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Its still big enough to scare me though
Rich, wasn't there yesterday but passing people on my Blur sounds familiar 😉
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I found my lightish, 5 inch travel hardtail, with 2.4 tyres, was ideal.
I keep meaning to go back and have another go at the photos, I reckon my new wide angle lens will be better at capturing the difficulty and steepness. Because of the darkness of the woods I suppose, most pictures of Stainburn tend to be of the sections out in the open, like those above, which, as Ton says, are much easier than the stuff in the woods.
Lets not forget, no one is going to pay your mortgage if you spangle yourself. Leave the heroics to nippers 🙄
Pook - nice video. Excellent use of the Benny Hill music 😀
Nice video there,Pook.
Like the way you kept going back to do the log ride..."It will not beat me!!"
Leave the heroics to nippers
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He was doing alright for a 6 year old on a 20" wheeled bike with about an inch and half of suspension 😀 Plenty of 'proud dad' moments.
PS How big is too big to pedal up hill at Stainburn ?
mark, owt heavier than a 25lbs bike for me..... 😉
Wahoo.
Well, I will be visiting on Saturday and will just be happy to not mangle myself too badly. Given my extremely low fear threshold, that shouldn't be too much bother. I tend to overbrake and then topple over at an almost stationary pace.
looks good, how long do people end up riding there for (1/2 day or is it worth spending a full day there)? as its a long way from me, so I would try and do a 3 day weekend and combine it with some proper ridings in the Yorkshire Dales.
Half a day is probably enough. Remember there are no facilities. In time you should be able to spend a good day there once the naturals trails on the other side of the road are reinstated.
what happened to the trails on the other side of the road? and are they likely to be reinstated this year? or is it an ongoing project?
Looks like a fun place.
Mark: it's not how big it is but how you use it 😉 If you can pedal the "big" bike up then kudos. TBH there's plenty of "not big" bikes get pushed up too. Mleh, I know you get my drift 😉
Forestry operations trashed Norwood (the "other" side). They had previously designated the trails over there as "informal", hey ho. We have permission to reclaim them. This will probably involve a fair bit of re-alignment to improve matters.
As for timescale it's very hard to say. Originally the trails were simply pre-existing stuff and some brashed lines, maybe a tiny bit of organic was swept off. There was a bit of re-routing and some limited sections got re-built/reclaimed after phases of felling that occured during the last couple of years. This got us to where we were before the most recent felling phase (and there's one more still to come).
Depending on how we reclaim it might work to simply clear our intended route of brash. This might give enough for people to ride almost immediately. TBH this is unlikely as felling works are incredibly hard on the ground as it is and knacker whatever ad hoc drainage existed before hand. You can but hope ........
Then the long slow process of building (to whatever standard we agree with FE) can begin. First though we have to finish the Extension to the Descent Line.
In short, there might be something rideable in 6 months time (ever the optimist 😉 In reality it'll probably be a year unless something special happens.
Cheers for the heads up 🙂
Personally I prefer the stuff up top (above the road). Loads of drops, mini downhills, jumps and all sorts.
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Oh... and me on the drop...
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There is loads to ride in Stainburn, all ridable after a few attempts. Next time you go back you'll be 10x better.
did you make that? you look very nose down for the landing
Hey guys I'd like to say well done, some great challenges there. And I did the rock drop on the descent line on Sujday which I was chuffed at. Learning how to ride my Pitch Pro as it's my first full suss bike and Stainburn has certainly helped!! Me and two friends went on Sunday and we all loved it. I think we may have seen some of the people who have posted on here too.
We will be back for sure, keep up the good work!
Yeah made it fine. It's a little bit of a downward sloped landing and the camera angle is a bit skewiff!
Me on the pump track on Sunday, just look how niche my bike is 😉
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sorry for the hijack but, Jimmy, where is this stone edge quarry you speak of? as a chesterfield local that sounds interesting!
robdob: Was it you I was talking to in the carpark before you went home?
Yeah, might have been. What a nice day it was!!!
