Brettoll Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Ok, Myself and Pushbikerider quite enjoy leaving the confines of Reading at a weekend to go ride somewhere different. We have been to a few places in the last few months and found some good and not so good places, thought I might throw it out there to see where people ride often and reccomend going. Usually if its just a days worth of riding we look for somewhere about 1.5 - 2 hours drive tops really. The places we have ridden are: Bristol - Good scene and places to session Southampton - Was ok, not too familiar with the spots Poole - Ok, good sea front walls and a skatepark but not a lot else Portsmouth - Bits around the coastline, not a lot else Brighton - Rubbish, rode around for ages and ended up playing on these half balls by the beach Plymouth - Lovely long stretch of street furniture from the trainstation to the quay So any more suggestions people?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForrestDump Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 If you've never been down to Portland and you like riding natural stuff then it would definitely be worth it. You can venture around The Bill where the rocks are a bit more jagged and natural, or around a few of the quarries when no one is working in them as there is tonnes of flat blocks of cut rock stacked about which are pretty good for playing about on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.KYDD Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 WestBay, south coast - great natural and street Portland, weymouth - Sick natural, both at the bill and in the quarries on weekends Lyme Regis, south coast - cool street and natural. Good for an evening ride Dartmoor - some of the best natural there is. too many spots to mention Minions - quarry nr plymouth, pretty intense natural Exmouth - great coastal natural, but has to be timed with the tides. Also some fun street Teignmouth - really fun street, an afternoon-evenings worth of riding Cligga head + Weal kitty, nr Perranporth - amazing varied riding on old tin mine foundations. See here Plus many more Cornish spots that i'm still yet to hit myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Dunstan Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Didcot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettoll Posted May 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 If you've never been down to Portland and you like riding natural stuff then it would definitely be worth it. You can venture around The Bill where the rocks are a bit more jagged and natural, or around a few of the quarries when no one is working in them as there is tonnes of flat blocks of cut rock stacked about which are pretty good for playing about on. Went to Bill about a month ago actually as Olly (Pushbikerider) used to live in Weymouth so had a good day riding there (and drinks in Pikeys in the evening). WestBay, south coast - great natural and street Portland, weymouth - Sick natural, both at the bill and in the quarries on weekends Lyme Regis, south coast - cool street and natural. Good for an evening ride Dartmoor - some of the best natural there is. too many spots to mention Minions - quarry nr plymouth, pretty intense natural Exmouth - great coastal natural, but has to be timed with the tides. Also some fun street Teignmouth - really fun street, an afternoon-evenings worth of riding Cligga head + Weal kitty, nr Perranporth - amazing varied riding on old tin mine foundations. See here http://vimeo.com/19519851 Plus many more Cornish spots that i'm still yet to hit myself Cheer's for these Josh, will bear them in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Exmouth - great coastal natural, but has to be timed with the tides. Also some fun street Which bit of exmouth natural do you mean? I've not really found much worth riding natural wise in Exmouth. Any google map co ords/maps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 We've had some decent sessions on the beach when the weather and tides have permitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Fair one, might be a case of the sand covering up some of the rocks? Was it the rocks on the right hand side as you look at the sea, more towards the estuary next to a slipway and a 90 degree bend in the road with the pub on the corner? Or the other end down by the dead end and roundabout, past the lifeboat station? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 the other end down by the dead end and roundabout, past the lifeboat station? Park up at the end, time it with the tides so you can disappear off round the corner (to the left as you look offshore) and there's a fair old amount there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Ahh ok got you, only really been there when the tide is in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettoll Posted May 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Do you reckon it's worth starting a topic where riders can input good spots to ride in their local scenes as a reference for visiting riders?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForrestDump Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Do you reckon it's worth starting a topic where riders can input good spots to ride in their local scenes as a reference for visiting riders?? If you do this I think you should have to upload a picture or pictures of the spot/location, as well as information about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 So pretty much exactly like Glynn's site in the Website section Worth a look, though I'm not sure how much has been upped to it yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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