BRUTAL OFF ROAD EDINBURGH TO MANCHESTER: The Pennine Rally

I took part in the Pennine Rally, an off road ride from Edinburgh in Scotland to Manchester, a route taking in most of the National Parks in the North of the UK. It features some burly off road sections and hike a bike. This video is of the first day, a savage ride from Edinburgh to Hawick.

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[MuttsCycles]

04:08 where some shouts "that's savage". On the right of the video next t the wind turbine there is a grassy path that goes up almost vertical up between The kipps and Scald Law. Brutal hike-a-bike and when going up there with my dad there was an older guy maybe mid 50's cycle right up it on this old 90's XC bike and both my father and I were shocked! It is super steep.

[irondistance]

thats a proper adventure well done Chris

[heidijarvis]

Sometimes on a ride you say it’s not fun until you look back and say how fun it was, those types of rides are always the more memorable ones. I learnt the hard way with my Wahoo bolt falling off and a car ran over it, upgraded to the roam and invested in the lanyard to stop it completely falling off. Enjoy the rest of your journey

[arjanbrugman]

That looked epic to me, despite the weather👍

[kevinlyon]

Yup it certainly isn't flaming June, still views looked good a nice bunch of folks to share the suffering.

[malcontent_]

Love following you on these excursions, Chris -- not exactly "glamorous" but fun to watch (from a safe distance, of course)

[theroadprovides]

Looks like my all points north, last year living the dream weather wise, this year a living nightmare 🤣

[samuelmcclean]

Hey mate. Wondering if you’re up for a long ride in the new year 👀 be awesome to be able to ride and talk with you before I do BASAJAUN 😜

[derfx]

That's the highest number of grips/hand positions I've ever seen on a mountain bike 😅

[ninawarburton]

I grew up in Hawick - it’s altogether savage 😂

[grahambell]

A few long days " at the office"" a challenge to do though Chris....cheapeau to all entrants 👏👏

[lpoolck]

Hopefully the sun will shine for day 2! Looked hard yards!

[jj]

I went to Scotland last month but I do want to go back but as a cyclist 🚴🏼
Cool setup on your Bike.

[Pastemfist]

The only problem with Dynaplugs is the refill packs seem to be sold out whenever I look in the UK.

[Darren.Lindsay]

Always awesome seeing local trails... the hill you came down at 4.10 I normally go up and it's brutal!

[CycleXplorer]

Don't forget rutted field edge gravel!

[adamgriss]

It definitely looked like you went from I love cycling moments to “I love cycling” moments 😂.

[ddga]

I HATED that bit 2:00 of the canal path... Always had to walk it for fear of an early bath

[colinricketts]

14.49 - you've went past a ice prediction weather station again. I can now work out how bad the weather was, to be honest I'm surprised you came across as positive as you did

[wheeler]

Started off all nice and innocent didn't it till Mother Earth intervened later on :).