Heart of Darkness...cycling,Whiskey and jelly babies...

wednesdays evenings TBC pentlands hills rideout was a cracker...
Was a smaller turn out by us guys than the girls who meet at Bonaly store at the foot of the Pentland Hills on the edge of Edinburgh,
we had a great ride via Allermuir hill as it got proper dark...my photos didnt really turn out too well but the view over the glow of a street lit Edinburgh was cool...

as was the gusty wind up there and cloud blowing through...



the desent N.E. of the summit was one to remmember...bombing down a steep grassy trail into the dark the 2 riders in front were ahead that i could only see with my own light and the rear tyre on the 29er was locking up on the wet grass and i was speeding up down a trail i hadnt before ridden with the seat up full height... to say i was buzzing as the trail levelled out was an understatement...as was everyone else judgeing by the yells and screams from behind...despite all getting front or rear or both wheel slides and cross rutting we all got down upright which is good...need to get that descent on film in daylight...
was quite a climbing ride with a bit pushing but a sociable ride for being so...
jelly babies and a nip out a Hip flask is great for bonding friendships....
heres a climbing graph i pinched from friend Rob`s flickr page...

i tried my camera in woods later filming friends riding by and it filmed ok so next time i will need to go ahead and film riders passing to put together a night ride film... name the tune then!



some good pictures and some film up on Allermuir Hill here on friend Robs Flickr page