Glentress is made for ebikes and yesterday conditions were perfect!

A short stop for a quick photo of the sunrise at the top of Janets Brae after a quick climb up it!

The beauty of going with another ebike is the fact you don't have to hang around waiting at the top of the climbs, its get and go right from the start!

Just look at that weather! We certainly hit it lucky yesterday, this was Barrie and me on our way along to "Mild Peril"

Barrie disappears down the start of Mild Peril 

The end of the climb known as "Redemption", which at one time would have had us nearly on our knees but is highly enjoyable on the ebikes, in fact yesterday every climb I did came up as a PR on Strava!!

After another long climb we were up to the mast and ready for the final descent back down to Peebles.

A brilliant days riding slightly marred by me tearing a calf muscle as I jumped on the bike too quickly whilst crossing the footbridge over the Tweed about 100 yards from our vehicles, that means no biking for a week at least and maybe longer, however I've lots of memories from yesterday to keep me occupied. The weather looks like its taking a turn for the worse again so maybe I wont miss too much!

Barrie's ebike is christened "The Blue Flash"!

What else could you call such a bonny looking bike, makes mine look like some pre-war model!

At least he gave me a little pedal on it just to whet my appetite for getting my Trek back which incidentally is getting a new frame under warranty so I'm looking forward to that!

A quick stop to puzzle out which is the most environmentally friendly means of travel, a horse or an ebike, hmmm, have to think about that...

A nonchalant looking Barrie who went one way on the winter loop while I went the other way on the non ebike, when we met up he'd done at least 5 miles more than me, but I've been assured my ebike will be back in my  hands by the end of next week, raring to go against "The Blue Flash"!!

My bike's in bike hospital and Barrie's making an assault on my Strava KOMs!

Barrie's Giant ebike sits at the top of Allermuir taunting me but at least I still hold the ebike KOM for the climb....but for how much longer?

Another photo to haunt or is it taunt me, this time at the top of Castlelaw up the infamous climb called the "Grunt" (for very good reasons) at least he had the decency to say it had been quite hard!

All I can do is wait until my bike returns with its problem main pivot bearing resolved, its been sent back to Trek so hopefully it should be fixed soon, until then it's going to be back on the acoustic....ouch!!!

Breaking news, Barrie set to join the ebike clan!

Barrie "admiring" my ebike after astonishing himself how easy it was to bike right to the top of the Kirk Road in the Pentland Hills, something that he's had to hike a bike the last 100 yards any time he's done it before! No sooner was he back home than he was on the internet looking for the best deal he could find and ended up ordering a GiantTrance E+2, It'll make mine look like an old Lada beside it!

This could possibly be the last photo of Barrie taken lagging behind me on a climb, Dougie, also in the picture beside Barrie remains to be convinced on the merits of an ebike however!

In the meantime I'm off on holiday for a week so its time to get Ernie, my ebike, into bike hospital for a bit of treatment to bearing thats gone wonky! 

Cant wait to come back and see Barries new bike!!!