Muddymoles mountain biking in the Surrey Hills and Mole Valley

Stuff & nonsense

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Three things I can’t do

Matt finds himself wanting – some people can do things on a bike that just doesn’t seem proper!

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Muddymoles redesign 2007

We’ve refreshed our website, that to Matt for all his hard work. Hope you like it.

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5 reasons why I hate Mountain Biking. Mark’s opinion

Mark responds to Matt’s list of things he hates about Mountain Biking. Are we turning into a bunch of Grumpy Old Men…?

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Five reasons I hate Mountain Biking

Matt responds to the Bike Snob and eventually comes up with five reasons he hates Mountain Biking (well, so he says…)

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Memories are made of this, or the lot of the busy man

While listening to Dean Martin singing “Memories are made of this” the other day, it sent me off on a wave of nostalgia, reminding me that I used to ride a mountain bike.

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What is Mountain Biking?

The Fat Cyclist has just highlighted how ambiguous the term Mountain Biking can be…

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I’ve seen my new Orange Five

And very striking it is in Electric (Sub Zero) Blue with chunky Rock Shox 454 Pike forks up front, Mavic UST wheels and lovely clicky Hope Pro 2 hubs.

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High Fives for Orange

As I posted last week, I was hours off picking up my new Orange Five when Cycleworks discovered that my Electric Blue with sparkle lacquer turned out to be sparkley Diva Blue. You see how easy it is to mix the two up with descriptions like that? Well Orange have put their hands up and agreed to send an Electric … Read the rest…

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The changing plans and shifting sands of Mountain Biking

There’s an old saying about best laid plans which means that inevitably, the half baked ideas of the Muddymoles rarely stand a chance of working out the way we hope.

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Mountain Biking and male fertility

Channel 4 are running a series called Embarrassing Illnesses which focuses on exactly that. It’s a magazine style programme where doctors get to show exactly why they get paid what they do, having to deal with some pretty rank conditions that patients have avoided facing up to for some time. Although not technically an illness, this week Singletrack magazine have … Read the rest…

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My Orange Five has arrived

Well, I’ve seen a box with my name on it anyway! I nipped into Cycleworks on Saturday and saw a big box with the Orange logo on the side, along with my name. Inside were all sorts of goodies waiting to be built up into my dream trail machine.

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Familiar Surrey Hills trails

Recently I’ve been doing quite a bit of riding around the local Surrey Hills in my quest to get fitter for our trip to Wales. And I think it’s paying off in that I feel charged up and looking forward to the next ride most days now. Not that I’m getting out most days but you know what I mean. … Read the rest…