Mountain Biking Within Yorkshire
i had my first good fall on my new bike last night, i was out riding some local trails and faund a rally technical DH track, not thinking of what could happen, i went for it. I got down it really fast and really smooth untill i reached the bottom, my front wheel hit a rock and sent me over the handlebars, i was a bit dissapionted about scratching my new helmet but it saved my head so its all good :) unlike my knee, i can bearly walk so i wont be back on the bike for a little while.
Did the 11 mile Bronte Big K with my 11 year old daughter Hollie, 1 hour and 50 minutes, the route was OK though mostly road, only downer was the poor marking of the route.
Anyway, here’s the map
this is my new bike , norco shore 3, im still getting used to it but it is really good, i have been on a few rides with is and i love it, i hope to do some really big jumps and drops some time soon 
Just completed a short 7.5 mile ride around Haworth and Cullingworth this is a video of Joe playing
Andy and I did a 15.6 mile ride from Embsey, Rylstone and back, was going to go to Bolton Abbey as well but I wasn’t up to it.
This was a good evening ride unfortunitely with the nights getting darker earlier the videoing was limited, couple of good jumps slightly spoilt by the damp ground conditions.
As a note, don’t go to the Devonshire Arms for a drink afterwards way to pricey
Riders Matthew, Mark Joe and Andy
While at Clumber park we tried out the runs at Sherwood pines, not very hilly and the jump section isn’t very good but the downhill section makes up for it.
On the Saturday and Sunday me and Mark did the red run, cycled from Edwinstowe on Saturday making it an 18.6 mile run, the Sunday we just concentrated on the red run (10.9 mile) and had a play in the downhill section which was fun. Monday went with Susan (my wife) and Hollie (11 year old Daughter) and did the blue run, said on their map it was 6 miles but they forgot to mention it started and finished part way through the green run so ended up being 8.9 miles.
Worth noting, the site map isn’t very good and there’s no numbering on the red run so if your not careful you could get lost.
What a brilliant ride, the new sections are well worth a visit, the builders have produced one of the best tracks I’ve been on to date, will be back very very soon with the cameras.
Riders
Matthew, Antony, Andy, Mark, Joe and Jason
Found this ride near Marks house, excellent track down from the top on the way back, this is the first 3 miles of climbing took about 50 minutes to get to the top and less then 10 minutes to get back down.
Decided to try this North Yorkshire trail, did the red run 23 miles, this is the most challeging run I’ve been on to date but well worth it.
Rides Matthew (me), Andy and Mark
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