Not many people know besides my passion for fell walking I'm really into my bikes inparticular Old School BMX. I've owned more bikes than I care to mention which probably stems back to my teens when me and a couple of friends raced BMX's at our local BMX tracks, a hobby that my mum and dad couldn't afford which subsequently stopped after one Summer season.
As teenagers we would jump off what ever we could including bus shelters and race down multi-story car parks on Sundays where we brushed with near death, handle bar to handle bar. My love for bikes has never really left me, in fact I turned up at my first day of work one weekend after leaving school on my Mongoose before regrettably swapping it for a racer, a decision that I instantly regretted.
When I'm not fell walking, working or dog walking I would try to get out on my Scott Hybrid bike which I couldn't really get used too due its lack of suspension so I sold it and set about looking for a Mountain bike which could cope with the demands that Winter Hill provided. Having explored Winter Hill from every corner one of the most common means after hiking is to ride to its summit and with that I thought I'd give the new bike the debut it deserved. |