Birminham Wheels Bike Park Movie

Mark Sleigh · June 2007

Hi all

Hope some of you saw Channel 4 the other evening when the Birmingham Wheels Park was the venue for the little bit of MTB action on the embarrassing illnesses programme.

Any how here's the Bike Clubs own video for you to see whats at the Park at the moment:

http://www.mtbbritain.co.uk/images/Birm ... Trails.wmv

The Club Nights on Wednesday evenings 4pm - 7:30pm are getting more popular and would be great to see some of you guys from the Midlands coming up to join in.

Cheers

Mark Sleigh
- see you Wednesday????????[:)]

Mark Sleigh
Birmingham Wheels Bike Club Coach+Chairman

red eye · June 2007

a bit off topic but do you guys still have banger raceing at wheels?

anto164 · June 2007

tbh, from that video, it doesnt seem that there is that much at all there.

 MON BICI!!
myspaz

Mark Sleigh · June 2007

YES WE STILL HAVE THE OVAL RACE CIRCUIT AT THE PARK, STILL AS POPULAR AS EVER, WE ALSO HAVE ONE OF THE MOST AWESOME KARTING CIRCUITS IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS JUST BEEN RESURFACED, A BRAND NEW OFF ROAD KARTING/BUGGY TRACK THATS THE CLOSEST THING YOU CAN GET TO RALLY DRIVING FOR KARTING MONEY, THE ONLY PURPOSE BUILT BANKED SPEED SKATING CIRCUIT IN THE COUNTRY, A REMOTE CONTROL CAR RACING TRACK AND CLUB, BSM MOTORCYCLE TRAINING, YOUTH PROJECTS WORKING WITH MOTORISED AND NON-MOTORISED ACTIVITIES FROM CYCLING AND SKATEBOARDING THROUGH TO TRIALS MOTORBIKING AND RALLY DRIVING, WEST MIDLANDS POLICE DO ALL THEIR MOUNTAINBIKE OFFICER TRAINING FROM THE PARK AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE BIRMINGHAM WHEELS BIKE CLUB THAT IS DEVELOPING THE FOLLOWING FOUR TRACKS AND TRAILS:

BMX / 4X TRACK
FREERIDE SINGLE TRACK
NORTHSHORE / TRIALS AREA
DIRT JUMP / SLOPESTYLE AREA

SO AS ANYONE CAN SEE FROM THE ABOVE WE DO HAVE A LOT GOING ON AT THE PARK AND WITH PEOPLES HELP WE CAN PERFECT THE FOUR AREAS THE CLUB IS WORKING ON-THE VIDEO GIVES YOU A GENERAL IDEA OF SOME OF THE STUFF WE HAVE SO FAR.

PLEASE DON'T BE NEGATIVE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I'VE WORKED MY BO**OCKS OFF BUILDING (90% ON MY OWN)

THE CLUB NEEDS PEOPLE TO COME UP TO THE PARK AND HELP BUILD AND DEVELOPE WHAT COULD BE THE BEST RIDING FACILITY IN THE WHOLE OF BIRMINGHAM.

WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE BEING CRITICAL AFTER JUST WATCHING A VIDEO OF WHAT WE'VE GOT TO OFFER PEOPLE AT THE MOMENT. YOU MAY WANT TO DO YOUR HOME WORK AND YOU'D FIND OUT THAT IN THE EIGHTIES THE PARK WOULD HAVE OVER 1000 BMX RACERS ATTENDING RACES FOLLOWING THE PARK HOSTING THE 1983 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS!!! - THE HERITAGE OF THE PARK IS LEGENDARY WITHIN THE BMX AND SKATING WORLD

ALL I CAN SUGGEST IS PEOPLE COME UP TO THE PARK AND HELP DEVELOPE THE TRACKS AND THEY CAN USE THEIR OWN CREATIVITY TO BUILD SOME GREAT STUFF.

SEE YOU WEDNESDAYS GUYS???????

Mark Sleigh
Birmingham Wheels Bike Club Coach+Chairman

John · June 2007

*Falls back off chair* Any need for the caps?

Edit: And did they manage to find the person with no sperm?

havent fallen off,
im just having a rest

Updated [:D] Glory Jackal

Safe as Fu<s></s>ck Pushbike Bullsh<s></s>it and Wideopen Mag.

Mark Sleigh · June 2007

we haven't had our individual results back yet, someone mentioned a bet on descent-world if it was Simon Paton or not!!

we don't think any of us are shooting blanks and they just said that to get a few worried faces on camera!

Mark Sleigh
Birmingham Wheels Bike Club Coach+Chairman

euan_333 · June 2007

There was a topic on the show a few days back, if you wan't to search for it.

