Ramps Skatepark Llanelli

The new skatepark in Llanelli is opening today with pro demo riders including Animal/Impurity Bikes sponsored rider (and Swansea local) James Jones.

Head over to the website for details of session prices and photos of the superb facilities.

RAMPS WEBSITE

Here's a little taster of what they have built, go and and see what it looks like now :)

Tandem Hire

We've added another tandem to the bike hire fleet so we now have 2 to hire.

If you've not tried riding a tandem its a lot easier than you think and great fun. A full days hire is just £20. Call us to check availability.

James Jones

James has been doing rather well for himself lately. He's now sponsored by Animal clothing and Impurity bikes and is touring the country appearing in exhibition shows along with other talented guys as the video below shows.

He's also competing at NASS up at Shepton Mallet at the weekend so good luck to him

On Sunday...

..we went to the Skills Park again. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their riding whether jumping or just riding in general, and there's the cafe for cake afterwards!

South Wales Bike Ride 23rd June 2013

Don't forget this Sunday is the annual South Wales Bike Ride organised by the British Heart Foundation.

In 2013 you can choose from 3 routes - 12, 28, or 46 miles and entry is £15 on the day.

For more information go to the BHF website

Good luck to everyone riding this Sunday and supporting this important charity.

Bristol BikeFest 2013

So we survived this years Bristol BikeFest.  Wideopenmag.co.uk made a video of the Saturday.

 

Gareth, who started the race for the 4 man team is in the video 20 seconds in, and my feet make an appearance at 1.58 :)
(I'm not sure how anybody recognised my feet but there we go)

Jamie getting the bikes sorted before the start

We had two teams. One team in the Old Gits category (over 40's) and a 4 man team all under 24 years old. Phil missed the day as he was ill with flu.

This is the change over area, it was a bit of a bun fight

Relaxing before heading out for another lap

Both teams finished with a total of 16 laps, with the Old Gits pair taking 11 hours 18 mins and the 4 man team taking 11 hours 31 mins.

Everyone enjoyed themselves (well we did in the Old Gits,  so much so that we are entering OktoberFest)

This Sunday....

....the sun was shining, so we did this

Enjoy your Bank Holiday

Bikefest Shaped Rambling

Hmmm, do I celebrate or not?  Paul (the Bikefest guru) called me to confirm our entries to the 12 hour team race on Saturday the 8th June. So just gotta get on with it (I've rehearsed the excuses and hidden some cable cutters in my backpack).

To keep us entertained in the meantime here's some vids (we could make it a regular thing but I'm not that organised )

Bit of a shame that youtube muted the music (they've not done that before), I'll change the music some time but until then whistle your favourite tune or clap along for two minutes.

If you like longboards then you should love these  , have a look over at HAMBOARDS

Sunday Riding Update

We've not written much about riding of late. We have been out but not to anywhere out of the ordinary, we've visited the usual places, Afan, Brechfa, Kilvey Hill and Clyne Woods.

But this weeked is a bit different as we are off to the Forest Of Dean to ride the DH trails there. We have been before but this time we are taking the easy way up by using the uplift facility operated by
FlyUp Downhill

We've got the camera's charged and set up ready to go so look out for a series of jumpy, shakey and generally low budget videos.

Update At Last

 I've always found the best way to avoid backing out of something is to tell everyone first so you have to do it to prevent embarrassment. So in light of that statement we've entered Bristol Bikefest 12hr race.

 The last time we entered as a team of  three we managed 13 laps and didn't come last (almost but not quite!)  There are four of us this time so we "may" do more.

No team photo yet but here's Team member Stew trying to camouflage himself

Details for the race can be seen here BRISTOL BIKEFEST