Lee you would like Moel Famou for you xc riding, plenty of hills to climb. And go down, got a nice 25 mile route here if you want it?

And also Penmachno, really techy trail on a hard tail with some quick free flowing single track.

 

I'm not jealous much .... Honest .... Riding ground is really limited down here , only one local trail centre that's overused and not maintained in the slightest , next nearest one is an hours drive in the centre of Bristol but is allegedly pants .... Which leaves us with forest of dean which is even further again :-/ not great when your focus is the 1.8 Zetec ( shit on fuel edition ) lol

 

Good the bad and the ugly new trail at FOD
went down a few times awsome track smooth fast and flowy abit confuseing at the bottom though with the bomb craters lol
havent seen anyone do the drops but a few crash on the jumps at the bottom which looks like the new hang out

 

I am planning a trip up there at some point but it's finding the time to go as would have to be a all day thing , been hearing good things about thee place

 

Lee well worth the drive imo as said before if your going on a weekend get thier before 9am
car park gets rammed
i find with the forest ideally you need 2 bikes to enjoy it unless your bike is a do it all type
whats tavi woods like i been down to gawton dh hub where the super tavi is
but could ride 1 of the tracks others to hard for my skills

Cheers S

 

managed to get a few hours on my dh bike sunday at style cop!

looks like they have been building there, some of the new lines are going to be good when finished but what pisses me off is they never maintain the old lines, why keep building while there is old lines that need fixing

 

Looks sweet you make that drop look easy
Has style cop got a carpark like cannock
Only been up thier once to ride the monkey but was told to park in a layby for the dh so didn't bother

Cheers S

 

Their is a carpark its at the top of style cop, but i wouldn't leave my car there, its really tucked away in the middle of no where, perfect for car theifs i always park in the layby, its safe as!!! Its. Huge as well loads of parking!!

You can ride from the visitors center on the road to the dh takes 5 mins

 

I must of been in the wrong part
layby i was shown had space for about 2 cars and the lads climbed over a fence and walked accross the field

 

<http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&so...=19&iwloc=ddw0

this is where i park its just off the a460 rugeley to cannock, the road opposite, slitting mill road leads straight to the visitors center

 

Nice vid of that drop! Is cannock chase any good for downhill bikes?

Any of you lads know a good place to camp at FOD? Im gunna go back later in the year and wanna do a two day ride.

 

Not really the best for dh bikes its not got a big enough hill side fod pisses all over it, but its local to me
They have built some new lines that will b good when open,

 

Tev have you rode Lee Quarry? Your Alpine 160 would suit it very well.

Cragg is next to it aswell.

Might be along drive just for them 2 from where you live.

 

hello fella, no ive never been to lee quarry, looks good though and to be fair distance dosent really fuss me to much if the ridings good, and i can use it as a excuse to catch up with some of my mates in manchester

 

my mate recently camped at bracelands in coleford to do some cycling not sure how far that is or even where it is can ask him tommrow
or thiers a caravan site just down the road from speechouse not sure about tents though
not much up i know sorry

 

He said this one is about 3 miles
http://www.campingintheforest.co.uk/...lands-campsite
or this one is closer
http://www.visitforestofdean.co.uk/t...=1320869&at=CP

 

Thanks for that taking a little break for a bit now need to let my arm recover didnt feel too great after my day at FOD tried riding a week later and it just wasnt happening. Decided to sell my frame on to buy a large frame instead of a medium as mine has always felt a bit small.

 

Can't say ive been down to tavi yet , always read that it's a dh place so havnt bothered ...... Would ruin my hardtail probably ruin me more tho lol

Off up to princetown On dartmoor on the bikes with some friends today .... Hope we don't get lost this time lol

 

Seems these are the only pictures i have of my DH rig

Specialized demo 9 Pro.

 

Here's my commencal supreme mini dh that ive upgraded to from my old ns hardtail just bought myself a fox float rp23 a ethirteen chain guide and a new stem to finish her off

 

Sweet bike did you just come down that slide ?
Love the commencal huge fan

 

Unfortunatly not. Alittle while ago they put a bar about 2' up across the top.

Used to go down it on my trials bike before the bar though.

 

Fair play to you

Anyone that goes to FOD been to redhill extreme
went on weds for the first time awsome track super fast and flowy
and nice little jump track on the side not really big enough for allday imo but great fun

Cheers S

 

Well today I finished building this.....





2012 Nukeproof scalp Large

CRC started selling these frames off for Ł880 with the vivid shock so I sold my old norco and transfered the parts onto this. Very happy with it and have been wanting a large frame for a while as well. Im surprised that it isnt much lighter than my norco though always got told other bikes were a lot lighter than norcos but it seems it was all bollocks.

 

Like it!

Rode to Llandegla today from the Wirral, completed the black route then rode home.

Just over 60 miles, goosed now.

http://app.strava.com/rides/23579878

 

Sam Hill now riding for Chain reaction - Nuke proof!

how much will they put their prices up to pay him