TMH cheers.....if we head up from the carpark on Leith Hill Road should we drop off to the South say halfway up? Havent explored that part at all, beautiful views down towards the South Downs. Is that where WW is?
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Surrey Hills conditions today
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Posted 7 months ago #
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Is the HH run "widow maker"?
Are you referring to the steep path that winds down onto the road? Haven't done that for years - probably because the top of that section seemed to be out of bounds when they started logging/cutting back etc.
There used to be another little trail on the opposite side of the fort that ran down to the road. I think we only got to do it once (in about 2004) before it was put out of action.
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@10p my feeling is they're still on Youtube with a punky soundtrack and 'Leith Hill' across the titles. If I was someone from a special interest group looking for evidence biking should be restricted, I might use that, it's grist to the mill.
But I'm not trying to make an issue out of it (& I've seen far worse). & I love my riding too, I understand enthusiasm ...
Posted 7 months ago # -
Mcboo - I am conscious of peoples' sensitivities on this issue and also that I do not know LH well. However, my understanding is that WW is on the other side. As someone else said on here, from the Tower put your back to the fence and hold your arms on a V pointing in a NE direction. Then just explore that whole area.
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Cool. Thanks.
Posted 7 months ago # -
As someone else said on here, from the Tower put your back to the fence and hold your arms on a V pointing in a NE direction. Then just explore that whole area.
That was moi ... and it's NW actually
Posted 7 months ago # -
OOPs - your correct. Thanks spacemonkey!!!
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Found a completely new area of singletrack and technical short trails today - one of those things that just makes you happy!! Conditions surprisingly good today albeit with some slippy man-eating roots!! Only one crash (back wheel flipped by a root) which makes a change!! Looks like a few other cyclists have found some of the trails, but otherwise no evidence of riders on most of the area. Forbidden bliss!!
Posted 6 months ago # -
10pmix noone could find anything from your vids if they didnt already know where they were, you've edited them pretty good from that point.
You could do a better run thru WW though if you included the gully section some call Trench Warfare
best bit of the network along with the logrolls - but maybe you do and have left it out or chopped the edit up and I missedI can't believe people need help to find that stuff - so many riders must just cruise round eyes closed...
PS good call on Plastic Dreams - happy days
Posted 6 months ago # -
very very soggy last night. man eating roots! had to have 2 baths when I got in last night, one to wash the mud off and one to wash the water from the first bath
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How are conditions over there atm?
Heading over tomorrow, currently running high rollers or time for mud x?
Posted 6 months ago # -
not too bad. some soggy bits certainly but my ardents were fine on Sunday and my high rollers were more than up to the task last night.
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cheers 10pmix
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@sth, rain last night.
I haven't ridden your other tyres but my Mud X are on and staying on until spring at the earliest, tho I regard them as a more all-round tyre than mud specific anyway.
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It's as wet as it ever tends to get up there. All rideable, but very soggy.
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thanks matt and njee
is there any parts that are drier, was planning pitch and winterfold assuming yogs is a boating lake?
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Nope, since they did loads of work on it a few years ago it's fine. There's one big puddle, where there always is, and the bottom bit is wet, but not horrifically so.
Parts of Pitch were dry - the top of Graveyard Shift was, but the T-trails were really wet. Telegraph was fine, BKB was fine, Surferosa was pretty wet. To be honest I didn't deviate from my 'normal' trails, like I say they were all totally rideable. Didn't do Leith on Sunday as I only had a couple of hours. Probably the worst was the one on Winterfold that goes off Barhatch Lane, the one ostensibly 'built' by MBR, no idea of the name.
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thanks for the info, njee
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I agree njee that one ( with a RH berm nr the start and a great bombhole 1/2 way? ) was pretty soggy a few weeks ago and it hadn't rained much then.
I think the soil there is much peatier and that is a problem for drainage.
Eg Bronson and Ewok Village were both lovely on the same ride.
Posted 6 months ago # -
It's just normal Autumn conditions, perhaps even better than average.
We don't get much of the gloopy clag other parts of the country can suffer from.
Go ride, get muddy, have fun.
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the "MBR" trail is terrible for drainage - much like the mag!!!
Posted 6 months ago # -
It did seem pretty crap! I don't really think it's that great either, got worse since it got popular for sure!
Posted 6 months ago # -
i quite like it when properly dry.
the berm is nice and then if you stay left into the bomb hole you can actually drop the whole thing
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mattjg - Member
It's just normal Autumn conditions, perhaps even better than average.
We don't get much of the gloopy clag other parts of the country can suffer from.
Go ride, get muddy, have fun.
Yes but its a 3.5-5hr round trip and as you seem to have a micro-climate of your own down there its always worth checking.
Pitch was a bit slippy and winterfold was fun yesterday.
Thanks for the info.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Ah fair enough, for me it's a round trip of nothing.
I did a twilight run down from Coldharbour last night, some puddles and clarts but nothing that would spoil a ride.
Damp and foggy today.
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I should clarify that according to my delectable live-in partner, who comes from Co. Durham, 'clarts' is runny sloshy mud, whereas 'claggum' is think and heavy, like you get where horses have been churning up a bridleway.
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@sth u can mail me by the way, see profile
Posted 6 months ago # -
Nice and quiet today in the west - Puttenham, Britty, Crooksbury etc
Missed the rocks and scree from the Lakes last week - but experience gave me much more confidence down here.
Conditions seem surprisingly good. Only one crash on aborted jump!!
Posted 6 months ago # -
really great ride today, finally managed to get some quality time in winterfold and found some great trails. Very quiet too!
Posted 6 months ago # -
Leith Hill was 'Lethal Hill' yesterday. Those tricky pink roots were everywhere. Causing all kinds of mishaps and misdemeanors....
Posted 6 months ago # -
10pmix - that's near the top isn't it? Hope it didn't hurt. I was thinking of popping out later to see just how slippy it ws.
mashie - shhhh!!
There are only a few routes in SH remember - Barrys, Youg, TRoad and SL - the rest doesn't exist (at least in public :wink:)!! I am joking here BTW!!!
Posted 6 months ago # -
Walking on Redlands on Sunday morning and saw what I think were 2 policemen on Quad bikes at the bottom of a recently re-built trail up there. High vis jackets etc - appeared to be waiting for riders to arrive. Loads of signs up on the trail from the forestry commission with the usual warnings etc. Later in the day a mate reported a number of muddy police trail bikes passing through Westcott. Another mate reports that the various rangers are talking to each other about a bit of a clamp down on bikers.
Might be a good idea to tone it down a bit with the man-made stuff? Redlands resembles Whistler in places at the moment - not very subtle.Posted 6 months ago # -
saw what I think were 2 policemen on Quad bikes at the bottom of a recently re-built trail up there.
But are they allowed to chase you down footpaths on said quad bikes?
Re-built trail? Is someone resurrecting the start of MA (or something else)?
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Re-built trail? Is someone resurrecting the start of MA (or something else)?
Something else (FW)Posted 6 months ago # -
@teamhurtmore t'was halfway down toward the car park. Only thing damaged was the seat rails which bent to about 90 degrees so the seat was pointing nose down. Amazing the forces at work when landing on the front wheel from 5ft in the air...
Rebuilding at Redlands? Too soon! At least wait until the foresty work is finished
Posted 6 months ago #
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