Every Rock Feature- Hadleigh park MTB trails
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2020
- ** Hadleigh Park MTB **
Welcome to Hadleigh Park MTB Course. Whether you are looking to get fitter, improve your skill or just hang out with you mates, Hadleigh park has it all.
From a decent sized pump track, to a dedicated skills area and Red and blue trails with views of the thames estuary.
This is a pretty well rounded bike park, in fact the only thing its really missing is some decent jumps.
Ok before you start hammering me in the comments I know there is a wooden gap jump on site but take it from someone that’s a beginner at being airborne when I say its more of a hop than a jump, the lip does all the work for you and as long as you hit it with a moderate speed you’ll clear it with no skill required at all.
Unless you are as creative as Mr Pilgrim himself, you’ll be staying pretty grounded here.
Today we’re not here for any of that!
Hadleigh Park is famous for its nasty rock features and back in September 2019 when I started mountain biking I made it my personal target to ride them all.
There are 7 main rock features here so let’s start at the beginning and work our way round.
Thanks again and I’ll see you next time.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼, 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗻, 𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮.
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Great informative video - thanks for sharing.
This is very helpful thank you ☺️
Glad I could help 😁
good stuff, nice work... those little rocks on that last ascent just kill the legs.
They really do, they look small but take a ton of effort to get over
Went there today for the first time, only been riding about a year, bloody knackered after all the hill climbs but had a great day, didn't do quite a few of the features but manage enough to make me happy...including the rock garden and final decent, good day out and didn't break anything😁
Yeah it’s definitely a killer over there! I call it my outdoor gym because it’s all pain for little reward lol
Cheers for the mention mate👍🤣🤣
Any time lol
Nice footage!
Thanks
Thank you. I am a Hadleigh addict. Not as brave as you but getting there with the help of this video. Well presented BTW.
Thanks 😊, is there anything in particular you are struggling with over there? Personally it’s just fitness now lol I want to be able to do 5 laps non stop but I can only just manage one right now lol
@@leemtb just like you, I am there for fitness. I get out of breath after the hill climbs but I am improving all the time. Some parts of the red route really scare me and I think that's because of lack of confidence and going to slowly, I will get there. I am going to take the challenge you set yourself and try to achieve 5 laps. You have inspired me, thank you again.
Awesome! No worries, let me know how you get on
@@leemtb I was there today, did the blue route and was hardly out of breath. I'm sure I could have gone around again. ;-)
Me too, done a red full loop then took some family around the blue for the first time
That secret rock garden is by the leap of faith. Its not too hard
Great upload! I would love to see a Triple trouble A line technique video, I can do it kind of but still not confident 👍
I’ll have a look next time I’m there and see if that’s something I can put together for you.
Awesome🤙
Good work Lee, I know these runs well from when I lived in Benfleet, I was up there every weekend. Are all the features open now or are some still closed off?
Not sure its been a long time since I've ridden here
After 5 months of riding I can do all of the features there apart from a-line triple trouble I just can’t get my head round it and send it
Took me ages to get over the edge on that one, when my knee is better and we’re not in lockdown I’ll be doing a technique video for it as it’s been requested by another subscriber and I’ll try to cover all the steps I recommend for people to get over the edge
I’m thinking of doing triple trouble A line at some point. Have you got any suggestions or tips before I attempt it?
Yes, first things first, stand at the top of it with your bike and just roll it slowly over the edge to check whether or not your chain ring will strike the top rock. If it clears it then you’re good to go.
Also don’t do this alone, make sure you have someone with you just in case.
I recommend for your first go just roll the front wheel off the top slowly. As the nose drops get back over your rear wheel, keep your heels down and drive your legs into the pedals as the back wheel comes off of the top because as it drops there is a tendency for feet to come off pedals.
Do not touch your brakes at all once your front wheel leaves the top rock until you have cleared the feature completely.
Once you have done it once you’ll realise it’s actually quite a nice smooth feature and you can then safely start to hit it faster each time.
Good luck and let me know how you get on
Thanks for the advice :) I am going on Saturday so I will let you know how I get on
I looked over the edge for a while but then decided to bottle it. I will try to gain confidence and then I will be able to attempt it. Thanks for the advice :)
Haha no worries, my best advice would be don’t do it until you go there and know you absolutely want to do it! You must fully commit when doing it, well done for having a look though, I recommend you do this every time you go, even when you know you’re not going to do it. The more you look at it the smaller it will seem
Ok i will do :)
I don't like you anymore as you make it look so easy ;-). I might try the red route again, either today or tomorrow. I am up there both days.
🤣 just had plenty of practice, just take your time go often and keep looking at the features every time and eventually one day you’ll be standing there looking and feel ready for it
Where is that hidden rock garden ?
It’s down the hill from leap of faith, as you come out from leap of faith and cross the cattle grid you turn right on a small trail and go around the tree
Lee MTB thanks mate will check it out tomorrow