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Kickaha
20th May 2025, 12:41
Are you not thinking of the Peaks ride when it was super muddy? I have never heard of the Trossachs ride. What do you know about it?

Nope, it says they haven't been there in 7 years, probably because every person going down the hill which fucked me up crashed and didn't want to go back, although after about 375 people crashing they opened the gate at the top and cut that hill out

Pretty sure we accessed it from Inches road on the other side and I was taken out to Virginia road to the Helicopter but my memory could be faulty due to severe trauma suffered on the ride

diesel pig
20th May 2025, 17:10
Nope, it says they haven't been there in 7 years, probably because every person going down the hill which fucked me up crashed and didn't want to go back, although after about 375 people crashing they opened the gate at the top and cut that hill out

Pretty sure we accessed it from Inches road on the other side and I was taken out to Virginia road to the Helicopter but my memory could be faulty due to severe trauma suffered on the ride

That was a very weird day for me. I was a bit late getting away for that lap and Wal's faster than me on a dirt bike, so by the time I got to that hill the cut out was already in place. So I heard all about Wal second hand in the pits by my van. All the accounts I was told were all over the place. At the end of the day I did not know if he was just a bit banged up or near dead.

dangerous
20th May 2025, 19:27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrQnlZOwEws

the back yard... last saturday
at 3min in catch up
3:50 get told
4:55 stuck toyota
6:56 fucked up
7:48 fucked up again
12:50 wife and dogs
13:02 come on old man
18:27 boy crashes
18:48 old man rosters laughing
19:07 karma
21:47 drag race to the end

SVboy
26th May 2025, 12:37
I am afraid I was less than impressed with the Balmoral ride. Windy as fuck[Not Grenville's fault]-blew me off the track at one stage. Had to bulldog down a hill, using the bike as support against the wind! But a boring rocky set of farm tracks inho. I did a couple of enduros, which were ok. I did avoid the gnarly hillclimbs tbh, as they are not a strong point, but overall, not impressed. One lap and done. Won't be back.

Kickaha
26th May 2025, 20:13
I am afraid I was less than impressed with the Balmoral ride. Windy as fuck[Not Grenville's fault]-blew me off the track at one stage. Had to bulldog down a hill, using the bike as support against the wind! But a boring rocky set of farm tracks inho. I did a couple of enduros, which were ok. I did avoid the gnarly hillclimbs tbh, as they are not a strong point, but overall, not impressed. One lap and done. Won't be back.

Glad I didn't go then, friend of mine went, took his daughter and one of her friends, all 3 are novices to trail rides and they did 2 x novice loop and loved it

dangerous
28th May 2025, 18:09
does... anyone have info on this ride next month, good bad or other wise... or is it a first? Kaituna hills

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Kickaha
28th May 2025, 18:17
does... anyone have info on this ride next month, good bad or other wise... or is it a first? Kaituna hills

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Before Birdlings flat, not a bad ride, easyish terrain, good views over Lake Ellesmere and the coast, I don't think they were very long laps

SVboy
30th May 2025, 08:01
does... anyone have info on this ride next month, good bad or other wise... or is it a first? Kaituna hills

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What Kickaha said. Go for the views, fairly basic track.

dangerous
1st June 2025, 16:20
fuck sakes... first time over the handle bars since I was 6... then I ran the fucking dog over on returning home...

Kickaha
2nd June 2025, 05:35
fuck sakes... first time over the handle bars since I was 6... then I ran the fucking dog over on returning home...
Serves you both right for riding that filthy four stroke

dangerous
8th June 2025, 17:37
FFS... who gave the bor a gopro...

video available, but no laughing

husaberg
9th June 2025, 20:02
FFS... who gave the bor a gopro...

video available, but no laughing


Whats up with the colour why is it not green and lush like the WC?:msn-wink:

SVboy
14th July 2025, 07:57
It was the Harwarden Forest ride on Sunday. Very good ride, easily now the best Adventure Trail Rides ride of the year imho. Great weather. Main track was very slippery but seemed in good condition. The course was run backwards for the first time in my memory. The 4 enduro's were very challenging. I suspect that's the steepest I have gone up and down, ever! Plenty of trees to catch your fall if you got it wrong! Which I did, right at the end of enduro 4 on a slippery off-camber downhill. Big tumble but little damage to bike or me fortunately. Grenville needs to take lessons from the success of this ride and apply them to more of his other rides. I saw Kickaha in the car park but didn't catch up with him: be keen to hear what he thought of the day. Also, one lap with the enduros and we were well rooted!

Kickaha
16th July 2025, 15:39
It's a good circuit, I haven't done it in that direction and though I could do it easily enough I'd rather the other way, only did two laps of the main, first lap the guys went out faster than I'd like, second while they were doing the same I just picked a more moderate pace and did it non stop, one of the crew somehow managed to crash and broke their clutch master cylinder off and had to ride the last 1/4 of the way out with no clutch

I watched him nearly try and and eat a tree on lap one so no surprises there, I'm a bit over riding with guys who think they have to be the fastest guy in the group