http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open en-US Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:26:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-667654 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:39:33 +0000 diz 667654@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Short notice - riding Gisburn in the morning anyone about? </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-643494 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:51:29 +0000 stumpyjon 643494@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>It has been rather more popular than expected. I think Martin is generally happy that more of the surfacing hasn&#39;t failed so badly. Teething problems I think.</p> <p>On a plus note there should be another couple of hundred yards of volunteer trail open in a couple of weeks, just letting it bed in at the moment. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-643476 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:45:43 +0000 MFCat 643476@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Went up last night, it&#39;s very cut up in places particular the tree covered areas that haven&#39;t been surfaced with rock. In fact it&#39;s probably up to 6 inches deep in gloopy mud in places. Even the old bits that have been there years are now in a poor state due to the added volume of riders.</p> <p>It was still bloody good fun though, first time I&#39;d ridden the new sections in the dark! </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-643440 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:34:40 +0000 robgarrioch 643440@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Hoping to head there this Friday, for the 2nd time - looking forward to it, just hope it&#39;ll stand up to the monsoon conditions that are (apparently) fast approaching. Might make for a decent-cautious ride, but thought the big dipper was slidy 5 weeks ago; ride to the conditions, I suppose. Be good to have the signs correct my original route (+ take 20 mins off circuit time!) </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-642703 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:35:53 +0000 Beveled Edge 642703@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Rode it on sunday and was highly impressed, much better with propper way marking <img src="http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> <br /> Almost lost it on the slimy big dipper jobby, and thought the slab was great <img src="http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-623123 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:29:21 +0000 clarkpm4242 623123@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Went round again yesterday and the new (and old) circular red signage seems reasonably foolproof to get you round.</p> <p>Cheers<br /> Paul </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-615322 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:44:59 +0000 domino 615322@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Sorry for the bump (post above) - don&#39;t suppose anyone found mrdominos glasses in the car park ? </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-611450 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:38:05 +0000 domino 611450@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Well done to the trailbuilders. Was very impressed with Gisburn last night. I am not ashamed to say I missed out on some sections (don&#39;t want to damage myself before my hols, and yes I am that clumsy). But I will be back to ride the bits I missed again.</p> <p>Hello to Broken_Collarbones - was nice to meet you.</p> <p>If anyone finds some DHB glasses in the car park, black with blue-grey lenses, they are mrdominos. Can you drop me an email if you find them. </p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-601521 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:23:56 +0000 B.A.Nana 601521@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Update on the signage:<br /> As said above, the posts are in. The FC guy (Martin Colledge) has now rearranged the old red circular MTB directional markers, they should now direct you round the new stuff the correct way. The proper new slot-in markers won&#39;t be in place for another few weeks or a month. Apparently Martin is waiting on FC HQ to renew some grading issues and trail head info wording before he can finish the signage, but if you follow the circular red route markers, you should get to ride everything and shouldn&#39;t get lost. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-591505 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:37:07 +0000 johni 591505@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>They weren&#39;t up on Sunday (way markers) although the posts are. Just no signs yet </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-591467 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:27:34 +0000 carlosg 591467@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>you won&#39;t get lost , there&#39;s enough in place with a few laminated sheets too to follow it all ok. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-590685 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:17:55 +0000 IanMmmm 590685@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Can someone confirm whether the way markers are up now? I&#39;m thinking about going up sometime early in September, but I&#39;ll be solo and I don&#39;t want to get lost! </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-586029 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:16:05 +0000 Joglesby 586029@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>i chose gisburn forest as the first place to try out my new clipless pedals, needless to say i fell off a couple times. worst was probably at the quarry bit coming off one of the fire roads after quite a big climb, fell left off a big boulder bridge into a pit! what a noob... But i thought the trails were fantastic! excellent work everyone who&#39;s helped make them! </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/9#post-586010 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:12:00 +0000 carlosg 586010@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Went up to Gisburn for the first time yesterday and thought it was pretty good , not mind blowing but for somewhere around an hour away from home I&#39;ll definately go back.Next time I&#39;ll take the XC bike though as my 6&quot; travel FR bike was a bit overkill , but at least I got a workout. <img src="http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>Did the slab without even thinking about it , it&#39;s nowhere near as steep as it looks .It&#39;s a bit Dalby forest(ish) in a few places but overall the place gets a big thumbs up from me , thanks to those involved in building everything.