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Hi All,
Being new to the sport I booked a full days session at lee Dunham’s track, loved it and I want to jump right in. Do all tracks close for the winter period (uk)? Looks like I’ve got to buy a bike as pretty much no availability on any tracks in the country for hiring kit until next may! any advice for a newb would be appreciated (spent the day on a 250cc seemed great).
Is it a case of if you have a bike you can just turn up and pay to ride on most tracks?
Any help or steering in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Being new to the sport I booked a full days session at lee Dunham’s track, loved it and I want to jump right in. Do all tracks close for the winter period (uk)? Looks like I’ve got to buy a bike as pretty much no availability on any tracks in the country for hiring kit until next may! any advice for a newb would be appreciated (spent the day on a 250cc seemed great).
Is it a case of if you have a bike you can just turn up and pay to ride on most tracks?
Any help or steering in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Generally just book in the right group and turn up and ride, even in the rain! Have fun 👍🏼
Can't answer your questions as I'm in Africa but I'm pretty sure some of the UK Vitards will chime in...
Once you decide what bike to buy, you can then start buying all the other essentials like gear, maintenance chemicals and tools, spare parts, hard parts, etc. being able to spread out those costs over the winter months makes it easier to get what you need to startup without breaking the bank.
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You local to Bristol? Hampton and Rogers Hill aren't too far and are good practice tracks, Hampton is pretty flat but it's sloppy in the wet and super loose in the dry, so you will crash but you will learn a lot too.
Side note, nice one on booking some training at LDR, the Dunhams' place is mint and the family are top notch too. My GF did her first day on track at their North Nibley track (up the road from the usual LDR track) and Lee's Dad came over and gave her some support and pointers and his sister even came up from the house to tell her she was doing a good job and to stick with it, nicest folks you could meet and of course Lee is rapid and knows the sport inside out.
getting a place must tracks will be rammed now that most of the racing is done but at least you can save a place pre booking now since COVID came about
end of the summer is the best time for newbies
Dry tracks and not many riders
Wildtracks and mildenhall are prime examples
Loads of spaces empty ish pits late summer
Packed come January
if you make it through winter you have bug
Injoy
Space on tracks seems to be pretty rare atm, I guess it’s all a knock on from COVID, although one good thing is there seems to be loads of bikes for sale atm
Another question, anyone had any experience with hitch carriers (I’ve got a Ranger wild track). I’d rather not drive around with the tailgate down if I can help it.
Cheers for all your responses so far!
There's only one way to learn how to ride mud, and that's to ride in the mud.
There's only one way to learn how to ride ruts.
If the weather is too bad, and the tracks are closed, there's time to get your bike dialed in, and get in shape for when they open back up.
When my friends tell me it's supposed to rain, I tell them that if the track is open, I'm riding. I don't care what the weather is. Unfortunately, I might be the only one who thinks this way. The tracks around here close pretty quickly when there's rain.
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