haydon_peter Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 I have not really been riding trials for the last few years and instead have been heavily involved in getting a local bike park built and ready for official opening this weekend! If any of you would like to come down to check it out let me know and I will be happy to show you around. If many of you are interested I will keep updating this thread with links and videos? Like our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/tidworthfreeride We will be linked into the CTC Bike Park membership scheme, here is what CTC have put on their page today: http://www.ctc.org.uk/press-release/2013-06-11/tidworth-freeride-takes-off-weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Looks really good Tic. Shame its too far south for me though. Where did Harry get that car sticker its awesome? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted June 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Cheers Danny. I have no idea about the sticker but think I have seen a similar design on a T-Shirt before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted July 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 The opening weekend was a success and since opening we have been pretty busy with riders visiting and paying to ride. Chris Smith and Olly Wilkins attended the opening and have since visited a number of times and we also had Sam Reynolds and Bernard Kerr come along to do some filming for MTV. MBUK visited and will be doing a full feature on the park in the future. Anyway some photos and a video... Local newspaper article: Sam Reynolds: Bernard Kerr getting sideways: http://instagram.com/p/bYTp2tJ5U_/# MBUK August 2013: Lots of clips of Chris Smith and friends riding the park in his latest video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 That place looks awesome tic, great work man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 We are featured in this months Dirt Magazine as well! http://dirt.mpora.com/magazine/dirt-issue-138-out-soon-ish.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted September 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 Blake Samson visited the park last week... http://www.pinkbike.com/video/330081/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 When I was younger I religiously purchased MBUK and dreamt that one day I would appear in the magazine. I was away riding in France when the MBUK guys visited so I still haven't appeared in the magazine but the next best thing happened in the issue that hit the shelves today... A great 6 page article about MBUK's visit to the park and the main feature on one of our most popular trails was used for the cover photo! So happy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 dude!!! I'm on a course just up the road in camberley until december. Ill be picking up my bike next weekend and NEED to come ride tidworth again. gimmie a shout on here or FB and we'll hook up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted September 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Sounds good, it has changed so much since you did the army race there a couple of years ago! We also feature in the latest issue of Wideopen Magazine, a bit of history behind the club. http://wideopenmag.co.uk/magazine/issue-21/ Specific pages - http://issuu.com/wideopenmag/docs/wo_issue_21_/51?e=1156718/4986164 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted October 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 We are organising our first race! The track we will be using is called Hooper Struve. Hooper Struve were a soft drinks company that took over a small bottling factory in a nearby village and ran it between 1948 and 1965. While we were digging the track we unearthed a Hooper Struve glass bottle so it made sense to name the track after it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burglarboycie Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 So wish I still rode dh!! Looks awesome there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettoll Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Went here about 2 weeks ago with two others, awesome guys that run the site and the runs are fantastic!! Shame it was so wet and some of the runs were closed.. next year this place is going to be insane so if you have a long travel / dh bike get down there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Need to get myself a bouncy bike and session this place (Ticcy for tour guide maybe?!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted October 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Cheers for the positive words Brett. Next time you visit if you see a bearded short arse digging or collecting day pass money make yourself known. Do it Rainbird, I noticed you will be based in Portsmouth for a while so you won't be that far away. You don't need full suspension, just bring any bike and have fun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Yeah - won't be for around a year or so 'til I'm up there though. Still, getting more into the mountain bike at the mo so a susser may not be too far off. That or I'll build up the old 4x frame and head up at some point, will let you know either way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 The race is on Sunday and got featured in this weeks local newspaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted November 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 I'm still buzzing from the weekend! After countless hours of hard work spent organising everything our first race was a huge success! Perfect weather, riders were loving it and the crowd participation that was right up there with what you would expect at a national race! The racing was stupidly close but we got in an electronic timing company to make sure it was all accurate. A team had even travelled over from France for the weekend and their top rider Ludovic Oget got fastest time of day with Laurie Arthur in 2nd and Ben Deakin in 3rd, top 3 were less than half a second apart! We also had local legends Chris Smith and Steve Geall both setting awesome times with just 0.01 seconds between them haha! I managed to place 25th out of 101 riders overall and 14th out of 45 in my category. Pretty happy with that considering I'm in Senior which is always going to be the toughest category, even more so when you are racing against a previous French National Champion and World Cup racer Full Results: http://www.mikrotime.com/mtb/tid2013/tid131.html A couple of photos of me: https://www.rootsandrain.com/photos/563306 https://www.rootsandrain.com/photos/563213 And finally an amusing GoPro edit from Ben Deakin, watch out for me at 3mins: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Wow nearly a year since I updated this thread! I have not had much involvement with the club since moving to Whistler in May. The second annual Hooper Hooner race is happening very soon, see poster below. Last years race video was eventually released as a promo for this years race: http://www.pinkbike.com/video/380448/ Also while I have been away the guys made a pretty cool video which was posted to the Pinkbike homepage today:http://www.pinkbike.com/news/tidworth-planet-of-the-shapes-video-2014.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 Looks good! Is there much to do there on a sorta 130mm hardtail? Or is it drop / jump orientated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gale30jawa Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Hi, you planing on building a trials area? My mate rides you guys alot on his down hill bike, it would be nice to have a local natural riding spot as I am only 20 mins away?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted December 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Looks good! Is there much to do there on a sorta 130mm hardtail? Or is it drop / jump orientated? A full on DH bike isn't necessary and eventually I found myself rarely using my DH rig. Most of the time I would use my 140mm trail bike and I hit all the features in the park on it. People ride there on all sorts of bikes and have fun. There are DH style tracks and a jump area, the easier trails are all rollable but the harder trails start to incorporate mandatory jumps and drops. Hi, you planing on building a trials area? My mate rides you guys alot on his down hill bike, it would be nice to have a local natural riding spot as I am only 20 mins away?! We have enough to maintain and manage without adding a trials area but I'm sure if someone wanted to get involved with the club and become responsible for building, maintaining and running a trials area it would be a possibility. Update: The second annual Hooper Hooner race was a success, I helped out organizing entries from over here in Canada but was unable to make it for obvious reasons. Race report: http://ride.io/news/tidworth-freeride-dh-hooper-hooner-2014/ Video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gale30jawa Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 What sort of thing would be expected off me if I was to agree to the management of a trials area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Id imagine you'd be expected to manage the trials area 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted December 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 It really wouldn't be as simple as chucking some rocks in to make 'natural' features, or building shite with pallets, cable reals, planks of wood and nailing it all together. Everything would have to be designed and approved, risk assessments carried out, features have to be built to a high standard following building regulations, regularly inspected (Inspections have to be documented) and repaired when required. For insurance purposes riders on site have to be a CTC member or pay for a day pass so memberships would need to be checked and day pass money taken where required. You would also have to attend meetings locally and in Guildford, spend hours on the phone with other senior committee members discussing stuff and also be at the park regularly helping run the show. Right now all of this is done on a voluntary basis and when I was back at home it was basically a full time job alongside my 'real' full time job. Obviously this would all have to be funded from somewhere and as I'm sure you can appreciate, materials aren't cheap and club funds are limited. I'm sorry to say it but I don't think a trials area would work. The land doesn't really have any suitable natural features, there isn't masses of spare space to build one and I doubt there would be a high enough volume of riders using it. If there was enough demand in the area (And someone with as much passion as Terry Graves) I'm sure Hampshire Bike Trials Club would still be running. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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