Review By – Chris Hyde Ironically, it was when I got back from a snowboarding holiday in the French Alps that I first thought the planned 55 mile assault on the Taff Trail on the 26th Jan might not be a good idea. The reason for this, of course, was the large amount of said…
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2012 – What a year… My Journey
Post by - Glenn Horton - Club Chairman My Journey.... Going back to 2011, Myself, Martin Seddon & co. were completing construction of the Olympic course. With a world press day staged on its completion in March, we were highly congratulated by Lord Coe & the worlds media. I'd hit the…
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Thetford Winter Series – Round 2
Post by - Paul Coulson “HELL on ICE” It was cold, not just cold but very cold, I’m sure I saw penguins at one point huddled together to keep warm either that or a remake of nuns on the run was being filmed in Thetford forest. Usual early start; up…
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What are the benefits ??
Post by - Pete Stiff 'Could you tell me what are the benefits (if any) of joining the club'!!! No matter what bike I have owned be it Road, Hybrid and even mountain bike I’ve never been what you call a mountain biker. Now although I was probably above average cycling fitness…
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Hadleigh Farm Olympic Track
Post by - Paul Coulson To say I was somewhat surprised to see an e-mail from Glenn that Friday morning asking me if I could make myself available to ride the Olympic course on Saturday under the watchful eyes of two coaches, would be an understatement to say the very least. So it turns out…
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Gorrick Autumn – Race 2
Post by - Paul Coulson After the horrendous conditions of Thetford winter series round 1 last Sunday, it was nice to wake up to an rather nice but chilly morning, it may have been only 6.30, but I could tell it was going to be a good day, a real adventure and memorable day, as…
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Thetford Winter Series – Round 1
Post by - Paul Coulson After the fun and excitement of the previous day’s biking (more on that in an upcoming blog), it was back to reality when my alarm went off at six o’clock on this damp Sunday morning, still black as dawn hadn’t even considered breaking yet. My usual two cups of coffee…
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Constructing the Olympic course
Post by - Glenn Horton A full set of pictures can be found in our galleries, here. The Hadleigh Olympic Course was built by Course designer and builder Martin Seddon, (M&L Seddon). Martin’s exemplary qualifications as an elite mountain bike racer who competed in many World Cup races in the ’90s combined with his day…
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Gorrick Autumn Series – Race 1
Post by - Paul Coulson I was up at a very startling 6.45 am, on this bright crisp and utterly freezing Sunday morning, why? Oh yeah race day had come, so after a huge bowl of muesli and 2 super strong coffees, the van was loaded and off I trundled around the M25 heading for…
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We have a blog..
I was sitting here with a Mac on my lap (as usual) and working on the website when I realised there was a good way to get interesting content on the site quickly. Whilst we wait for the membership to increase, sponsors to come on board and ultimately get a shiny new web presence we…
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