Category: Chatter

I’ll be there today…probably having bought bags of stuff that might be useful one day! Text if you’re in need of a coffee stop. Cheers. Simon 07968 124706.

Forecast is looking good and I haven’t done this one for a while.

For anyone who is interested, but not ridden it before, it’s a longish one, around 4 hrs, with a lot of fireroad and amazing views.  There is a 3 ish mile section of singletrack which contains a very challenging climb and a real rollercoaster descent to LochGoilhead.

If there are a few up for it I’d be planning to be at Ardgartan Car Park ready to ride at 0930.  Look for carpark signed for Forest Walks and with a wee wooden tearoom, off the left of the A83 just before the Rest and be Thankful (turning is a good bit past the campsite).

if not much interest then I’ll probs do a 9am Mugdock.

Cheers

Iain

heres some brief details of the mudguard I made.for Bill(or anyone else) to have a go at!! the lines are for cutting with a stanley knife.make sure enough is left for tyraping to the fork legs.poke holes appropriately for tyraps to go through.the curve bit goes to the rear of the fork.It cost nothing because you would be buying milk anyway(4pt).An added bonus which just dawned on me is that it could be used as an emergency tyre gaiter if you rip a tyre out in the wilds

Anyone up for getting a team together for the Strathpuffer 24 this winter? There are Solo/Pairs and Quads categories.

If you haven’t done it before then this is the perfect time. You either do it once and never again or you do them all.

The weather is always the biggest challange, past 3 years it has been nearly called off due to snow and ice.

The blurb from their site.

 

A wee bit of history

The Strathpuffer started in 2005 – it was meant to be a one off local event but somehow six years later we have a national event with a legendary status

Over the years we have had every possible type of weather conditions – gales that blew away our marquee, iced roads, 2ft of snow the week before the event, temperatures down to minus 10 degrees, rain, hail and even sunshine . . . . you get the picture but then if we insist on staging a 24 hour event in the Highlands of Scotland in the middle of winter what do we expect?

We now attract competitors from all over the world – probably because we were included in the US Bike magazines top 10 toughest Mountain Bike events on the planet – and we are widely recognised as the event every decent mountain biker needs on his palmares

In 2009 we launched The Puffer Lite to give riders chance to enjoy the wonderful trails we have around here in summer conditions. The Lite is a far more chilled affair being only a 12 hour sprint in conditions more conducive to cycling than those normally experienced in January. We have found that riders lap on average 10 mins quicker in the Puffer Lite than in the Strathpuffer.

Registration opens on 5th November and fills up very quickly. Solos were full in 8 minutes last year.

So get your name down.  and lets get a team together.

 

Alan

 

If anyone is interested in attending both shows, I have a promotional code that can be used to discount the entry ticket.  They are running simultaneously in the SECC in Glasgow on the 15th & 16th October.

http://www.scottishoutdoorsshow.co.uk/

Click on the link or phone 0844 395 400 to book tickets and quote “outdoors11cycle”.

You’ll get the ticket for only £9, as well as the following: A free ski pass to one of the Scottish Ski resorts – Cairngorm, Glencoe or Nevis Range (worth £30).  A free ski & outdoors goody bag (worth £10).

I might see you there – depending on the weekend weather;-)

Cheers

Barry

Hi all,

My apologies to everyone who’s received a spam email from me within the last 24hrs. Some wan**er, has accessed my personal hotmail account. If I have your email address you’ve probably received one. I know for certain that there’s been a few sent through the club email.

The bonus is that I can see what’s been sent and all of them are prompting you to click on a link. Please ignore this!!! and just delete the shit!!!

I have changed my password, but if anyone has had experience of this and has a fix, please let me know as the Microsoft hotmail account is very vague when it comes to dealing with this.

Cheers & sorry for the inconvenience.

Barry