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I thought id bash this up to see this time next year what ive actually done. Id settle for 50% - here goes

Do a PORC race - Done
Do another Aston hill race - Fail
Do a bit of BMX - Fail
Return to the N downs - havent done it in aaaages and its always good - Tom get on it and hook us up with Travis - Done
Return to Cannock on a day ride and maybe check out Style cop - Done
Make it to FOD - Done
Make it to Gawton - long shot this but might be able to work it into a family holiday - Fail but could be sorted
Make it to the Alps for a week - will post up about this shortly - Fail
Learn to jump properly and with a bit of style rather than just hanging on - Hmm maybe
Stop looking at my front wheel while riding and look ahead more - Getting there
Run a complete jump line at Chase farm - the prior 2 points are a pre-requisite to this - Getting there
Stop buying tyres - Done
Buy a hardtail to shred epping and sell my Cannondale Prophet - Done
Finnish off the videos from the summer which are lingering on my hard drive - Done
Work on the photo skills to get better pics from days out and trips - Working on it

BOOM thats about it - whats on everyone else's list

Happy NY Everyone

Mine are:
Start DH racing at Porc
Head over to Cannock chase for a weekend
Forest of Dean uplift
Trip to the Alps
Get to the London bike show
Get to fort William
Buy more colourful bike parts
Get over to Esher X when it opens
Learn how to commit to jumps

And most importantly , learn how to ride neighbours unicycle

Learn to jump properly and with a bit of style rather than just hanging on
Run a complete jump line at Chase farm

(I'm with you on those 2 )

Enter a 4x race (fun category)
Start some proper filming and photography (when i get new camera in the next few weeks)
Over summer hols get to 1 decent ridign place each week
Try downhill at aston hill [Ties in with last 1]
Learn some basic tricks
Get an alright trail built in the local woods




EDIT: 1/2 Year Checkup

Learn to jump properly and with a bit of style rather than just hanging on - Getting there, doing it 75-80% of the time
Run a complete jump line at Chase farm - DONE and nearly got all of bigline aswell
Enter a 4x race (fun category) - Chicksands isn't one of the tracks this year so will be tricky figners crossed its in winter series
Start some proper filming and photography (when i get new camera in the next few weeks) - Getting there, had a few fun shoots, need a few more before i tick it off though
Over summer hols get to 1 decent ridign place each week - Can't of done yet, saved cash for it though . . .
Try downhill at aston hill [Ties in with last 1] - Can't of done yet . . .
Learn some basic tricks - no
Get an alright trail built in the local woods - DONE

adding an extra one aswell i didnt think of at the time, the 100 days riding of 2011 challenge - 54 / 100, so on track atm

My list is very dull and short.

Ride Epping Forest, Get passed the one stop Stratford Central without getting kicked off. Train fair will cost 18quid so will made a full day of it.
Be able to ride long with out keep needing to stop.
As above Ride faster.
Learn how to wheelie/manual.

Happy New Year EH MTB

Three things -

Learn to jump properly
Race at porc and aston
Teach my little girl to ride

Me, i just want to keep getting better at riding

Happy new year!

The list is too long so I only list the things which have a reasonable big chance to happen:

-keep riding as much as possible and enjoy every minute of it
-get used to riding in a flat country again
-a couple of DH trips to Winterberg/Willingen
-trip to the filthy trails
-do a week in the alps without ending up possessing a couple of X-rays as a reminder to it
-do a (mid)week scotland (7 stanes or whereever)
-ride the mini dowhill cup in holland
-another daytrip cwmcarm
-ride trek bike attack (have been invited by a group of friends but must resist.........)
-and probable some XC endurance races race since Gorrick this year was good fun




wtf? isnt it a ten min bike ride from stratford to leyton? you can get the tube from there or ride to whips x and join the single track from there up north..

Trip to Winterberg
Ride some of the Spanish trails
Land a 360 smoothly
Have a bike for a whole year without it being nicked/broken
Get right thru Jimmys

All ready planning ahead this year..

Just ride more (and not just to the pub and back each time)
Be more comfortable jumping and in drops.
Not going to the Alps this year But will do a week long UK road trip, So any surgestions on places to go?
Keep my new bike cleaner than the last one
Do the London to Brighton BHF (off road) again, and not to keep stopping for ages at each checkpoint.

Party harder

Fort William, cwmcarn, uk bike park

New bounce mate - what u getting?

All ready got.

Norco 6.2, 2010, (brand new!!)
Seeing as I wont be doing any ALPS DH this year there was no need for heavy bike and the old one was starting to show it's age.

Id deffo recommend the 7 stanes with maybe an innerleithen uplift mixed in - that would be an epic week of riding.

Got by Cotic Soul up for sale

My belated list:

Ride a lot more of both road and MTB.
Do Brechfa, North Downs, Grizedale forest, Snowdonia and Swinley forest.
Another training day with T.
Sell Cotic and replace with light weight full susser.
Beef up Norco: Single ring front with chainguide and DH tyres.
Learn how to bleed brakes.

1/2 year checkups any1 ?
edited mine into original post
on target to get most done atm