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Surrey Hills Peaslake Mountain Bike Ride - Frozen and Ace

Daniel Mintz — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:29:10 +0100

Great ride this weekend with just Debs and I. She's a newbie and we have done a few trails together already (Epping, Forest of Dean, Queen Elizabeth Country Park and Swinley) and thought time to take her to Surrrey Hills and move the game forward with some more technical terrain.

It was super cold and the ground was frozen solid. We climbed up to the viewpoint at Holmbury Hill and then did Yoghurt Pots and the windy labyrinth like section afters. Then we headed down the runs to the vil...

Lordship Loop Launch Speech Dec 3rd 2011

Daniel Mintz — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:56:24 +0100

Good morning Tottenham,

Good morning Friends of Lordship Loop.

I know like me you are all keen to ride the track for the first time. I will try not to keep you too long.

After I have said a few words we will launch the Loop with some guest professional riders to take the first...

Volunteering at The Trax

Daniel Mintz — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:08:21 +0100

Folks.. If you are interested in hands on volunteering with a fun London mountain bike and BMX community club then The Trax cycling club of the Lordship Loop MTB and BMX track has loads of volunteering opportunities.

Their volunteering has a project focus in the sense if for example a group of 5 people indicate they want to d...

My Quest for the Leadville Trail 100 Buckle

Steve abeyta — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:26:20 +0100

I have chronicled my preparation and participation in the Leadville 100 Trail mountain bike race. If interested, check it out at http://steveabeyta.com/

Five top tips for choosing a new mountain bike

Daniel Mintz — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:18:00 +0100

Five tips on choosing your next mountain bike:

1) Ride her

Be wary of reading too much into reviews. You are Unique. All reviews are about that rider who tested the bike, not specifically you. Bear in mind the connection between rider and bike is unique to the geometry of the person as well as the bike. My longer torso and shorter legs will fit some frames better than others so all reviews are...

Randomly bumping into things one day at a time

Daniel Mintz — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:57:38 +0100

I can't remember when I was 6 or 7 what I thought of the world but I hear I used to look up alot into the sky and randomly bump into things.

When I was 10 I thought the world was full of surprises as well as just a little bit scary really.

In my teens I thought the world was wrong. It was wrong in a way though and it made me so angry it hurt (me and everyone around me, me thinks)

In my twenties I was inspired. I believed we could change the world, all ...

Bike building day. Or was it?

Tammy Sykes — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:50:08 +0100

Keven had been looking for a new bike for ages, until finally he saw a frame he liked and some forks; but couldn’t afford both. Knowing how impatient he is ( as I am the same ) I told him I would buy the forks for him and he could buy the frame. I know I’m ...

Dragged the folks to Scotland ;)

Tammy Sykes — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100

25th September we packed up the car and headed north, we made really good time and stopped to refuel the car, so decided that we would refuel ourselves also and had a bite to eat and a drink before heading off again. We had agreed a time and place to meet my folks a few days before the holiday. We got to the meeting point 2 hours early, but as it turned out we didn’t have long to wait for my folks as they were a hour earlier than the original time we’d a...

The Trax Open House and Party in the Park Chair Statement Oct 2010

Daniel Mintz — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:23:01 +0100

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Firstly welcome and thank you all for coming. I want to start off by saying It has been an absolutely brilliant year. Summed up by great experiences and wonderful new friendships.

I'd like to take you on a bit of...

Weekend loving of mtb'ing

Tammy Sykes — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100

08.10.10 - 10.10.10

I drove Keven to work this morning as I had booked a days annual leave. I got home and jumped in the shower, dried and dressed. Started packing up the things from the bedroom, as this is where most of the stuff was anyway. Got everything downstairs and cooked a couple of pies and vegetarian fillets, after giving the Hoover a run round downstairs I started packing up the car and hoping I hadn’t forgotten anything. The final thing to go in...

Boris Bike Tracker

Shazima Tejani — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:54:06 +0100

If you want to use the TFL bike hire scheme, but want to ensure that the nearest docking station has a bike, and that there will be space at your target destination, there are a number of tracking apps available.
This is the nicest I've seen, since it's overlaid with a map, has a nice graphical interface and gives you a real-time update of the number of bikes at each docking station in a very clear and easy to interpret fashion.

http://www.oobrien.com/vis/bikes/

Much ado about nothing

Tammy Sykes — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:23:39 +0100

Haven’t blogged about anything in ages and yet I’ve, no we’ve been doing loads of mountain biking.

Keven found a group of like minded people online and got chatting, saw they arranged to meet up for a bike ride once a month at least. When we met up wit...

Scotland2010

Tammy Sykes — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:13:04 +0100

We enjoyed ourselves so much on our mountain biking holiday for a whole week in Scotland, that we are planning on going back again later in the year.

A whole week of sheer bliss, a lovely cottage in the countryside which was a stones through away from a nice walk in the forest and only a few miles in either direction to the mountain bike destinations.

Well we had thought last night before bed, no mat...

frustrated

shawn white — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:29:25 +0100

just got done puttin in my new crank and bottom bracket i ended up goin with a shimano instead of truvativ but the price was right but sometimes that is not always good sucks just finished it can not even use it .CAN NOT WAIT FOR SPRING!!!goin to get pics of my bike soon stupid camera is not workin

busted

shawn white — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:00:01 +0100

went to my local bshop to update my crank went from tapered truvativ too shimano deore.first time changin a crank pain and frustration can not wait for pay off.

The Beautiful White Stuff……

Tammy Sykes — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:20:28 +0100

Exactly a week ago today, I woke up and looked out of the bedroom window upon the beautiful white stuff; it looked so soft and flaky. Not a foot print out there at all. The only problem was I actually had to get to work. Life is SO unfair! A colleague phoned me to say he wasn’t going in as he couldn’t get his car off the drive.