[Closed] TBC Wednesday night ride - slot cars at the ready

"Magnatraction not allowed."

😥 That's the only way I can get round the corners.

will be along with paul (stanfree) again,do some trackside filming this week 😮

Hmm, might join you again this week. The idea of more Scalextric is tempting, where is this upper start you speak of? I normally just cut left before the gate at Maidens, or is there more if you follow the wall line from the gate instead?

I'm working 🙁

Alasdair - I was referring to the descent off the top of Harbour Hill - from the broken wall. My ability to get up there is, however, (at best) variable 🙂

Hey - if we get down fast enough, we might have time for a second run......

Kit - Member
I'm working

I can assure you that you're not working for me....

Liking your approach to man management can I get a job with you then?

You can tell from the forum I am surly and opinionated so perfect for the task surely?

Hmmmmmmm

I have a unfit very occasional cyclist friend to show around on Wed. I think that might be too much for him especially with the ride to and from Leith. I might be missing. Shame - Dens will be goood right now as it should be dry(ish)

take him as your stoker TJ 😉

Hmmmmmmmmmm - not such a daft call. He was a part of our tandems at ten under team.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Certainly wouldn't be riding scalextrix no brakes.
Beach ave road that I hit 43 on my solo we hit 55+ on the tandem.

TandemJeremy - Member

Beach ave road that I hit 43 on my solo we hit 55+ on the tandem.

Yes - Of course you did. 🙄

I wouldn't worry TJ. The only "stiff" climbs will be up the Beech Avenue and then up Maidens. Plenty will be spinning away up them.

Hmmmmmmmmmm - not such a daft call. He was a part of our tandems at ten under team.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Certainly wouldn't be riding scalextrix no brakes.
Beach ave road that I hit 43 on my solo we hit 55+ on the tandem.

Its not that tough that scalectrix. And beach ave is just a steep bit of tarmac, no challenge to hit that speed.

TandemJeremy - Member

Beach ave road that I hit 43 on my solo we hit 55+ on the tandem.

Yes - Of course you did.

Love the banter on the TBC threads.

Druidh what week are we going to try the Peaks route you mentioned last week.
I.E Head for red road then turn Left and over the top of the hills towards Loganlea/Glencorse . It looks a killer but totally uncharted in my books.

druidh - Member

I wouldn't worry TJ. The only "stiff" climbs will be up the Beech Avenue and then up Maidens. Plenty will be spinning away up them.

Route details to be confirmed, but currently thinking Bonaly - Clubbiedean - Harlaw Woods - Dens Cleugh - Maidens.

Que?

paul that sounds like another hill running route!///not two in one week...my lungs couldnt take it! 😮

Paul - I will [i]never[/i] lead a group around the peaks. Especially not the sort of numbers we've been getting. Too much impact. However, you now know where they are.....

Indeed Colin yer probably right ,Just sounded interesting last week . If the mountain goat Coast Kid is wary of It I'll pass. I dont know If Poets Glen can be thrown in this week as Ive never done it If not no worries.

See you Wednesday.

The ( perhaps rather arbitary) code for the pentlands asks MTBers to stay off the paths over the tops of scald law and so on.

A few years since I have been up there now so I don't know what the erosion is like ATM

Probably out of my league TJ , but Im always looking for new tracks on my doorstep albeit ones that wont upset the Pentland rangers.

The path off Scald Law to the Kirk Road is pretty heavily armoured now, so I'd have no qualms about descending that t all (and have). Some of the terrain between West Kip and Scald Law is quite a bit more fragile. Definitely one for the "softly-softly" approach.

I'll probably have to skip it this week, getting stuff together for heading to the weekender after work on Thursday... still haven't decided which bike...

Bit of rain yesterday / last night, but probably not enough to make it sloppy, might even firm up the ground a bit...
Never know though, may turn up for the first half

Even I will miss it. Will be on the A14 heading to ipswich of all things to do on a wed night.
Back next week though!

I shall be in attendance

I won't make it, staying on tarmac until these cuts heals up, most annoying!

how long roughly will this ride go for, time wise? i'd love to break my TBC ride duck tomorrow! 🙂

I may be able to make it, though I've said that and failed before. 18:40 at the ex Alfa garage on Gorgie?

Many years ago when I had a cycle computer on my MTB, I think I got up to 45mph or a touch above it going down the road at Beech Avenue. I topped out there because I couldn't spin quickly enough to get any more speed out of my top gear (44:11). My helmet started trying to take off from my head. 🙂 Are tandems taller geared or were TJ's legs a comedy cartoon blur in order to get to 55mph?

