Rides.

Back somewhere in the depths of time known as 2004 on a forum far far away six likely lads met for their very first forum ride. That was in May at a place called Cannock Chase, a place that was to change the riding habits of most that turned up. So into 2005 we continued our education as we went to Afan where The Wall gave us some challenging vertigo moments and probably won the argument for having a full susser, hardtails bounced you down the mountain you see. A return to Coed Y Brenin in September laid to rest some more ghosts and served as a useful guide to the riders progression. Now we seek more riding challenges as we cast our net even wider.

So once we get the British winter out of the way we’ll be up for some more challenging stuff, lets see if we can make an enduro and 7Stanes.

Don’t forget you’ll find details on all the “forum rides” and whether you can expect a “killer loop” or a poodle down a fireroad (yeah right!), articles about rides and routes we’ve done and your favourite rides, so don’t forget to keep submitting them and use the rides diary to submit an up coming ride you’re gonna do.

If you’ve got any stories and pictures of any ride you may have done just send them to us and we’ll get them posted, plus you’ll get a namecheck, kind of your chance of 20 minutes of fame, just ask Mr Warhol how cool that is!

Some of our rides:

Genus and Robcoll hit the twrch trail at Cwm Carn in South Wales and suprisingly the weather was almost good, warm anyway, still, they took some photos including a rather extreme jump section, click here for the photos...

In September 2004 we had our first weekend away at Coed-Y-Brenin where we did some scuba diving, wind surfing and the occasional ride up a river, more details at this link...

Tatty Tiger went to Malbie and Dalbeattie (before he went ditch diving and on to New Zealand) and found out that body parts, sorry armour are a help after all, plus he had a look at that slab of granite, slippy isn't it, anyway read all about, click here...

Ever thought about going on a Mountain Bike Course, no, well find out what happened when one of the gang went on the beginners course, click here...

An epic loop so an epic story of Loadpot Hill in the Lake District, click here for more...

Flat Eric and some other forum friends did a charity ride for MacMillan Cancer Relief riding the Great Yorkshire Mountain Bike Challenge at Hade Edge. By all accounts it was bloody hard work but worthwhile as well so read his story here…

Next forum rides are at Cwm Carn and Cannock plus the gang recently had forum rides in the Peak District and Swinley Forest so go to the forum rides page for more bits and bobs.

If you would like to submit any ride storys, photos or quickies on things that have happened to you out on the trail send them to us using the link below.