Hello from Edinburgh

[EuanS2]

Hi folks... I’m new to the ebike scene... Hopefully all going well I will be taking delivery of a Trek Rail 7 at the start of Feb... really can’t wait!

 

[The Hodge]

Hello Euan...
Don't suppose you are the same Euan who ran an MTB forum for a while a few years back ..?
Welcome ..and enjoy your bike

 

[EuanS2]

Hello Euan...
Don't suppose you are the same Euan who ran an MTB forum for a while a few years back ..?
Welcome ..and enjoy your bike

Hey Hodge, thanks and yes the very same person... how are you? Did someone else not start up a forum after I decided to stop mines?

 

[The Hodge]

Hi mate ..not that I'm aware ..Good to hear you're alive & well ..we never did get a ride out ..maybe once this covid shit is under control .
I'm sure you've tested the water prior to buying ..but these ebikes are fantastic and I'm sure you will enjoy yours ..
cheers
Neil

 

[EuanS2]

Yeah alive and well although I’ve pretty much been dormant since last April due to working in the Aviation world, I can’t complain though as the company has looked after us.

yeah, once this is all over and done with I’ll be looking to get out as much as possible on the ebike so definitely up for a ride out somewhere.

I hired out a Levo down at Glentress (oh How I miss that place!) and I absolutely loved it, I’ve not had a shot of the Rail yet not it has the Geometry I like so it should be good

har to believe but this is the first forum I’ve joined since stopping my old forum ?

 

[Mistakencatlawyer]

I spent a few weeks in Edinburgh 2 years ago, had a great time.

 

[EuanS2]

I spent a few weeks in Edinburgh 2 years ago, had a great time.

absolutely, for biking there isn’t many better places, i have the Pentland right on my doorstep and (pre COVID) it’s only a stones throw away from the Tweed Valley

 

[The Hodge]

Glentress is the first place I visited when I got my bike ..its great being able to make short work of the climbs there ..hopefully get to meet up sometime this year..!
Do you still keep in touch with Kev ( Chopper ) ..did he stop riding altogether ?

 

[EuanS2]

Glentress is the first place I visited when I got my bike ..its great being able to make short work of the climbs there ..hopefully get to meet up sometime this year..!
Do you still keep in touch with Kev ( Chopper ) ..did he stop riding altogether ?

what bike did you buy? I hired a Levi down at Glentress and absolutely loved every minute of it, I knew it was the beginning of the end for the old school bikes after that ?

I do still keep in touch with Kev... Yeah, he quit all together which was a shame as he was a bloody good rider... I think he needs an ebike ?

hopefully around about March/April we should start to see things improving enough to allow us to cross borders and county lines again

 

[Gary]

Awright gadge.
What bit ay Embra d'ye bide?

 

[The Hodge]

Got a Whyte e160rs Euan ..it really has given me a new lease of life ..might get another 20 years at this rate ?
We did get a ride out with Kev down Burnley area as he stayed down there with his sister ..when we met up with another lad from down there who showed us around ( can't remember his bloody name ☺ ) please say hello next time you speak to him ..and yeah give him a quick ride around the car park when you get yours ..he was a good rider and way too young to have to pack it in ..
See you in a bit ..
edit : You two should meet up Gary ..Euan is a good rider ?

 

[sam-widgers]

old gits from old forums?

 

[The Hodge]

Don't you mean experienced riders who aren't still wet behind the ears ..

 

[sam-widgers]

Don't you mean experienced riders who aren't still wet behind the ears ..

nope,cos i`m an older git than you

 

[The Hodge]

Really Sam ..?
Which decade have you reached then ..? ?

 

[sam-widgers]

it`s paul (lowcogger) from the old mtbe forum. i got booted off along with others for supporting euan when he got booted off. must be 6 or 7 years since me met for a ride at hamsterley.
**just corrected the name of the old forum**

 

[The Hodge]

SHIT ..from Barnsley?
Bloody small world ..how ya doing ? ?

 

[EuanS2]

Awright gadge.
What bit ay Embra d'ye bide?

Alrighty, I’m about a 10 minute ride from the Pentland at Clovenstone

 

[EuanS2]

Got a Whyte e160rs Euan ..it really has given me a new lease of life ..might get another 20 years at this rate ?
We did get a ride out with Kev down Burnley area as he stayed down there with his sister ..when we met up with another lad from down there who showed us around ( can't remember his bloody name ☺ ) please say hello next time you speak to him ..and yeah give him a quick ride around the car park when you get yours ..he was a good rider and way too young to have to pack it in ..
See you in a bit ..
edit : You two should meet up Gary ..Euan is a good rider ?

nice, I was thinking about a Whyte myself but they have an even longer waiting list on them

 

[EuanS2]

it`s paul (lowcogger) from the old emtb forum. i got booted off along with others for supporting euan when he got booted off. must be 6 or 7 years since me met for a ride at hamsterley.

hows it going bud?

I see Gareth (pulledbyamalamute) is also on here, he goes by the name of “All Mountain Coach“ these days

 

[The Hodge]

From Cannock ..even smaller world !

 

[EuanS2]

From Cannock ..even smaller world !

yeah, the very one

 

[The Hodge]

Kirky ....thats who I couldn't remember..got there in the end ..
Are you on here as well ?

 

[Gary]

Alrighty, I’m about a 10 minute ride from the Pentland at Clovenstone

ah... yeah... I know where you mean.
I stay in East and Midlothian but work in the City
You'd struggle to get me enthusiastic about riding the Pentlands on a sunny summers day nevermind this time of year. Do you ride/dig at Bonaly at all?
It's great for XC and road riding out my way and I have miles and miles of singletrack on the doorstep but all the local woodland trails are way more mingin than usual just now from the covid daily exercise brigade and sudden increase in taking your dog to the woods instead of just round the block for a shit not having ever heard of trail maintenance. I usually mtb in the Borders quite a lot with the Valley just half an hour away and stacked with great trails all the way from Selkirk to Peebles but have barely been down in 10months now.
Give me a shout when you get the Trek and we're able to travel to ride again.

 

[EuanS2]

I know what you mean about the Pentlands, I like riding up there in fresh snow but with the winter we’ve had it’s just a complete slop fest just now. I was out almost every other day during the first lock down as we had the weather but it soon became boring which was one of the reasons why I decided to bite the bullet and get an ebike, that should allow me to link up all the good stuff and get out further.

I don’t really ride at anomaly much at all, last I heard the land owner wasn’t happy with some of the trail building that was going on so I’m not sure what runs are still there

im really missing the valley just now, like you, I’m not far away from it but I’m just not willing to take the risk

yeah, when this is all over I’ll definitely give you a shout

 

[EuanS2]

Kirky ....thats who I couldn't remember..got there in the end ..
Are you on here as well ?

I shill follow Kirky on Strava, it looks like he’s mainly into zwift and road riding these days

 

[The Hodge]

Gotcha..I do remember now that he was leaning more towards road riding ..some folk can't be saved ?