretty much all over the top half.
Might be worth a wait 😡
Go for the Ben, it's ace. You can ride it as wild as you want, some proper tight steep stuff too
Not too bad,
today apparently...
Image from web cam here; http://www.lochlomondshores.com/view-the-webcam/