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2008
April 30th 2008
April 2nd 2008
April 1st 2008
March 26th 2008
- Aston Hill To Be reborn? Story added online
- Aston Martin Vs Aston Hill History article added
online January 14th 2008
- New website layout, page changes, graphic tweaks, new homepage and resized nav bar re-installed. General sping clean....
January 3rd 2008
- General web tidy up and some layout changes
2007
December 17th 2007
- Bmtb winter riding tips article added
November 26th 2007
- Marks bucksmtb End of season review added
November 2007
- Plenty of general updates - Slightly tweaked graphics and website layout introduced - New buttons and navigation bar added
- Cycle Show 07 Event Review added - TrailBreak Events line up - Cylce Show 07 Preview Added
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27-03-07
24-03-07
13-03-07
11-03-07 Bucksmtb 2007 Racing listings added online. See you at those races hopefully... //-01-07 January Snow report added online with photos 01-01-07 New Year XC Ride Report and photos added online 31-12-06
New 2007 Racing and MTB Calendar Online. See
homepage. 28-12-06
Bucksmtb XMAS Forum DH Ride write up and photo
gallery online now! Bucksmtb XC Visit to the Malverns online - trail review/guide & photos. See Homepage or Trail Guide Section. 20-12-06 Aston Hill Christmas 2006 Opening Times:
Sat.23 Dec - 9am - 4pm 19-12-06 TrailBreak Navigator Race Series and Evans Cycle Trail Rides dates online for Jan - March 2007. 5-12-2006 Local Bike Shop Xmas Bargains, sales and bucksmtb special deals online now. See homepage 25-10-06 Kit and bike reviews are back on bucksmtb, its been a while since we've featured reviews, but they are now back, for good. If you would like to submit bike or kit reviews to be published online please email them to us at bucks_mtb@hotmail.com 24-10-06 New trail guides to be added over the next week, please check back soon to view. Remember if you would like to submit a trail guide for the site, a review of somewhere you have been riding, or let us know of a great route to write a trail guide for please email us at bucks_mtb@hotmail.com 18-10-06 The first downtown DH race came to the UK last weekend, see the homepage for an event report! 16-10-06
The Cycle Show 2006 from ExCel London review online
now. See homepage Trailbreak/Evans Cycle TrailRide info updated, See homepage
Aston Hill DH3 Race photos and report online. See links on homepage. 09/09/06 Site updates: Regards
Dont forget DH fans, the last DH race at Aston Hill under the management of Ian Warby is this month on the 17th September on everyones favourite track DH3. Be there.
Photos and report from Fat Face National MTB Champs at Moelfre, see homepage
Denham 100km Buckinghamshire OffRoad Classic Non Competitive enduro event on 4th June, short notice!
Fort William UCI DH World Cup Photos and race report online!
Wycombe Summit MTB XC Racing announced, click the link via the homepage.
Marks just got back from the Sherwood Pines Trek 6-4-2 Enduro, photos and race report now online! See the link on the hompage! 07/05/06 Race report and photos for this years TrailBreak Fat Tyre Navigator Race are now online! See the link on the homepage 03/05/06 Aston Hill Evening sessions Tuesday and Thursday nights 17.30 til 20.30/Dusk - £3 if non member. Standard opening times still apply also. 24/04/06 Abercarn Dragon Downhill Race report and photos online! 20/04/06 Aston Hill Opening Times: Aston Hill Trail Conditions - dry as bone, get riding there now! 18/04/06 4 more new signings on the bucksmtb race team squad. Look out for the team at DH and XC races nationwide. 10/04/06 Please find more updates and new graphics in and around the site from this week, along with most pages being rebuilt - do check back on interviews, tech tips and trail guides as they have all been edited and updated. New galleries are also online, and look out for a new videos section on the site within the next few weeks. 09/04/06 New site rebuild. Please excuse any links that arent working and the mixture of colour schemes and graphics at the moment - all will be sorted soon! 07/04/06 Thanks to all those taken part in the Bucksmtb BIG Questionnaire so far - over 70 of you have filled it in so far and were getting a superb set of results so we can tailor the site to fit as many of you as possible. Please carry on taking part. 02/04/06 2006 bucksmtb race team has been announced - check out the race team page. Places still available for those interested, DH or XC, any age, any experience. 19/3/06 Photos from the Black Run 2006 Aston Hill DH Race now online. 31/1/06 The rumours are true, there is a new Cafe in the main car park in Wendover Woods. Open all week... 31/1/06 All trail guides rebuilt on new layout, unfinished guides have been completed. Maps added. 28/1/06 The pink has gone. All web colours
now in Lime Green expect Forum. 25/1/06 All Photo galleries rebuilt. New loading software added. Removed photos are still available on request 25/1/06 All Photo galleries rebuilt. New loading software added. Removed photos are still available on request 12/12/05 Local Bike Shop Directory completed and published. 23/11/05 Thanks to everyone who has so far completed the Bucksmtb Big Questionnaire. We've edited some questions and added up some more answers, and will continue to add the odd new question over the next week or so. Please do take the time to stop and fill it in, will only take 5mins! Happy riding 15/11/05 Were looking for people to help out with the website for next year. Were looking for budding journalists who would be interested in writing trail guides, tech tips, product and bike reviews, and any other articles you think would be good on the site.
