Cam MTB - the Cambridge Mountain Bikers' Forum
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DISCLAIMER. MOUNTAIN BIKING CAN BE DANGEROUS. YOU JOIN US AT YOUR OWN RISK.
SAFETY BRIEFING.
- Wear a helmet. Despite recent advances in medical science, brains still cannot be mended nor replaced.
- Wear gloves or mitts. Hands often hit the ground first. Cuts and grazes invite infection and a hospital visit.
- Wear eye protection, it only takes a twig or thorn to lose an eye. Crud catchers are a good idea in mucky weather.
- When downhilling, for your own protection, allow plenty of space behind the rider in front.
- Bring a bare minimum emergency tool kit and a spare inner tube.
- Breakdowns are a bore. Plan not to have any by ensuring your bike is in perfect working order.
- Punctures are also tedious. You can minimise them by fitting latex tubes, slime tubes or running tubeless tyres.
Photo: CAMMTB Winter 2022-23 rides have been posted up - please click on the Runs List link..
Hi Marc,
We are like minded regarding the pub stops / alcohol loading, it has even been known to visit more than one pub in a night……although it is difficult to get the motivation to move on once a watering hole has been reached.
Some of the riders drive to the pub first, then ride to the start in Cambridge as that allows for a quicker way of getting home rather than the extra 30 to 40 mins ride into town after the pub and the parking charges. But the choice is yours.
I would draw your attention to the blurb next to the picture at the top and to the top post about lights.
If you do not have suitable lights, and normal commuter lights won’t cut the mustard in a dark field at night, then if you post on the forum soon enough there is usually someone with a spare set that will let you use them for a ride or two while you decide if you can/want to ride with us and invest in the latest set of Lupine Betty lights 