Anybody on here from the pontypool area that rides and enjoys the gravity side of mountain biking that would like to start a bit of a club/crew for regular meets?
I've been riding a push bike :Dfor about 3 years now and over the last year i have been into the gravity side of the sport, owning a dh rig for a little under a year and now riding a Yeti 575 set up for descending side of all mountain riding. My view on riding up hills are you gotta get up them to enjoy coming down them so I really aint looking for xc riders who get a hard on when they're faced with an incline, however I realise the advantage of that kind of fitness for coming down as you can't be no slouch to come down either.
I've lived up Pontypool for the last 9 years but all my mtb buddies live in Newport so I've always ridden Cwmcarn and some of the local trails and have only just started exploring the area.
So if anyone is interested in looking to join me or are already part of suc a club and wouldn't mind me tagging along then inbox me
I'm 33, ride a Yeti 575 Lyric U-turns 160mm, not the worlds fittest human, work a 9-5, here's a video to get an idea of the level i'm at:
halfway up mtb guys are a good bunch of lads that you should get in touch with
http://www.halfwayupmtb.co.uk/
I don't think they do much in Pontypool, I was thinking along the lines of regular midweek meet ups to ride the areas in and around Pontypool. Thanks for the info though 🙂