Midweek Cycle; local woods and trails to the coast...

Overcast but dry 28 mile cycle around the local woods and coast today, 29+ bikes are proving ideal for this riding,

I swapped the drop bars, brakes and gear cables on the ECR back onto the Karate Monkey 29er this morning as i plan to go with Jones Loop bars on the ECR, some  regular riser bars will have to suffice this now until i buy another pair...


Thumbshifters borrowed from the Moonlander allow the front mech to be kept trimmed...

Someone else riding around here on Nates :)  i see these tracks often, along with Knard tyre tracks, Krampus owners...

Through Binning woods and across to Seacliff...

A lot of Winter Barley fields are now sprayed off, and the start of the harvest is not far away, maybe next week!...

Peffersands, Tyninghame Woods and around Mosshouse point and back through Binning Woods again...

I spied a combine parked up, 1st sighting of this year!,

Headed to see Francis via the John Muir Way...

Dogs exercised the fun way :)

I put the drop bars back on the  Karate Monkey 29er as this bike does not really have a use now as a ridged MTB now i have the 29+ bikes,  and i did prefer this bike with the Salsa Woodchipper drop bars to the ECR or Pugsley...

In the meantime it will be fun to compare these two bikes when in such similar set ups...

More soon...

Midweek cycle..

Hope the weather improves and is more settled over the next 2 weeks- i`m on summer holidays...

Another film on a favourite local trail, part of the John Muir Way passes through Craig Wood in East Lothian-South East Scotland,  hard to believe this trail was originally built for walkers, it is a hoot to cycle! :)
I know i have made loads of films riding this trail!, but it is ace!,
So here is another on the Surly KramPug 29+

Song is `Truculent` by my big bro on Soundcloud; https://soundcloud.com/cottishatureboy/truculent

FUJI XP 80 Waterproof sports compact camera update; A wee film using the Action camera fish eye lense...

Above is the FUJIFILM sports wide angle lens that came through the post yesterday from Jessops, retail £40...

This allows sports filming sports activities with a more stable film due to the wider Angle lens...

This mount allows the camera to be fitted to Go Pro equipment...

Like my Seat Post mount that is attached to a mono pod...

But with a regular mount and extender i can mount the camera on the chest mount...

So now i have a camera that can take as decent a picture as what the Go Pro does, ok it is a bit heavier and the wide lens is not as wide as the Go Pro, but you do see things in the distance when filming,  and it has a micro phone that actually works!,  not so good out in the wind but great when you want to pick up wildlife, water, and bikes riding past etc...

After a days rain- typical Edinburgh summer trades holiday weather!, the skies cleared in the late afternoon and i rode to Binning Woods to try out the new lens,  everywhere was saturated but i was not worried as the muggy weather of yesterday had cleared with today's down pours...

Here is a film i shot, edited on Pinnicle Studio HD and then Windows Moviemaker...

Song is `High Plains` by my big bro;  Scottish Natureboy on Soundcloud


15; Surly Pugsley Fatbike; Binning Woods cycle - July 15 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.

More soon...