Post by Duane on Sept 12, 2008 23:03:38 GMT
Right, so was up in Scotland for 4 days the last week of August, with my bro (Glen) and Loz.
Brief run-down of what "went down"...
Glentress-
Did the majority of the red run, good fun, Spooky Woods was good, but we lol'ed afterwards at the guy who said it wasnt pedally... Did the bottom half again, and then pushed up to do the 2 secret bits (Secrets&Lies and BroonTroot). Hilarious really. Soo muddy, dark, slippy, wet etc, numerous slow funny crashes, best sections of the trail really
Then hopped onto the black to do Ewok-Village etc, again good stuff. Spent rest of day farting around in the FR park, nice having a mix of stuff close together- although was a bit sluggish on the full-sussers. Did the majority of the stuff there, except the first wall (slipped down it a couple times :lol:) Glen was also slowly getting used to jumping which was really good
1. Glen on one of the tables
2. Loz tweak
3. Odd table thing
4. Largest of 3 drops
5. Which lead to this... (I only weigh 11stone!)
6. X-up of box
7. X-up on table
8. Whip on table
Innerliethen-
Met up with GW for a few hours, which was really good. Pushed to top of DHs, and just slowly made our way back down, sessioning different sections, pushing back up bits etc. Hit some nice tables/doubles on Make-orBreak (pics below), and some fun techy stuff (which we havent really ridden much of before).
After Gary left we took some pics at the bottom bit, and then as we were heading back to the cars, Disaster1 struck...
Dodgy whip on little table + Loose rear wheel + Cheap rear mech (borrowed SRAM X-5) = Snapped mech + 6 snapped spokes + annoyed me = Find nearest bike shop in Inners = New 721 rim + set of spokes + X-7 mech + gear cable + wheel rebuild = £118 :cry:
Ah well, needed a new rim and rebuild, so Ill get over it. Guy built me the wheel (well) in about 1hr30 too, so that was ace.
9. Loz on bomb-hole jump
10. Me on bomb-hole jump
11. View from near top with me Gary and Loz
12. Whip on table
13. Gary whipping/tabling
14. Table on table
15. Riding some roots
Mabie-
Headed straight over to the orange bits. First was Vaders Lair, again funny as we havent ridden much shore before, so many funny offs :lol: Then the Darkside which was... interesting... To be fair we could ride most of it, as the majority of it was 1- 1.5ft wide which is ok, just the really narrow skinnies and rocky bits were interesting.
Then headed over to the RaceTrack, played about on a big rock thing, and the Kona drop (and tech drop to the right of it), and also the NS hip to rock landing.
Glen then went and did the rest of the red (although he cut out the very end bit), he said it was good fun, nice flowy sections with lots of narrow berms. Loz and I did a secret DH which was short but sweet, nice and slippy
We all met back up at the Mini-X, pushed to the top a few times but mainly just rode the last 3 jumps (double, table, step-up). Also did the long skinny after a couple of attempts.
16. Darkside
17. Lots of this (with me helping by laughing)
18. And this
19. Glen riding a steep rock
20. T-bar on Kona drop
21. Loz doing tech drop, me doing Kona drop
22. Hip thing (check out rear tire)
23. Glen at Mini-X
24. Berm
25. Twin whippage
26. Table, X-Up
Ae-
Last day, headed over to Ae. Drove, no sorry, pushed to the top of the DH track a couple times, run was good fun, although a bit shorter than I thought it would be, and not as techy (although guess that would be a bit different at race speed). Did the stepdown a couple times which was fun.
Loz headed back home, and me and Glen headed over to the end of Omega Man. Disaster2. Drop (which my bro doesnt like), OTB, nice gouge out of the elbow and bruised/grazed hip. At least it was last day/ride of the holiday, but obviously still a bummer...
27. Standing next to stepdown
28. Sequence of stepdown (2nd time)
Vid of step-down for the first time
www.pinkbike.com/video/36329/
* Really good riding, hope to return soon.
* Didnt get as much done as we'd hoped, mainly XC, but nevermind, what we did ride was ace.
* Best day was probably GT, just for the variety (XC, DH, FR etc)
Thats all, Duane
(Think all of the pics are by Glen Walker , except for the ones of him (obviously), and the one of me standing by the Ae stepdown (Loz).)
