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…
First impressions of the GoPro Hero 3+ Black Took the GoPro out for the first time a couple of days ago. I rode out the door to Raincliffe Woods, did a few miles & then stuck the best bits together. This is the result: The crash at 1:46 was down to a rock or tree stump that my foot…
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
How has Middleburn’s RS7 stood up to the abuse? There’s a lot of talk about how stiff various cranks are. These ones are stiff, although I can’t say that cheap ones feel flexy. The Middleburn RS7 crankset is also on the light side. They’re made out of quality alloy in the UK. They’re a little bit pricey, with a…
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