Today was the day of a photo shoot and interview with Rowan Sorrell at Lee Quarry. Rowan is a World Cup level rider notorious for turning up at various events across the UK and blitzing the competition. Rowan is also the man responsible for the fantastic downhill track at Cwmcarn, Wales.Rowan showed us around the trails he was working on and explained how they decide what to build, where to build, and how to build. Quite a few times Rowan pointed at huge piles of rocks and tried to explain the plans he had.
It was quite hard to envision his ideas but after seeing some of the work he's done at the Quarry already I'm sure he'll have no trouble turning his plans into a reality.
After showing us around the trail we stopped off at the skill zone where Rowan proceeded to smash the handle of a sledge hammer trying to sink a wooden post. Pretty impressive.
I was meant to be helping with a photo shoot once we'd seen what was on offer but it was decided that it was too dark and windy so that idea was scrapped. But I still got to ride an Orange ST4 on the bottom half of the trail.
This bike rode amazingly and the colour coded rims definitely help to make it stand out from the crowd. I'm currently trying to decide whether to save up nearly £2,000 for the orange or spend about a tenner spraying the rims on my Kona the same colour as the frame.
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