Friday, December 14, 2012

You see me rollin'.....

Pugsley frame.
Roli and the Pugsley.



Ok, when I last left this we had one fucked Pugsley, a sick ass new car and...... a shiney new frame!
The new Pugsley frame was built up a couple of weeks back, thanks to Dave at Law Cycles for getting me one nice and quick. I got the frame resprayed Porsche peppermint green again by Colin at Smillie Paint who gave it the usual flawless finish and Dave G gave me another hand building it up and swapping the parts of the old frame.
All left to do was to get out and ride the fucker!

I met up with Bruce and some of the folk from the UK Fatbike forum for the usual cycle out to the submarines at Aberlady Bay then along to North Berwick for a spicy haggis and chips. Braw.

1st December Ride.

1st December Ride.

1st December Ride.

1st December Ride.

1st December Ride.

We met these guys at Berwick Law, the big metal thing is a listening device the girl is making for her uni project. They said the couldn't hear much due to the wind and it was really cold on their lugs! The ear muffs they have planned should fix that.

Listening device.
Listening device.

A few days after that I headed up the Lammermuirs with Paul. There had been some snow fall so I wanted to get up for a play about on the Pugsley. The first bit of the track up was sheet ice, it was a fucking nightmare to walk on never mind cycle on but we eventually made it to the top of Lammer Law without any crashes, which is a fucking miracle considering Paul's current track record.

Lammermuirs Cycle in the Snow.

Lammermuirs Cycle in the Snow.

Lammermuirs Cycle in the Snow.
Lammermuirs Cycle in the Snow.

Lammermuirs Cycle in the Snow.

Lammermuirs Cycle in the Snow.

Lammermuirs Cycle in the Snow.

Lammermuirs Cycle in the Snow.

Lammermuirs Snow ride.
Lammer Law Summit.

Lammermuirs Snow ride.


I had my Gopro with me so I've made a video using some bits filmed on these cycles and some from a spin I went on with Roli the dog the other day. The song is One Big Moment by Orbital. Paul, Gary, Bob, Gav, Tom the Bass and myself went to see Orbital in Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago, I was bouncing about all over the place at the front. It was fucking epic.

Orbital.

Orbital.

Orbital.

Orbital.

Orbital.
Orbital



Here's the video, you might have to open it on vimeo to view it in HD.









Guess what happened here.
What happened here?? Comments below.....



5 comments:

  1. The snow looks like it is really cold and a pain in the ass to ride in, but makes for such beautiful photos.

    Great job getting the Pugsley back together so quick.

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    1. When its a wee bit colder the snow is a joy to ride. It was just a little bit slushy that day.
      Great getting the Pug going again, but the workshop fund took a hammering!

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  2. Great pictures Mike, the Lammers are looking good with the dusting of snow. Getting flashbacks from the Orbital pictures! :)

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    1. Aye Gav. I've been listening to them ever since. Fucking awesome gig.

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  3. looks like it the old 'me valve cores popped out in the middle of nowhere routine...' what the f' we do now thing..... [ukfatbikes [t1000]

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