http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Looking for a MTB challenge? en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:01:04 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399&page=2#post-181750 Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:31:45 +0000 Kim 181750@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>OK the proposed route is now posted on the <a href="http://www.edfoc.org.uk/events/event/capital-trail-220/">Capital Trail 220 web page</a>. There are almost 80 people signed up to the mailing list for more information. The Adventure Show has expressed an interest in covering the event. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/29214324">Kerry MacPhee</a> has also shown interest in riding it... </p> <p>So who else is up for the challenge? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399&page=2#post-181112 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:49:26 +0000 Instography 181112@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS<br /> Yes, I might steal that route and the one you posted on the previous page that I can't remember the name of but don't want to go back to now that I've started typing. Sandstone I think. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399&page=2#post-181040 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:57:33 +0000 Kim 181040@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From Twitter: @reizkultur As promised, first bit of Capital Trail ITT from Portobello 2 Galashiels. Any ideas welcome <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/8mia6hq3kurqr1g/Capital_trail_out.GPX?dl=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/s/8mia6hq3kurqr1g/Capital_trail_out.GPX?dl=0</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399&page=2#post-181035 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 08:51:12 +0000 I were right about that saddle 181035@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Instography</p> <p>Good call. I'm all in favour of grueling endurance events but opposed to non-mindful cycling, leaving me quite ambivalent as regards audax.</p> <p>Off-road touring is my preferred form of leisure cycling. Hauling tent, rations and fine wine over hill passes means that fifty miles can be quite a long way to go in one day. </p> <p>So I may leave the time trial event to the young and over stimulated but steal the route for a three day tour. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399&page=2#post-181025 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 23:53:02 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 181025@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks crossable ;)</p> <p>DaveC, still got the Soul frame. Someday I'll get it resprayed, but it may be rusted beyond saving after a few years of being the snow commuter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399&page=2#post-181024 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 23:45:39 +0000 Instography 181024@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That looks like a genuine Surly Krampus of which my Longitude is but a Genesis copy. Though I must say, if those photos are typical of the route I'm half tempted (apart from the 36 hours thing. That's like no fun at all. I'm more of a pub, curry shop, shower and a warm bed every 50 miles (and in that order) kind of Audaxer). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180975 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:25:50 +0000 DaveC 180975@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"just that I don't have a mountain bike"</p> <p>@WC, Have you sold your Cotic MTB? Soul wasn't it?</p> <p>@Kim, If you want The Adventure Show's contacts I have a few emails of the researcher/cameraman/producers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180972 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:07:07 +0000 I were right about that saddle 180972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Kim</p> <p>I stand suitably admonished. Charmed and admonished. The two things I stand are charmed, admonished and intrigued. No wait...</p> <p>@Instography will be horrified to see what your mate's doing with his bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180970 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 12:55:09 +0000 Kim 180970@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Iwrats patience dear boy, he is still putting together the details and riding sections of the route. But here are <a href="https://t.co/siapxCy4we">some pictures</a> he has posted from recent scoping rides </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180965 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:52:05 +0000 I were right about that saddle 180965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Wilmington's Cow</p> <p>During WWII, punters selected for SOE training had to get themselves to Spean Bridge without money or other external help. If you couldn't do that your selection had been a mistake. Perhaps this is similar?</p> <p>My mate just suggested this all too detailed challenge and I have accepted;</p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclepad.org.uk/listing/The-Sandstone-Way" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclepad.org.uk/listing/The-Sandstone-Way</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180960 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:39:44 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 180960@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Iwrats hour the nail on the head. Without knowing the actual route, with just comments of 'most is off road and it'll kind of go around here' not really resolving just what the route and surface are actually like. It's a bit off a blind shot really without more detail! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180949 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:41:29 +0000 I were right about that saddle 180949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wfb</p> <p>I can do you a great rubbing of parts? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180940 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 21:07:13 +0000 wee folding bike 180940@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>IWRATS,</p> <p>We demand a shrubbery. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180937 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 20:36:21 +0000 amir 180937@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Harthill Services - that'd be a sign of a proper audax </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180936 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:52:58 +0000 I were right about that saddle 180936@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But, but, but, but, but, but. How do I know if I can do it on a cross bike or a child's tricycle for that matter if I don't know what 'it' is? </p> <p>Give us a hint....summit of Allermuir? Musselburgh ash lagoons? Harthill services? Bottom of Dudingston Loch? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180930 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 18:06:15 +0000 Kim 180930@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fair enough, if you feel you can do it on a cross bike, just go for it! :D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180929 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:46:40 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 180929@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No 'versus' about it, just that I don't have a mountain bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180925 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:14:09 +0000 gembo 180925@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wee folding bike, with that HG Wells manoeuvre you have completed Morningside Crescent </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180920 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:53:55 +0000 wee folding bike 180920@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mobility for most people was fairly limited until… the bicycle.</p> <p>Hah, thread drift my aunt Harriet. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180919 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:39:00 +0000 Kim 180919@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Wilmington's Cow I get the feeling there is an MTB v CX thing here and Markus is coming at it very much from an MTB view point... ;-) </p> <p>I'll talk to him about it, my view that everyone should be welcome to try it, so long as they have the experience to take on such a ride (this one ain’t for beginners). </p> <p>This thread is a useful sounding board, even if the children keep trying to butt in while the adults are talking... ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180917 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:17:05 +0000 gembo 180917@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Confess, convert or make like hockey players and get the puck outta there. However (smokes pretend cigarette in pseudo academic manner) social and geographical mobility in torquemada's spain was non-existent. Options were therefore limited. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180912 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 11:30:53 +0000 wee folding bike 180912@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apparently people did expect the Spanish Inquisition. They warned you well in advance.</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition#Accusation" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition#Accusation</a></p> <p>There was a 30-40 day grace period during which time you could confess. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180911 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 10:53:14 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 180911@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ooh, I hadn't expected that.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180908 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 09:29:14 +0000 amir 180908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Comfy chair for you </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180907 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 09:27:01 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 180907@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wfb, you're a very naughty boy! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180906 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 09:02:44 +0000 wee folding bike 180906@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So you have two things which annoy you. John Inverdale, thread drift and references to 1970s comedy show. </p> <p>Three. Three things annoy you. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180899 Sat, 14 Feb 2015 23:22:11 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 180899@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kim, check with Markus how he'd view it in comparison to the Three Peaks cyclocross race... I guess it's all really dependant on the actual route, but the locations I've heard mentioned, while sometimes reasonably technical, could, I think, be crossable.</p> <p>@gembo, nothing annoys me more than thread drift. No wait, that's not right. John Inverdale, nothing annoys me more than John Inverdale - I always get the two mixed up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180893 Sat, 14 Feb 2015 21:36:52 +0000 wee folding bike 180893@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Markus has a sister called Norma..... </em></p> <p>And I've heard Ed Balls claim to have a sister called Ophelia. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180861 Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:51:41 +0000 Kim 180861@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Wilmington's Cow: As I understand it the route is mostly off road with only a few on road link where needed. I seem to remember Markus saying that it might be too challenging for cross bikes. Humm, after some checking he actually said was "with a lot of skills you might be getting away with a cross bike, but I would advise against it!" </p> <p>That said, I am sure we could think up a variation, with a suitable handicap, to allow the CX crowd to join the fun... ;-) I will suggest it to Markus at our next meeting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14399#post-180859 Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:26:57 +0000 Kim 180859@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@I were right about that saddle: at the present time Markus has ridden most of the route in sections, but I think he wants to do the whole thing in one go to do a final check and create the GPX file. </p> <p>Yes, it could be done on the desktop, but some people like to do things the hard way... ;-)</p> <p>Oh and did I mention that the Adventure Show <em>might</em> be interested in filming it? But as I say it is early days yet. </p>