Chris - both tandem and solo have a 36/11 top gear. I took a run at it so was flat out at the top of the hill with my legs in a comedy blur and tucked right in and then waited. The tandem goes faster cos it has the same drag as a solo but more weight to push it down - terminal velocity is about 60% higher

Its really obvious when you freewheel alongside someone down a hill.,

Should be along. See you at Bonaly.

MrK mkII - bonaly back to bonaly by that route is something like a couple of hours I guess - maybe a bit more with faff factor you get with groups

Hi,

Is the meet at the Scout car park at 7?

i think i might be along! it depends on whether i get my forks onto my kona. and if i'm kanackered. early start thursday...

i'll be on an old red kona hahanna at bonaly - if i'm not there i'm not out! 🙂

kieron

I'm up for it 😆 meet you at the shop or on route.

TBC at 18:00 (ish)
Passing the old Fiat garage 18:40 (ish)
Bonaly Newsagents 19:00

What bike should I bring?

Take the Van Nic.... FACT

druidh,

Can you confirm the route. Coming over from West Lothian by bike so would prefer to meet you all around Harlaw.

Ta

55mph UP exponential hill?

I'm gonna google that. Can't be do able.

I'm thinking the following...

Leave the newsagent and head up past the scout camp to the car park. Round Clubbiedean to Harlaw (option of heading up Pistachio I guess). Round to Black Springs and Dens Cleugh to the Glen Road. Up Maidens from the South. Up or round Harbour Hill and down Scalextric.

The best meeting point from West Lothian would be the Harlaw car park, or the wee sign-post between there and the Maidens/Black Springs junction. Nice to have you along!

Ta,

What time at Harlaw car park?

Regards

Jeez - depends on faff and punctures 🙂
Aim for 7:30?

I'm almost tempted to tag along, however I suspect I'll still be in the office at 7:30. 😥

hey, maybe not tomorrow but since i will be working in Edinburgh for 6 months from mid August i will be up for it then.

What road groups/chain gangs are there in Edinburgh?? time/place/distance?

look up erc, 40 miles into east lothian Tues evenings and Sat am.

my creaky bike/wheezy lungs will be in attendance.

see you at Bonaly.

Will roll up at the shop

Should be able to make this one, will be at Bonaly for 7. First STW ride, be gentle with me...

are you guys proper shredders? and are the trails gunna be gnarly xx black tech stuff? if so i'm up for it , patriot should be the chosen one then!

SPANGELSAREGREAT

I'll be leaving Harlaw 6.30 and riding over to Bonaly if you want to meet there. will be on a red on one. Driving back to Livingston if you need a lift.

Alan,

Thanks for the offer but other things have conspired to torpedo the run tonight!

Will try and make it over the next couple of weeks.

Enjoy.

Good wee trek through the Pentlands tonight. Discovered a few new bits and peices. Thanks to Druidh for the assistance with my puncture and Coast kid for the tube . Just wondering how long this drout is going to keep the hills so dry .

Cheers again and hopefully c'Yall next week.

Good ride again guys, cheers! Weird to be in these hills and thinking "where the **** am I" then suddenly arriving at some patch I thought I knew like the back of my hand from a totally new direction.

PS what's so surprising about carrying a brashing saw around on rides? Last weekend I had a 2 foot brushhook and folding shovel But I think it'd be a wee bit antisocial if I stopped the whole ride so I could chop down some nettles for half an hour 😉

great night out folks, thanks Druidh for a great route,
tonight another abyss crash,a puncture and a MECHcanical...all group bonding 😮
nice to meet some new faces too.
working on scalectrix film...
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Big thanks to the other 21 riders that turned up tonight (I'm sure we were 22 in total). Special hugs to AntM for helping out with the broken mech. Sorry to keep so many of you hanging around - hope you all got home safely.

Any suggestion for next weeks route - it would be nice to keep some of it "fresh"?

Yes, a good run. Unfortunately work computer won't allow me to see the photos. Is the one of the errant derailleur there as I'm having difficulty explaining it to fellow cyclists in here?

In the same way that a boffin once worked out mathematically how to remove a shirt from under a jacket I still think it could be proven to be mathematically impossible for the chain to do what it did.

I know where most of those pictures are but I'm struggling to place 8 and 9, and I thought I knew the Pentlands pretty well. Where are those?

I reckon 8,9 and 10 are at the top of glencorse reservoir, on the black hill side. did you descend through White Cleugh?

Can't place 7 though...

