tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29398804842976147582012-02-16T07:02:41.525-08:00thedbchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14892173086888021764noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2939880484297614758.post-91526537513575291682010-05-10T04:04:00.000-07:002010-05-10T04:16:33.632-07:00<div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div>i havnt been riding for a couple of weeks with family comitments keeping me away from the trails so im guna just put up a few photos again....</div><br /><br /><br /><div>i hope ya like them....the first is the tunnel jump on the green run...then the back wheel locking up and skiding...then the result of the back tire ripping of my newly built back wheel....</div><div> </div><div>more photos n write up next weekend.</div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469597672734904146" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xAYxJFfTfus/S-fqGquqz1I/AAAAAAAAABw/IbbipgfLZoQ/s320/DSCF2858.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469597477096256994" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xAYxJFfTfus/S-fp7R6x9eI/AAAAAAAAABo/b9VWgOw_mI0/s320/DSCF2859.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469597283926759746" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xAYxJFfTfus/S-fpwCTlWUI/AAAAAAAAABg/dJb3JFRoteQ/s320/DSCF2862.JPG" /></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2939880484297614758-9152653751357529168?l=ribbesfordblackrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>thedbchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14892173086888021764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2939880484297614758.post-69331885367235434372010-04-28T04:51:00.000-07:002010-04-28T05:16:56.274-07:00<div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div>this weeks blog is a bit short as a machanical problem put me out on my first run down....having ripped my back tyre of my newly built wheel and going over the bars after landing on the tunnel jump on the old skool run...i got a bit depressed and went home..but not before talking to jellied about changing the landing to the bomd hole jump ie big bertha...were going to make it longer so you can hit it faster,more of that to come in the following weeks.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>so all i can do for now is wet your appertite with a few pics of the stunts on the black run</div><br /><br /><br /><div>starting with the first stunt a double with rollable table top on the right.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 321px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465157708819352482" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xAYxJFfTfus/S9gj-wOqS6I/AAAAAAAAABI/sQjmon-EmIs/s320/first+stunt..jpg" /></div></div>the second pic is of the second double which is rollable but hasnt got a chicken line. it is balls out to clear it but can be landed a little short<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 321px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465158599547284258" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xAYxJFfTfus/S9gkymcv6yI/AAAAAAAAABQ/-tV-efZw5oc/s320/second+stunt.jpg" /></div><br /><p>and the third pic is jellied on the big double with short step up chicken run on the left.</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 206px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465159398327532402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xAYxJFfTfus/S9glhGIzO3I/AAAAAAAAABY/XT8AIfCKalM/s320/jimmy+on+big+double.jpg" />there has been rain this week but the trails will be dry n fast at the weekend and with a new tyre on the back with a newly built wheel, things shud be cool will wait n see. hopefully sum more photos and maybe a vid with head cam..<br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2939880484297614758-6933188536723543437?l=ribbesfordblackrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>thedbchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14892173086888021764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2939880484297614758.post-19939453674762181012010-04-18T15:07:00.000-07:002010-04-18T15:56:42.788-07:00<strong>Ribz black run...</strong>4x training track<br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>ok...so it hasnt rained in the uk for over 10 days now. it looks like all the hard work that has been done to the trails at ribbesford are going to get used this weekend...5 weeks solid digging on the bomb hole jump that has been renamed big burtha by stu is going to get sessioned...<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 241px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 366px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461604163156252146" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xAYxJFfTfus/S8uEDLC5FfI/AAAAAAAAAAw/sjBYjqNIM9Q/s320/p4pb4896216.jpg" /><br /></div></div><br /><br /><p>jimmy(jellied eels) showing of to the choosen few...</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 246px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461604905824604498" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xAYxJFfTfus/S8uEuZs00VI/AAAAAAAAAA4/HF2WWXC4b3Y/s320/p4pb4899654.jpg" />foz tweeking the gap...</p><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 241px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461606312144623874" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xAYxJFfTfus/S8uGAQppWQI/AAAAAAAAABA/HcHsnvD7kDA/s320/p4pb4896224.jpg" /><br /><p>me playing on the new pump section...<br /></p><br /><br /><p>its taken us from september to finish of the last section of this track and now its dry its going to get rode and rode hard....</p><p>ribbesford woods is situated near bewdley by west midlands safari park...</p><p>and now has 3 very well looked after tracks</p><p>the black run has been 3 years nearly in the making and only 4 people digging it by hand</p><p>jellied eels jim team leader...ie the guvner...</p><p>me thedbc,fat stu...the muscles....and pete yates whos ideas for the track were invisioned by us</p><p>the run its self has been built with hardtails in mind but foz was there on saturday on a full 8"travel dh bike and was luving it</p><p>the run starts of with a small straight to gather speed into a small double then a sharp right ,left then a 180 degree burm,another straight run into the first stepdown double, small straight,sharp right another straight then hip to burm with kicker out,off camber fast corner through a tunnel of pine trees a set of camelhump doubles right hand burm then the first big gap jump 22ft wide. with small stepup at the side for the less experianced,very tight left down some man made steps onto the fire road.then the run into big bertha. which is so scary to look at. over the jump into wall ride then small step up...tight straight into new pump section which finishes with a large step down into triple stepup round right hand burm and out onto fire road...1min 30 second later</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2939880484297614758-1993945367476218101?l=ribbesfordblackrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>thedbchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14892173086888021764noreply@blogger.com0