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Ah right, well yes…. Maybe slower than them, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing 🙂

Anyway…. moving on 🙂

It was still fun and just how days out should be.

And the boys, with the possible exception of Warner, can still ride.

I’ll bet he’s quicker down most trails than the vast majority on here.

Seems like last Friday to me 🙂 that was our exact day.. Me my lad and a mate all following eachother closely and throwing ourselves down stuff… bloody excellent.

With the PX wheelset I bought (wtb i25 on el guappo hubs) I just didn’t expect them to be as crap and unfit for purpose as they turned out to be. Fell for the “we fit them as standard to all our mtbs they’re that good”

TO be Fair, i’ve done thousands upon thousands of miles on my El Guapos in all conditions and they’ve been great.

You could argue that they’re cheap components fitted to a cheap bike, then used regularly in mud.

That was a proper tasty race bunch, 2 top 15, a top 30 and several other well ranked.

I dropped my chain at the start of lap 6 and had to go deep deep deep to get back on once i flipped it back on the ring…. but it killed me…

That said.. i timed the last km well, so not sure i’d have done any better even if i’d been slightly fresher.

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dunno but thats what i’m on today yes

Anyone coming in to support in my quest to take on the King of C at 16:45 ?

But will you enjoy the riding ?

Offered a few times ….

Mostly we go with one of his mates families but as we adults can’t keep up anymore we usually follow them down. I know they are a bit younger but they can’t be that much slower than your lad down a 5 min DH and they usually just take turns going in front anyway then wait for the adults

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so get out and have more adventures together along the M4, up the M5 and further beyond.

Trying to, honestly…. but you know how it is with family, life etc…. But i do comepltely get your (and others above) point.

TBH i didn’t think moving house was stressful at all…. It’s as stressful as you want to make it. We ended up moving into a rented place for 3 months to keep our chain easy, which some people may think is stressful as it was 2 house moves in 3 months… but really ? is it ? No, it’s just putting stuff in boxes.

Even some of the off-piste stuff at Swinley – the drops / rolls into corkscrew, loose top section of Babymaker, hill next to Babymaker…

LOL they’re so not out of his comfort zone… sorry if that sounds flippant, it’s not supposed to be. But that stuff is just a stroll in the park to him.

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If you want to build all round skills I’d also be looking to ride some more natural terrain in between bike parks.

That’s ideal of course but the reality of time, distance, family and life often get in the way of such great ideas, esepcailly location wise being down in the south. We’re going to try out Rogate soon, but not got round to it y…[Read more]

the important thing is that he’s enjoying it. It may be more important for you to get some help so you can keep up. Plan a week away to somewhere like the Tweed Valley, do an uplift day or two, ride the enduro trails at the Golfie. I reckon most kids improve by riding with their mates, building jumps in the woods etc

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Something to consider is the terrain where the training is. If it’s bike park based you may find it’s a lot of flow / jump based coaching.

If the intention is to race would it also be worth considering where you can be coached on steeper more technical terrain? Kids love speed and jumping but don’t seem to ride a lot of tech which will often…

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A very very frustrating thing when it happens, especially when you’re doing well etc.

for ongoing improvement I think a solid group of peers who push your limits and including stuff like the pump tracks mentioned above will pay back big tim

LOL it’s certainly worked for me, but it’s HIM who’s my peer and pushing me. In all seriousness, doing the recent skills stuff and more trips to BPW/FoD/Afan really is working wonders in that…[Read more]

Tbh eskay I have no idea, but will look into it tomorrow

Closest is 27 miles away. Neither of us have an interest in BMX.