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Hi pc crashed last night.will be down halstead wood
Sat from 3
Sun from 1
Pc back tomorrow

Hi to all the web site is up and runing.... please have a look and help the cause....

www.colchesterbikepark.co.uk

thanks to all, for there help and support mark

Site's looking good! I nearly made it down on Sunday, had a bit of a mechanical on the way down and had to carry my bike home

Thanks mate, we ended up in highwoods. had a row with a tree lost. lol. my mate fell in love with the steam twice.a good after noon. will be up Halstead wood sunday if your a bout mate?

Hey Mark,

Great that you have the e-petition. I find it quite hard to get up there weekend daytimes so have missed you on several occasions. The work on widening the drop-off is great!

Point worth considering on the petition - might be worth asking for a postcode - councils and the like love to know how 'local' the support is. Might be worth changing the headline image for one with a rider wearing a helmet! Looks better for the powers that be.

Best of luck and keep the updates coming!

Phin

Hi thanks for the advice. will be down there tomorrow .taking photos for site.

halstead wood sat 2nd from 1pm

all wellcome mark

Hows it going down hear any one do any thing a friday woods

Hey guys,

What's the latest with this? We'd be willing to help. It's near our MTB suspension workshop in East Bergholt !

Will.

There’s not been much going on over there for a while. The trouble is that even in a normal winter it disappears under water, so you can imagine what it's like this year! It’s certainly seems to have dampened the enthusiasm (pun intended).

Lol! Know what you mean! I think we should start doing boats instead of bikes! Shame that nothing is happening on this though, there's a serious shortage of places to ride downhill around here!

What are the conditions like at Aston Hill or Chicksands at the mo?

We have been offerd some land in stanway. the old pit, but its going to take time before its going to be handed over. the map is on face book . colchester bike park. it is a big bit of land lots of diggin needed ... it will happen just time

Thanks for the info, I'll check it out. Keep us informed and if we can help with digging etc just give us a call! Also if it needs endorsing by local MTB business etc, just let me know if we can help : )

That's very interesting news, I'll check out the FB page.

Sussedout - Chicksands is always a good bet in the wet as it drains well. Aston Hill in the wet is a whole different matter. All that steep rooty chalk is as slippery as you like, so you'll need you skills dialled if you want to stay upright!

Signed the e-petition and linked it FB to see if it can drum up more signatures.

Just seen this... sounds like a brill thing for colchester riding any help you want just shout...... Went up to Halstead woods yesterday.... wet is an understatement! only a couple of the bits rideable... managed to spend about 2 hours there in the rain before giving up.... Its a shame the state of it up there with rubbish just chucked everywhere and evidence of fires etc just round the jumps.....