So, learned this last week that the nephew and niece have taken up BMX'ing and that they'd be racing today at the newly opened indoor arena, part of the national cycling wotsit up in't northern town of Manchester...
T'was only manners I popped down...
Facilities are rather good and the track(s) are mental - think the tracks I raced as a kid could be made in full from one of the larger jumps you see these days....
5mtr ramp on the left. 8 mtr on the right....!
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Elite air...
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When I grow up.. 🙂
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Edit - how do I do the 'clicky picture for more' link thingy - too lazy to link any more piccies....?
wish Scotland had more than one BMX track 🙁
got to the set page, click the "share" link to share a link to the entire set 🙂
Quit whining, you've got trams.
🙂
Is this open to the public to ride?
depends what you're calling "the public" 😉
Quit whining, you've got trams.
Not quite a full set, yet... Roadworks for the installation of Trams, Part Deux added 10 mins to the journey today 😉
nbt - cheers - i'll give that a go...
BTW - they do 'taster' sessions' - got to be more than me on STW who fancy that as a 'lads trip out' 🙂
thats awesome
i really really hope kimbers jr gets into bmxing!
Is this open to the public to ride?
Not in the 'turn up and ride' sense but - see above - taster sessions are available 🙂
This is the track just been built up by me, Have marshalled a few races there and done a few sessions on the track.
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got to be more than me on STW who fancy that as a 'lads trip out'
Yep, I'd certainly be interested in that...
if this works, i really have no idea how I did it....
Click pic for more... ( I hope....)
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edit - epic fail...
not a clue what i'm not doing right.....??
marsdenman, possibly up for it if i can get a pass
I give up trying to do the 'click pic' link thing.....
Okey doke - my brother is 'having a go' this week - i'll get him to give us more detail about what is involved.... in the meantime [url= http://www.nationalcyclingcentre.com/p/ride-the-track-2 ]more info here...[/url]
not a clue what i'm not doing right.....??
You're trying to share a link as an image, that won't work.
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^^^ pic from gallery linkied to send people who click on it to Flickr set.
Buy me a pint next time we're out and I'll tell you how to do it... 😉
I'm in for a taster. Can we get two taster sessions back to back then you can do photos for one while I ride, then I'll do them while you ride (assuming I'm not broken by then 🙂 )
Buy me a pint next time we're out and I'll tell you how to do it...
You around on Tuesday night?
Have new grip shifters that I may need assistance installing - I can bring beers 🙂
assuming I'm not broken by then
There was one ambulance required in the morning 'warm up' sessions and I saw many spills this aft, incl one of the elite guys taken off on a 'spine board' ..... it's not a track to take lightly :0
You around on Tuesday night?
Have new grip shifters that I may need assistance installing - I can bring beers.
Yep, no problem, drop me a message or something.
Yep, no problem, drop me a message or something.
Will do.