Milngavie – Dumgoyne loop.
April 23rd, 2010 • Cycling, Mountainbiking • Somhairle
Me and Spad have been out on the Milngavie – Dumgoyne route a few times since the weather got better. In an effort to get the miles in for the few races we’re going to do this year, we’ve found some great wee technical bits in the woods to break up the pedalling. Some of the small tracks that splinter of the main route (west highland way) are brilliant, difficult and very natural. On these splinter routes the going is technical both and down which certainly keeps you on the edge of your ability, it’s great when you clear something you floundered on before. There is one super fast downhill to Glengoyne distillery, which has some great rough sections and compressions where you really feel the effects of g-force. The route back from dumgoyne to strathblane is a bit of a pain, as it’s full of gates. Once in Strathblane there is an obligatory stop at the Beer garden – we saw a ufo pass over twice when we were there this week. Then there is a pretty long climb out the back of the village up the Cuilt Braes and the you turn left into the woods at the top, this part is a bit of a grind but good for the form and in the daylight it’s got pretty cool views to the west. Then it’s back into Mugdock for loads of rad wee bits of singletrack. There are a million different ways you can go here and most of them are pretty good although one of the best downhills has been bike proofed with strategically placed kerbs. Hmmph! The descent we like the best is at the south end of Mugdock Loch just past the buildings down the side of the wee burn. It’s a real highlight with steps, bridges and jumps. Mugdock is great for just skittering about. None of the trails are very long but some are great craic. We took the video cameras out with us last time so a video is to follow, above are video stills from my GoPro.
nice loop. hopefully join you next time!!