Mountain Bike Trip to Ullapool
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.