Anyone fancy a ride tomorrow? - Warley, Essex (nr M25 J28)

nismo nick

Yep, i'm off down the local trails tomorrow, and just wondered if anyone fancied a blast? Sort of things there are short but pretty good DH runs mixed up with some freeride, absolute monster of a jump section with loads of packs and transitions. Also a few drops, but nothing amazing.
Its a good for beginners to get started, and for intermediates to just have a play......

Just chuck Warley jump or DH into Youtube, and you can have a look

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Directions:

Off J28 of M25/A127 towards Southend, Basildon, etc.
Come of at next junction, and turn left.
Follow road about half a mile, and turn right on the left hand bend (Bird Lane)
Follow this road on to the top of the hill, bear left, and you come to a car park on your left for Brentwood Ski Slope/Go Karting.
All the trails are in the woods behind the Kart track...... plus some more hidden ones.

buzz1

Hi, just read this so too late, but we have a group of 2,3 sometimes 4 of us get down there during the week (mainly A.M.) been going there for about 6 months and only just getting the hang of it really, maybe see you down there another time and you can show us how it's done!!





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nismo nick

Well, i'm back down there again this afternoon...... There are some new trails now, and some are absolutely mental!!!!! So can't get enough of it...... lol

buzz1

There has been alot of building going on over there this year, should be good when dried out properly
have a good one over there and let us know how ya get on!!





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nismo nick

Yep, had a blinding run yesterday..... with only one near spill off the big "north shore" drop into the double. Over shot the landing and come down front wheel heavy, hung over the front wheel for about 15ft and managed to save it, lol.

Might be there next Sunday, plans permitting

BigJimmyB

Hello there.

Would love some directions to get there - have haerd about it but can never find it.

Thanks
BJB

Edit - D'oh! they're in the first post! - Blonde moment!

nismo nick

lol

Will be there again Sunday hopefully if anyone wants a guided tour?

buzz1

Been there today, stacked it at the bottom of the run where, after a tyre jump there's a small berm with about 6" of mud in it, luckily stopped just short of a soaking but had a laugh about it. Then my mate snapped a bolt on the rear shock of his ransom!
other than that had a good day.


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nismo nick

Buzz, we'll have to hook up one day down there....

Had a wicked ride last weekend, and well up for it tomorrow

billynobates

nismo nick wrote:

Yep, i'm off down the local trails tomorrow, and just wondered if anyone fancied a blast? Sort of things there are short but pretty good DH runs mixed up with some freeride, absolute monster of a jump section with loads of packs and transitions. Also a few drops, but nothing amazing.
Its a good for beginners to get started, and for intermediates to just have a play......

Just chuck Warley jump or DH into Youtube, and you can have a look

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Directions:

Off J28 of M25/A127 towards Southend, Basildon, etc.
Come of at next junction, and turn left.
Follow road about half a mile, and turn right on the left hand bend (Bird Lane)
Follow this road on to the top of the hill, bear left, and you come to a car park on your left for Brentwood Ski Slope/Go Karting.
All the trails are in the woods behind the Kart track...... plus some more hidden ones.
Fantastic! Dude, you've just given me an ACTUAL reason to go and visit the inlaws as they live in Brentwood and thus i avoid the place at all costs normally

nismo nick

No worries, if your heading that way, give me a shout and we'll hook up and i'll show you around


Well, Sundays ride started pretty chilled, but by the afternoon i was riding a little 15ft drop and hitting the bottom pretty much every time, which upset my BB and spun it...... So bike is need of repair now, but yet another FAT DAY!!!!!!

willbuck

does anybody still use this track?

BigJimmyB

Dunno, so will see if anyone pops up.

Not much of a DH/Jump guy meself, but would love to have a look round....

VWsurfbum

Yes, not too much of the Jumps but more of the trails. Jumping isnt for 15 stone idiots on carbon bikes! LOL

plork123

What are the trails like? Is it XC type trails?

What sort of distance do you do?

Thanks

VWsurfbum

firstly unless you like dirt jumping there's not loads of stuff.
a few XC routes but mainly passing through routes from brentwood to thorndon.
this is a link to the route i do for training, it passes all the dirt jumps and little down hill sections.
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=267202

robertpb

That seems to miss out most of the trails I ride, I usually clock up 20 plus miles.

A lot more technical trails to add to that.

I usually ride over there 3-4 times a week, so anyone is welcome to tag along.

BigJimmyB

Thanks VW and Rob.

Rob, do you ride any particular days/times?

Thanks
BJB

robertpb

Saturday and Sunday morning starting 8:30-9. Two or sometimes three mornings in the week about 6:30 or in the evenings I'm fairly flexable.

BigJimmyB

Great,

OK, I'll come back to you abt the weekend rides, as I know a couple of others who may be interested.

Cheers

BJB

VWsurfbum

Gonna head out on thursday night hopefully to get a bit muddy if anyone fancies it?

GT-Dave

Some of us often ride over there on Sunday mornings, doing the XC trails, and a few others have been doing alot of work maintaining & sessioning the jumps.

http://www.eppingcru.co.uk
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Belv

What time tonight?
Are you meeting at Warley?

I'd like to go over there on a sunday sometime and see someone actually use those crazy jumps!

BigJimmyB

GT Dave - sent you a PM a while back - did you get it?

VWsurfbum

Depending on weather we all have to meet at Noah's ark or not? i'll be leaving home about 7 7-30? can meet either in brentwood or warley or even thorndon?

Belv

I'll be a fair bit later than that tonight, unfortunately.

GT-Dave

BigJimmyB wrote:

GT Dave - sent you a PM a while back - did you get it?

Just seen it, not often logged on BR. Replied.

VWsurfbum

If you were any of the guys i met last night for the ride, Cheers and hopefully meet up with you all again soon.
Epic ride, but my shin's are of fire from all those nettles and brambles when we had to push that tree out the way.

Belv

Wasn't me, I didn't out last night.
Sounds like fun though (I like a bit of topiary with my mountain biking!), is it a weekly ride?

VWsurfbum

its been a long week, i had to look that up.
"Topiary is the art of creating sculpture s in the medium of clipped trees , shrub s and sub-shrub s. The word derives from the Latin word ... "

Belv

Yes.
Perhaps 'landscaping' would have been a better word since you only moved the tree!