Ride 04/06/2016

Quick ride this morning in preparation for tomorrows event.

Ben Cleuch

It’s far to sunny a day to not do some cycling It’s been a while since I’ve gone up Ben Cleuch (highest hill in the Ochils) so today seemed like the perfect day. Still a bloody tough ride hence the 5 mph avg but just kills for the views you get up there. But the best part is the ride down again

Ride 28/05/2016

It started out as quite a dull day with little wind but actually turned out to quite nice after 14:00, of course by this time I was well on my way home. Anyway I rode down to Carnwath, just west of the Pentland Hills and followed the hills until Balerno. Then headed northwest up to the outskirts of Edinburgh and turned west heading back home. It was quite a hilly ride say for the last 20 odd miles or so but if the sun had been shining all day it would be quite a scenic ride. Riding on mostly quiet back country roads and my Garmin played nice today so I have the full ride data, hope this lasts. Next week I’m doing the Evans Ride It event in Lanark so that should be a good ride as well if the weather holds up.

Distance 40.09 mi | Time 2:23:06 | Speed 16.8 mph | Elev Gain 1,217 ft

Ride 22/05/2016

So today was the better weather forecast day, which was why I was at the cinema yesterday. Garmin responded to my email and suggested I completely format the device which I’ve never done before, I’m still a bit skeptical but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. Did a loop around the forth, a reasonably quick one but not my fastest. The garmin didn’t crash so I suppose thats a good thing but only time will tell.

Ride 14/05/2016

Well it was a nice day today, good for cycling, but unfortunately my garmin crashed again!!! So angry with garmin now and have sent of an email about it. What pisses me off more was my edge 800 worked flawlessly for 5 years which is why I went for another one, but now I have serious doubts. Anyway todays ride was a loop around Loch Leven which would have been a 72 miles ride taking roughly 5 hours. Ironically I did this ride on 09/05/2015 last year but going counter clockwise, this year was clockwise. It’s a nice ride especially with good weather and last year I stopped on the Loch for lunch but this year it was in Lumphinnans. It was here when having lunch I realised the Garmin had crashed again, so a good ride spoiled by CRAP! hardware

Ride 07/05/2016

Bit of a dull windy day so I went wherever the front wheel took me

Ride 30/04/2016

Mixed bag of weather today, wind, rain, hail on the higher parts and some sunshine, thankfully most of it light or short so I didn’t get too wet. Did a loop around Stirling heading first up over the Campsies hills along the Carron valley and onto Fintry then down to Kippen. Then over Dunblane and up the Ochil hills to Sheriffmuir and back down to Blairlogie. Followed the foothills along to Tillicoultry and swung south to Kincardine and over the bridge back home. On a good weather day this would be a nice ride but it was a little bit on the cold side for me.

Ride 23/04/2016

A sunny day but a cold one especially with the wind in my face so I did a north south figure eight skirting the Ochils.

Ride 16/04/2106

A cold but sunny day, thankfully the garmin didn’t crash.

Ride 02/04/2016 pt2

Ride 02/04/2016 pt3

Well todays ride was quite the fuck up, Garmin crashing on me left, right and centre >:-( I lost the first part of this ride going from Falkirk to Bathgate, and I would have gone a longer ride but with my garmin totally FUBAR! I cut the ride short, and it still crashed on me on the way home, not a happy bunny!

Evans Cycles Ride It Callander 2016

Well its Ride It event time again and this year Evans Cycles have done away with the MTB on Saturday for another Sportive, booo. Since it’s the same route for both Sat and Sun I’m just doing the Sat run. It’s a new route this year over some serious shity roads where I could have done with my mountain bike, to the point I actually got a puncture first time in the 4 years I’ve been doing this event. Anyway some of the route I was familiar with as they were trodden paths I’ve used before when cycling and as per usual Evans save the worst till last, going up Duke Pass, the STEEP! way, which is a 15% hill climb with switch backs. This hill is tough at the best of times but bloody brutal when you’re tired, but I made it and the last of the ride is by Loch Venachar which is an undulating road, so every little undulation just hurts. Knackered by the time I got to the end but happy to have completed it. There’s a new Evens ride in Lanark in June so that will be my next event

Ride 12/03/2016

Well I did ride last week but because I had only just got my new garmin then I didn’t know how to use it and lost my ride data Anyhow this week was a lot more successful, so its a slightly dull day with a bit of wind and some rain but not enough to worry about. Did a loop around Dunferline, nothing too drastic, and back to Falkirk. I’ve got the Evan Cycles Ride It next weekend so looking forward to that.