ok so what do people know about this place…apparently there is a forum ajoined to facebook or something like that havent checked too much into it yet….but in the St Ives Estate….there is some mountain bike trail building going on….just seen a few pics of heather clearing by the trail builders /helpers….
is there any other mtb in this immediate area or nearby
this was my home town about 20 odd years ago….havent been back since then…but as very young kids we were always at St Ives and messing about at Alter Rocks on the way down to the Estate and exploring the woodland park…… i loved it back then…. so much to explore in the woods…. so whats happening on the mtb front….anyone know …. cheers in advance… 😉

Yes this lot http://www.singletraction.co.uk

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This lot

Dig this sunday

Been shown around in the dark so have no idea where I was but some good riding

Elaine
Bradford MDC have become more proactive in opening up their woodland, parks and open access land to MTB. St Ives, being full of other users, is a bit more complicated for them. BMDC asked SingletrAction to come up with a proposal (some of us live in Bingley and surrounding area). We started volunteer trail building there last month. It’s pretty small scale in the whole scheme of things and St Ives will certainly not become a ‘centre’ or ‘hub’, but what we proposed/will build will add interest and legalise sections for local bikers who already dip in and out of the estate on bigger rides. One proposed section we hope might become a grand finale to the Bingley Bash/Hard’en fast routes.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/keighley-bingley-shipley-bradford-bikists

Re riding in that area, Harden Moor is great and it’s BMDC open access land, so they ‘tolerate’ mtb on there. Bingley Bash is good especially the ‘local knowledge’ versions.

Come along on Sunday for a chat 🙂

Lots of good riding outside of St Ives, could be some good riding in St Ives if enough people muck in..

A lot of our riding is legit but as usual lots of it is cheeky too 🙂