won't hear a word said against Nirvana cycles (not that anyone here seems to be saying any). They've really helped me out over the years, always at short notice, and their rides are class! I don't know of any other shop quite like it. When my bike finally dies, I'll be replacing it with something from Nirvana, just because I've been going there for years and never really laying down serious cash and it's time I did.
I'm bemused by DHrs sessioning BKB, and the idea of building sad little 6 inch jumps just before the wicked berms is risible. I'm now all about XC, but I've ridden lots of DH and you need a certain type of topography for big MX-type jumps/drops. Holmbury just isn't it. It's got a different (and in my view way more compelling) appeal - smooth California type singletrack.
It's almost like they're trying to prove they're more hardcore than anyone else at Holmbury, the irony being, if they were truly hardcore, they'd be on the 30 foot gap at Woburn, and not anywhere near the North Downs in the first place.
You get the same thing skiing. Often it's actually more fun to rip down the middle of the piste right on the edge kicking up cloud of roost, than to go off piste, but you see kids trying to go off piste just for the sake of it even where it's crap and miserable. If they were real powderheads they'd be at La Grave, not...Meribel! It's a result of marketing I think.
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