Introduction - how this blog works

The idea of this blog is to share some of my favourite bits of mountain biking with the world. Principally so that you too can enjoy the bits I've enjoyed. And avoid the bits I've hated. So many people have given us advice on biking since we started - what bikes to buy, where to ride, how to ride. So this is my chance to feed a bit back to that body of knowledge.

I'd really welcome your comments - what have I raved about that you thought was awful? What gems did I miss when I visited your local riding spot? Is a bit that I said was awful actually sweet singletrack in the summer or when you're riding well? Comments will help this resource be improved for all readers, and also give me some hints as to where to ride next!

I've written a load about what we've ridden over the last year, and grouped it geographically. My plan is to add to it in the future, hopefully using the tags to keep each region together, though I haven't quite worked out how it will work yet. I may just need to start all over again in a year to keep things organised more sensibly - I'm not really sure a blog is the most sensible format - but it seems the best for me as I'm not terribly motivated to learn any more code than the day job necessitates.

Saturday, 4 December 2010

Forest of Dean

We've not got to the Forest of Dean before as the trail is really short and it never seems worth the drive. But we were aiming for South Wales, and got put off part way by the weather. There is a really short cross country loop - just 5km. But plenty of rooty challenges and some fun berms.

However, there's also some downhill courses. We tried a couple - "Endo" which was really short and mostly about sliding your bike round off-camber corners (which I happen to enjoy) and a couple of table tops at the bottom. The second was the longer "Ski run" which had some good techy stuff at the top, and some fun table tops and berms at the bottom (all rollable).
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