February 2017
Guest Article: Suffering Abuse (by TrailAbuse)
Guest post written by G (aka. Trailabuse). He’s a mountain biking dad from Nottingham and organiser of the 2016 Sherwood Pines Meetup. Back on the 8th of January I was involved in an accident due to my lack of skill on the trails… I shall take you back to give you a brief insight to how I came about breaking my shoulder. It all started… Read More »Guest Article: Suffering Abuse (by TrailAbuse)
2017: A Better Biker
In September I bought a house. I say ‘I’ loosely – the other half also put in, though she doesn’t use the garage. That’s my part of the house. It’s something that was a non-negotiable for us when we were looking around for a house. When we lived in the rented house before we moved here, I used to have to keep my bike under… Read More »2017: A Better Biker
Just Like Old Times
My fondest memories as a kid mostly include sports. Not football, or tennis (though I wasn’t bad at the latter), but ‘extreme’ sports. Rock climbing at Hull’s indoor climbing walls on a Saturday night. BMX riding around the local town with mates. Bodyboarding on the most windy day in Lanzarote. Skating down the seafront on holiday one year – although I can’t specifically remember where… Read More »Just Like Old Times
DMR Vaults
Around Christmas time, I bought a Santa Cruz Bronson. It’s my dream bike and was something I was set on. I weighed up other options, including the amazing bikes from Airdrop, Bird and Orange. I almost went for a British brand just out of principle, but something kept me returning to the Santa Cruz website and drooling over a Bronson. So that’s what I bought.… Read More »DMR Vaults