A few of us will be at the Quest Adventure ride on Saturday 13th November. Meet at the Quest Adventure mtb shop to roll at 10 am – bring food and drink as well as money for cake.
A great way to keep the winter mtb motivation is to ride with friends at a social pace with plenty of good humoured banter. This is exactly what the Quest Adventure rides are about, not fast, nothing too technical and an opportunity to meet like minded folks out on their bikes. Everyone welcome.
Duke of Yorks june 26th at 1.30pm
More info from Dom@upgradebikes.co.uk
As there have been a couple of training days this SATURDAY’S ride will be a play day. This will mean stopping and practising technical obstacles and not covering lots of miles. So if you wish to improve your singletrack speed or improve your jumps come along and play.
For those of you who wish a bit of a blast then tonight’s ride should be nice and dry.
Unfortunately due to death and disease or plague or something we cannot run the ride tonight. Apologies to all but hopefully normal service will resume next week.
Apologies if you have received a spam email.
If so please update your antivirus software, e.g Norton or AVG if you want something that is free. A full system scan would be in order as well along with your weekly back up that we all do without fail.
A new email address is now up and running so the site links have been changed.
Everyone will shortly receive a new email with a title that proves it is real and not a spam computer to help stop a repeat of this.
We will email everyone to check who still wants the ride notices however you need to check the site to be sure about the rides until we have transferred all the contact list.
Mojo has returned
All this wet weather has been keeping me off the bike recently. Work, family and training for a marathon have also had a part to play but if I’m honest the mere thought of venturing out into the cold, wet and muddy abyss has been the real reason. I just haven’t been able to summon the enthusiasm. My last ride involved rain of biblical proportions and more comedy dismounts than you’ll see at the circus. That was 2 or 3 weeks ago. For a regular rider like me 2 or 3 weeks off the bike feels like a lifetime. I was worried I might have lost my mojo and terrified I’d dump riding altogether in favour of World of Warcraft or some other geeky indoor weirdness, where the only chance of my heart rate increasing was if the curry delivery was late. I had to get out on my bike! Continue reading
How many tools are too many?
Sockets, spanners, screwdrivers, pliers and hex keys are all standard fare for the fettlers amongst us. Some mountain bikers will also use the occasional hammer, but only very carefully of course, and all of us need the one specialist tool that we do not have or has just broken. Continue reading
Come and ride your favourite Stanmer trails and see them in a whole new light with an after-dark adventure every Thursday.
The experience of hitting the pitch-dark trails armed only with a souped-up light will definitely have you coming back for more. There’s nothing like it. At night, there’s no big, Downs views to take in, no looking way-ahead to pick the right line. Every bit of concentration is focussed on just the next few metres of trail, existing in the moment. All your senses are heightened, adrenalin is pumping and everything feels so much faster. No peripheral distractions like a day ride and beyond your pool of light is the quiet, calm – and let’s face it – a bit scary, unknown. Continue reading
Yes folks, Summer is nearly over (officially ending on the last Sunday of October).
In celebration of the changing of the seasons and in recognition of the natural (and naturally-inspired) trails we’ve all come to enjoy on a regular basis – we thought we’d combine a normal night ride with a woodland barbeque. Continue reading
Gill on the trail
This is a flagrant plea for money!
I’ve signed myself up to do the Devon Coast 2 Coast adventure race at the end of September. Having subsequently realised that this involves 225km of running, cycling and kayaking over 2 rather painful sounding days, I figured at least someone should benefit from it. So I’m raising money for Practical Action, which develops small-scale projects using appropriate technology to help alleviate poverty in developing countries.
A massive thank you if you do decide to donate. So far I’ve raised £454-00 of my £650-00 target so any donation you can make is really very much appreciated. I’ll let you know how it goes (in words and pics)- once I’ve recovered that is..!
Many thanks,
Gill
