Review of Extreme Lakeland – ‘A Photographic Journey Through Lake District Adventure Sports’ Authors and Contributors I notice these days that most ‘average’ social media photos look a LOT better than similar people’s efforts years ago. Filters and all that… However, in Extreme Lakeland, Nadir Khan and Tom McNally absolutely transcend the help that phones, filters etc give the…
MTB skills refresher day James’ thoughts on his recent MTB skills refresher day Following on from my previous blog about my experience of skills coaching way back in 2011, I returned to Dalby Forest a few weeks ago and joined Steve from Chasing Trails for a refresher session. The main aim this time was to focus more on skills…
James Deane is the first rider to be sponsored by Chasing Trails It occurred to me recently that this would be a good thing to do… Obviously it gets the word around that skills coaching is effective! It has to actually work for there to be any appeal..! Many people just hope for the best, but everyone who’s had…
First ride of the red/black at Llandegla This is the 2nd proper bit of film shot with the GoPro. Jane from EDS Bikes was planning a last minute raid of Llandegla & asked if I was up for it. Twas an early start. Coffee. Get there. 1 lap. Coffee. Straight back to Yorkshire! I’m not quite sure why I…
So, a long, long time after the day, here’s some of the photos from Dalby shot by James Rush at the end of August last year before he & his wife Jen emigrated to Canada. Would have posted them sooner but not had much free time for a while, the usual… Click a photo to view bigger
Satmap Active 10 final impressions So, it’s a bit late, but I thought I’d better finish off the review. Positives first: Ease of plotting a route. For mountain bikers a big selling point is the ability to go out & explore, then plot a route back home from wherever you happen to be. This is great for MTBers as…
Satmap Active 10 GPS unit – review update Got one of these through the post end of April by Special Delivery from the UK distributors. They were after feedback about the unit from a mountain biker’s point of view. There’ll be a full review after it goes back at the end of June, but here’s a few comments: Battery…
First Impressions of the Satmap Active 10 GPS unit Just received one of these through the post by Special Delivery this morning from Satmap. They were after feedback about the unit from a mountain biker’s point of view. I’ve only had a quick look so far as I’m waiting for a map-card to show up. First impressions in no…
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Great British Gravel Rides…