Were looking for more feedback from our users 15/11/05 Bucksmtb.co.uk Email Newsletter & MBR Big Welsh Weekend Photos update: As many of you who have signed up will have realised we haven't managed to get out an email newsletter for some time now, we do apologise for this. We have also had a sudden surge of new people signing up for the newsletter, so we are trying our best to get it back into action. Were currently having technical difficulties with our email system, so we will publish the next newsletter(s) on this website. Please sign up on the forum for regular news. We hope to have a new email system up and running for Christmas. If your still waiting for MBR photos to be mailed through, please be patient as i still have a few hundred to sort through.... Thank you for your patience, the Bucksmtb Team
18/07/05 MBR Big Welsh Weekend photos etc online. See link via homepage!
10/07/05 What a great race weekend at Aston Hill once again... Photos of DH3/4X podiums are online along with Black Run Photos. Visit the Gallery to view. Race report coming soon
20/06/05 Some new photos added into the 4X gallery...
If you into xc racing and your going to be at Margam Park in July.....see you there!
10/06/05 Sorry about the delays with the site... all the pages and photos are being loaded back on gradually. If your wondering where the newsletter is, it will be on its way before the end of the month. Cheers for your patience Bucksmtb
28/05/05 Well, why the new website look and layout you ask? Well basically my PC blew up thus losing the old site. So this new one takes its place. Hope you like it. Post up any niggles on the forum. Cheers
09/05/05 The Tour De Vale bike ride takes place this Sunday coming [15th May] starting from the Guttmann Sports Stadium in Stoke Mandeville. This a general road/cycle path ride round Aylesbury Vale. 15, 30 and 50 mile options. Good for the family, the roadie or the XC rider looking for a blast. Entries need to be sorted ASAP, and were not sure if you can enter on the day. Will keep you posted though.
08/05/05 Buckingham Bikes Demo day with Scott USA and Trek went along marvellously. Check out the day review and the snap shots [see link on the homepage]. Don't forget Buckingham Bikes are also there tomorrow [Monday] and Cycle Care will be along with their Scott USA demo on both Tuesday and Wednesday [10th and 11th of May]
15/04/05 Last call for the Evans Trail ride in Princes Risborough tomorrow morning. Click straight over to www.trailbreak.com for more info
15/04/05 Buckingham Bikes Updates:
1) The Buckingham Bikes Trek/Scott demo day takes place on Sun/Monday 8th and 9th of May 2005 at Aston Hill. Over the two days Scott and Trek will have XC, Freeride, Downhill bikes available to test ride, and Buckingham Bikes will have an on-site BBQ over both days. Potential customers can gain a special discount over the 2days. If you want to book a test ride contact the shop on 01296 482077 or email info@buckinghambikes.com
2) Buckingham Bikes now has a selection of ex-demo konas for sale
Junior (24" rrp £275) Hula's at £99.99 and various sizes of Lanai (26" rrp at £149.99)
Please ring the shop on 01296 482077 or 01296481669 or visit either the Buckingham Street Aylesbury store or the new workshop at Townsend Piece Bicester Road.
