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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.

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Re: Train out ride back?

Duncan
Essex is quite bad at the moment, the bridle way from camps end to Ashdon was horrendous a couple of weeks ago 6ft high nettles with about a 4" gap down the middle. Serious pain for days.
Norm, Can you let me know if you get a reply and if poss forward it to me and I'll send them a list.
It maybe cost cutting, it maybe DEFRA who I know have told farmers they cannot cut hedgerows before a date? in August so they don't upset all the birds and bees. Seeing as rights of ways probably cover 1% of 1% of 1% of hedgerows it is all a bit cock!
As long as the wildlife is happy fuck the tax payers?!?
Such mastery of the form - I will give up poetry and become a shelf stacker.

TPL