Mountain Biking in Essex Hertfordshire and London

Essexhertsmtb - A group of mountain bikers from Herts Essex & London
Find out a bit about us. Sign up on the forum and join us on a ride.

Riding Spots - MTB in the South East, mainly in Essex and Hertfordshire
Info on where we ride and what the differing locations have to offer. Stuffed with pics, videos, maps and links to the locations sites.

Gallery - Pics and videos from MTB rides and trips
We always try and grab a few vids and pics. Check out the gallery section for all the latest.

The Forum - Organise rides and discuss all things MTB
The best place for ride and bike chat. Its quick and easy to sign up.

About Us

We are a friendly group of mountain bikers from Essex, Hertfordshire, and London. We ride mountain bikes in Epping Forest, Danbury, Woburn Sands, Chicksands, Aston Hill and more. Its a place to find new riding spots, organise trips & meet other people who love MTB's.

New people are always welcome so join the forum and say hi. We are a mixed ability group riding downhill ,free ride and all mountain. However we also love a bit of single-track and trail centre mountian bike riding too. Sign up to the forum to get more info.

Gallery - Videos and Pics

Here are some videos and pics from our rides. For the full gallery click here.

Warley Dirt Jumping - 2012 - Mountain Biking

Warley Dirt Jumping - 2012 - Vid

nwmlarge hitting some beefy dirt jumps, on his mtb for the first time over @ Warley.

Aston Hill Downhilling - 2012 - Vid

adem92 and R14N LE taking on the ultimate wet weather challenge.. Aston Hill! Clay + offcamber + rain = fun!

Broxbourne late for work - 2012 - Vid

banner999 shredding Broxbourne Woods on his daily commute!

Chicksands - 2012 - Vid

milk282 on the mini downhill at Chicksands in the wet.

Mega Avalanche - 2011 - Vid

Evil does the 2011 Mega Avalanche qualifier with some style. A lesson on how to plough through the field!

Bedgebury - December 2011 - Mountain Biking

Bedgebury - December 2011 - Vid

Fast and flowy trail riding at Bedgebury in Kent with the Ninj cam. 12km of single-track goodness.

Epping Forest - Devember 2011 - Mountain Biking

Epping Forest - December 2011 - Xmas Ride Vid

Crashes log rides, and general madness on the Epping Forest Essex Herts MTB Xmas ride

Woburn Sands - November 2011 - Mountain Biking

Woburn Sands - November 2011 - Pics

Sessioning at Woburn. Great progress made on m7 and skyline. Such a good place for big air! We love it down there.

Epping Forest - Winter 2010/2011 - Mountain Biking

Epping Forest - 2010/2011 - Pics

Epping Forest mountain biking in 2010/2011. Pics from group rides on some of the best singletrack in the South East. Ride it fast and its as good as anywhere. Nowehere can you ride like this inside London.

Rogate Hindhead - October 2011 - Mountain Biking

Rogate & Hindhead - October 2011 - Pics

A day out at Rogate and Hindhead. Amazing weather and riding with super nice locals showing us round!

Exmoore - September 2011 - Mountain Biking

Exmoor - September 2011 - Video

The vid from the Exmoor trip. Fast and loose all day with runs from 500m up ending at the sea.

Triscombe - September 2011 - Mountain Biking

Triscombe - September 2011 - Pics

Another trip to Triscombe. This time for a full weekend, mixing steep valley goodness with flat out Exmoor blasting.

UK Bike Park UKBP - August 2011 - Mountain Biking

UK Bike Park - August 2011 - Pics / Video

Checking out the remodelled UK Bike Park. Steep and sketchy combined with a massive floater line made for a great day down in Dorset.

Chicksands - July 2011 - Mountain Biking

Chicksands - July 2011 - Video

Damo and Dan ripping down the freshly shaped dual at Chicksands. Noodle powered no doubt.

Triscombe - May 2011 - Pics / Video

A trip to Triscombe in the Quantocks for some sweet downhill. Complete with a landy uplift and cream teas for afters. UK uplifting at its best.

Cannock Chase - April 2011 - Pics

Mountain biking in the Midlands over at Cannock Chase with the Leogang boys and Essex Herts mtb. A great day on 'Follow the Dog' and the 'The Monkey Trail'. Fantastic groomed singletrack only 2hrs from London.

Danbury - April 2011 - Video

Mountain biking in Danbury with Brad doing some nice sloooo mo on one of the kickers at the start of the runs.

Forest Of Dean - March 2011 - Mountain Biking

Forest Of Dean - March 2011 - Video

A day trip to the Forest of Dean for some downhill with flyup uplifts. FOD can easily be done in a day from London and the uplift means you get at least 15 runs in a day. We love it and have been there twice this year.

Cwm Carn - Feb 2011 - Pics / Video 1 / Video 2

A trip to Cwm Carn in Wales, for a days downhill mountain biking. A super fast track which has recently been reshaped to allow for more air time. Provides great year round riding.

www.ukbikeskills.co.uk - Mountain Biking

www.ukbikeskills.co.uk - 2011 - Pics

Riding shore and jumps with www.ukbikeskills.co.uk. Make sure you hook up with Jedi if you need some training. Its the real deal as you can see from the pics.

London Brighton Offroad - Mountain Biking

London Brighton Offroad - Feb 2011 - Pics

3 brave souls and their 80km day in the saddle. London to Brighton all off-road.

P.O.R.C - Penhurst Off Road Club - PORC - Mountain Biking

P.O.R.C - 2011 - Winter Race Round 3 - Pics

Pics from Mr Blings round 3 race, at Penhurst Off Road Club. Mud mud and more mud. You did well to stay on.

Other recent mountain bike rides - Danbury - November 2010 - Pics / Woburn Sands - November 2010 - Pics / Danbury - October 2010 - Video / Woburn - October 2010 - Video / Enfield Trails DJ's- October 2010 - Video / Chicksands - October 2010 - Pics / Enfield Trails - October 2010 - Pics / North Downs - September 2010 - Pics / Aston Hill 423 Race - September 2010 - Pics / Mat Joel Tom n Jon do Morzine in the wet - August 2010 - Pics - Morzine France - July 2010 - Pics / Leogang Austria - July 2010 - Video / Matts's send off UKBP II - April 2010 - Video / Matts's send off Cwm Carn I - April 2010 - Video / Danbury - April 2010 - Pics /

MTB Trails

We mountain bike all over the South East but mainly in Essex Herts & London. There is a page with info on where we ride. It has maps, tips and links to the locations website sites.

The main areas are Epping Forest, Woburn Sands, Aston Hill Bike Park, Chicksands, Danbury and Thorndon. Most trail rides are focussed around Epping Forest and Thorndon. There is some cracking singletrack there if you havent tried it.More info over here.

The Forum

This is what the site is all about. Its the place to organise mountain bike rides and see what is going on. new faces are always welocme and its easy to sign up. There is usually more than one ride going on each week. Pop by and say hello! The forum can be found here.