mwg
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Off to do the Altura Trail in Whinlatter Forest near Keswick tomorrow night with a few lads from work. Will be about 8 of us so should be fun! Looks very similar to the North Face Trail in Grizedale from the videos I've looked at: Altura Trail Video
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/alturatrail
This is one advantage to living in the Lakes that we can do stuff like this in the evenings after work 
Has anyone done it before? 
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Gareth F
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Nope 
Just bought some thule roof bars and waiting to buy some carriers so i can go to places further afield. Is such a laugh to drive somewhere remote with bikes, a tent and maybe a few crates of beer 
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Nick-S
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That looks pritty good, i wouldent mind a go there. Ive done the trail in Grizedale and that was ace
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mwg
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The North Face was about knackered last time I went on it, getting very worn out compared to when it first opened, needs re-doing.
The Altura trail only opened at the start of this year I think so should be in good nick still! Not looking forward to the climb up though 
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gavin18787
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I did grizedale when it first opened and then this september just gone and it is changing. Still beats anything this area has to offer 
New one looks ace too
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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Colin
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I bought a new mountain bike 3yrs ago & ive had it out the shed twice.
I fail at bikes
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P1CK4D
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I sold my bike on ebay for £27 
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gez bay
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i raced DH for 3 years, fell off in a race and had a bad accident, havent ridden the bike for 9 months
will be getting back on the bike soon hopefully
doubt i'll race agin though 
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
I did grizedale when it first opened and then this september just gone and it is changing. Still beats anything this area has to offer
New one looks ace too
What did you think of Grizedale last time you did it? I thought it was well past its best... its just totally worn away compared to when it was first built.
gez - one of the lads coming tomorrow is one of these DH nut jobs. Wont even bother trying to keep up with him.
Last time I went out with one of my other mates thats also a DH racer I made the mistake of trying to keep up with him on the last few down hill sections towards the visitor centre at Grizedale. Wiped out big time, blood everywhere
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gavin18787
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Yer it needs a bit of work to get it back to its best. I enjoyed my first visit alot more but I dont know if that was just because it was the first time I did it or not.
I had a big off there last time I did it It was really wet all week and my front wheel washed out on a turn on one of the wooden sections.
You will have to update on what this new one is like as we want to try somewhere different this year
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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barter
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mountain bikes are for gays.single speed bmx is were its at,weve just had are track re-built to national standard with a 30ft double
maybe have a little cs meet at my local track?
havernt rode it yet though had a crash just after the brits and split a kidney and splien or how ever you spell it.feel fine now,well think i am
[Edited on 21-05-2009 by barter]
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mwg
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Whinlatter is fucking amazing! Its miles better than Grizedale, much harder and quite scary in places Definately get yourself there instead of Grizedale. There's near vertical switchbacks, decent jumps, weaving through the trees then the final bit is on the video I posted. You really wouldn't want to come off or you are straight down the side of the steep hill!
Proper loved it!
One of my mates didn't fair so well. On the last descent (the one in video) he came off over one of the jumps. Ended up in A&E, punctured through to his knee cap Luckily we were only 1/4 mile from the car at that point.
This vid gives a better overview of the trail generally... trail vid
[Edited on 22-05-2009 by Matty G]
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gez bay
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has anyone been to rheola or cwmcarn awsome places
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gavin18787
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Will have to check this out I feel
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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mwg
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No but I've got a mate that moved to South Wales and he's been on about cwmcarn. Looks good.
edit - replied at same time as gavin
[Edited on 22-05-2009 by Matty G]
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
Will have to check this out I feel
Yeah seriously do.
What bike have you got?
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MatG
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cwmcarn - i hazve been several times, great place for downhill and even the red route XC trail is fun.
If you are doing the downhill book the uplift serive it runs from Thursday to Sunday and is worth every penny!
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gez bay
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yeah thr DH i ride, you have to have uplift if your doing the downhill track because its a ball ache pushin up the top 30 minutes up 3 minutes down
cwmdown.com or co.uk one of them
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jacko198
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Looks good to me, gonna have to get my new bike sorted and get up there!
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gez bay
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have a look at it on youtube
dragon dowhill have plenty of vids on there of the DH track
someone said above some where...we should have a corsasport mountainbike day out
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gavin18787
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
Will have to check this out I feel
Yeah seriously do.
What bike have you got?
Nothing too hardcore but it handled grizedale fine last time
Carrera fury (well only the frame saddle and stem are origional )
Fox forks
eastern ea70's
Hayes HFX 9's
DT swiss rims on hope pro 2's
deore/xt group set, hollow tech cranks
and other stuff
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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