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Hey guys,

Been watching the forum for a while and asked for some advice the other day about Warley / Thorndon...

Anyway, used to ride many moons ago, stopped when i discovered girls and pubs and then started again about 5 years ago. I was just getting back into full swing when i discovered marriage, house ownership and fatherhood so I have only been out mountain biking a few times in the last couple of years. Now that it's a bit lighter in the evenings and things are speeding up i'm keen to get back on it!

I commute on a boris bike but only a few miles a day so my fitness levels are pretty low, I'll try to keep up though if i meet you guys at all!

I'm going to go for an explore over Warley for the first time tonight, make sure my bike is still rideable and see what i can find! I got a route from VW-surfbum so that will give me a few ideas of where to start looking for trails!

Looks like i'll be able to get a pass Saturday AM as well, hopefully i'll get over there again then!

Hopefully i'll be seeing some of you out there!

cheers,
MikeStan.

Was over Warley yesterday, did you find everything ok ?. I know the location of the jumps/runs but havnt really explored that much and dont really know the further Thorndon area.

Andy

I'll report back tomorrow providing I'm still in one piece

Hi Andy,

yeah i found enough to keep me occupied until it got dark. the downhill / freeride bits are pretty crazy, the gaps are well above my comfort zone right now but maybe one-day...

spent a while exploring and using a lot of the chicken runs before heading over the road where i found a lot of more tame stuff. There was a couple of nice bowls with some kickers so i could practice getting airborne again without worrying about gaps.

looking forward to getting over there when some more of you guys are doing more of a loop...

cheers....

Yeah..some of the stuff is pretty mad but many locals are good at it. Made some vids which Ill stick up on the Video thread, you try the wall ride run ?

Andy

Yeah actually, i was impressed with all the berms you can really keep the speed up! I kept bottling going up the wall any distance though, i need a few more hours on my mountain bike to get confidence up again. Have just been riding boris bikes and my paddywagon recently so am still finding limits of grip and chuckability!

Hi mate I live in haroldwood & ride Thorndon quite a lot!,also ingrebourne valley,davy downs,rainham marshes!working fri,sat,sun night but may try & pop over thorndon in the week end some time

Ok cool, I've got clearance for a morning ride tomorrow. will hopefully be there about 1015...

bit early for you though if you're on nights!

Yep lol,my shift will be swapping over to weeks nights soon so I'll have weekends to play! ,have fun should be drying up nicely again will ride soon...

Some vid clips > http://www.essexhertsmtb.co.uk/mountain ... tml#p51672

Greetings from the hill..Z

Nice vid Andy and cheers banjoboy, i didn't realise there was so much good riding round here until i found this site!