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Matt · **Posts:** 70 **Location:** Southend

Hello everybody I'm Matt,
I used to live on my bike and was out at every spare moment, normally at high beach and those areas. I my main interest has always been downhill and dabbled in a bit of trials. I then moved to Southend, got married made a baby and never had the time to ride. I,ve recently got my biking mojo back and need to find a decent place to ride as I don't know of any in my area. I'm looking forward to many great biking days in 2011.

trax · **Posts:** 537

Hi Matt. Got a few mates from Southend and they usually ride Danbury, so I guess that's the nearest decent spot. There's usually a few of us riding there at the weekend, so check the rides forum.

Brad · **Posts:** 1147 **Location:** Chingford

Welcome Matt, Danbury will be your closest jump orientated place, but for a more XC route, try Hadleigh farm, (where the olympics are being held)

chingfordvin · **Posts:** 309

Hi Matt,welcome to the forum,Danburyis a good place to go there is alway's some 1 down there i'm sure they won't mind u taggin along

Jon · **Posts:** 3602

Welcome mate - Thorndon is worth checking out as well as Danbury - it has some excellent XC - although ive only ridden there once with meta Rich - and a ghetto DH area which might be worth checking out though I haven't been there for a while

there is a vid of us mucking around there a while back - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZmkgdvP ... _embedded#!

stev-o · **Posts:** 927 **Location:** Enfield

Welcom !! hope you will have a fun in here !

Matt · **Posts:** 70 **Location:** Southend

Thanks guys great welcome ! I'm definitely gonna give Danbury and thorndon I go they look pretty good on the vids. Can't believe they are so close and I never even knew.

pyro_maniac · **Posts:** 145

Ello matt, hope you have fun with us older, slower riders too

Damo · **Posts:** 275

Hey Matt you are welcome to tag along with us on Sunday at Thorndon. It's a mid pace ride as there are a few old gits (Inc me). Goes from 10am from the ski slope car park.

Grin · **Posts:** 729

Welcome fella, havent ridden Thorndon for a while but great place, must get back there this summer !

TWIGGY 1 · **Posts:** 56 **Location:** Harlow, Essex

Welcome Matt, good to have you onboard - 8-)

andydd · **Posts:** 1335

Hi Matt.

I'm in Southend too, I just started a new thread at http://www.essexhertsmtb.co.uk/introduc ... -t601.html
which has some pictures and routes at Hadleigh castle/Olympic Track, theres some nice lil DH bits plus you can combine various paths to make quite a long ride, althougjh I tend to be a bit lazy and jump on a train at Southend to Benfleet and then sometimes get back on a train at Leigh, or ride into Old Leigh for a beer if its a nice day.

Andy

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