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Riding Tunes: 5 Faves for March 2018

3/27/2018

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I often love to ride without earphones in and enjoy listening to the sound of the birds singing, tyres ripping, Hugo whooping or even to take a moment to appreciate the deep quietness of the forest. But then there are other times, where the sound of sweet, sweet music in my ears is perfect for keeping my legs spinning and my heart boogeying!
WEST COUNTRY QUIRK N BASS: THE INEXPLICABLES
Yehh boyy! Saxophones, beat boxing, a west country MC and sweet female vocals. Definitely a great group for bringing the fun energy into your spinning legs and a smile across your face. Whenever I listen to this I wish I was with all my buddies enjoying a few ciders around the fire! Maybe we'll throw a Trail Unknown party one day...
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AUSTRALIAN SUNSET DREAMS: OCEAN ALLEY
This is the kind of music that makes me fall in love with music. I’m riding my bike with the wind in my hair, no hands on the bars with no care, air guitaring till the cows come home. I’m dreaming of summer colours and dusty trails, exploring on road trips and warm evening rides.

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DEVON LEGEND TRIO: PATTERN PUSHER
Watching these three Devon boys play in Exeter, I could feel their energy in their cheeky faces and closed eyes bursting through their instruments. Before I knew it my hips were wiggling! Love the music vid featuring their grandparents! Catch the boys next on April 5th in the Exeter Cavern and 7th at London Camden Assembly.


NORTHERN ANGEL DUB: SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA
Coupling the angelic voice of the female lead singer with the naughty sounds of live dub, ah yeh these guys are a lot of fun!  They get into dub flows that I wish would never stop. Reminds me of how I feel when I’m riding my bike down a flowy trail. When you’re just in sync with life. 


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FRENCH JAZZY DREAMS: FKJ
I love listening to FKJ when I’m out for longer rides with no intentions and no worries, just enjoying what the trail presents to me. It doesn’t make me want to do anything crazy but it just puts me in a state of mind where everything little hump, bump, tree and badger is all an essential part of the pleasure of the ride! 
That’s all for now folks. Keep supporting your local live music venue and bands! Make sure you know what guided mountain bike trips we’re running this year and enjoy riding your bikes to your new music.
Love, Tom 
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Pembrokeshire - Through the eyes of a local by jacob martin

3/20/2018

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For this installment of our 'Through the eyes of local' blog series, we asked local rider Jacob Martin what he loves about riding the Pembrokeshire National Park and why it is definitely worth a visit with your bike.
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Pembrokeshire is a county on the far west of Wales, surrounded on three sides by the sea, it is famed for its spectacular coastline and boasts the country’s only coastal National park! However there is a lot more to Pembrokeshire than this. ​For some reason many people don’t know of the amazing mountain biking that is on offer in Pembrokeshire, I guess they’re just looking in the wrong places.
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​From all across the county on any day the cloud has lifted high enough you can see a long set of unique hills. The highest point stands at 536m above sea level and one of the rocky outcrops about half way along was found to be the origin for some of the stone used to build Stonehenge. 
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The Preseli Hills, or Mynyddoedd y Preseli as they are known in Welsh, are the home to some amazing cross country mountain biking which ranges from fast flowing natural singletrack to technical rocky climbs. This riding is on the bridleways and forest tracks that lace the hills and nearby Gwaun Valley. For those of us lucky enough to live nearby there are some great rides to do for an evening but there are also plenty of longer rides that can fill your day. The ridge ride is a nice ride that takes you from one end of the Preselis all the way to the other with views all the way to Snowdonia and even Ireland on the clearest days!
As a local, where would you recommend a visiting rider to go for an awesome day's ride?​
If you want to ride the Preseli ridge it is best to start in the small village of Rosebush taking the bridleway past the old quarry, through Pantmaenog forest and out onto the hills. You can then follow another bridleway obviously marked on an OS map (OL35) east along the full length of the hills towards Crymych. Alternatively for a shorter ride you can turn off at the halfway point.

There will be amazing views North across Cardigan bay and up to Snowdonia and one of the spectacular rocky outcrops you pass by is where the stone for Stonehenge came from as I mentioned earlier. You can then take the small and quiet country lanes back to the start where you can have some food in the small village pub called Tafarn Sinc. This ride is a total of about 15 miles and is great for any rider with mid level fitness and experience.

A huge thank you to Jacob Martin for this awesome article. If you'd be interested in a local guided ride, to join one of our upcoming guided weekend adventures or to write an article about your local riding spot, get in touch with Hugo or Tom here.
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