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Ewok stuff at Wotton-under-Edge
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wotton under egde?
is it public stuff?Posted 2 years ago # -
Yes. Built by local trail monkeys. Quite impressive, 10' up in the air, big gap jumps etc. Either it's structurally sound or whoever built it bottled out of actually using it (I'm betting on the latter).
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if its public send me pics. sounds like fun
oh and email me the location please
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cheers
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ah you mean north nibley?
I've ridden the big item there and its as sketchy as hell.
some nice short dh tracks but certainly the largest shore is unstable.
If i can find the pics and vids i took of it i'll post them up.
not worth the drive for you jedi.
unless its changed in the last 2 months?Posted 2 years ago # -
not worth it why? not enough of it etc..
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LOL Ewok stuff...hehe
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ah you mean north nibley?
I've ridden the big item there and its as sketchy as hell.
Yeah, that's the place. Sketchy? I bet
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Not worth it due to there being (at last ride) not much there and some of it badly built
Bits that stood out in my mind:
1) Main item a sort of hump back bridge shape with a steeper ascent than descent. High point 12ft up? 50ft long? the length is a complete guess! cambered descent which is nice. Not all that stable at all, although it can handle a rider and as you're not jumping on it forces aren't that large.
2) The above leads into a 3-4ft high step up step down. dirt step up i think it was, wooden table and wooden landing.
3) A ladder drop onto a slope. ladder height - 4ft, height to landing area - 8ft. better built but not too large a feature.
4) Larger step up step down. 7ft up in the air but with a 3-4ft dirt step-up and a slightly raised landing so you're dropping 6ft
5) boardwalk style section that i didn't ride as it wasn't too interesting.There were some lovely other gap jumps but they got kicked down. I mean to go back soon to see what else has been built etc
a little hip in the quarry at the top of the hill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cczsApgTDUYOne of the main lines at nibley. (CONTAINS FAR TOO MUCH SWEARING which I apologise for and since watching this have greatly reduced the number of swear words I use while riding also i was on my trance not my dh and didn't want to push the bike too much...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gio6mAjeYr8unfortunately the lovely wooden berm shown in this vid at 0:47 is now broken and ruined: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4bOgXhe-8w&NR=1
enter the woods from the left and most trails run directly north from the quarry thats clearly visible.
not a patch on yours (jedi), esher or the old abbeyford / goldburn hill shore.
The effort the trail builders have put in at standish woods though is different, beautiful berms with dry stone wall style backing, low level kickers stabilised with stones, sticks and expanding foam and wicker style fencing. trail pixie work if ever i saw it.
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thanks for the info
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Thats my old local spot.
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scruff - Member
Thats my old local spot.Me too, was very much "back in the day" mind till about 92 IIRC
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That Quarry at the top of N.Nibley is good fun - will have to pop back there soon!
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The effort the trail builders have put in at standish woods though is different
Isn't that Stinchcombe woods? Thought Standish was over the hill from there.
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