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Cant wait to see u slaying some trails with these strapped over your 661's

So think we've got:

Karve
Northern
Grin
Tranny

all confirmed

Still need 3 more to be able to do the Exmoor day - anyone else keen?

Me too!!!!!!!

Does that make you a deffo Evil?

Oh yea do you want ur name changed - nomad nigel? i still prefer evil for what its worth although Dr Evil has a nice ring to it

I have clearance Clarence. So yes deffo!

Remember stefan is on holiday, he is most Likly up for it

Updated roll call:

Karve
Northern
Grin
Tranny
(Dr) Evil

Looking for 2 more for the Exmoor day - any one else keen?

Alternatively we go with 5 @ £49 pp - but at least we'd be able to spread out more in the Land Rover!

Adam, I will check with my brother, this would be right up his street.

Burger van Chris and Edd are in! We have our 7

ok good stuff

I'll get us booked in

Any one need a passenger for fuel cost sharing? Evil? Northern?

I was counting on you giveing me a lift tom

Cheers for the links, northern and eccles. bookmarked for future use.



Apologies for not folowing this up, been away but it looks like you are full up now.

30 minutes downhill for cake didnt seem to extreme to me given the highest point in exmoor is just over 500m, Sorry to hijack the thread what makes these exmoor descents need body amour, what kind of jumps / drops do these trails have. I was going to ask same question as duckem, how does these compare to the black loop or the energy section of whites level at Afan, or to the peaks?

What would be a good uplift, downhill place to bridge the gnarr gap between exmoor and the above places?

TBH beardee we cant be sure as we haven't done it yet - Ive no idea if it needs armour but have assumed it - Im just basing that on what the geezer who runs it told us.. which was

* last weekend the group who did it descended 7000ft in a day
* bring the big bikes (when asked what bikes to take) min 160 id say?
* some of the runs go right down to the sea
* his kids use the Exmoor runs for training http://video.mpora.com/watch/8Xb4EMU8K/ - the 14yo showed me a lesson in riding steep stuff when I was last there

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* 500m is a lot of height to play with - the super morzine drops 600m and the plenny 500m
* aston drops 50m (ish) and takes me 3mins cruising

Now it may well be that its super mellow but I think we will all be really disappointed if it is.After riding Triscombe and foaming at the mouth at how close to alpine it was Id be amazed if on day 2 they took us to Exmoor's version of Hadleigh Castle!

Im not really qualified to give any advice and I cant give you a view of knarleyness by comparing it to other places. My tuppance is...Get comfy at going faster and faster on all the local rooty off camber steep tracks eg DH Aston / Winterfold and u will get a feel for when your ready to go into a day of DH blind. The need for a bit of armour usually comes from the speed everyone rides at rather than the savagness of the terrain.

Ramble over.

Thats really informative, cheers Karve.
That vids amazing, great riding