Category Archives: Bikes

I thought purchasing another fat bike would be easy. It was not. Yes, I’d more or less decided what I wanted, a Trek Farley 9.6 and had determined that they were available. I’d even visited the local Trek dealer and … Continue reading →

Back in 2010, some 14 years ago almost to the day, I built my first fat bike, a Surly Pugsley, apparently named after the fat kid in the Addams Family. It came in a fetching sickly green colour called either … Continue reading →

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With rain forecast for later in the day, there seemed to be a clear dry weather window in mid-morning, offering just enough time to complete a 13-mile circuit from the house, up to Rosewell, across to Roslin, then a fast … Continue reading →

As part of my plan to create a 50k off-road cycle route I’ve taken to call The Grand Trail, I knew of some local trails to the south, on the high ground above Newtongrange, leading from Camp Wood to the … Continue reading →