Leith Hill Rough & Tumble

Today we had a quicker than expected wizz around some of the trails at Leith Hill. We had planned a whole days riding taking in both Leith Hill and Holmbury Hill. Our intention was to hit some of our favourite singletrack trails and then explore a couple of new-to-us areas.

To cut the story short we managed an incident packed 3 miles!

Highlights included: one of our gang attempting to climb a hill so steep that he tumbled over backwards rotating over the rear wheel and landing on his back; I went down a short but very steep drop that required me to lean way-over the rear wheel and when I tried to straighten up the waistband of my shorts got caught on the back of the saddle and I ended up stopping with very little dignity; and finally, my rear mech snapped in half as we explored off the beaten track. A comical ride/push back to the car-park and we were on our way home. A new rear mech, £39-00 from my account straight into the pockets of CRC!