Saturday 26 October 2019

Me time Solo cycle and east coast light at Archerfield Beach...


Another fantastic evening on the east coast, a couple of hours to sunset after work and i cycled from Gullane down to the coast,
With a chesty cough for over a month now i`m stil doing short rides with no lung busting stuff,

First off some Go Pro chest cam film along the `Bake Bean` trail,
Song is `Rue The Whirl` by Boards of Canada


Surly Pugsley; Gullane to Freshwaterhaven, via `Bake Bean Trail` Oct 2019 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


A heavy shower just missed the coast as it was drawn inland towards the hills and the sun was soon out again...



After the over the bars moment into wet sand last week at John Muir Park the gear shifter had filled with sand so i swapped it over for a Microsoft thumb shifter on another bike to eliminate this happening again, a fit and forget beach proof solution....


It also makes running the clutch mech switched on that previously tends to destroy the Shimano Zee trigger shifters plastic internals, several friends have also had this experience, The Thumbie makes the heavier shifting with the clutch on easy,

Bit of Patina on that cassette!


Solitude,  beach therapy...
I enjoy post work midweek solo rides more these days as the coast is near devoid of other Fatbikes and i just ride when it suits me and i go where the wind and weather conditions suit best.

It is like 12 years ago again when there was only myself and the first Surly Pugsley Fatbike cycling the coast...


Small stones and beach glass high and dry with the shifting wind blown sands...





6 Go Pro stills...






It was that magic hour before sunset i always waffle on about, when the light turns and everything shines, the sea sand and rocks glint and sparkle and cast shadows...



Some of that magic light caught on film,
Song is `Owls and Vultures` by Luke Vangela


Surly Pugsley; Evening sun, Archerfield beach; Oct 2018 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.

More soon...

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