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Author: | pollux [ Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:38 pm ] |
Post subject: | Olympics MTB EVENT |
Firstly ,You have an excellent webpage. We are Germans,who live close to the border from netherlands.We are intend to come over to the Uk for the Olympics games. We like to take the route with our mountain-bikes Harwich-Maldon-Southend on Sea Is there any Single Track,wich we can use?? After the event we like to past Thorndon-Danbury-and Epping Forest.. Maybe,we can arrange a Tour with your guys by then At home:We take part on beachriding Contest in Netherland. http://www.mtb-news.de/forum/showthread.php?t=541398 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqvfnPUKhQk&list=UUoJChXBekqYUzsJZge7aREg&index=2&feature=plcp And further,we take part on marathon-courseracing.and 24 hours events. Maybe,someone of you is interessting for an exchange?? |
Author: | puncturo [ Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:08 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Olympics MTB EVENT |
Hi, I think you'll have to use roads quite a bit on that route. Should be plenty of quiet ones though with a bit of planning. Have you looked at Sustrans.org.uk? They have a network of marked cycle routes. Route 51 goes from Harwich to Colchester. Route 1 goes from Colchester to Chelmsford and Maldon. On gpsies.com I found a route called 'Kurt 2' that pretty much does what you need too, with a bit of tweaking you can follow a gps track. Whichever way you do it you'll be going right by Danbury, so can take it in as you go! You can find some of the tracks on gpsies again. Search the maps to the West of Maldon for tracks suitable for mountain biking. Or let us know your timetable and I'm sure you could get some local guides! |
Author: | pollux [ Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:29 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Olympics MTB EVENT |
Yeah,So many different ways are leading to Southend on sea.The coastline over Clacton on sea seem to be interessting. sustrans --- gypsies--cycle-route.com----routeplaner and all the you tube videos helps me out I took two advertising in german forums http://rad-forum.de/forums/4/1/Reisepartner http://www.mtb-news.de/forum/showthread.php?t=563420 Lots of views,but no one knows something about this topic, One of the big question:If i have no ticket to get on Hadleigh Farm,In which way i can see something from the contest.? Is there about a public viewing??,Party on the street??(lifebands.festival) Everything is still so far,but my enthusiam for great britain is growing from time to time You know;I will get with 100% into your country and getout with 200% Emotion like each year. http://fotos.mtb-news.de/u/34960?page=2 |
Author: | andydd [ Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:39 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Olympics MTB EVENT |
pollux wrote: :clap: Firstly ,You have an excellent webpage. We are Germans,who live close to the border from netherlands.We are intend to come over to the Uk for the Olympics games. We like to take the route with our mountain-bikes Harwich-Maldon-Southend on Sea Is there any Single Track,wich we can use?? After the event we like to past Thorndon-Danbury-and Epping Forest.. Maybe,we can arrange a Tour with your guys by then At home:We take part on beachriding Contest in Netherland. http://www.mtb-news.de/forum/showthread.php?t=541398 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqvfnPUKhQk&list=UUoJChXBekqYUzsJZge7aREg&index=2&feature=plcp And further,we take part on marathon-courseracing.and 24 hours events. Maybe,someone of you is interessting for an exchange?? Hi there..Interesting to see people from further afield visiting our land for the Olympics. I live quite close to the Olympic track and often ride in that general area, (Hadleigh Castle), there are some nice single track routes around that way (mostly between towns of Benfleet and Leigh on Sea). Ive had a quick ride on the Olympic Track and it was quite fun, alas I couldnt get tickets for the main event but I saw the 'London Prerpares' practide race and that was great..lovely weather too. I've got quite a few local routes saved, heres a Hadleigh castle one > http://www.sports-tracker.com/#/workout ... dtkjv7pvtr The XC Olympic track is approx in the middle of the above pic (just below the lake)...and it does take in a small part of the route I ride. Andy |
Author: | unityjon [ Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:05 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Olympics MTB EVENT |
I'm also about a 10 min ride away from the olympic site, you can get there on single track pretty much all the way from mine. Glad to help if I can! Sent from my GT-I9100 |
Author: | puncturo [ Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:26 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Olympics MTB EVENT |
If you like riding on beaches, then you can get to Walton from Harwich and follow the beach down past Clacton as far as Point Clear. There's probably a few sections where you'll need to hop off the beach - definitely when the tides in! There's also a lot of groynes along that stretch of coast that you'd have to clamber over. Some might be rideable as drop offs but the sand is soft. Got to say I've never even thought of trying to ride along there! From Point clear you can get a ferry to Brightlingsea and East Mersea (http://www.brightlingseaharbour.org/ferry.html). From Mersea cross the Strood (a road that often floods at high tide) and you're not far from Maldon, so you'll be getting close! |
Author: | unityjon [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:28 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Olympics MTB EVENT |
South Woodham does seem like so random place to stay? But you got to stay somewhere right? There are no places to lodge in hadleigh as far as I know, you could rent a caravan/holiday home on Canvey island so you're right on hadleigh's door step? Sent from my GT-I9100 |
Author: | andydd [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:08 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Olympics MTB EVENT |
unityjon wrote: South Woodham does seem like so random place to stay? But you got to stay somewhere right? There are no places to lodge in hadleigh as far as I know, you could rent a caravan/holiday home on Canvey island so you're right on hadleigh's door step? Sent from my GT-I9100 Surely not even German visitors deserve the horrors of Canvey . Actually staying nearby Hadleigh is not something Ive seen mentioned in Olympic blurp..lots of info about travelling to event, I guess Southend is nearest place to stay that has lots of Hotels, B&B's, but visitiors may not know that. I wonder if any Hadleighians are rented out their properties for the suppossed huge prices you can charge ?..I know my mum isnt ! Andy |
Author: | unityjon [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:03 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Olympics MTB EVENT |
Rooms let for £400 a night, cant be bad, wonder if i should jump on the bandwagon !! I guess staying at Canvey would mean carrying a bike lock so huge it wouldnt be practical |
Author: | pollux [ Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:49 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Olympics MTB EVENT |
andydd wrote: you'll find that Southend is the busiest area for nightlife, etc..and you can experience the joys of Essex boys and gals [/quote]Andy Yeah,Southend on sea might be an action pack town for night life. Boys and( gals---girls)is a nice word.I just picked it up. I think,i found the best information for Olympic games on this Webside [url](http://www.echo-news.co.uk/search/?search=olympic+news[/url] From all Videos,which i saw of Essex mountainbike area,might be Danbury the best spot,which we have to visit on our Olympic tour. Such a single track like in Danbury,you will find a quite a few spots in netherland. Every 30 miles ,you will find an mtb-route http://www.mtbroutes.nl/index.php/kaart-nederland But the UK is a new challenge for me to discover new bike spots |
Author: | Jon [ Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:29 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Olympics MTB EVENT |
Superb picture i hope that didnt end badly! |
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