Sunday 4 August 2013

Another Big Sky Day...Golf Coast? - yes, but also nice for 29" wheels...



The Endless Summer continues...
Been some amazing skies last week as the thunderstorms have moved on and been replaced with little fluffy clouds...




Midday high tides this weekend and English holidays mean busy beaches of day visitors, and it was windy, very Windy!, so a day on local trails where i could keep out the wind a bit.  It would not be much fun grinding into the strong wind on the single speed SURLY KramPug, then have to just sit freewheeling with the tail wind, so i spent Saturday cycling local trails on the SURLY Karate Monkey 29er...





Monkey mischief... -:)




Down to Gullane Village for ice cream. It was Gullane Games day...


There was a lot of folk there with their kids that i know but only seen a couple of them in the crowd, so ice cream done (choc chip and vanilla double) i rode to North Berwick on the John Muir Way...



It was really windy, here is how windy it was...

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Pics done i rode the trail to Yellowcraig, then returned back up to Dirleton Village and cycled it again as it is riding so nice this now, a sweet bit of single track...

Fantastic sky of fluffy clouds...


And listened to The Orb on my Ipod... -:)






Expect to see combines out next week... -:)



The Rowen Tree, Folklore says they were often planted on routes to stop travellers getting lost. also they were planted near doors to buildings to ward off witches here in Scotland. There is a door in the high garden wall to to the House across from this tree... -:)


Gravel grinding...



Next week is Fringe by the Sea in North Berwick...

More on that next week, sailing boats already arriving for the week...



Went and seen Dad at the Nursing home, Mum was there too, then with the strong westerly wind i tacked back to Gullane using tracks around fields and through woods to keep out of the worst of the wind...





Long days when the weather is like this i could cycle forever, be nearly 40 miles by time i get home today...



Back along the sweet single track after a few laps around the woods of Yellowcraig..







Good fire wood! ...


Gullane...






Must be getting fitter, up Whim Road on the middle ring. And one of the best views in East Lothian, still windy though!...

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Perfect...


And so is this bike, Oh the red pedals are off the Moonlander, Slim Jim plastic flats which used the same axles as Superstar etc, but half the price at £20 inc P&P on eBay. The gears are going onto the KramPug sometime soon and the Monkey will be Single speed for winter gloop and night riding...


Big wheels and no suspension are all you need for off road here in East Lothian, be it 2, 3, 4 or 5" tyres...

29" rocks!... need a sign saying  ` Welcome to Scotland's 29er Coast`   -:)


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