[Closed] QECP - scottfitz

Not a great fan of 'logging off' parts of the trail, i've nearly come a cropper myself when i got lost due to poor sign posting and ran into a load of logs blocking the trail....also if militant walkers see logs across parts of the trail it might give them the green light to do it other parts they feel like blocking off.

Just improve the sign posting making it completely obvious which is the correct line to take.

Not a great fan of 'logging off' parts of the trail, i've nearly come a cropper myself when i got lost due to poor sign posting and ran into a load of logs blocking the trail....also if militant walkers see logs across parts of the trail it might give them the green light to do it other parts they feel like blocking off.

Just improve the sign posting making it completely obvious which is the correct line to take.

met office heavy rain warning for the south for sunday, make the most of it before then if you can guys.
looks like Scott was doing exactly that last night, now how the hell am i supposed to compete with those times? hehe. well i'll have a go on the ups anyways.. 😉

also is this another sneaky bit of trail? one beginning with "b"? tut tut.

That was 100% not me. I have never made a cheeky trail in my life 😐 😯
Especially ones starting 'bo' 😛

Any one going tomorrow? The website looks great, and the weather has inspired me for a ride of the red, with a 30K extension on the SDW, etc..?

I'll probably be there messing around with my kids on bikes, den building etc. If I get a chance i'll get one final dusty lap in before I swap out the summer tyres for muds.

hmmmm - need to get another dry lap in as Smiff took my only KOM yesterday 😉 🙂 Good work fella!

Does it get busy at weekends ?

Nope. Sometimes nicely popular, but never busy

Car parks get busy with families etc, but you'll always find somewhere to leave the car

Next question, from what I've read it appears nicer/more fun/less challenging to ride in the dry rather than the wet, so does it drain well after rain or am I going to have to wait for next summer to try it out in the dry ? I have to admit to becoming a bit of a fair weather cyclist anyway.

It is surprising how quick the surface dries (given some sunshine and warmth), but at the moment, it'll be a little muddy and wet. The chalk will be slippy. I was on the Downs and a little of the red trail last Friday and finding grip was a struggle. I've since changed my tyres over to winters.

we did some work on steps today, whoever rides there next, let us know if better/worse/point missed cheers 🙂

huge amount of rain last night and sunny with midges out today, def. winter tyres (yes that's a crossmark Jamie 😀 )

We widened the entry and the 'steps' so hopefully it'll make it better. I certainly agree it was a bit narrow.

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Looking really good. Like the timber to stop it disappearing down the hill too. Will take the wife up tomorrow and report the findings!

I didn't have an issue with the steps thought they were a great feature!

Only place I thought was a bit dodgy and nearly crashed every time I think is the first left hander berm on the new descent, after being able to take the first two berms flat out on the roots bit of the old descent it is a bit of a surprise as it so tight. Nearly high sided last time which would have been a world of pain.

They're still the same really just wider. The best line is the same, we just hope it will give people more confidence to try them.

You mean the first berm in the series before these steps?

first berm (short concave one) before biggie you can pull some massive Gs and get horizontal. if any of those is wrong, i'd say it's the 2nd in the 3, the right hander, never felt flowy, it's too high up the hill or something? anyway gotta go back to the park now 🙂

Hope the step work help people to get thought that section, if people are still stuggling we can look at this again, Cheers for the input guys.

Re: Berm
I love that berm, hit it a mach10 come out even faster , DT Try coming in to it as far right as you can.