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Dere mister Tony Heart off of Visoin On,
Off road rides have really branched out in the last couple of months. As well as our regular cross country rides which are a great way for people to get into mountainbiking we also have more riders who are feeling confident enough to branch out into "freeriding". For those of you unfamiliar with this term it simply means riding your bike over whatever obstacles the trail throws at you be they steep downhills jumps, big drop offs, steps of death. Get the picture? We have freeride days on occasional Sundays and also more regularly on Saturdays. A lot of the club have now invested in bikes specially made for this purpose with big travel front forks and rear suspension to correct mistakes while they perfect their heavy landings. The pictures below were taken as people started to discover this discipline at a well known location known as the Wall of Death due to its vertical appearance as you approach it for the first time on two wheels.
Most of us are content to watch others injure themselves without risking it ourselves.
Joe takes the first plunge
The view from the bottom
Mark at Leith Hill
Lounging at Leith Hill
The Lakes trip
One weekend a few Addiscombe riders made it up to the Lake District
The Shopping Bike of Misfortune One of the great things riding around Addington is the number of junked bikes you find dumped in the bushes near the burnt out cars. The mtb ride managed to salvage the parts from one of them and perform "upgrades" to Cushtie's bike.
Joe fixing it up
Cushtie checking it out for size. Note Joe looking pleased as punch in the background.
Cushtie feeling the superior power of the Shopping Bike of Misfortune
Cruising around town later on
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