Introducing Megalomania - video

The word megalomania is derived from the Greek words megalo-, meaning large or great, and mania, meaning madness, frenzy. It is also an excellant Black Sabbath song (see at the bottom) This is a suitable name for the new track at Bushcombe which is a speed freenzy and large open corners.

Winter training indoors - video

When people talk about winter training indoors it usually means turbo training. A few club members decided that this did not help their skills so with the help of a few cones they set up a skills course indoors.

Leckhampton Solo Video

Video of one of our student members riding around Leckhampton

661 Mini Downhill FoD: Round 1

Sunday 4 December saw the return of the 661 Mini Downhill mountain bike series at the Forest of Dean for 2011/ 12.

Cranham track closures - Updated

Some of you will be aware that the recent change in ownership of some land within Cranham Woods has resulted in some of the long established MTB tracks coming under threat from closure. I have been on a bit of a fact finding mission to see what the state of play is and how we can minimise any loss of trails in this area.

Pump and roll - Updated with pics

Thanks again to everyone who turned up to dig today at Bushcombe.

We started by walking down the track to check for fallen branches, then decided to work on the bottom section to improve the flow and to bring it up to the same standard as the top.

One group were adding a small catch berm to the off camber left after the small root drop. The other were building up the last left hand berm to stop Alex face planting there. They also added a couple of rollers to the final straight.

The plan for the next few weeks is to continue to work on the lower section as well as extend the DH down the hill. The climb is progressing well with a few riders attempting it, looks like we may need a few small changes but it will not be long before we have Bushcombe loops!

We hope to see many of you again on the 5th February for the next official dig day. Keep your eyes on the Facebook page for the latest details.