the red pants sessions

lee likes bikes?

alright

will here

lol some of the stuff on that lee likes bikes stuff is funny as

"James focuses on range of motion, strength, power and anaerobic fitness. He sees “saddle fitness” as a separate specialty, and he leaves that to other experts. If you can do his workout two or three times a week plus have fun on your bike, you’ll be set."

and especially

"This program will make you stronger. I followed it faithfully last winter and spring, and I came into this season more stable, more confident and more powerful than ever"

maybe i've been going at this 'having fun' thing all wrong, maybe doing squats and drinking protien shakes is the way forward, haha only joking mountain bikers

some good tracks on there though.

on a different note, here is a video of a slightly different kind of pump, but still pump. don't be afraid of the concrete kids.

(p.s. i can't work out how to embed this so just click on the link, trust me it's worth it)
http://www.orchidfootwear.com/2008/video/pages/slatteryV1.html
Geoff Slatterly SHREDDING a bowl courtesy of orchid/little devil - how many pedal strokes?

laterz

leelikesbikes

Been meaning to flag this site up for a while. If you go to to the pump track section (somewhere down on the left hand side) there is some great stuff on pump tracks.

http://www.leelikesbikes.com

More pictures from Sunday.

The biggest que for the start hill went off! dude there was like people queing all over the place. it was nuts.
I saw this christmas tree on the customer service dest in ASDA. It still fucking September for Christs sake. The rest of us dont have 3 month build ups to our birthdays so why should he? Just cause he is the son of God, he thinks he can do what the fuck he wants.
Colum came down for the first time, seemed to enjoy going himself 100mph everywhere and had a good crash into the bowl trying to set a new lap record. He also did this endo on the side of the bowl, I dont understand why he doesnt buy a front brake and save himself a lot of bother, not to mention the damage he must do to his shoes, I mean Nike give him lovely trainers for free and thats how he repays them. Honestly, youth today.

Bike rack challenge.

Kung and Taff got all a bit Ray Mears and tried to dig a bike rack. I found the straightest branch i could and shoved it in a tree. Whos is best? I just can not decide!

madam tussauds

Found this photo of Adi. If you look closely he looks like a wax work model. Maybe he is?

its raining again.

Although its a little sad its started raining, yesterday was a great day. I got down the track early mainly to make the most of the weather, but also to have a little potter around tidying stuff up, sweeping (yes there was real life dust to move around!) and a little ride by myself which is always a pleasure on days like yesterday. Everyone started turning up about half two. Adi, Kung and Colum had some shady stories from goings on after the Funday at the Deaner. Just ask Colum about the new tattoo he has planned. It involves Kung, a dress, petty coat and poo. oh and something about peanuts. i went did some laps at that point. Got to weird! Taff showed up, he has posted some of his photos already. Although he doesnt seemed to have included my glorious new red jeans in there. Whats with that Taff? but yeah a great day was had. Afternoons like that are going to keep me going through the winter when i am elbow deep in mud. whoop.

last of the summer pumps

I heard a dirty rumor that the clocks change next week; which will kill the post work pumpin' for a load of us. How shit.

A few pics from today's session.... Lovely.

rad aussies

alright
will here

just a quick one i was like "can i be bothered to update the internet?" but i thought yeh why the fuck not eh?

weekend was pretty sick dean lane funday was good watched a million skaters/nibbley bmxers crash into each other all day then got real wasted. today i rowed a boat then went and rode the woods, was a good evening did some switch footed laps n that, was cool.

anyway, then i saw this video on pretty shady i was like "WHAT THE FUCK!!" mad trails in australia i think?


untitled from on Vimeo.

i love the description on vimeo " jared cruisin.if you dont ride trails,close this window now ya shit nibbler cunts."

funny shit

i got another sick vid to put up here as well but it can wait for another day.

quite liking this actually, george can put up actual news, like what's going on at the pump track and i'll just put up rad photos and vids

laters

don't dump it, pump it

alright

will here

ooooh so much drama it's like uk trails scene 1999 over in this little corner of bristol, haha, lets put our good foot forward n that.

i can't find my digital camera at the mo so i ain't got any pics of the pump track but to make up for it here's a vid i found on the internet


SC pumptrack preview from jackson allen on Vimeo.

sick!!!!

also if you're bored go on

http://www.deluxebmx.com/
http://www.xanga.com/lightsinthewoods pretty loose kiddys by the looks of things
http://www.pawoods.com/ build RAD trails
http://www.prettyshady.com/ some rad pics of chertsy there. also watch the vid at the top of the page all the way through - legendary video that's from... maybe a 'building the underground' appreciation post soon??

that's enough internet for me, i got a cup of tea to make

take it easy laaads and ladys

will

in better news.

Its rubbish talking about gay politics soooo in other news. the other end of the trails line is looking great with two new doubles (dont worry about the dangerous trees on the landing they have been cut down!). Found a pictures of the redull-mobile and a nice photo of a roller and a berm.

things that need to be said. then we all move on.

