Mountain Bike Trip to Ullapool
April 27th, 2007 by pyrat
In case you are interested, Im going to describe the trip that I went on last weekend.
The route was a point to point and is shown below.
We also passed this very well kept bothy. (courtesy of flickr)
It was a return trip. We left Jack Horner’s quality mercedes (shown below) at bonar bridge then cycled to Ullapool with Andy Dytch and stayed in Ullapool Youth Hostel.
The next day we cycled back but on the way took in a marilyn that Don Reid had been keen on.
It was a great trip which was on average 4hr 45min of cycling each way. (This doesnt include stops)
I was also impressed that my Kona Dr Dew hybrid bike held up very well to the battering and actually worked quite well off road. I reckon if I get a suspension fork and spd pedals this will be a mean xc machine despite the 700CC wheels.
I also had my heart rate monitor on (S625X):
Day1
Day2
You can see the mountain ascent quite clearly on the day 2 hr graphs.
May 2nd, 2007 at 11:02 am
Looks like a schweet trek. I really need to get myself a bike and get out in em hills again. Happy memories of our cycle trek!
May 6th, 2007 at 10:04 am
Aye boy get yourself an bike and give me a shout. Im well up for some more trips! Doing too much running nowadays and not other sports.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Well I’ve just bought a Kona Kula so shall be rocking out on that soon, might be hitting the west coast for Wilderness Arc at the end of the month if you’re interested in a return to some of our favourite haunts of a few years ago…
May 8th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
A kona kula! Just had a wee look at that it looks like a very nice piece of kit. I want a Kona Dawg for my christmas now!
Think I will be buying kona bike for some time to come. Gie us a shout closer to the time about this Wilderness Arc thing, I reckon I will be busy but you never know.
Also are you interested in doing an Adventure race in wiltshire for free?
January 18th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Hi Alastair,
I’m from Germany and will be mountainbiking North-Scotland in May 2009. This trip sounds interesting, indeed. Could you send me the GPS-track (any format would be ok) of that ride. Would be great!
Thanks in advance and “keep on rolling”
Tobi
January 18th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Hi Tobi,
I didnt have a GPS device unfortunately, so dont have anything to share!
Good luck with this if you do it.
A bike trip around strathspey to a place called tomintoul would also be a goody!