What Mountain Bike - Cragg Quarry Ride

Yukon Boy
Yukon Boy Posts: 70
edited September 2010 in Routes
If anyone has read the article about Cragg Quarry in this months WMB and would like to see some video of this fantastic trail, take a look here. The opening shows some of the natural connecting trail between Lee and Cragg.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eM1_MgMJgI

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  • h4muf
    h4muf Posts: 20
    Was there last sunday :D

    Cant wait for the proper link from cragg to lee to get finished!

    Looks great,downhill littered with little humps!
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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,981
    Been there today (all the way from the Isle of Man) and it's great fun!

    The link up from the top of Lee Quarry over to Cragg certainly needs some work though. The small amount of rain we've had lately, mixed with the volume of traffic using it seems to have turned bits of it into the somme. Obviously, it's no an official link yet, so you can't really hold it against them.

    Still well worth the trip though
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  • mrlewis
    mrlewis Posts: 60
    does anyone know what bike frames were used in that video? looks like a great pace to ride, will have to go up there one day!
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  • hoochylala
    hoochylala Posts: 987
    The lime green one is a On One 456 as far as I can see - not sure on the other though!
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  • mrlewis
    mrlewis Posts: 60
    ahh cool, cheers for that i was kinda thinking that myself, still interested in what the brown one was though. anyone?
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  • J@mesC
    J@mesC Posts: 129
    Heading up at the weekend for first time - any tips on which order to ride the two quarries and where to park to make the most enjoyable route - understand there are two access points?

    Thanking you in advance :D
  • stumpyjon
    stumpyjon Posts: 4,069
    Park at Futures Park below Lee Quarry. It's a major climb up to Cragg quarry from the valley bottom. Just be aware the linking route isn't in place yet so you'll have to make your own wya between the quarries.
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  • Yukon Boy
    Yukon Boy Posts: 70
    Mr Lewis the Brown bike is mine and it's a Giant Yukon Trail 2007 hardtail.

    Only the frame is original. It now has hanging off it - Rockshox Reba Race forks, Avid Elixir r brakes, SLX/XT transmission, Hope hoops wheelset (pro 2 hubs and mavic 521 rims), Highroller tyre front, nevegal tyre rear, Easton EA50 seatpost, monkeylite DH carbon handlebars, Wellgo MG-1 flat pedals and few little bits of gold Hope bling.

    I find it a great fairly lightweight all mountain bike. Fast at descending and climbing. I'll have to get some pics up!

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