We arrived at a damp Walking Bottom carpark early on new years eve. The ground was soggy with a few puddles but luckily the rain held off and I was keen to get out and burn off a bit of energy after vegging out on the sofa for most of the past week. Dobby had… Continue reading »
Dec
27
2011 Review
I thought I’d take this opportunity to go back over a few photos from this year just so people can see the sort of stuff we get up to. It’s just a selection of some of the stuff we have done this year. We like to cover all the bases from general MTB riding to… Continue reading »
Jul
31
Try something different for a change!
I do like a nice cyclocross bike me, and although I’ve had plenty before I’ve only ever used them for commuting and racing and never actually taken one off road for a ride on a route that I would normally do on a mountain bike. The opportunity presented itself recently and I roped BigSi in… Continue reading »
Jul
18
July Quest ride report
We were pretty lucky with the weather and a good group turned out for the ride, including Ronnie from Brighton MTB, who usually uses a passport to come this far west So for once I actually had a route in mind and I was looking to do something a little different to usual. Lozzer was… Continue reading »
Jun
28
South Downs Way ride / Scott Scale 29 Pro revisited
It’s been a long time since I last did a big chunk of South Downs Way and when Earle rang me up a few weeks back to tell me about a charity event he is helping out with and the fact he needs to ride it first it didn’t take too much to twist my… Continue reading »
Jun
15
June Quest Ride report
Due to a bit of confusion over the date this month the turnout was a little lower than usual, never the less conditions were about as perfect as you could get for a nice spin out on the downs. We met up at Quest Adventure as usual, this time though the girls ride was going… Continue reading »
May
25
SDW / mid week skive ride
I’d was due some time off and as the sun was shining I figured it would be a great chance for a mid week skive ride. As usual not too much persuasion was needed and Dave, Si, Jason and Darren were waiting at my place when I returned from the school run. The plan was… Continue reading »
Apr
11
Buff trails
Well I hope you’re all made the most of the fantastic trail conditions at the weekend, I think it’s about as good as it gets at the moment
Jan
30
Leith Hill ride – 30-01-11
leith hill 30/1/11 from michael aylwin on Vimeo. woop woop
Jan
26
Leith Hill Ride report – January 23rd
For the second Sunday in a row my alarm went off at 6.40am, yet another early start to get the most riding in. Stupidly i hadn’t packed the night before, so in a sleepy daze I tried to chuck everything together and set off to pick up Mike from Quest. Mike and I were the… Continue reading »