Minch Moor XC Trail (Scotland) - 06 May 2016
May 9, 2016 15:06:26 GMT
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Post by Tarbo on May 9, 2016 15:06:26 GMT
After the customary breakfast stop at Tebay services we all eventually managed to get to the trail head at Innerleithen around 1pm on Friday. I think a few of the people who had never been there before may have been a bit surprised with the lack of amenities, as there is nothing there except for a pot holed car park 
It wasn't long before we were all kitted up and ready to ride, and what a horrible way to start a ride, a steep zig zag trail up into the woods gaining a stupid amount of height in a short space of time. I'm sure some people must have wondered what they'd let themselves in for, after all this was billed as a social weekend !
However, it wasn't long before the trail leveled out and we were steadily making our way up to the summit. Not without incident however, as Rob had somehow managed to overshoot one of the singletrack sections and loose hs front wheel resulting in a rather splendid case of gravel rash on this leg and arm. We also encountered our first mechanical of the weekend wen Nick's freehub decided to give up the ghost and forced Nick to retire to the bike shop in town to try and get it fixed
After the obligatory group photo at the summit it was the fantastic blast down the single track section which was running as quick as I've ever known it. Once we were all down safely, it was a matter of Caddon Bank and the most excellent trail to the car. We did stop at the top though for people to have a look at the three drops and have a little play on them. On the way down we bumped into Nick who'd managed to hire a bike for the day due to the lack of freehubs in the shop
All in all, a fantastic start to the weekend on what were some of the fastest trails I've ridden for a very long time.
Some pictures of the day
It wasn't long before we were all kitted up and ready to ride, and what a horrible way to start a ride, a steep zig zag trail up into the woods gaining a stupid amount of height in a short space of time. I'm sure some people must have wondered what they'd let themselves in for, after all this was billed as a social weekend !
However, it wasn't long before the trail leveled out and we were steadily making our way up to the summit. Not without incident however, as Rob had somehow managed to overshoot one of the singletrack sections and loose hs front wheel resulting in a rather splendid case of gravel rash on this leg and arm. We also encountered our first mechanical of the weekend wen Nick's freehub decided to give up the ghost and forced Nick to retire to the bike shop in town to try and get it fixed
After the obligatory group photo at the summit it was the fantastic blast down the single track section which was running as quick as I've ever known it. Once we were all down safely, it was a matter of Caddon Bank and the most excellent trail to the car. We did stop at the top though for people to have a look at the three drops and have a little play on them. On the way down we bumped into Nick who'd managed to hire a bike for the day due to the lack of freehubs in the shop
All in all, a fantastic start to the weekend on what were some of the fastest trails I've ridden for a very long time.
Some pictures of the day
