Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

anyone here fancy the ssuk this yr?

yep, just waiting for the entry to go online on the 13th of march! cant wait!

Just built this to ride New Zealand with:

Old Orange Gringo frame but love the paint on it. Old fashioned geometry making for a good touring steed. Middlebrun cranks, Thomson stem and seatpost, XT gearing, Shimano/mavic wheels, Mutanoraptor tyres, handsome dog fork, complete with matching stickers:

Gearing necessary for the hills and distance of New Zealand, but when I get back figure I'm going to reinvent this as singlespeed

You make me want to buy a new bike stop it.

shan't

Tommy and me are going down to Dorking on Saturday for a nice loop over the hills if anyone wants to join us. Sunshine forecast every day between now and then so the trails should be nice, the grass will be green and the birds will be singing! Anyone else want to come?

would love to but working.

Next time dude. I'll post on here and send you a PM

trails are running real smooth at the moment
did a quick 3 1/2 hour blast on sunday
this route:http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2661312
quite easy to extend it by doing another loop on pitch/winterfold hills

trails are running real smooth at the moment

Fuck yeah!

Fuck yeah!

Indeed. We did almost the same loop on Saturday (just without Pitch Hill) and it was fucking awesome - fast and smooth!

I need to go offroad and I don't think it's going to happen until next month.
Still the fixed polo bike offroading in Rouen could prove entertaining.

anyone want to go next weekend (Easter weekend) ?

formby pinewoods 28c tyres
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go on

oh I could be up for some MTBing. Still got a terrible sense of direction though.. hopefully tommy will come and bring some soreen and navigating skills.
Did you have anywhere in mind?

the only place i have been around London (ie without having to borrow a car) is Epping. Would be fun to go somewhere with some single track kinda stuff though.

Epping has some sweet singletrack, just gotta know where to look ;)

Well I have been going to Dorking again and again. But good news is that I have a map!
definately some singletrackey stuff. You can read the whole thread for some good pointers from MrSmith.
lets keep bumping this I'm sure peeps will join in.
Any preference of day? I'm leaning towards Sunday / Monday.

maybe Monday as its Paris - Roubaix on Sunday and I'd quite like to watch it on Eurosport and drink Belgian beer

Epping has some sweet singletrack, just gotta know where to look ;)

I don't know where to look!

You want to get yourself to the section of forest between Buckhurst hill and Loughton for a nice bit of downhill singletrack. It runs down a hill From Buckhurst Hill towards Loughton, inbetween the high road and epping new road, so the best way to access it is to come out the top of palmerston road in buckhurst hill, turn right onto the high road, and swing a left at the next available turn off to get into the forest, (there's a few roads that lead there).

Not this w/e for me prav. Have a good one though.

I think i need to get a map then. Unless anyone fancies going on MOnday

I'm not around this weekend either otherwise I'd be keen. If you look backover the thread I posted some links to maps of trails in swinley, so you might want to try there

thanks momentum. I will investigate!