Croft trail progress, April 2010.
tomstickland
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Spring had definitely sprung. It's staying light until 8pm and the trees are turning green.
We've got the new start section operational now and attention has turned to building the new red section.
New berms being marked out:
One of the new bridges under construction:
Moving some of the woodwork:
Current layout:
We've also been on a few rides.
Swinley
Spirthill
Full stories here: http://www.mbswindon.co.uk/news/
We're at the trail working on the new Red section both days this weekend.
See http://www.mbswindon.co.uk/events for more info or http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41279586404.
We've got the new start section operational now and attention has turned to building the new red section.
New berms being marked out:
One of the new bridges under construction:
Moving some of the woodwork:
Current layout:
We've also been on a few rides.
Swinley
Spirthill
Full stories here: http://www.mbswindon.co.uk/news/
We're at the trail working on the new Red section both days this weekend.
See http://www.mbswindon.co.uk/events for more info or http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41279586404.
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A brief history of the trail development in the form of maps: http://www.flickr.com/photos/92961862@N ... 898753336/0
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Some videos.
Build progress Feb - May 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBZ5A_dx6rQ
Latest section, we cut and surfaced 200m in a weekend plus one evening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgveHw7-eWs
I found these the other day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdNT-qWBmKw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V1rpLkOmmY0 -
Keep at it, your not the only bunch of loons out there digging in the dirt on behalf of fellow mountain bikers. That power barrow looks pretty unstable :shock: , mind you I've tipped our tracked ones over more than once, bit worrying when the petrol pours out over the hot engine.
Do you lay anything beneath the gravel? We've been laying a base layer of old walling stone with the limestone over the top. Starts off rather motorway smooth but soon wears down so odd stones and roots show through making it feel more natural.It's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
I've bought a new bike....ouch - result
Can I buy a new bike?...No - no result0 -
Power barrow is fine most of the time, that was just a comedy attempt at going down a steepish bit forwards.
Where's your digging then?
We've used paving slabs and old bricks under some of the trail. This new section was deemed good enough to just take the Limestone chippings.0 -
New video. More building and complete run through of section.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXuawYRuvPw0 -
tomstickland wrote:Where's your digging then?
Gisburn, it's me wittering on about power barrows on the facebook group
Got pretty much a full week of digging planned for next week.It's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
I've bought a new bike....ouch - result
Can I buy a new bike?...No - no result0 -
Power barrow spotters. Good bits of kit.
You should see my pointless stats: http://www.mbswindon.co.uk/trail-build- ... ome-stats/
As soon as we finish a big job we decide to have a rest for a week or two. Then we're bored and start planning our next big job.0 -
We've been doing a lot of riding.
Wyre Forest
Ridgeway
North Wales bank holiday weekend
Forest of Dean novice friendly ride
We've attracted some more media updates.
Some web site additions:
UK trail centre map
Article on bike lights
Mountain biking in Les Deux Alpes
Croft trail videos
We're putting in 5 teams for the Bristol Kona Bikefest. More trail building planned over the winter and a lot more rides.0
