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Pires · Elite User Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 593 Location: TW

Feature on Bedgebury's single track and freeride in this months MBUK. Yet to read it fully yet so shall reserve judgement.

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Heffers · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject:

any chance of scanning the article in?
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Pires · Elite User Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 593 Location: TW

Having just read the first two paragraphs its a pretty scathing attack!! Prety much stating what we all know anyway:

"So why, for the love of all things fat and gnarly, could the red singletrack route at Bedgebury not manage one solitary bike length of well judged flow? That might sound like a grumpy and damning statement, but imagine arriving at a centre and being relieved of £7.50 just to get in. Then having sorted your bikes, you search for a quick pre-run cuppa only to find a sign forbidss you from taking your bike anywhere near the cafe?".

and

"Granted, these show that surfacing the whole route with loose gravel was an inspired wat to add an element of excitment. Unfortunately it's the kind of thrill that makes you feel lucky if you make a turn and avoid a slide".

oh and

" ,it could be more Thetford than Thetford is. Instead it does almost everything wrong. there is no apparent planning, no design, no flow and it's surfaced - to dangerous".

One read of the JAB Bedgebury singletrack Topics will see it all has been said before.

Any-one thing this may make some-one address these issues. This is a write up in the UK's no.1 MB mag.
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Ben03 · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 9:41 am Post subject:

Very interesting. I stopped reading MBUK a while ago but this seems very accurate. Who here is a member of the BFCC?

If so maybe this should be bought up at the AGM.
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rider101 · Settled User Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 51 Location: Kent

It has been mentioned for a long time in various places (like here). Maybe national exposure like this will force em to do something?

It's a great place don't get me wrong but does have potential to be a lot better.

JAW · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject:

I'm temtped to buy the mag only to read the article! As you said pires, perhaps they will listen now it is coming from someone like MBUK.
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Heffers · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject:

I hope they do lisen, With it coming from a well known mag they must have something click.

bring on the improvements i say.
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Syren Sistair · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject:

which issue? october?

Ben03 · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject:

Would like to get hold of this issue if poss. Anyone know which one?
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Rusty · Settled User Joined: 10 Aug 2008 Posts: 58 Location: Kent