Ali C

come and ride some of the lines I have done on natural and tell me they aint scary!

no, might go van hunting

I looked, yes its in there.

I dont have the designs as I sent them to the guys doing the building, once things are done I'll ask for them back and post them up. I have been up at the quarry today (freezing my arse off!) giving my help on section layout. The "Cliff" section is done, its bloody ace! They had done half of it this week but I wanted bigger rocks and a slightly different layout. Today I chose some rocks (one 5 ton monster that they could barly move!) and set them out uci style, its pretty cool. Next up is some more rock sections (waiting on delivery of the concrete), I think the chap I was helping today is going to ask for a bigger digger, one that can move 8 ton rocks (full on car size). He seems pretty on the ball now I have told, shown and ridden on some rocks, he has some cool ideas. I forgot to take pics, but I promise I'll take some next time. yes, but its a long term project that will be evolving for the next two years. We aim to have most done for april, but they will be expanded on afterwards.

genually impressed, I know a lot of those lines and they are tough! Nice one.

nothing stopping you, just watch out for the diggers and shnizzle!

the ponds are pretty deep, so they stay all year, I have designed one section around the smaller pond with a line through the middle if you are brave. It should be ridable by everyone without getting wet, but you can chance it with the line through the middle. The water level does get shallower in summer, so it will open up new line as the weather changes!

indeed work has started, the plan is to have sections with their own theme ( concrete section, granit rock section, sleeper section etc) as well as a few areas with rails to ride on. I think we will be very lucky to have it all ready in time, the plan is to start the sections small and build up in one or two more "stages" at a later time. It should be ok though, the quarry is great to ride at the moment so if anything gets made its going to be worth a trip! PS, bring your goggles for the "pond" sections

Meet at the rocks/blue rails as you cant park at the marble walls cos of the road works. So we park onthe street next rocks. See you there basher.

Sounds like a great team! Will we be seeing a frame with 04 pure geo? I left ashtonbikes a few months ago, got some big plans ahead!

I loved mine when I had it!

ok

personally I find tyres with a thicker (heaiver) sidewall to be much more controllable. Thinner lighter tyres squirm and rebound too fast when compressed meaning sketchy ridings. I am interested in know exactly what compound continentals softest is though.

street, Rowan Johns or Dan Mac Comp, Gilles or Dany Comas

it will still have more hold with a booster

in two years of riding, I have never snapped a cable. I do tend to change the inners once a month though to keep them smooth (bulk boxes come in handy, £30 for 100 cables, lasted over 2 years now). I use Shimano Xt (non linkage type) as they have the lowest profile of any I have seen, this means I can run them with my adaptors on the middle setting and not have the arms sticking out at funny angles, this means I can use a decent booster like an xtr carbon one. I have tried the brake without a booster and the hold was terrible! They deffo need boosters in my opinion.

we are hoping to treat the slippery rocks with an anti alge soloution, should bring them back to grip again. Might be coating some other stuff in a grippy paste.

lazy git, its not exactly far

at the bottom of the hill near the main road. The carpark you are on about isn't suitable for full time use, it would become a bog, plus like I said more fencing and a cattle grid would be needed and somthing to stop cars/motobikes going in without permision.