Hi
After a long absence from building up at Silton I've decided to try & get the course back up to scratch again.
I'm at home for 2 weeks over easter so if anyone fancies coming up to lend a hand then give me a shout or post on here.
It mostly needs rain holes & ruts fixing but i plan on changing a few old and tired bits.

One thing I noticed was that people seem to have been building rubbish little jumps to miss out technical bits and a lot of corners seem to have been straightlined. If you know whos been building up there or see anyone moving logs so they can straightline the corners off, please say something. (Its a DH track it ought to have corners!)

Cheers
Ed Thomsett

A few us spent the ay at silton today.

Tracks riding really well Ed Good work!

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Rode the revamped course last weekend, like the new section on the bottom half - good edition.

some helmet cams here: www.teamrockgardener.co.uk/blog

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looks good... see that tree that nearly decapitates you is still there

might have a look in on sunday if we are up that way

take it back that tree has been removed track was flowing really nicely even with kids in the way!

Is it the kind of place i can mince down on a trail bike or do i need an even bigger compensator?

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I've ridden it on a hardtail

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it is incredibly bouncy and tech from the middle section... i would do it on my enduro no probs but is much more fun on a big bouncer... I haven't checked the xc round there but there is scope for some seriously nice decent lines over the other side

think knacker has done everything on a hardtail

Isn't any trail technically rideable on a hardtail - it all depends on what you class as 'fun' or whether you value your fillings

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Just say NO to negativity!

He's probably done it on his cx bike

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Lee did the whole of the black run on a ti Litespeed CX.

Anything's possible if you're daft enough

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Okay I had fun riding Silton on a hardtail.

And yes Ill ride a HT almost anywhere even raced on my old Orange Airo at Hamsterley at the regional champs.

Agree more fun to ride on a sus as you can carry speed and not loose your teeth.

Not sure I fancy the jumps on my CX bike

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I was thinking of getting up there on the meta... at a time to be confirmed, does look a hoot.

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Post up when you do I've not been in ages

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shall do, no idea when it might be at the mo...

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