100 Subs!! Also gravel cycling into the middle of nowhere - Dalwhinnie to Loch Rannoch

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A MASSIVE thank you to everyone who has subscribed as I figure out how to do this RU-vid thing. I am massively grateful to you all, it really helps boost motivation to get out and find these gravel routes. I hope they are proving helpful and getting you guys inspired to go out on your gravel bikes too!
Today's epic ride takes us from Dalwhinnie along the shores of Loch Ericht to Culra Bothy before climbing up the Bealach Dubh beside Ben Alder. It's then a fun downhill back to the loch and Ben Alder Bothy. From here it's a bit of a disaster as I hike-a-bike to the Dam at the southern tip of Loch Ericht.
Quickly blasting along the edge of Loch Rannoch, it is then time to climb again up to Glen Garry. Once up, it's a fun scoot along Loch Garry and along the Pass of Drumochter back to Dalwhinnie.
An excellent day out, with excellent weather.
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Комментарии : 25

@RossTallo 3 месяца назад

That bog slog 😮😮😮 honkin! Fair play for keeping that in your video though mate... A good route planning reminder to us all! Gneiss joke 😂

@dburgess287 7 месяцев назад

As someone who lived in Assynt for thirteen years, I did get your Gneiss joke.

@allybally0021 10 месяцев назад

That run was an achievement - you are on your own there if you have a prang with typically no reception - and some 'portage' necessary for the bike at the dam! Loch Garry...'where did all the water go'.....interestingly (to me anyway) there is a tunnel from Loch Garry to Loch Ericht to drive a power station there. Quite a bit just goes downhill to drive the turbine. Nice run...not all the jokes were Gneiss though - perhaps some lacked humour permeability. Good for you - that is quite a circuit in a true wilderness.

@garylegg8492 Год назад

Thanks for this, I'm planning a n-s gravel route and this has helped👌

@grahamhaines9931 Год назад

Good ride. I’d have gone the extra distance to Loch Ossian and down to Rannoch over the old road to the isles to stay on better gravel. Brilliant ride all the same! Respect.

@RustyRidesGravel Год назад

I think that would be a better loop for sure!

@dartmoormole 2 года назад

Enjoyed this

@SartorialPictures 3 года назад

Super scenery, and yes, while cycling Blair Atholl to Newtonmore, I too wondered where these trails to the southwest went. Now I know 😀

@janicegalloway5636 3 года назад

Love your channel and content! This was a great video, such beautiful scenery. And yes, where has all the water gone?? 🤔😥

@PetrolPed 3 года назад

Great meeting you last night on the podcast. Love your style of vid and have Subbed ;-)

@RustyRidesGravel 3 года назад

Likewise, great to meet you too! Hopefully catch you in person one day!

@SJ-tk4ri 2 года назад

I’ve had this route plotted for some time (having done Rannoch to Corrour a few times). Having watched a few similar YT vids now, the hike-a-bike sections and suitability for a gravel bike have probably made me hesitant to try it out.

@RustyRidesGravel 2 года назад

It's definitely a commitment to do it on a gravel bike. I think I have accepted that a proportion of my routes will involve bog trotting or hike a bike. I like to hope it's worth it, but often pushes the suitability of the gravel bike for sure.

@tonypaddler 11 месяцев назад

Have you done this route yet on your gravel bike? I've got the same dilemma with my 45mm tyres but I've just bought a 50mm front tyre so I'll be just going for it at the next opportunity.

@rantmaker6427 2 года назад

No snow no water

@RustyRidesGravel 2 года назад

Very good point

@andymelville7807 Год назад

I would love to go around this route with you if you ever fancy doing it again?

@RustyRidesGravel Год назад

Hey, I probably won't do this exact route again but I have planned other routes nearby that I have yet to ride. So that's an option 👍

@rantmaker6427 2 года назад

Bit disappointed you did not show loch abealach beith which you pass on your way just before you decend to benalder cottage,

@RustyRidesGravel 2 года назад

Hey - the route didn't go up past that loch - it went over the Bealach Dubh pass and around the South West of Ben Alder and down Bealach Cumhann. I did consider going via Loch a' Bhealaich Bheithe but thought it would be less "ridable" on the gravel bike, so went the other way.

@rantmaker6427 2 года назад

Many thanks for your explanation just wondered, love your gravel rides ,into ebikes now at 80 years old legs don,t work well anymore doing Callander to killin tomorrow with my son ,keep up the good work Rusty it,s the only way some of us get to the hills these days

@kerrylee1707 3 года назад

Got the joke by the way....must be all those geology notes I typed up for you x

@tonyblunsum2547 2 года назад

Great video great route but please ditch the music you dont need it 😁👍

@RustyRidesGravel 2 года назад

Noted! Not sure I have the confidence to just have me huffing and puffing through an entire video yet. I might still keep the music to drown all that out ;)