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Riders of Essex Herts MTB I'm looking for a little help in a new project being researched for an Indoor Mountain Bike and BMX Park in or around London.

If you live in or around London and can spare 5 mins to fill in this survey then it be enormously appreciated. Many thanks
http://www.ibikeride.com/take_survey/1-indoor-bike-park.html

Daniel

Just filled it in . I see how it would work with BMX and jumps inside, but how would XC and trails work?

Chris

Daniel - what's your involvement in the project? Can you give a bit of background to it?



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id be somewhere like that on a day like today

That's cooler than I thought it would be!

To be honest though, I probably wouldn't travel just to do the XC type stuff indoors. If I was the jumping type, and wanted to stretch my legs then it would be fun, but if I want an XC blast then I think I'd prefer to be outside getting wet and muddy

Done it

Survey completed m8

Done, great idea!

Done ur survey. Hadnt considerd the aeril route that looks like a blast but not sure how often I would use it.

Done

Done

First thanks everybody for your responses and feedback. It is invaluable.

My background is I'm just an enthusiast mountain biker trapped in the concrete jungle of London that I madly love.. I work full time for a living outside of the bike industry but I am committed to developing sustainable off road biking facilities in urban environments. I was instrumental or more lucky enough to be part of the team that launched the Trax club 3 years agos and the Lordship Loop bike park in Tottenham at the end of last year. Today I run a not for profit mtb website called iBikeRide.com which is committed to developing urban off road facilities as well as sharing knowledge. Since launching Lordship Loop I see further opportunities in a) developing more outdoor bike parks b) creating a racing league across the bike parks of London and c) developing an indoor off road facility.

To this end I am researching the next project that I think would add most value to the strategy of developing off road cycling in urban environments.

There is a huge thread on Pinkbike about an indoor UK bikepark. Not London related, but alot of interesting advice....
http://www.pinkbike.com/forum/listcomme ... &pagenum=1