2019-01-16 11:40
Silence for the best part of 4 years, yes, I know... and then just before christmas I find myself itching to take a trip to Cannock and see what all this Electric MTB'ing is about. Personall… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Just to let you know the Westoning/Luton crew will be heading over to south Wales Fri 23/5 - Sun 25/5 (we will be heading out early Fri morning). Les is in charge, so all I know is we will b… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
A few weeks back the Notts contingent took a sunny drive over to Derbyshire to see what Jacobs Ladder is like when the weather is good.
It's been 7 years since we last rode it (time flies)… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Anyone around for a Watlington ride in August. I'm available for the first three weekends in August and happy to plan a route. I suggest a good meeting point is Watlington town centre. The c… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Hey bloggers, long time no post. Found myself visiting family in Peebles at the tail end of this week so it wouldn't be right to go all the way up there and not check out Glentress, part of… Read More
2014-06-07 11:36
R2 plus Nick and I did this a couple of years ago. From memory it is a pretty nice ride but tough on the SS and took about 9 hours to do the long route. Dozer said he might be up for it - a… Read More
2014-04-08 18:18
As a lot of you cant make the weekend at the end of May, how about penciling in a weekend now, for October.
Fri 3th - Sun 5th Oct?? (ooops)
Venue tbc, suggestions welcome.
It would be nic… Read More
2013-06-10 15:42
To be honest I have been intrigued by the idea of riding in the Lake District for years and perhaps a bit apprehensive having walked there in the past. It is also 4 hours away!
Last ye… Read More
2013-04-08 10:46
June 17th 2012
http://65.summitmtb.co.uk/
A couple of months ago Paul suggested that we ride the Summit 65 as our pre-Alps trip fitness goal. The route as the name suggests is 65 miles (8… Read More
2013-04-08 10:45
Ref : Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - Alps 2012 Part 1Just an update for you all.Les, Darren, Sicknote and myself are booked in for the week 30/6 - 7/7.We got the costs totally wrong, but for th… Read More
2013-04-08 10:45
Just to make clear that Dozer is not the only one to be travelling to Alps this year, R2 and I (no sniggering pls) have booked "the White Room" for a week in Ste Foy nr Val d'Isere first wee… Read More
2013-04-08 10:45
Previous posts reveal that Paul and I had chosen an alternative Alps trip .... Not too far from the posse in Meribel but arranged with the WhiteRoom Chalet providing a fully guided MTB holid… Read More
2013-04-08 10:44
Very tall chair lift into the mist before crapping my pants at 2400m on a ridge. Down we came with broad beems and special mud spattered teeth. Nothing rivals the taste of the piste.
Second… Read More
2013-04-08 10:44
No Sicknote, no host (bikes not very well), so Les, Darren and Dozer off trailblazing. We took the usual lift and route to
Mottaret, then the Pas du Lac1 to pick up our favourite black 5 (lo… Read More
2013-04-08 10:44
Lee’s mate, Lee the builder, joined us for the day for what was promised to be a day to remember. A simple warm up ride followed by the ridge and a descent to remember.
Tougnete gond… Read More
2013-04-08 10:44
Lee’s mate Dom, joined us today for another planned epic ride from the top of La Saulire at over 2700m down to Bride Les Bains at 600m.The Tougnete gondola took us to our familiar mid… Read More
2013-04-08 10:44
Monday, July 2nd 2012-07-01
Sicknote fixed his RP2 first thing in the morning by inserting a new Schrader valve from his spare inner tube. He borrowed the tool to do this from a local Frenc… Read More
2013-04-08 10:44
Sicknote’s RP2 gave up the ghost before we had even set off, so he had to hire a bike for the day. No lifts due to supposed high winds at the top.Lots of riding on nice blue singletrac… Read More
2013-04-08 10:44
Well, my Canyon Nerve XC was 5 years old in April and from its original incarnation of 100mm front and 115 rear travel it had gradually been transformed into a 130mm front travel bike with w… Read More
2013-04-08 10:44
Alps! 2012 from Nick Jones on Vimeo.
Here is a great Video taken by Nick Jones from the 2012 'WhiteRoom Chalet' Alps MTB trip detailed in a previous post.
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2013-04-08 10:43
MTBing TRIP IDEAS FOR 2013
After the success of our recent Bloggers outing to Coed-Y-Brenin I volunteered to pen a few suggestions for next year and if the response is favourable I'm ha… Read More
2013-04-08 10:43
Hi everyone,
Les, Darren, Sicknote and myself are planning a sneaky weekend in Wales 20-21st Oct. I think Farqui will be joining us as well
We will probably do a very early Saturday morning… Read More
2013-04-08 10:43
Hi Everyone,
after a very muddy winter we are back off road again and fancy a sneaky Sunday ride, somewhere other than Beds. To keep things simple we are heading off for just a day to Cannoc… Read More
2012-01-20 18:22
This had to be shared - tickled me in all the right places :) Read More
2012-01-20 18:21
Thanks Dave, this now feels like a 'Dragons Den' pitch :)Ok, In conjunction with Dave, I've been researching organised MTB trips to the Alps. I've been in contact with a number of companies… Read More
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