I did billinge the other day and to be honest I enjoyed it for what it is. For DH I personally think its too twisty but theres a few nice bits. The little black section on the boulders is pretty sick but nothing narly. If ya local its worth a stab if your not and your travelling to it then theres better places. In a bit yo!!
Also ignore the OP comments about not being good on a full suss. Yeah the course is a bit tight but if you have half decent bike handling skills you can still fly down on a full DH bike
Yeah its not spacecowboys course but he and I did originally start building this in 2007, the the trees were marked by spacecowboy so they could be cut down by guys completing community service. Then spacecowboy, myself and a couple of other guys spent numerous evening and weekends dragging a wheel barrow full of dirt up there as it was impossible to dig nearby. Yeah the rock section has more exposed rocks now but our original vision had a section of 3 much larger drops.
hope you like my course dude, the local lads started all this off then it got took over by the big guns, we are the unsung heroes not even a mention anywhere of our names, we did all the hard work getting permission to get it cleared and we mapped it out. we even got intouch with some lads serving public dutys to cut through the bushes, those big rocks were hidden until me and my mates cut them out into the open
@spacecowboy22 erm...its not your course...no mention because thers nothing there left from the old crapy bit of a course...and i personally know the lad who cut everything down there which was in the way, and he wasnt serving public duties...and all but about 3 square meters of those rocks were underground until the builders came in and ripped off all the soil and rhododendrons growing there. sorry!
@olg82 Have to agree with you on this, the track that was 'started' years ago was almost non existent. It was never even close to being a complete track as far as I remember. I don't know who you are Sapcecowboy, although I have my suspicions, but this is most certainly NOT 'your' course in any shape or form.
@DiscoJimferno I agreed already its everyones course, if you wish to know my name im Anthony Shorrock and id be willing to come up there to see you when Phil Saxena returns from the world cups. maybe around april,june.
@olg82 I agree its not my course, its everyones. there would be no built course if it wasnt for me and my mates. we wore suits and sat in blackburn borough council offices going through risk assessments. and you DONT know the guy who cut the trees down because that was me along with the public order lads. Also the rocks were more than 3 square meters thick in Rhodedendran. And the crappy old course you mention, that went went we made the lay out with Phil Saxena. Sorry!
I did billinge the other day and to be honest I enjoyed it for what it is. For DH I personally think its too twisty but theres a few nice bits. The little black section on the boulders is pretty sick but nothing narly. If ya local its worth a stab if your not and your travelling to it then theres better places. In a bit yo!!
SuperGfunk23 11 months ago
Also ignore the OP comments about not being good on a full suss. Yeah the course is a bit tight but if you have half decent bike handling skills you can still fly down on a full DH bike
SproutMaster 1 year ago
Yeah its not spacecowboys course but he and I did originally start building this in 2007, the the trees were marked by spacecowboy so they could be cut down by guys completing community service. Then spacecowboy, myself and a couple of other guys spent numerous evening and weekends dragging a wheel barrow full of dirt up there as it was impossible to dig nearby. Yeah the rock section has more exposed rocks now but our original vision had a section of 3 much larger drops.
SproutMaster 1 year ago
is this actualy near billinge it self because it said somewhere that its near blackburn ?
johndeer7030 1 year ago
@johndeer7030
Its near Witton County Park, where they host the big Cross Country (running) events each winter.
Its near Pleasington/Feniscoles/Blackburn.
Its abit of a nightmare to find, I know the area and I struggled.
I went for the first time on saturday and loved it.
fowler765 1 year ago
@fowler765 Looks well worth going there. Only up the road from me aswell.
Is there other tracs there ?
johndeer7030 1 year ago
hope you like my course dude, the local lads started all this off then it got took over by the big guns, we are the unsung heroes not even a mention anywhere of our names, we did all the hard work getting permission to get it cleared and we mapped it out. we even got intouch with some lads serving public dutys to cut through the bushes, those big rocks were hidden until me and my mates cut them out into the open
spacecowboy22 1 year ago
@spacecowboy22
Excluding that fact that it is a nigthmare to find, this is quality!
Ive never done any downhill before, and this was amazing.
I went down the route thats on this video first and have to admit I used my brakes a few times, and the opposite DH off the top is also quality.
So much so, im coming back on sunday!
fowler765 1 year ago
@spacecowboy22 erm...its not your course...no mention because thers nothing there left from the old crapy bit of a course...and i personally know the lad who cut everything down there which was in the way, and he wasnt serving public duties...and all but about 3 square meters of those rocks were underground until the builders came in and ripped off all the soil and rhododendrons growing there. sorry!
olg82 1 year ago
@olg82 Have to agree with you on this, the track that was 'started' years ago was almost non existent. It was never even close to being a complete track as far as I remember. I don't know who you are Sapcecowboy, although I have my suspicions, but this is most certainly NOT 'your' course in any shape or form.
DiscoJimferno 1 year ago
@DiscoJimferno I agreed already its everyones course, if you wish to know my name im Anthony Shorrock and id be willing to come up there to see you when Phil Saxena returns from the world cups. maybe around april,june.
thanks.
spacecowboy22 1 year ago
@olg82 I agree its not my course, its everyones. there would be no built course if it wasnt for me and my mates. we wore suits and sat in blackburn borough council offices going through risk assessments. and you DONT know the guy who cut the trees down because that was me along with the public order lads. Also the rocks were more than 3 square meters thick in Rhodedendran. And the crappy old course you mention, that went went we made the lay out with Phil Saxena. Sorry!
spacecowboy22 1 year ago
@olg82 who's your mate by the way?
spacecowboy22 1 year ago
@spacecowboy22 one of the building lads who built the actual track
olg82 1 year ago
im on cam at 3:33 :)
jonnyp616 1 year ago
nice rideing and im on it at the rocky section with my mate
bouldermick 1 year ago
they are still building yet taius, the next phase to open should be better the bit on the vid is a bit pants to tell the truth
tommytrindy 1 year ago
is this place a propper cycle place like gisburn? looks alright. any jumps and stuff? oh and where is it lol.
taius20 1 year ago