Gisburn Forest

BOLTONBOXER

Hi peeps has anybody made it to gisburn this weekend , I went today for the second time was an amazing ride think we did the red route with the hully gully in 2hours 15mins :-)

specialeyes

How was the weather there? Been several times and always peeing down, also broken components on every visit.
I seem to be cursed there lol!

frankspencer1979

I was there Friday. Weather was sunny one minute, then insane heavy hail storm that lasted about twenty mins. My mates who were walking round the forest never saw anything other than sunshine though, very odd. Good times!

stephenbullock

hully gully is awesome, some steep drop offs around gisburn though, not been for 4 weeks but recently been up healey nab, nice trails up there

BOLTONBOXER

specialeyes wrote:

How was the weather there? Been several times and always peeing down, also broken components on every visit.
I seem to be cursed there lol!

Weather was great today , not broke anythin yet ,,

BOLTONBOXER

stephenbullock wrote:

hully gully is awesome, some steep drop offs around gisburn though, not been for 4 weeks but recently been up healey nab, nice trails up there

Went there once when first got my bike was horrible weather gonna have give it another try I dnt live far from there

reyrol

BOLTONBOXER wrote:

specialeyes wrote:

How was the weather there? Been several times and always peeing down, also broken components on every visit.
I seem to be cursed there lol!

Weather was great today , not broke anythin yet ,,

No but it wasn't for lack of trying ha ha

BOLTONBOXER

reyrol wrote:

BOLTONBOXER wrote:

specialeyes wrote:

How was the weather there? Been several times and always peeing down, also broken components on every visit.
I seem to be cursed there lol!

Weather was great today , not broke anythin yet ,,

No but it wasn't for lack of trying ha ha

Haha u coming back with us again maybe next time u will see me break something lol

1mancity2

BOLTONBOXER wrote:

Hi peeps has anybody made it to gisburn this weekend , I went today for the second time was an amazing ride think we did the red route with the hully gully in 2hours 15mins :-)

Last summer I managed the full "8" in 1hr 6mins and I've managed to go round twice in 2hrs 32mins, was a lot fitter then though.

frankspencer1979 wrote:

I was there Friday. Weather was sunny one minute, then insane heavy hail storm that lasted about twenty mins. My mates who were walking round the forest never saw anything other than sunshine though, very odd. Good times!

We were up Friday, yeah the weather was weird around 3pm hail storm from nowere!! didn't stop us doing hope and Dh though.

Being a school holiday week loads of familys up and having a go which is great, we went and did the old DH run which is really old school but the best fun we've had in ages.

IT66T

I don't live any where near Gisburn Forest but it sounds great fun from what i've read so i guess it's only a matter of time before i check it out for my self .

stumpyjon

IT66T, it's not that far from you, maybe 90 mins. Get yourself up there.

IT66T

stumpyjon ,

I know it's not that far away from me mate but i'm trying to sort a bike out as i've got an old heavy cheap steel one that's a bit worse for wear and i'm not sure it's worth fixing up so i'm just after a decentish cheap one that is worth upgrading later .

IT66T

I've just seen a vid on utube of a couple of trails and i'm itching to get a bike sorted so i can go 8) .

1mancity2

IT66T wrote:

I've just seen a vid on utube of a couple of trails and i'm itching to get a bike sorted so i can go 8) .

Its fantastic, Stumpy and his mob have done some great work and they are on with more.
I try to get up there every week, but with a baby due any time that is going to change, the "8" loop is great and the more technical parts like, "The slab", Hope line, etc make it a very intresting ride.

We tend to do the hope line and go on the DH sections, but homebaked, bottoms and hully gully will give you a buzz.

stumpyjon

but with a baby due any time that is going to change

Yep you'll probably end up riding more! You'll be broke and desperate for some me time. Riding is the answer.

IT66T

1mancity2 wrote:

IT66T wrote:

I've just seen a vid on utube of a couple of trails and i'm itching to get a bike sorted so i can go 8) .

Its fantastic, Stumpy and his mob have done some great work and they are on with more.
I try to get up there every week, but with a baby due any time that is going to change, the "8" loop is great and the more technical parts like, "The slab", Hope line, etc make it a very intresting ride.

We tend to do the hope line and go on the DH sections, but homebaked, bottoms and hully gully will give you a buzz.

That's some fantastic work done sorting them trails from what i've seen so i most certainly admire Stumpy and his mob for what they've done 8) .

I'm not brilliant on technical trails but i hope to change that with practice and i was getting a buzz just watching the vid of Hully Gully so i'm rather eager to get on it :P and if Home Baked & Bottoms are just as half as good as Hully Gully then i can see my self spending a fair old bit of time on them to .

Well it doesn't matter weather it's a girl or a boy when your little one arrives just as long as it's healthy and sleeps alot at night lol .

grant43

thats some going two laps of the 8 in two and half hours what was you on a ktm crosser or something lol

1mancity2

grant43 wrote:

thats some going two laps of the 8 in two and half hours what was you on a ktm crosser or something lol

If you start at the car park, on the second lap you miss some out so not strickly two full laps.

mr joey

i was there last tues great trail so close to home and good weather also and the main thing NO FLATS!!!

stephenlovatt

Hi,
Does anyone know a postcode for Gisburn forest, fancy a blast around there then catch Cragg Quarry on the way home.
Cheers, Steve.

IT66T

Try google for the post code as it should be possible to get it on there lol .

1mancity2

stephenlovatt wrote:

Hi,
Does anyone know a postcode for Gisburn forest, fancy a blast around there then catch Cragg Quarry on the way home.
Cheers, Steve.

BD23 4SQ is for the pub at tossside (Gizzy bikes)

stumpyjon wrote:

but with a baby due any time that is going to change

Yep you'll probably end up riding more! You'll be broke and desperate for some me time. Riding is the answer.

I WILL be up there this Sunday no matter what happens!!

stumpyjon

Check out www.pmba.org.uk/gisburn.htm for directions, trail status downloadable maps etc. and www.pmba.org.uk/leeandcragg.htm .