Patcham Place is a set of trails that have been around for a long time, however, it is only in the past year or so this place has really kicked off. They are based on the outskirts of Brighton & Hove in East Sussex. For the exact location as well as more info and photos feel free to take a look at our Facebook page (it also acts as a petition, so please Like it so we can keep these trails, thanks): http://www.facebook.com/pages/Patcham-Place/104223046330100?sk=info

The jumps face being destroyed by the council as people have complained about people riding their bikes down the hills in the woods. We hope by creating this page people will understand that the group of riders at the dirt jumps are separate to the downhill riders. We want to tell people that they are two different styles of riding and that us at the dirt jumps are not involved with this form of Downhill riding. The people at the dirt jumps wish to preserve the natural environment in Coney Woods for families, dog walkers and it’s inhabitants.

The jumps are situated in a small corner at the bottom of Coney Woods. We have recently collected all the rubbish that has been distributed around the area left by careless individuals, resulting in a clean local environment. However, this sadly is an ongoing problem and we ask all people that wish to enjoy this natural environment to bring any rubbish that they make with them or use the bins provided, as the council cannot spare the costs of sending in hired litter-pickers due to the Government cuts, so will result in a small handful of the local riders to have to spend their free, unpaid time tidying up the litter of the selfish, waste-producing minority.

The jumps provide a safe local environment for people who wish to exercise, with friendly riders who are always more than happy to teach people how to ride the jumps or learn any new tricks. Many of the locals are educated on current bicycle components and are happy to help and fix peoples bikes if they are passing.

We hope that after reading this that people will realise that Patcham Place helps promote a healthy and positive lifestyle within Brighton.

Many thanks,

Patcham Place.

Another quick update from us, this time to upload some photos of the jumps currently being built down here. Not yet finished but shall be hopefully by Spring time

Well then, this is our first actual post for our trails on this site and will in the very near future post more information as well well as photos of them. However, sadly the Council are planning to demolish our jumps but here is a link to a petition to save them: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Patcham-Place/104223046330100?sk=wall Thanks a lot to anyone who signs it!

Cold and wet up north now…time to get the spades out.

Big plans for winter digging, starting with re-doing the mainline then making some redundant lines work again and link into the new stuff. More pics soon, but for now here’s a nice panorama of the big set taking its new shape…

First summer has been a good one at Tea Shack, but winter has set in good and proper, all the lips and landings are tucked up in tarps and today we finished a new lip for a hip we are building. More to come soon including a short film !

Hello from the US Chicagoland area, this is our first post.. but there will be more to come!  I’ve been checkin out the site for a while and im real impressed.  Heres a little history on us.  We used to have a real strong scene here in the 90′s with 10-15 different trail spots within a 5 mile radius.  As people got older they moved to warmer places to dig, or quit riding. The younger generation of local riders grew up riding park, so trails kinda died, spots were abandoned or plowed.  Last year a few locals and I started digging, we now have 3 spots running strong and hope to continue re-building and expanding to new or old  spots. The ground is fronzen solid now with 10 inches of snow but as soon as the ground thaws out we’l be diggin.  Heres some pics from one of our spots, called Stony.

The first two pics are a before and after of the same spot 8 months later.

Heres two quick vids, I’d embed them but I don’t know how.  The first vid is from the right line, the second is the All- Weather line, with a roll in and lights for nightime, and lips made of concrete.

I’l try to post major updates here, but if you want to see more or get in touch drop us a message on here or check out our site thanks. http://708woods.blogspot.com/

Been busy at the trails lately. Adding to the main line, started a new line and changed most of the big set. Still loads to do though.

Got some snow down here too I love it, bit  cold  digging though.  Here’s a few pics of our recent work, got a few things done.  Takes so long just two of us digging, need more diggers!

Link to our blog

http://trailboss-dan.pinkbike.com/blog/moostrails.html