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Euan Crawford<h6>ª_ª</h6>

red eye · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Mark Sleigh

YES WE STILL HAVE THE OVAL RACE CIRCUIT AT THE PARK, STILL AS POPULAR AS EVER, WE ALSO HAVE ONE OF THE MOST AWESOME KARTING CIRCUITS IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS JUST BEEN RESURFACED, A BRAND NEW OFF ROAD KARTING/BUGGY TRACK THATS THE CLOSEST THING YOU CAN GET TO RALLY DRIVING FOR KARTING MONEY, THE ONLY PURPOSE BUILT BANKED SPEED SKATING CIRCUIT IN THE COUNTRY, A REMOTE CONTROL CAR RACING TRACK AND CLUB, BSM MOTORCYCLE TRAINING, YOUTH PROJECTS WORKING WITH MOTORISED AND NON-MOTORISED ACTIVITIES FROM CYCLING AND SKATEBOARDING THROUGH TO TRIALS MOTORBIKING AND RALLY DRIVING, WEST MIDLANDS POLICE DO ALL THEIR MOUNTAINBIKE OFFICER TRAINING FROM THE PARK AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE BIRMINGHAM WHEELS BIKE CLUB THAT IS DEVELOPING THE FOLLOWING FOUR TRACKS AND TRAILS:

BMX / 4X TRACK
FREERIDE SINGLE TRACK
NORTHSHORE / TRIALS AREA
DIRT JUMP / SLOPESTYLE AREA

SO AS ANYONE CAN SEE FROM THE ABOVE WE DO HAVE A LOT GOING ON AT THE PARK AND WITH PEOPLES HELP WE CAN PERFECT THE FOUR AREAS THE CLUB IS WORKING ON-THE VIDEO GIVES YOU A GENERAL IDEA OF SOME OF THE STUFF WE HAVE SO FAR.

PLEASE DON'T BE NEGATIVE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I'VE WORKED MY BO**OCKS OFF BUILDING (90% ON MY OWN)

THE CLUB NEEDS PEOPLE TO COME UP TO THE PARK AND HELP BUILD AND DEVELOPE WHAT COULD BE THE BEST RIDING FACILITY IN THE WHOLE OF BIRMINGHAM.

WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE BEING CRITICAL AFTER JUST WATCHING A VIDEO OF WHAT WE'VE GOT TO OFFER PEOPLE AT THE MOMENT. YOU MAY WANT TO DO YOUR HOME WORK AND YOU'D FIND OUT THAT IN THE EIGHTIES THE PARK WOULD HAVE OVER 1000 BMX RACERS ATTENDING RACES FOLLOWING THE PARK HOSTING THE 1983 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS!!! - THE HERITAGE OF THE PARK IS LEGENDARY WITHIN THE BMX AND SKATING WORLD

ALL I CAN SUGGEST IS PEOPLE COME UP TO THE PARK AND HELP DEVELOPE THE TRACKS AND THEY CAN USE THEIR OWN CREATIVITY TO BUILD SOME GREAT STUFF.

SEE YOU WEDNESDAYS GUYS???????

Mark Sleigh
Birmingham Wheels Bike Club Coach+Chairman
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">i used come down with a motor project called motorvate, red and yellow cars. do you know if they are still around? they seem to have moved premises.
oh and i can vouch for the karting track it is the best i have been to

billy79 · June 2007

Looking good, like the video

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Mark Sleigh · June 2007

red eye, you'll know my line manager Rob then eh??!!

yes i work with the youth project and one of the last times the red and yellow cortina stock car was driven was by me and i went flying through the air after losing it and going up the grass bank, i've jumped plenty of bikes and motorbikes but it is scary jumping cars!!

oh the cortina is now mangled in the Northshore area ready for being buried in dirt to form the landing ramp for the big ladder drops!!!!!

cheers for the complement on the video, the singletrack is about another 100m longer now, it's nearly at its full length, another couple of weeks and we'll be going back up the length of it putting in all the technical trail features and perfecting all the dirt sections on it.

Wednesday = Birmingham Wheels Bike Club Nights

Mark Sleigh
Birmingham Wheels Bike Club Coach+Chairman

red eye · June 2007

i did the same at the starting line on my first race, i recall the ambulance crew jumping out the way and a marchall untangalin his flag out my front wheel. i hurt my thumb that day lol
did that rob work for motorvate in leiceter?

Anonymous · June 2007

I've been up a few times on the weekends recently Mark, its looking good.
Shame I can't make wednesdays at the moment, I'm at college till 8pm for the next few weeks.
After then I should be able to make it up.

For Blood And Empire
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Mark Sleigh · June 2007

red eye: yeah rob used to work at motorvate, whats your name i'll tell him you said hi.

cheers for saying it's looking good guys, i'll hopefully start working saturdays soon and once it really starts getting busy we'll be needing volunteers/workers to help supervise and run the club during the busy parts of the week.

building for tomorrow night is the 2 foot ladder drop on the Northshore area, i built the 1 foot drop last week and the 1 foot and 2 foot drops will lead to a beginners run through the Shore area.

anyone else popping up??

Mark Sleigh
Birmingham Wheels Bike Club Coach+Chairman

Mark Sleigh · June 2007

HUGE thanks to everyone that came up to Wheels Park last night, i was knocked off my feet as to how much work we got done, many hands make light work!!

at a glance i think we had about 20-25 people there, if we keep getting numbers like that the place will be SO good in next to no time. i didn't have enough tools or jobs to keep everyone going, i'll do some more preparation for next week. feel free to bring your own tools to help guys, just label them up so i don't donate them to the park!!! hee hee, we are a charity!!!

i think we'll either carry on the beginner run in the Northshore area or make a start surfacing the second jump on the race track, although hold on, if we get the same amount of people or more turn up we can do both-cool!! hey it wouldn't hurt for us to carry on the length of the singletrack either!!

couple of jobs for the digger tho, one is make the first race jump a regular table instead of step down table and also to roughly build the berm on the corner where the singletrack is down to at moment ready for the cwn carn style wall ride.

check the video: http://www.mtbbritain.co.uk/images/Birm ... Trails.wmv

see you next wednesday???

Mark Sleigh
Birmingham Wheels Bike Club Coach+Chairman

Birminham Wheels Bike Park Movie

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