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The primary reason for launching this club is to give wheelchair users, along with able-bodied MTB riders, the opportunity to enjoy the thrills of off-road downhill 4 wheel mountain bike riding, promoting it as an integrated sport nationwide.
By raising awareness, we are looking to drum up a great deal of interest in this new activity, thereby creating a vibrant and inclusive MTB racing scene here in the UK. We are very enthusiastic about this project, and have already been in touch with various organisations, who have all reacted very positively to these new bespoke downhill 4 wheel mountain bikes, the integrated racing scene and the club's ambitions.
Our main aim now is to recruit more people to the ROUGH RIDERZ club.
We want to build up our mailing list of members and keep you all informed of developments within the club and the sport. The club works closely with the suppliers of downhill four wheel mountain bikes, so we also are able to provide more detailed information about buying your own machine, air-freight costs, importation arrangements, product specification and availability, etc.
We can even help advise you on how to obtain possible financial assistance with your purchase, if required.
We want to start a fully inclusive 'downhill MTB racing community' here in the UK, to help us to spread the knowledge and different experiences of the various people involved. As our membership grows we aim to create enough interest to justify dialogue with the various organisations necessary for the development of more accessible fourcross friendly sites.
We also want them to adapt more of the existing trails, thereby
providing the accessibility for all to enjoy some serious downhill MTB thrills. We will also share information on things such as good UK trails available, new UK trails opening, good foreign locations and/or holidays, competition events and other news.
This club has been formed for the benefit of all members, with a long-term ambition to eventually forming our own fully sponsored British team. We also want to find enough funding to enable us to invest in some spare bikes and other equipment, so the club can offer 'taster days' for newcomers to the sport. We want to encourage other riders to join the club and register on our forum... both able-bodied and disabled people are welcome, anybody at all who wants to get involved. You can also find Rough Riderz on Facebook.
Register for FREE with us now or email us for more information…
Rough Riderz founder member Phil Hall visited the Canaries in April to check the accessibility of different trails available for MTB enthusiasts... So, coming soon you'll find a full report on several trails/locations that are suitable for both 2 and 4 wheel riders. This trip was organised in conjunction with a visit to Bikepark Tenerife, where we found plenty of other like-minded bikers. We helped to advise them on layout and track design to create a 'fully accessible' MTB facility, with 3 different routes already planned, and partly completed. Also, we must say a big thank you to Matt and Miriam, Manu, Bruno, Zeno and everyone else involved in the success of our first European tour... Yeeeeaaaaahhhhh!!!
Check out the latest postings on The MTB Forum, the world's first FULLY INCLUSIVE online MTB community. Here you can share ideas and information with other two and four wheeled mountain bikers or simply just chat! You'll find the latest topics under discussion in the table below:
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Introductionz : For Sale: NEW Kona 2009 Stab Supreme Bike for $1,9 Author: bennbike Subject: For Sale: NEW Kona 2009 June 25th, 2009 01:32 PM |
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Touting for business : Skills courses, holidays & guiding Author: 0range5 Subject: Skills courses, holidays June 25th, 2009 10:11 AM |
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Routes Worldwide : Tenerife Foampit Author: Downhill Phil Subject: Tenerife Foampit June 24th, 2009 08:33 PM |
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Touting for business : Removals London Author: Removals London Subject: Removals London< June 24th, 2009 01:10 PM |
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Routes in Scotland : Ae Forest Author: Downhill Phil Subject: Ae Forest June 24th, 2009 10:01 AM |
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Bike repairs and servicing : Disc brake problem, again...... Author: Downhill Phil Subject: Disc brake problem, June 24th, 2009 09:44 AM |
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Bike repairs and servicing : Disc brake problem, again...... Author: oliver-85 Subject: Disc brake problem, ag June 23rd, 2009 04:24 PM |
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Touting for business : For Sale: All Kinds of Bikes Author: united Subject: For Sale: All Kinds of Bi June 21st, 2009 12:37 AM |
