If you’re in the west midlands and looking for a great short blast the Clent is a must
and if you get your timing right you’ll be greated with fields of wildflowers and a . . . → Read More: The Clent – local blast
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It’s good to get outside Most days i’d pick the bike over anything else But sometimes a change is good So last weekend i went canoeing and had a great . . . → Read More: Watery cross training ok so maybe it’s not all in the tyres the legs help the chain helps the gearing helps the suspension helps (not the the rigid crew will agree) the brakes help (when you’re scared) but the tyres definately make a BIG difference, from 460g superlight XC whippet tyres to 1.25kg freeride monsters, they can turn a whippet into a slug or turn a DHO monster into a (slightly) more climable trail happy bike A couple of months ago a close friend and i jokingly decided we should ride out bikes across the USA this winter. The following week i asked my boss for six weeks off work and he said ‘you’ll be lucky’ so i felt safe in the knowledge i wouldn’t be able to do it. Then last week my boss turned round and said ‘that six weeks off you asked for, you can have it’, and now it looks like we’re biking across the USA this winter! Continue reading Trans USA in winter…? After 24 hours, 21 laps and (approx) 335km later team howies (david, ruben, xander and I) finished Mtn Mayhem 2010 in 223rd place (out of 665 teams) which considering none of us are racers, we hand’t trained and it was our first 24hr event doesn’t seem bad at all. Off the back of it we WILL be . . . → Read More: Mayhem complete What a lovely weekend that was! Thanks to Martin for being an excellent student and keen to learn EVERYTHING and thanks to the weather for being so lovely on saturday (we’ll keep quiet about sunday) Day one – skills module in the morning in the beautiful setting of Llyn Gwynant In 2 weeks time i’ll be recovering from the mental mayhem of MtnMayhem 24hr endurance race. A couple of the howies boys and i have teamed up and are off to do our best at the 4man team race and i’ve just found our race numbers in the HUGE list of entrants
Before the rain arrived i re-discovered the super fast trails that litter the south downs. Long climbs followed by long flowy descents with kne twinging chunks of flint everywhere is a guaranteed combination for good times. Continue reading South downs trails Want to build your own sweet trails knowing they’ll never be nocked down? Want to camp in the woods knowing no one will ever complain? Want to forage for your on food and cook it on an open fire under the stars? Want to invest in a community owned woodland where you can do all of the above and . . . → Read More: Coed Cymuned The weekend of sunshine and hot weather was not one to be missed and it seems that most of the mountain bikers in the south were shredding their way round the same awesome trails as i was in the north downs. Continue reading North Downs trail mecca The sun shone all weekend, the breeze was enough to keep away the midges and the woods were totally un-explored to me – all in all it was a recipe for a great weekend. Due to popular demand (and finding we had a weekend free in the diary) we’ve added another course to the diary. Freeride progression course Cannock Chase Sunday 23rd May (one day course) Continue reading New course date added I’ve spent the weekend in Bristol and Bath tearing around on the freeride bike trying to find gnarly stuff. There are loads of awesome trails down here, you just have to know where to look… Continue reading Bath / Bristol trails Yesterday was spent ripping up the trails at Leckhampton Hill. I wasn’t expecting much but was blown away by how awesome the trails are. If you haven’t been yet you need to sling the bike in the car and head down for a days DH and jumping. The trails are pretty gnarly but awesomely fun. For just outside . . . → Read More: Leckhampton freeride |
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