Recent content by epicyclo

Oi! We're from Harris, not Lewis... :)

I've had a few sphincter contracting moments on that descent a few times. :) The family in Harris eventually requested me not to ride it. My wife's aged uncle used to get seriously concerned because he knew of a few serious injuries and maybe a death. However the track looks like it's had a...

A bow saw and a secateurs is all you need. Since the gales, I've cleared most of the trails in the Leanaig woods near me. They looked a bit like your picture. As for your Mad Max style, I've experience with that. I used to clear my running trails in Oz after Cyclones. I ran carrying a machete...

Regard my idea as a filler, not a replacement for organised rides.

All that peat bog, supposed pristine wilderness, yet on that small mountain in the background is the remains of a fort that would have required a population of thousands to build it, service it and or garrison it. That land would not have looked like that a few hundred years ago, before the...

I have a suggestion. Seeing as it's difficult for us to organise a ride with us all together, but how about a ride along the lines of Global FatBike Day? Instead of us having to meet up we do a themed ride, each in our own area, and within a given week or weekend. For example, see how many...

StrathPuffer course has been cleared.

Up here that means 40 of sleet... :)

I'm not going to be able to make it. Sorry.

I grew up in the Rough Stuff era, so dropbars on an offroad bike were a given. This is my Dawes Cougar mtb (531ST) modified into an 1980s gravel bike if gravel had been thing back then. (i.e. it's my Rough Stuff Bike) I used the parts I thought Dawes would have used if they had built a bike...

That's a nice functional looking build.

I love them. :)

It was good to get a road ride in because there are still quite a few twigs across the local trails...

Before a certain villainous character maligns me, it was his suggestion that we go for a road ride. That's about 100 foot drop to the right. Some of it was quite rideable... Other bits of the road were quite slippery...

There's no doubt that the Phil Wood is a very good hub. It is ridiculously heavy though. Sturmey-Archer don't seem to market to the public, more OEM, but I've not had a problem getting their stuff. SJS is a good source in the UK. LBSs may be reluctant to order because of the local distributors...