Brief run-down of what "went down"...
Glentress-
Did the majority of the red run, good fun, Spooky Woods was good, but we lol'ed afterwards at the guy who said it wasnt pedally... Did the bottom half again, and then pushed up to do the 2 secret bits (Secrets&Lies and BroonTroot). Hilarious really. Soo muddy, dark, slippy, wet etc, numerous slow funny crashes, best sections of the trail really
Then hopped onto the black to do Ewok-Village etc, again good stuff. Spent rest of day farting around in the FR park, nice having a mix of stuff close together- although was a bit sluggish on the full-sussers. Did the majority of the stuff there, except the first wall (slipped down it a couple times :lol:) Glen was also slowly getting used to jumping which was really good
1. Glen on one of the tables
2. Loz tweak
3. Odd table thing
4. Largest of 3 drops
5. Which lead to this... (I only weigh 11stone!)
6. X-up of box
7. X-up on table
8. Whip on table
Innerliethen-
Met up with GW for a few hours, which was really good. Pushed to top of DHs, and just slowly made our way back down, sessioning different sections, pushing back up bits etc. Hit some nice tables/doubles on Make-orBreak (pics below), and some fun techy stuff (which we havent really ridden much of before).
After Gary left we took some pics at the bottom bit, and then as we were heading back to the cars, Disaster1 struck...
Dodgy whip on little table + Loose rear wheel + Cheap rear mech (borrowed SRAM X-5) = Snapped mech + 6 snapped spokes + annoyed me = Find nearest bike shop in Inners = New 721 rim + set of spokes + X-7 mech + gear cable + wheel rebuild = £118 :cry:
Ah well, needed a new rim and rebuild, so Ill get over it. Guy built me the wheel (well) in about 1hr30 too, so that was ace.
9. Loz on bomb-hole jump
10. Me on bomb-hole jump
11. View from near top with me Gary and Loz
12. Whip on table
13. Gary whipping/tabling
14. Table on table
15. Riding some roots
Mabie-
Headed straight over to the orange bits. First was Vaders Lair, again funny as we havent ridden much shore before, so many funny offs :lol: Then the Darkside which was... interesting... To be fair we could ride most of it, as the majority of it was 1- 1.5ft wide which is ok, just the really narrow skinnies and rocky bits were interesting.
Then headed over to the RaceTrack, played about on a big rock thing, and the Kona drop (and tech drop to the right of it), and also the NS hip to rock landing.
Glen then went and did the rest of the red (although he cut out the very end bit), he said it was good fun, nice flowy sections with lots of narrow berms. Loz and I did a secret DH which was short but sweet, nice and slippy
We all met back up at the Mini-X, pushed to the top a few times but mainly just rode the last 3 jumps (double, table, step-up). Also did the long skinny after a couple of attempts.
16. Darkside
17. Lots of this (with me helping by laughing)
18. And this
19. Glen riding a steep rock
20. T-bar on Kona drop
21. Loz doing tech drop, me doing Kona drop
22. Hip thing (check out rear tire)
23. Glen at Mini-X
24. Berm
25. Twin whippage
26. Table, X-Up
Ae-
Last day, headed over to Ae. Drove, no sorry, pushed to the top of the DH track a couple times, run was good fun, although a bit shorter than I thought it would be, and not as techy (although guess that would be a bit different at race speed). Did the stepdown a couple times which was fun.
Loz headed back home, and me and Glen headed over to the end of Omega Man. Disaster2. Drop (which my bro doesnt like), OTB, nice gouge out of the elbow and bruised/grazed hip. At least it was last day/ride of the holiday, but obviously still a bummer...
27. Standing next to stepdown
28. Sequence of stepdown (2nd time)
Vid of step-down for the first time
www.pinkbike.com/video/36329/
* Really good riding, hope to return soon.
* Didnt get as much done as we'd hoped, mainly XC, but nevermind, what we did ride was ace.
* Best day was probably GT, just for the variety (XC, DH, FR etc)
Thats all, Duane
(Think all of the pics are by Glen Walker , except for the ones of him (obviously), and the one of me standing by the Ae stepdown (Loz).)
"Guess I must be trying then"
