Bike friendly accommodation (and people to ride with) near BPW for Easter weekend?

sprinter2012

Just managed to grab a BPW uplift pass for Easter weekend, and rather than make the 5 hour round trip back to Oxford between sessions I figured I'd see if I can stay out there overnight on the 15th.

So 2 questions...

1. Does anyone know of anywhere bike friendly within around 30 minutes of BPW where I could stay the night? (ideally I'd like to get my bike inside as it lives on the roof of my car while I'm travelling!)

2. As it was a spur of the moment thing I only managed to get passes for myself (selfish I know), so I was wondering if there was anyone on here that's there that weekend that would potentially have room for me to tag on some of their rides?

I'm also planning to go down a couple of times between now and then during the week to sharpen up a bit, maybe session a few bits of some of the trails to work on weaknesses before a full weekend of riding.

Bit about me: (sounds like a f*&cking dating bio... :roll: ) 26 from near Oxford, used to ride a Demo 8 until 2010 and then packed in riding to pursue my athletic career, got a few medals and bored of that now so I'm back on a Stumpjumper looking for places to ride and people to meet!

Crazyjenkins01

Look up Twin Trails B&B (they are on facebook if that helps!)
Aimed at MTBers, got a lot of good reviews and not far from BPW

japower1990

I'll be up for coming mid week for a ride , be good to ride with someone and by the sounds of it, I could learn a bit from you.

I'm 26 as well and although I'm a novice compared to youC I've got no confidence issues with jumps

sprinter2012

Crazyjenkins01 wrote:

Look up Twin Trails B&B (they are on facebook if that helps!)
Aimed at MTBers, got a lot of good reviews and not far from BPW

I've had a few people suggest Twin Trails, so I'll be booking myself a room asap! 8)

japower1990 wrote:

I'll be up for coming mid week for a ride , be good to ride with someone and by the sounds of it, I could learn a bit from you.

I'm 26 as well and although I'm a novice compared to youC I've got no confidence issues with jumps

Ooh dear, have I given the impression I actually know stuff? lol I think my lack of confidence on the jumps came from trying to do 4X style tabletops on an 8" super heavy DH bike, which either resulted in coming up way short on the landings or having to hurl myself off the lip so hard that every now and then I'd end up just going completely off balance mid air.

I'd be happy to meet there for a mid-week if you fancied riding with someone, that way we each have someone to call an ambulance if the other faceplants a tree.

Crazyjenkins01

Bloody trees! Nuisance things they are always getting in the way! Really unfriendly the way they jump out at you as you go past then just stay still after as if they didn't do anything...