New Section Open At Gisburn

stumpyjon

We finished a short section of trail at Gisburn on Sunday to replace this
with and this followed by thisleading to thisaround thisup this to thisand thisfinishing herethere are a few other bits in there as well.

sparrowlegs78

Jon,
Nice bumcheeks, they don't half attract a bit of fondling
Caz xx

stumpyjon

Stop it, the ones above are Terry anyway, you know there's only one person who fondles my bum in the forest :shock:

sparrowlegs78

Only coz I didn't pluck up the courage to follow suit lol ............plus I wasn't sure it was you, I did smile as I rode past tryinig not to giggle :oops:
Caz xx

Whytepeak

I'll have to come and help next time then - missed out there, looks brilliant though, that log ride is a masterpiece

stumpyjon

Got more plans, the next section is due to start on the 11th July. Should cut out a large chunk of fireroad.

sparrowlegs78

stumpyjon wrote:

Got more plans, the next section is due to start on the 11th July. Should cut out a large chunk of fireroad.

Bum fondeling session!!!!! lol
I'll hopefully be able to lend a hand in july, on the trail I mean, not the bum fondeling...unless you ask me nicely
Caz xx

stumpyjon

Bit of both would nice 8)

sparrowlegs78

I'll see what I can do, be rude not to oblige lol
Caz xx

leeshields

Hi

Is this on the cross over of the figure 8?

I'm sure we missed a couple of bits last time we were up there


Off up to Gis tonight, great to hear everythings open again!


Lee

mystery h

will try and give it a go on monday, unless i can sneak a weekend ride in

bobcheese

looks good Jon. Im at Gisburn on 9/07 for a course with Ed Oxley. Looking forward to it even more now

sparrowlegs78

bobcheese wrote:

looks good Jon. Im at Gisburn on 9/07 for a course with Ed Oxley. Looking forward to it even more now

You'll love the course with Ed...i went on one on Sunday, learnt tons
Caz xxx

pantera06

where is gisburn

reyrol

I Went up there for the first time today,ihappened to park next to another first timer who's riding skills were similar to mine ,riding round with someone else added a bit of edge to to the ride. The trail is brill with something for everybody, liked the boardwalk sections allthough i fell of the log, all in all well worth the trip. A credit to the people that have built the trail

stumpyjon

pantera06

Gisburn is north east of Clitheroe in Lancashire.

Link for Google maps.

pantera06

thanks ill have to come have a ride some time

stiffee_rider

Rode this for the first time last night (twice), a great little addition to the trails and some surprisingly tricky features - that short bridge with the little rock garden in front of it seemed particularly awkward given its diminutive size!

The rest of the trails seemed in good nick too despite the rain this week. Hully Gully is a lot less loose than it was a few weeks ago and even more fun as a result. The only downside to the whole loop is that the last climb up to Whelpstone Crag is becoming trashed by people riding around the obstacles. This section does feel particularly tough if you stick to the intended line over the rocks - it feels pretty similar to the Lee Quarry black to me! Maybe the trail just needs widening a little so that the rocks are avoidable by those who don't want to have to get off and walk this bit? That's a pretty minor gripe though and it certainly didn't spoil the ride - Gisburn is ace, hopefully I'll be able to get to a dig day at some point soon.

The Northern Monkey

Rode it the other day too

Really liked it, great work!

As stiffee_rider said though, the entrance is a bit of a pita!

neninja

I'm up there in a weeks time with a couple of mates to do a course with Ed Oxley as well.

Can't wait - that section looks great.

stumpyjon

Is that the second of the short bridges or the first. I think the run up to the second one has collapsed (sorry dodgy drystone walling technique on my behalf :oops: ).

The first one gives you something to think about to.

The Northern Monkey

1st one is good yeah... didn't realise at 1st so i had to back the bike up and go again

stiffee_rider

stumpyjon wrote:

Is that the second of the short bridges or the first. I think the run up to the second one has collapsed

The second - the first is also fun but felt a bit easier. I wouldn't worry if the wall has collapsed - it makes a great little rock garden to negotiate. It's still totally doable and good fun!

Looking forward to a return trip - I bottled the big log ride last night and it's nagging at me. It's higher than it looks in the pictures!

stumpyjon

It's the fact is was a smoothish ramp a few weks ago that worries me. We'll rebuild it as a more sustainable rock garden so it'll still give people pause for thought.

I've only managed the first of the two big logs, first time I rode that section I just went for it, got halfway across and realised there was no bail out option. It is certainly a lot higher than it looks, the log is a good 4ft off the ground in places.

TheNorthernTrain

stumpyjon wrote:

It's the fact is was a smoothish ramp a few weks ago that worries me. We'll rebuild it as a more sustainable rock garden so it'll still give people pause for thought.

I've only managed the first of the two big logs, first time I rode that section I just went for it, got halfway across and realised there was no bail out option. It is certainly a lot higher than it looks, the log is a good 4ft off the ground in places.

Was up there today. Great section, really, really enjoyable - cheers for puttin in the effort to build in! Several big stones seemed to be loose though, might be the water washing material away. Aside from that he whole route really gave me confidence in my technical ability

I did the first log the first time round with the intention to try the second on the return leg but i was knackered and just wanted back so just hit the fireroad on the return.

First time there and will definately back, worth driving the extra distance rather than Dalby i think! Just irritated with myself, chickened out of a couple of things i normally wouldn't hesitate to do, dunno if its cos it was wet or what.

One thing i would like to see is something like chicken wire, or just something to make it grippy, on the northshore stuff, mate lost his wheels from under him and i nearly did the same, they were very slippy in places.

bobcheese

Rode this section twice while on Ed's 'stop crashing' course. Must say I was impressed. Didn't attempt the long log ride (you can't tell from the pics but the front end of it is quite high on the trail side, so bottled that one. Everything else was good. I struggled on the rocky ramp to the little bridge the first time but second time with a little advice from ed, no problems.
Good work guys keep it up