Midweek cycle...

Pics from Go Pro Cam...

A dry week and Combines have been out harvesting again,  groups of fields same crop all cut and some even baled by the time i went out for a quick cycle,
Was cloudy so no golden light on the fields this evening, so a quick spin around 3 fields together...

Surly Krampug (a Surly Pugsley Fatbike with 39 x 3" plus tyres) is ideal for this type of riding...

Wee film,
Song is `The Fun lovin` Criminal`  by Fun Lovin Criminal


Surly KramPug 29+  Harvest Cycle 2018 Pt6 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.

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Weekend...

Was an ace weekend, home and a quiet Friday evening, then out a walk with M at Gullane and surprised at the lack of sand under Gullane cliffs!, look at the exposed rocks!

I have made films riding right under the cliffs!...

Down to NB and Hendo`s 50th Birthday,  the Posses unmasked...

Home early evening and good friend Mike arrived,  up for a couple of days doing the Uplift at Innerleithen,

Now when Mike comes to stay over he always bring some sweet bikes,  and along with his Surly Ice Cream Truck Fatbike for a beach ride the next day he had his downhill rigs he had used today and Friday, and like me he sources stuff secondhand and likes to be a bit different...

Lucky to see another Diamondback Downhill bike... and with tuned suspension...

And his Enduro rig...

And that PUSH tuned coil shock cost the original purchaser around £1000...

Sweet ride...

Time to fire up the Chiminea and open some Ciders...

A Combine was out until near Midnight...

As were we sitting out until dark and a full Harvest Moon rose... and a nice Rum to night cap the evening...

Sunday and despite the forecast of heavy rain we were out on the Fatbikes and so far it war more or less dry with just light drizzle...

Some film riding through some of Binning Wood,
Song and artist unknown...


Coastrider; Binning Woods Aug 2018 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


Peffersands, and some dune surfing...

No sand under Ravensheugh crag...

Here is now ride able after some rain, was real soft sand during the drought...

Along Secret Trail, always a fun trail and with Mike to film ideal for a non stop film of the trail...
Song is `Butterfly` by Crazy Town


Coastrider; Secret Trail, Aug 2018 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


Cafe stop at Tyninghame, then home along the Tyne then a blast down a harvested field to round off a fun day`s cycling...

Here is a 3rd film, an edit of the days ride,
Song is `Culture of Fear` by Thievery Corperation


Coastrider; Tyninghame Woods, Aug 2018 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.

An ace weekend...



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Rains off... games back on..

After a day of prolonged showers the skies cleared early evening and was perfect for a quick cycle to stretch the legs...

Despite puddles on the roads the tramlines in harvested fields are still dry despite a day of showers, the ground is still dry from the drought of June and July...

There was a combine starting another field,  Wheat fields are ripe for harvest and still many to cut, next few days should see a lot of harvesters out and the noise of grain driers humming around the shire as they get the harvest in and dried...

Short film around 3 fields, Song is `Processed Beats` by Kasabian


Surly KramPug 29  Harvest Cycle 2018 Pt5 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.

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Easy `Ghetto Tubeless` Split tube tubeless set up...

I set up a friends Fatbike wheels (4.8" Schwalbe Jumbo Jim tyres on Syncross 80mm rims) tubeless using the split tube method and have it dialled  now that i use foam from a Yoga mat,  cost for the set up is £20 for two 24" Schrader tubes and some Stans tubeless sealant...

The yoga mat is perfect lenght with just a few inches to cut off and join with pvc tape opposite the valve, i cut the strip to 65mm width...

Philips screwdriver soon makes a valve hole then inflate and fit a 24" tube...

Pierce the tube and cut around the centre line...

Fold the tube over the rim and and wipe with sponge and soapy water to  remove chalk and provide some lube to make the tyre easier to fit over the tube...

The Yoga mat and tube can be pushed down to get the tube under the tyre bead and aline the same all the way round...

Inflate with a track pump until tyre out on bead, no need for a compressor or any high pressure gadgets...

Deflate by removing the valve core and add sealant, i use a Joes sealant bottle to add the Stans sealant as i find it easier...

Re inflate and shake the wheel rotating it to get the Stans  sealant coating all inside the tyre, set to riding pressure.
Using a new blade hold the Stanley knife blade flat on the rim and carefully cut around and remove the excess tube...

Job done and as long as wheels given a shake to check and add sealant when needed (depending on amount of thorns where you live) and no more thorn flats, and `Snakebite` pinch flat from rocks if riding soft conditions mixed with rocks, like here on the coast...

More soon...