Riding Mastermind
A destination trail, a single ribbon of singletrack sublime enough to make any amount of journey time worth while. Mastermind and the Ridge are to be found on opposite sides…
Tag: Trail
Durris
Chosen by NETCO as the proposed site of their ambitious trail and adventure sports centre. Durris has a compact, yet challenging network of trails. Infamous among local riders for being…
MTB POV – A Better Way
Point of View video (POV for Short), a cornerstone of action sports video. Problem is, most of them are rubbish. The video is shaky, the image blurred and you can’t…
Banshee Spitfire 200 Mile Review
200+ Miles in and the Spitfire has lived up to the promises made by modern geometry. Thought I would share my thoughts on this bike and have a wee bike…
Fungle Road
Heading south from the Fungle singletrack is the Fungle Road itself. The old drovers road connects Deeside in the north with Tarfside in the south and is usually part of…
Nimbo Cumulos
Loamy moss and pine needles rooster tailing off your back wheel, endless grip and at the end of another great ride, a clean bike to go back into the shed.…
2016 – What a Year
2016, what a year, memorable, for all the wrong reasons, and some good ones too. A years worth of riding, starting with a frozen Aviemore and a flooded Aberdeenshire through…
Hardtails
Feedback, that sense of feeling the trail, the bike instantly responding to your every input. Every half turn of the cranks propelling you forwards, the tyres telling you what they…
Fungle Road Infection
A evenings ride towards the end of summer, some final days of late northern light to play in, but be sure to be home before the street lights are on.…
Comrie Croft – Helmet Cams
Everyone loves a helmet cam video, great for reliving trails and for getting an idea of the terrain and features before racing blind. Here we find six of the nine…
Clachnaben
An iconic Aberdeenshire hill with a wild and punishing descent, a loop of Clachnaben is nothing short of a mini epic. We all love wild natural rides, big days on…
Progression – Local Loop
Your strengths are those you practice most, and your weaknesses those that are too hard or to rare an opportunity to perform. A few things have caused my riding to…
Tarland
With the spring rain keeping the natural trails slick and muddy a little dry trail action goes a long way. There isn’t a trail centre in Aberdeenshire, the nearest is…
Strava, its Complicated
Strava I love you but your bringing me down. At first you understood, you were new and you were exciting but the longer you’ve been there the more complicated it…