</p> <p>Met a family about half a mile after the big berms section who&#39;s young lad had fallen off and injured his wrist , if you&#39;re reading this I hope he&#39;s ok and it was just sprained like I thought. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-585893 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:37:55 +0000 stumpyjon 585893@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I built those steps so I had to ride them, bit of speed and don&#39;t panic and they are very doable, going to build some more on the next section. My mate pointed out that some of the drops on the coaster section are probably as steep as the slab, just a lot more friendly to look at.</p> <p>Don&#39;t know the other drops, Mitchell&#39;s House rings bells though. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-585857 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:25:10 +0000 ScottChegg 585857@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I found the slab fairly unimpressive; there is a section in a local ride that is steeper and rougher (quarry near Mitchell&#39;s House, Stumpy - do you know it?)</p> <p>The rock steps in thre trees early I find more nerve-wracking; they are always look so slimey and wet. It&#39;s all in the head, though. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-585789 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:07:05 +0000 grum 585789@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>The slab is ace cos you get a great bit of speed up for the next section. Bit intimidating at first but it&#39;s dead easy really - just don&#39;t try and brake on it! </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-585769 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:00:54 +0000 MadBillMcMad 585769@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I had to think twice before shutting down brain &amp; going for it </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-585403 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:09:26 +0000 stumpyjon 585403@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>It&#39;s not so much couldn&#39;t bothered with the slab, more scares the willies out of me, one fine day though it will be mine. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-585376 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:01:05 +0000 ScottChegg 585376@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I was there again last week and was suprised by the number of people who missed out the slab bit; they just had a look and couldn&#39;t be bothered.</p> <p>I also met the most miserable man in the world, who couldn&#39;t even reply to a couple of simple &quot;Morning&quot;&#39;s. His mate was a cheery soul, though, so I assume it wasn&#39;t me. Maybe he didn&#39;t like being caught? </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-584858 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:32:00 +0000 MadBillMcMad 584858@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>awesome work stumpjon.</p> <p>Went there yesterday - Sunday. I especially enjoyed the retro northshore and bridges - great touch - they tinkle like riding a xylophone.</p> <p>My two boys (9 &amp; 11) rode it and other than Sam having a paddy on the big berms on the black and leaving that big slab for me they did the lot &amp; loved it. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-584638 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:48:34 +0000 pennine 584638@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I used an old Pendle Council map from years ago (less detailed than the one above). This enabled me to navigate the fire roads and find the trail signs. The &#39;yellow crayon man&#39; did a good service by adding his markers. Without them you&#39;d not know whether to go left or right on exiting onto a fire road.<br /> I wandered into the quarry and found the red to the &#39;Slab&#39; but may have missed a sign.<br /> Anyway, it adds to the fun finding your way around. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-584612 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:39:00 +0000 grum 584612@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>It&#39;s pretty easy to navigate if you, say, printed out that map above as a backup, and then followed the yellow signs that B.A.Nana has crayoned on to the signposts. <img src="http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-584570 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:27:52 +0000 PeterPoddy 584570@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>How&#39;s the signage coming along? Any idea when it&#39;ll all be in place? </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-584538 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:15:14 +0000 gizzardman 584538@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Me and a few mates are off to Scotland on Wednesday for a few days and fancy doing Gisburn on the way back. It seems tough to navigate by the sounds of things unless you have a GPS? Is that right or is it easy to get round? </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-583957 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:35:33 +0000 stumpyjon 583957@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;m not sure but there is a local shop that will bring bikes out to the forest and meet you and pick them up afterwards. I think they have a board in Cocklett Hill carpark. If anyone&#39;s up there in the next few days could you have a look and make a note of the details.