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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Switchbacks DH Spain Day One
Thursday January 20th 2011. 3.30am: It was a bleary-eyed drive through the back streets of south east London and out onto the M25 that signalled the start of our trip to Switchbacks DH Spain in Benalmadena, just outside of Malaga. A … Continue reading
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Switchbacks DH Spain Day Two
Friday January 21 2011. We’d arranged for Lucky to pick us up in the van at 9am and it was a little after that time that we all shuffled out into the early morning sunlight. It was beautiful. Riders silhouetted … Continue reading
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Tagged Commencal, Downhill, mountain biking, Switchbacks DH Spain
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Switchbacks DH Spain Day Three
Saturday January 22 2011. We woke to rain clouds enveloping the coastline of Malaga and it wasn’t a pleasant walk to the waiting van to take us to our next track, about an hour south finishing in a little … Continue reading
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Switchbacks DH Spain Day Four
Sunday January 23rd 2011. We woke to hangovers and rain, and this combination didn’t bode well for any of us completing a full day’s riding. The first track of the day was the famous SRAM test track. We were dropped … Continue reading
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Switchbacks DH Spain Day Five
Monday January 24th 2011. The sun struggled to break through the clouds today and after the previous day’s drinking the riding was never going to be brilliant but we were today going to Brohammer, the track described by Henrik as … Continue reading
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Review of The London Bike Show 2011 at Excel Centre
This event turned out to be tacked onto the Outdoor Show, alongside the Boat Show, so the bike part was fairly small in comparison to these, which were aimed at far more wealthy persons than the humble bike enthusiast. Still, … Continue reading
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Tagged bikes, Commencal, London Bike Show, mountain biking, Superstar Components, Transition TR250
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Night riders
Date of ride January 13th 2011; Bike used Orange Five; Number of persons 4; Weather Rain: Ground conditions Muddy and slow, with greasy patches on trail The idea for this ride was concocted a couple of weeks ago when a … Continue reading
Return to Bedgebury
Date of ride January 8th 2011; Bike used DMR Sidekick; Number of persons 2; Weather Sunny; Ground conditions Muddy and slow, with puddles on trail Whenever I make the 50-mile journey deep into Kent to the Bedgebury trail centre I always end up questioning … Continue reading
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Beulah Heights
Date of ride January 3rd 2011; Bike used DMR Sidekick; Number of persons 2; Weather Overcast; Ground conditions Muddy and slow The XC ride I wrote about in my first blog may have been my first long ride of 2011, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beulah Woods, bikes, BMX, DMR, Mini Downhill, mountain biking
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First XC ride of 2011
So, my first blog. I wanted to start 2011 with a favourite XC ride of mine. Starting at The Vigo pub in Kent I begin by following a bridleway called Hognore Lane that runs off the A227 and heads down the … Continue reading
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