DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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There seems to be a lot of members with mountain bikes and spring is almost officially here!
Does anyone fancy a ride around swinley forest?
Basically you park up in the Look Out then go explore the 2500+ acres of forest.
The Look Out Discovery Centre
9 Mile Ride
Bracknell
Berkshire
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Dan295
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Registered: 9th Oct 06
Location: London
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last time i went there i went head first into a tree, ooooowwwiiieeee
nonetheless (hell yeah)
[Edited on 19-03-2010 by Dan295]
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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It clearly didnt knock any sense in to you!
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Dan295
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Location: London
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i concur
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scaron5188
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Registered: 17th Apr 08
Location: Chippenham, Drives: arden 2.0 sport
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will be up for this when i got shocks serviced, brekes bled and new tyres lol
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Do you have hills down south?
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Nope, not here. Bracknell is full of crackheads.
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Sean-B
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Registered: 1st May 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: 200SX S14a
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quote: Originally posted by scaron5188
will be up for this when i got shocks serviced, brekes bled and new tyres lol
Exactly what my 222 needs!
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saj_123
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Registered: 6th Jan 09
Location: Berkshire
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quote: Originally posted by Ojc
Nope, not here. Bracknell is full of crackheads.
Totally agree with you. Disappointly I live there
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Simon
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Registered: 24th Apr 03
Location: Oxfordshire
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How extreme is that place? Do a lot of cycling but not too much offroad, I haven't got as much of a monster bike as I imagine you guys do
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Bracknell Forest is excellent - and yes, there are hills.
Simon - it's purely XC there. If you took a monster down hill bike you'd be doing a lot of walking etc. There is a mixture of everything. 20m wide fire roads to gnarly-ish single track through the trees whilst descending.
I would come along, depends when though.
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Registered: 12th Feb 03
Location: Durham, County Durham Drives: A6 Allroad
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id be up for this but im up north
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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Dave, I live bloody miles from you so I have clicked option B.
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saj_123
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Registered: 6th Jan 09
Location: Berkshire
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quote: Originally posted by deano87
Bracknell Forest is excellent .
[Edited on 19-03-2010 by saj_123]
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DaveyLC
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quote: Originally posted by Ojc
Nope, not here. Bracknell is full of crackheads.
Swinley is really nice, never had any attitute of any riders there, infact the complete oposite!
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DaveyLC
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quote: Originally posted by deano87
Bracknell Forest is excellent - and yes, there are hills.
Simon - it's purely XC there. If you took a monster down hill bike you'd be doing a lot of walking etc. There is a mixture of everything. 20m wide fire roads to gnarly-ish single track through the trees whilst descending.
I would come along, depends when though.
Theres 3 really good downhill trails I used to do until I fucked myself up and gave it up
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Yeah but they're miles from the look out centre thing.
Better off with an all mountain bike at Bracknell, or any bike other than big DH rig tbh.
P.S. I'll be at Chicksands tomorrow.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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You lazy fucker!
I used to go every weekend, ride to the gulleys then ride up the wall to the babymaker/barrywhite on a 50lb bike!
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Darryl H
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Registered: 19th Nov 09
Location: Camberley Drives: Porsche 944
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if you park in camberley theres a really quick way to get to the 3 downhill tracks and the "gulley" its like a 2 minute cycle.
[Edited on 20-03-2010 by daz1492]
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Chris F
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Registered: 26th Dec 05
Location: Newmarket Drives: Escort Van 1.8
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Mine needs loadsa work
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Pip308
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Registered: 25th Oct 07
Location: Basingstoke Drives: Audi A4 Avant, Mk1 Caddy
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i only have a bmx with no brakes
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smcGSI16V
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Registered: 26th May 03
Location: Farnborough Drives: Thurlby 888 CDTi No.98
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I don't do excercise, so I'm out.
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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In for sure only got a hard tail scott scale so as long as we arnt doing black downhill runs im alright
Done red single track routes at Bedgbury and Grizdale fine
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Liam
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Stafford
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Just reading this makes me want to take up MTB again.
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Captain_Rosco
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Registered: 8th Dec 03
Location: Reading - Berkshire
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I would be interested in having ago
But I will need to have some notice before you go though
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