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Video: Riding Scotland Between Races

Nov 18, 2014
by Christopher Gallagher  
Views: 11,540    Faves: 101    Comments: 7


In the middle of a hectic downhill race season, Wigwam Holidays/Solid Bikes rider Morgan Gulland finds the time to do some filming. We lucked out on the weather this Summer in Scotland, so whilst the alps were hit with non-stop rain, we experienced some awesome dry trails. Here, Morgan rides Dunkeld and Abernyte, both a lot more treacherous in their own way should it be wet, but with the dry weather, Morgan was able to destroy the trails in his usual fashion.

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25 Comments
  • 19 0
 I call Photoshop; there ain't no sun in Scotland...
  • 8 2
 and when there is, i'm stuck in an exam room doing gcse's
  • 2 0
 Went to Dunkeld this august, among other places. I WISH it looked like this. Water and mud everywhere...
  • 4 0
 And in that case you wouldn't be in Scotland.
  • 4 0
 @HutchJR that is.
  • 2 6
flag adamconradx (Nov 18, 2014 at 22:55) (Below Threshold)
 I go to a school following the English system; not the Scottish one Smile
  • 1 0
 Exactly what I was thinking lol. For those wondering, we dont do gcse's in Scotland. The equivalent qualifications in Scotland are called Standard Grades. Or at least they were when I was at school, many many years ago lol.
  • 1 0
 like i said i go to a school that does gcse's ... its a boarding school in elgin.
  • 1 0
 erm...
  • 1 0
 Cool, I believe you, googled it. A few private schools in Scotland do use the English exams. I take it it's Gordonstoun you go to?
I used to be in the Raf, hated Elgin! Its the only place in the world where the snow lies on the walls and not the ground!
  • 1 0
 yes it is haha the raf is right next door :p at school it hardly snows though...
  • 11 0
 Much prefer videos like this where a DH bike is being used on a good technical course, rather than continuous jump after jump Smile
  • 2 0
 That looks really good fun.. Tech.. Hard to to ride fast.. And amazing on film like this when you do. Sweet.
  • 5 0
 I wanna see joe Barnes cut those turns!
  • 3 0
 Dunkeld is a gnarly track for sure, always scared me. Solid riding by Morgan for sure..
  • 2 0
 Any potential for a bds there?
  • 1 0
 Dunkeld had me bricking it as I walked the track b4 my 1st time down. It seemed like there were rocks every where waiting to break my bones. Ended up loving that place.
  • 1 0
 Wouldn't imagine there'd be enough room for a BDS at Dunkeld to be honest. Shame though, as it's such a good track!
  • 1 0
 The field the sda use is pretty big if I remember rightly, just annoying it's not at the end of the track
  • 2 0
 I'm sure the top riders of the BDS would enjoy the challenge that is Dunkeld. The SDA puts on a great race here every year so i think the BDS could make it work as well.
  • 2 0
 If you ask @si-paton nicely, he may consider it!
  • 1 1
 So like the Hermitage down hill track, but getting it wrong hurts a lot and has changed very little in 15years since last rode on a DH bike I have cleared a few new lines in the past
At 37sec you can see a other bigger rock kicker just at back of shot that I filled in the base off but does not look like it
Any way there is other better lines on that hill that are hidden, maybe I should ask SDA why that is still so?
  • 1 0
 Morgan Gulland a.k.a. THE QUIET ASSASIN!
  • 1 0
 Yes sick shredding. Just what I wanted to see, cheers!
  • 2 0
 #thuglife in the intro







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