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 Post subject: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:10 am 
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In the process of buying our first house at the moment....whoop whoop. It's in chelmsford so was wondering if there's any good rides around that way that I can practice on in the evenings and build up my fitness a bit more.


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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:25 am 
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The baddow pump track is good for building up your flow. An also cornering as there are berms. A few small jumps and table tops. All on a smaller scale. This just improves and fine tunes your overall ability to handle of road trails all the better. you tube it if you have never seen it. + its very local to you.

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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:33 am 
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Danbury for Fun, Hylands for XC

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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:42 am 
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VW-surfbum wrote:
danbury for Fun, Hylands for XC


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thorndon is only a couple of junctions away on the a12 too
hadleigh etc is down the a130 so you are pretty central to all sorts of riding

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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:40 pm 
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Danbury is the obvious answer and the Baddow pump track is fun if you dont mind embarrasing yourself in front of gangs of 11 year olds !


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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:49 pm 
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Thanks. Will google those now.

downside I have at the moment is that I drive this and as you can see, no roof rack or bike carrier for it or space to put a bike in it. That I can find anyway. So need to see whats within cycling distance of an evening.

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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:39 pm 
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NIIIICE, is that the 200sx or the sylvia???
i had a 1994 celica gt4 WRX ltd edtn. crackin car. But sold it to fund my motorbike licence and to buy my yamaha.
are them wheels rotas??

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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:44 pm 
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what i had to what ive got :D

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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:48 pm 
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MuZzA wrote:
NIIIICE, is that the 200sx or the sylvia???
i had a 1994 celica gt4 WRX ltd edtn. crackin car. But sold it to fund my motorbike licence and to buy my yamaha.
are them wheels rotas??

MuZzA :high5:

It's a 200sx, silvia is just the jap version, they are very similar. It's running 370bhp at the moment :).

I like the celica's, my brother has a 2.0l GT and that's nice, just not very fast.

The wheels are Rota GTR-D's. 18x10J rear and 18x9.5J on the front :).


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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:55 pm 
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Are you a big jap fan then, im taking that as a yes only due to what you drive. my pal has a gt4 as well other friends have teggy type-r , mazda rx7 mx5 . I nearly bought a glanza v with 205 bhp. I added some pics above your last post.

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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:56 pm 
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You could catch a train to thorndon with a little ride from the station. Hylands will keep you amused for now.
Nice 200 a couple of mates have had some of them running over 400! Spinning up at 140 looks exciting!

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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:00 pm 
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MuZzA wrote:
Are you a big jap fan then, im taking that as a yes only due to what you drive. my pal has a gt4 as well other friends have teggy type-r , mazda rx7 mx5 . I nearly bought a glanza v with 205 bhp. I added some pics above your last post.

MuZzA :high5:


Just a car fan really. I do like the jap stuff but I like german, american, even some british cars too lol.

That's a nice celica. The bike looks nice but they scare the hell out of me lol.

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You could catch a train to thorndon with a little ride from the station. Hylands will keep you amused for now.
Nice 200 a couple of mates have had some of them running over 400! Spinning up at 140 looks exciting!


Me being dumb but where is Hylands?

Also, I've tried finding the Baddow bump track and can't find it on google maps. Got the postcode but that's it.

I've not had it spinning up that fast but it does spin in the wet very easily :). I'll post a track video if anyone wants to see it.


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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:04 pm 
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Yeah why not !

Hylands is to the right of moulsham and galley wood on the a414
Baddow pump track is in baddow. I had a thread on here I'm sure I put up a map

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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:15 am 
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nwmlarge wrote:
Yeah why not !

Hylands is to the right of moulsham and galley wood on the a414
Baddow pump track is in baddow. I had a thread on here I'm sure I put up a map


Thanks for that. Will look into it a bit more later. I didn't find a map for Baddow pump, just the postcode.

Here's the video of me going round Blyton Park :).

Not much grip lol.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/RUXCHoKGzRA


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 Post subject: Re: Any good riding spots around chelmsford?
PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:26 am 
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A few moments on the chicane i see! that guy in front of you was brave at times!

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