Archive for November, 2009

Ambergate 18th October

15 Nov, 2009, By: James IrwinGeneral, Meet Ups, Tags: , 4 Comments

So Ambergate is somewhere I have only ever visited once before, back in May with Jeff . Ambergate is often compared to Wharncliffe, but I feel it offers something slightly different. The hill for one is nowhere near as steep or as big as Wharncliffe so the tracks offer a generally less intimidating proposition.

Getting low on one of the many turns on the switchback track

I lost count of just how many riders there were out but at there were at least 15 people i would say, a couple of people i had met before such as the dog man, and Eamon and many new people. Sorry i cant remember many of your names. Anyway this was the first time out with my new Nikon D40 Camera, i bit of a steep learning curve but i am please with quite a few of the shots so something to build on. The Camera itself if awesome.

Jump the bomb hole

This section of the track was causing a fair bit of interest if like me you were not the one riding it as what looked like a simple bomb hole gap/step down was catching most people out as there wasnt much of a kicker to help you clear it instead the rider had to almost bunny hope the gap. James (not me ) on his new V-10 was making it look easy even having time to give it abit of style. Whilst i was laying on my back looking up trying to take a low panning shot of the gap i was taken by just how calm and peaceful the trees were, even with us in there.

The view looking up into the trees

After a while we moved onto another of the tracks in the woods which featured a fairly tech rock garden. After checking the lines and forgetting them! Everyone was hitting it well, with v10 James showing his local knowledge in doubling up what most were taking a two separate drops.

The propper way to clear the rock garden

Anyway thanks to all for the riding and hope you enjoy the rest of the pictures.

[Gallery Link]09-10-18 Ambergate JI+, 20 Pictures by James

Video: Bamford Pump Track 10-10-2009

15 Nov, 2009, By: Jeff R KingGeneral, Mountain Biking - Media, Tags: 2 Comments

[09'10'10 Bamford Pump Track Video]

Here’s the video from last month at the Pump Track, with Irwin, Shane, Jeff, Jack, Ed, Alex & Jonerz. It was billed as the last opportunity to ride the Pump Track in the dry and within a week or two this was proved correct. With the new berm, bowl jump line thing ready for some testing. Which adds a new feature to the track, anyway enjoy the video.


Go to Vimeo to view in HD.