Right. i dont want to be writing this, but unfortunately i have too: Due to recent events and actions undertaken by some individuals either new to the pump track or new to trails and trail etiquette has left me no choice.

Naren and Duncan put a hell of a lot of work into building the first set in the trails line and getting it working, earlier in the year they were running and running well. The amount of time, Naren especially, had put into getting the lip just right was an impressive display of perfectionism.
Unfortunately the weather has been so bad this summer, the trails have only really be running enough to try the line out a couple of times, this and other factors, such as new people coming to the track, a lack of communication between diggers and the really hit and miss weather has led to the regrettable decision to remove the first set and replace it with rollers as well as some other changes to the line. This decision great upset Naren especially. He, very understandably, feels it a complete lack of respect to is hard work. He was, at one point, so pissed off he essentially told me is was done digging at the pump track. Duncan, was just as pissed off. Those two are some of the 'originals' at the pump track. They helped take it from a place i had found and had as a pet project to something amazing that has attracted loads of riders, both 20 and 26'ers. That fact, besides the fact i had become good mates with them, is enough to piss me off.

So, what to do? well the people who took the offending decision by now, hopefully, know they have pissed people off and have learnt that it is incredibly disrespectful to remove peoples hard work without even asking wether its cool to do so, no matter what state the trails maybe in due to the weather or whatever.
I know my role in the incident, the fact i am a middle man between the new and old diggers so maybe some blame lies at my door and i have apologised to the relevent people and i hope the people involved in the demolition will come and apologise to Naren or Duncan (or both) next time they see them and we can put this regrettable period behind us.

In future if anything new is to be dug or anything changed, it has to agreed by the original diggers. Thats our privilage for putting in a hell of a lot of hard work up to this point. If you dont like what exsists already dont march in and chop and change it, think about the shear man hours that has gone into it and put yourself in the position of the the original digger and dont interfere without consulting someone who knows whats what. If you dont like the way this is done, Please feel free to go and find your own spots to dig.

Hopefully this a hiccup and doesnt spoil a cool atmosphere and the continuing development of our spot.

Rant over. Feel free to comment or come and chat to me down at the pumpie.
Thanks for reading.
George.

whopop summer.

Random pictures from the last few months:

Kenny in a bush. My new housemate paul. The new swimming pool feature. Fuelled by free Redbull. Team BBQ.

hasnt it been a great summer hey? no, its been shite, again. havent actually been to the pump track in an age. went to france to ride down some proper mountains and steal champagne from nightclubs. Came back to rain and simply couldnt bothered but after a while decided enough is enough so, armed with the vague belief that attack is the best form of defense we have started digging more lines. havent got any photos because, well just because. But we did have a lovely bbq a couple of weeks ago when we got a break in the weather. oscar's lovely girlfriend vicki or viki or however you may want to spell, is working the summer for Redbull, you know the engery drink people, driving around giving people Redbull in her redbull VW Beetle. well she came along and off loaded a lot of redbull on us. so now if you are down digging or riding and you know where to look there is lots of redbull to keep you going.

Welcome to Will, the latest digger, who has abandoned his trails for various reasons and brought his spades and enthusiasm down the pump track.

finally settled on a crackshack/ bbq pit spot. Lex did a stellar job on digging out some seats. cheers ta.

more goodness from mike.

Him from that gert landon place come down the pumpie the other week and took some more photos. they are alright i suppose, for someone originally from Chepstow.

noggin be gone

duncan dug some new rollers at the start and a new hip-roller ( maybe we could call it a hiper or a rollip?!) these were apparently met with astonisment by a certain individual because now he couldnt go at a hundred miles an hour into the pump track and proceed to crash around the whole thing. well its a pump track, and the idea is to build speed and not pedal. anyway the majority way prefere the way it is now. so it stays. humph......... i dug the weird noggin out from the middle of the bowl because it was pointless and will get in the way of my 'next big idea'. naren watched me dig it as he was sad because it was the first time he had ridden the pumpie since he gave himself whiplash crashing, then he crashed again, hurting himself, again. look at his sad face....but i think his hair makes him look a little a fighter pilot from the second world war. yey.

like a rat up a drainage pipe

it says 'bristol' as my place of birth on my passport and because of this i feel that from time to time i have to behave like Isambard Kingdom Brunel. I feel he would have approved of my drainage system i dug to empty a rather large puddle. and while i was down that end of the woods up to my ankles in mud and water i noticed this section of track and thought 'why am i standing in this puddle when i could be in the pub with my girlfriend' and then shortly after 'if i take this photo, it looks like an entirely random set of lines that you cant really work out what goes where.' and it kinda does, then i went to the pub.

vanessa feltz

since i havent bothered to post anything in while thought digmore was due an update. not much has been happening due to the wet july we have been having. the trails are still moving along with this lovely new landing/scerm thing. made new 'skylights' by cutting loads of branches down above the bowl and down by the trails to let more light in as well as moving air in to help dry the pumpie out quicker. it seemed to work quite well. and having decided on the official in and out place i made a sign....so if people are seen using any other entrance they will be killed and fed to vanessa feltz who was seen lurking in the trees recently.