Genesis Prototype Fatbike; update

Bikes should be ridden and not hidden..

In loft storage last two years set up with single speed 27.5+ wheels....

The Genesis Prototype Fatbike;
A one off prototype in Reynolds steel, with sliding adustable dropouts and finished in Genesis team colours. 17” medium it is a little smaller than my 18” medium Surly Pugsley’s but rides real nice.
Yeah it could be hung up and looked at but it’s just a pushbike at the end of the day and should be owned by someone who will love it and ride it.
So the bike is back out in use again with two sets of wheels - Fat and Plus and 1 x 10 gears as my other bikes all have,
Girlfriend G bought the bike and i soon had set it up ready for her to use,

The Halo Fat wheels were bought used online and i soon had them set up Ghetto tubeless after they were delivered and adding discs and new Cassette for a quick swap with the 27.5+ wheels...

With a spare new 10 speed drive chain i soon had the bike ready and G added a womans saddle...
G has rode over 300 miles already in just over a month swapping the wheels herself for the coast or inland on trailsand she loves the bike!

I`m happy to see this special one off frame set being used, esp by someone who having just discovered Fatbikes is absolutely loving the bike with the two wheel options,

The only bike i now own and do not ride is my original Surly Pugsley but thinking it will get some use again over the summer...



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Isolation Cycle 12; Barnes Ness Pt 2

Not often you cycle here and have the path - part of the John Muir Way to yourselves, so here is a non stop section above the low dunes returning to the Lighthouse...
Wee film, Song is `Music is Math` by Boards of Canada


Isolation Cycle 12; April 2020 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


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Isolation Cycle 11; Whitesands and Barnes Ness...

Blog posts running 2 weeks ago...

Another big sky day in the Shire, and with the car park and access road to Whitesands closed Barnes Ness is an ideal cycle route for daily exercise with nice wide roads...

This was the first day of the year that actually felt warm once mid morning...

The lighthouse is always an impressive sight as you near it...

Wee film, Song is `Sandstorm` by Cast


Isolation Cycle 11; April 2020 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


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Sloe Gin...

Time to make some Sloe Gin to fill the hip flasks for bike packing hopefully mid summer once the Apocalypse is over,
I still have loads of Sloe`s frozen that i picked two years ago. With a 7cl bottle of Gin i weighed out 400 grams of Sloes into a Mason Jar i sterilised with hot then boiling water...

Then added 200 grams of Castor Suger...

Then add the 750cl of Gin...

The light nights are on the way, still light at 8pm...

And after just a few hours the Gin has changed colour, every couple of days turn the jar and in 6 weeks filter it through a cloth into hip flasks and ready to warm you up in the evening...

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Isolation Cycle 10; JMW to NB Law...

A cycle along the JMW then around NB Law past the Cold War ROC Monitoring Post, then along to soak up the view at Seacliff harbour-an island  withthe sfternoon high tide...

Wee film,
Song is `Collapse` by Boards of Canada


Isolation Cycle 10; April 2020 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.


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Isolation Cycle 9; Peffersands

Another big sky day on the east coast and despite a high tide it was back on the coast for our daily exercise...

15 mins and it would be clear here of the now retreating tide...

Back home and reading in the drift wood lean-to...

Wee film,
Song is `Nailing Honey To The Bee` by The Brian Jonestown Massacre


Isolation Cycle 9; April 2020 from coastkid71 on Vimeo.

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