Issue 154 Away Day: Farmer Johns MTB Park

Amanda, Benji and Mark go for a trip out to Farmer Johns bike park to see what’s there, what to wear, and which bike to take. Farmer Johns (yes, witho …

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Issue 154 Away Day: Farmer Johns MTB Park

Interesting, this is sort of local(ish) to me and might be worth a trip with my son. Bit I’m more of a wheels on the ground rider so it might be a bit “sendy”.

Also, and I may be mistaken, wasn’t there an issue with the access or route to this park getting a bit dangerous with the local scrotes targeting bikes going in?

£10 sounds like a bargain!

It’s on the list of bike parks to go to with my Daughter.

FJs is great for progression. It’s local(ish) to me and has a great variation of tracks. The more recent stuff is eye opening and I suspect way beyond my skills.  But it’s nutured my middle aged jump skills and I like the drops.

The woods are really good for steeps and roots. I used to ride there a lot before heading to the mega. Warm sunny Friday nights with the place to my self, honestly some of my most cherished riding moments are nailing a new line in the woods just before heading of to crash down the hill to Allemont 😀.

Local to me, and I’ve never been – way over my ability. It is, however, right on my training route as Cote Green Road is a killer of a climb on the road bikes.

Not heard more about the ‘scrotes’ – it is actually a nice (posh) area, but there were reports of gangs with vans waiting for people to ride away from the ‘park’ and mugging folk. Not seen anything myself, but an old road bike isn’t a ‘target’.

The farm is literally off a residential street near the top of the hill.