</p> <p>Ta </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-583419 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:28:30 +0000 grum 583419@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I was also wondering where the nearest decent hire place is? </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-568225 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:09:03 +0000 yoda 568225@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Went up to Gisburn again on Saturday.It&#39;s highly entertaining and much faster on the cross bike! 8)I did get some funny looks though.<br /> Only bits I didn&#39;t ride were the slab (Not because I wouldn&#39;t but I fear for the forks!) and the rock chute early on because there were folks walking up it.<br /> I really do like the place, plus it&#39;s only 40 mins from home. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-567584 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:37:26 +0000 thats_not_my_name 567584@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Anyone know if there is somewhere close by to hire an MTB? I&#39;m up in Preston at the weekend and hopefully taking the nephew out for a ride, but he needs to hire a bike first.</p> <p>Cheers </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-567486 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:21:00 +0000 stumpyjon 567486@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Been digging again today, few new faces turned out which was good, more needed please. Forest was heaving today, big groups of 10 or so riders kept going past. The FC guy with us today kept shaking his head and sying he&#39;d never seen it so busy.</p> <p>To the guys I spoke to about helping out (with your own digger), email this guy:</p> <p><a href="mailto:Martin.Charlesworth@lancashire.gov.uk">Martin.Charlesworth@lancashire.gov.uk</a> </p> <p>he&#39;ll be able to give you contact details of the FC guys who you really need to speak to. Your help will be more than welcome I&#39; sure. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-566151 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:25:13 +0000 stumpyjon 566151@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Map (for the hard of scrolling):</p> <p><img src="http://is.pinkbike.com/photo/3695/pbpic3695446.jpg"></p> <p>link to loads of other photos <a href="http://stumpyjon.pinkbike.com/album/Gisburn-Forest/">here</a>.</p> <p>Anyone still want a .GPX file let me know or scroll back through the thread as some kind sole has hosted on the tinterweb somewhere. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-566127 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:14:16 +0000 nbt 566127@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote> neil853 - Member</p> <p>whats the crack withe the way marking? went round the other night but people showed us round, don&#39;t think i could find the way again</blockquote></p> <p>Post at the top of this page explains the crack with the way marking. there&#39;s a map on page 1 or 2... </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-566112 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:06:02 +0000 grum 566112@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>If you read the thread, there is a GPS file of the route - if you don&#39;t have a GPS/mapping software you can upload it to a site like bikehike.co.uk and get a map of the route. I managed fine navigating round using a screengrab of this which I sent to my phone, along with the handy yellow crayon arrows. </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-566099 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:57:25 +0000 pennine 566099@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Rode there solo yesterday afternoon. No idea of where the new routes were so just followed fire roads until spotting the entry points. Yellow crayon man did me a service otherwise I&#39;d never have known whether to go left or right after exiting.<br /> Congratulations on the work you guys have done. I haven&#39;t visited since 2000 so a big improvement. I gave the slab a miss but enjoyed the black run.<br /> Managed to take a couple of wrong turnings whereby I lost my bearings for a moment or two. Should be excellent when the signage is up. A bit of luck I wandered into a quarry and found a new line to Whelp Stone Crag.</p> <p>A few general photos <a href="http://www.pennine.fotopic.net/c1734156.html">here</a> </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-566091 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:50:40 +0000 neil853 566091@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>aint it </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-566089 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:49:59 +0000 grum 566089@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Life&#39;s tough sometimes. <img src="http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_razz.gif" title=":P" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-566077 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:43:00 +0000 neil853 566077@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>give me a break there&#39;s 8 pages! <img src="http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-566073 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:38:58 +0000 grum 566073@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Read the thread! </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-566062 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:30:29 +0000 neil853 566062@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>whats the crack withe the way marking? went round the other night but people showed us round, don&#39;t think i could find the way again <img src="http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-is-open/page/8#post-565945 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:59:44 +0000 taka 565945@http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>right across the road from my vid <img src="http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p>