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Bamford Pump Track 15th & 18th November

Not had any updates on the site recently so to make up for it here are two at once! Pump track 18th November The pump track has been looking a little neglected recently so me and Shane headed down on Tuesday afternoon and cleared the leafs of the track and sorted the drainage. But we also [...]

Hagg Tor & Gores DH 16th Sept

So back in mid September, James, Matt A and myself (Jeff) went for a ride of the EPIC loop. Heading up through Aston we did a bit of drain maintenance, unblocking the hole under the wall which was causing the steam to run down the path again, building on the previous work of a group [...]

Pumptraction Saturday 13th

After a late start a group of us met up at Bamford Pump track last Saturday. To start of with there was just myself, Jeff and Josh who had borrowed a bike from a mate at work,which was ideal for the pump track. It was a fully rigid frame that was pimped out to the [...]

Peak Park Recreational Survey

The Peak Park are conducting a survey to find out what people do for recreation in the Park, as mountain biking seems quite unrepresented by them (bar cycling round the dams), it would good if us ’serious mountain biker’ could show how many of us there are using the area. A suggestion worth making might [...]

Upcoming: Big Pump Track Meet Up - Saturday 13th

As many of you will know the pump track has been growing, with there being over 40 rollers and 6 berms last time I counted. With the latest line being called The Big Dipper I would have laughed at anyone who said there would ever be as many as there are, when we [...]