Mountain Biking in West Sussex – Powered by Quest Adventure
It’s a complex story this, of fork troubles, cracked frames and new beginnings that starts with my family holiday to Brecon, and ends with a new bike, the 3rd this year in the Daddy bike room. So, off we set to Brecon, having once again convinced Mrs Daddy that we should take the bikes on [...]
This piece is a bit different from my more usual ramblings about my riding. It stars Little Big Daddy, my 4 year old son. Having been out on a days riding with him the other day, I found myself reflecting on how his biking skills have developed, and this having never been near a bike [...]
Well despite the bad weather on Saturday, Sunday dawned and it was warm(ish) and dry. We were really looking forward to hitting the Pitch Hill trails again so Tom, Bobster, Deadly, Rich and I met up with Big Daddy in the top car park. We did some of the usual stuff: Judge's seat, double headed [...]
After what seemed like an eternal wait (it wasn’t actually that long, I’m just rubbish at waiting), I had in my possession a brand new Ellsworth Truth Mk 6 frame, in gorgeous green and complete with a ‘save the rainforest’ tree frog (Do I now count as tree hugger?). I’ve had a good few weeks [...]
I’ve never known anyone get through cars like Hoops. It seems that every nine months or so, he needs a new one. And, it must be a VW and it must originate from Milton Keynes. Which is great as Chicksands just happens to be really close by. Therefore, the inevitable post went up on the [...]
It was billed as a post Christmas Indulgence tonic, and was just what I needed after a few too many calories and just a splash or two of fine wine. I only decided to enter a few days before, so there was very little time for preparation, just a run on the Saturday and a [...]
As I sit here, sore as hell, bloodied, bruised and scraped and cut, I reflect on my chalky adventure down south on SMTB’s home patch. It was Hoop’s idea. He posted a very appealing looking ride at Whiteways early Sunday morning. I haven’t in this area since doing old school xc racing back in the [...]
Gorrick Autumn Series rd 2 – 8th Nov 2009 After missing out on round 1 at the last minute, I was keen to get back to Gorrick racing, having not done a pure mtb race for a good few months whilst dabbling in offroad tri’s. The weather had been pretty lousy and Saturday night had [...]
It’s a long story that I won’t explain, but I found myself having done the school/nursery run, and with 2 hours to kill before Little Daddy needed picking up. The sun was shining (again), the ground ridiculously dry and dusty considering it is October and the lure of the North Downs in spectacular Autumn colour [...]
After a pretty successful first Trail X event (despite the disqualification…) I was very keen to give it another go, and signed up for the next race, taking place in and around Poole harbour. My preparation had been going pretty well – coming off the back of a good summer running and riding loads and [...]
