31 Dec, 2007 Author: James Irwin
First a little history, Chicksands to those who don’t know is a joint project between the Forestry Commission and Southill Estates. It is situated in the Rowney Warren forest in Bedfordshire. With the management being organisized by a group called Beds Fat Trax which formed in 1999. Right that is the background in place, seeing [...]
24 Dec, 2007 Author: James Irwin
After the success of last year’s epic ride, a tradition was started so we headed out again this year. After some festive music in the car we arrived at Fairhomes. We decided not to go for the full on epic ride as it was a little bit windy and we were all feeling a [...]
22 Dec, 2007 Author: King_Jeff
On Saturday the 22nd, we went down to the pump track to do some building and were joined by large group of youths (clearly up to no good). We got a lot built, and added a small loop off the side of the main line, and fixed a few other bits. We were then joined [...]
22 Dec, 2007 Author: King_Jeff
After some bike fixing and tweaking, and swapping the clip in pedals that came on Matt’s new Kona !DAWG! for some real ones, we headed up WinHill. We did the lower half of The Steps and the Root Section. Matt had his new camera with him, and I was still getting used to my flash [...]
17 Dec, 2007 Author: James Irwin
What makes an epic ride? We have all been on enough of them. For me it is about getting out on my bike and riding as many of my favourite spots as I can. But rather than just riding between each downhill it is about connecting them into an interesting loop. I often think we [...]