Actually, if you linked them together like I think you did then that WAS a cracking route! (in the dry, the monsoon is happening as I look out my window 😥 )

I thought 7 was heading from Harlaw towards Black Springs.

Would anyone like a trip to the cardrona pump track next week for skills practice/playing?

Its great fun. would be a good change.

here is the mech with the chain...never seen that before!
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next week im off through to lochgilphead to bivi ride the Kintyre Way...pump track would be fun though 😮
heres film of scalectrix,ridden off the brakes on a hardtail 😮
i used the centre heather to scrub a bit speed before that left hander...
needs a berm there!, cant beat bombing through the heather, 😮

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needs a berm there!

Don't even think it...

Where does the Kintyre way lead? I've touched upon sections of the Cowal way but not hte kintyre way.

was thinking of Ben Cleugh next week while the long days remain...?

Would be up for Ben Cleugh.

I seem to be making a right meal out of my cuts from two weeks ago, the one on my ankle isn't healing at all and is starting to behave suspiciously infected, so will need to speak to the doc first...

Wowsers, I don't recognise much of that!

Ian - Savlon art thou friend.

What Scalextric needs is a few jumps...

13thfloormonk - Member

needs a berm there!

Don't even think it...

Where does the Kintyre way lead?

Kintyre way is from Tarbet down to Campbelltown with an extra bit out to Macrihanish beach, 87 miles and cuts from coast to coast down the penulsia,gonna take a lazy 3 days with 2 nights in the bivvy
my sister and family are through there next week at a cottage so i can get a lift back to Lochgilphead after a day at the beach with the kids

here is the [url= http://www.kintyreway.com/index.php ]Kyntyre Way website[/url]

I thought 7 was heading from Harlaw towards Black Springs.

Indeed, it's splitting off from the track around Harlaw and off to Black Springs via that wee plantation bit.

8 and 9 are a way back down to the Glencorse road from White Cleugh that doesn't involve dropping down past the farm. It was new to me last night.

Good ride! 🙂

Have never ridden that section from White Cleugh, I think because I enjoy the final plummet to the gate and can never be bothered climbing back up!

Ah, at last I get the Bike Coop slogan " The Revolution will not be MECHanized"!! Another convert to Sram chains???
Was I alone in NOT drooling at the mouth after Scalectrix??
Only ever seen myself fall off a bike: The swallow dive down the waterfall followed by bike landing on head, round the back of Clubbiedean was most spectacular!!

Oh-oh, did clubbidean claim another victim? Kit and my mate John have both left quantities of themselves in that ditch (john lost two teeth!).

Since I obviously don't heal very fast I tend to walk that little bit now 😳

Only ever seen myself fall off a bike: The swallow dive down the waterfall followed by bike landing on head, round the back of Clubbiedean was most spectacular!!

Aye, you should've seen it from my angle. Bloody feeling it today too. Cheers to everyone who pulled me and my bike out.

On the plus side, I reckon it's my best comedy fall yet. 😀

Great night despite that, I did take it a bit easy on the downs mind you seeing as I was feeling a bit fragile. I'd be up for a play on a pump track, a bit of a skills recap might be no bad thing. 😕

Since I obviously don't heal very fast I tend to walk that little bit now

Yeah lesson learned.

I only took one photo, purely because I love to see grown men gather round to shake their heads at stuff.

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Resin42, happy healing, your a lucky laddie falling down there head first and walking away...next time give me some pre warning and i will get the camera ready!, 😮

8 and 9 are a way back down to the Glencorse road from White Cleugh that doesn't involve dropping down past the farm. It was new to me last night.

Hmm - must look out for that. I haven't been through there for ages but is it some kind of continuation on after the gate instead of dropping down to the tarmac?

Only ever seen myself fall off a bike: The swallow dive down the waterfall followed by bike landing on head, round the back of Clubbiedean was most spectacular!!

Was that on the eroded corner right in the middle? I have to admit that when I was round there at the weekend I got off for that! I used to ride it years back but it's eroded a lot since then and I think there is also now a little log or something on the approach to it.

your a lucky laddie falling down there head first and walking away

Right leg and shoulder took the brunt, I saved damaging the bike by stopping it with my head. 8)

Ben Cleugh would be my choice for next week.

Hey - you all sped off from the water shed before I could get in this weeks bit of Pentlands trivia...

Did you realise that the marhs at Black Springs drains into both Threipmuir - and therefore into the Harlaw Burn/Water of Leith - and also into Glencorse - and therefore the GlenCorse Burn/North Esk/River Esk?

That effectively makes the South East of Edinburgh and half of Musselburgh into a small island!!