Steep dark and fast...

From Macclesfield singletrack downhill - 3/6/10

Another week and first up my heartfelt apologies to the guys - I was 30 mins late tonight! I hate keeping people waiting - it won't happen again.

So with the injection of fresh blood the Fearingout weekly ride is really taking on a new vibe - it's excellent and finding new stuff in the forest is igniting everyone's passion for riding.

Tonight, the track that Pete showed us last week was the target so we climbed up Nessit Hill. None of us really new what to expect - Pete's description was pretty vague 'ace up top, then some shit steep bits that are pretty much do or die' - so I grabbed some photos just into the tree line (see below) and then followed them down. The surface was loose but the corners were well established and tyre treads dug in nicely to the soil surface - great fun once you found the flow, leant in and got your foot out - speed crept up really quickly! Then the steep scary bits - and yeah, we all pushed or crashed - by the end of the summer hopefully we'll have it licked! The think that struck me was how much bang you got for your buck, a really decent length track, good fast twisty singletrack and a fresh challenge!

We then rode back up to Standing Stone and did the other woodsy singletrack that was bone dry and insanely quick - I loved every second - it feels so good to be hammering through the rough stuff hanging on to the bike before throwing it into the corners... it may be familiar but it's still every bit as exciting as the first time I rode it 2 or 3 years ago!

So onwards and upwards. Here's to a fantastic summer of riding in Macclesfield!

Macclesfield singletrack downhill - 3/6/10