http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Scottish Mountain Bike Orienteering - with cake! en Tue, 26 May 2026 08:56:22 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16825#post-229792 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 19:10:39 +0000 gembo 229792@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There was a tandem on Saturday, maybe not in the competition? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16825#post-229783 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 18:06:03 +0000 rbrtwtmn 229783@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tandem... pah! Saturday's race was attended by the regular MTB unicyclist. </p> <p>And tandems not that uncommon. Neither are cross bikes. The trick can be to match the cycle design to the likely course. Sometimes there's lots on road - sometimes hardly any - and on one memorable occasion an ability not to fall off on sheet ice seemed to be an advantage (I still remember the bruise). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16825#post-229759 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 15:11:15 +0000 gembo 229759@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the rules were interesting - a short loop around lymphoy and water of leith and a longer loop out west but if it was too long you could just come back </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16825#post-229721 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 11:48:28 +0000 I were right about that saddle 229721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is something we should be doing though.</p> <p>Disclosure; As a hill runner I did once attempt orienteering. In a classic error of scale I'd run completely off the map by the time I'd even warmed up. The task became finding the start point again rather than finding control points. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16825#post-229718 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 11:30:42 +0000 chdot 229718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There <em>was</em> a tandem in the inaugural Pentlands Classic race (circa 1992). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16825#post-229716 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 11:26:46 +0000 I were right about that saddle 229716@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh please may there be a team on recumbents, tandems and unicycles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16825#post-229713 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 11:21:40 +0000 chdot 229713@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only one?</p> <p>How about</p> <p>TeamSRD</p> <p>GemBalerno (local team for local people - not inc Currie or JG).</p> <p>Joint Roseburn &amp; Harrison Parkers</p> <p>PY Casuals </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16825#post-229707 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:48:29 +0000 I were right about that saddle 229707@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think it would be verging on rudeness for CCE not to enter a team of leading eccentrics in next year's Pentlands event. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16825#post-229704 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:39:51 +0000 chdot 229704@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As 'discovered' here -</p> <p><a href="http://www.citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16817" rel="nofollow">http://www.citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16817</a></p> <p>Next event -</p> <p><a href="http://www.smbo.org.uk/mugdock-2016" rel="nofollow">http://www.smbo.org.uk/mugdock-2016</a> </p>