All the bikes are fully serviced and in good condition with all new tyres
10/04/05 You may have been wondering why the site has been down and all images have been missing..... simple reason, but were sorting it, slowly...
Cheers for checking back, won't be long now until its 100% up and running again.
04/04/05 This week at Aston Hill there is a devo1 and a devo 2 course:
DeVo1 Tuesday 5th April 10am - 2pm (Begginer/Intermediate)
For more info follow the links on www.astonhill.com
28/03/05 The website has been spring cleaned, so you will find many images etc have vanished. Many were removed as the links were broken or the images and galleries were out of date. Please contact us if your looking for images from past events in 2004.
27/03/05 More photos added up in the Aston Hill Red run and DH3 photo galleries
27/03/05 I stopped to take a few photos of riders on the Aston Hill 4x today, click here to view
26/03/05 We have now been open well over a year.... time for a celebration. Here's to a few more years yet.....
25/03/05 Aston Hill is running a devo1 and devo2 course this Easter holiday. Click over to www.astonhill.com for more info and to download a form [online within next few days]
23/03/05 Don't forget its the Bike show at Stoneleigh Park on the 1st-3rd of April. For more info click over to www.thebikeshow.com
22/03/05 Photos of the DH3 and red run races at Aston Hill are now online, as well as the race report for the weekend and the race results. Please email us to check for a photo of you from either race at Aston Hill.
21/03/05 Photos of the red run race at Aston Hill are now online, as well as the race report for the weekend. Please email us to check for a photo of you from either race at Aston Hill.
19/03/05 Some photos from a great days racing at Aston Hill for the first race (DH3) of they're first race weekend are now online. Check out the gallery. More pics online soon, including photos from the red run race tommorrow.
15/03/05 Sorry about our site being down over the last couple of days... don't ask me why, not a clue....
10/03/05 The first Aston Hill downhill weekend is just over one week away (19th & 20th of march). Click over to astonhill.com to download a race form to enter. See you there.
02/03/05 The first Aston Hill downhill weekend is only 3 weeks away (19th & 20th of march). Click over to astonhill.com to download a race form to enter. See you there. A much asked question lately is about camping - yes you can camp over the weekend for a small fee of about £3
28/02/05 The Aston Hill annual membership is now due for 2005 before the end of the month, here is the following relevant information you may need: Aston Hill Mountain Bike Area - Membership 2005 Aston Hill has given the Aston Hill Mountain Bike Areas Membership a major overhaul for 2005. The first major change is that they have scrapped the fixed membership period and are now offering 12 month memberships. The new system is a lot easier from a customer point of view and offers Annual Members more in terms of value for money. Aston Hill has also simplified the membership categories to make joining up even easier.
Adult £55.00 2005 Aston Hill membership is now available, visit www.astonhill.com for prices, and to download an application form. If you fancy just a day out to Aston Hill, a day membership is available at the gate for £5 Contact Info: Aston Hill Mountain Bikers, PO Box 12, Aylesbury, HP21 7YJ Phone/Fax 01296 489729
24/02/05 They are £14 inc P&P which is great value considering t-shirts of a similar high quality and 100% heavyweight cotton sell for £20+. There is a picture on store22.co.uk but we will add a photo up later this week for you. 20/02/05 Our bucksmtb.co.uk flame design stickers have been finished. Thanks to Keith at www.signstuff.biz for doing them. You will be able to buy these stickers at races all over the UK. The stickers are the flame logo, cut out with a white outline, and lacquered to make them waterproof. This is the logo used:
16/02/05 Results from the Fat Tyre Navigator Race on the 13th Feb are now online. Click here to view
13/02/05 We managed to complete the Princes Risborough Fat Tyre Navigator Race today. An excellent event incorporating some posh technology and some very good local tracks. Results will follow shortly. Click here to read our race report
12/02/05 We got the first UK exclusive shots of the 2005 Balfa Uk range of frames. Click here for more
11/02/05 Good luck to our team members (Mark & Scott) racing the Fat Tyre Navigator XC race on Sunday in Princes Risborough, for more info on the event click here
09/02/05 Tom Foot, the guy who did the 200mile ride to raise money for the Tsunami victims has raised £525 so far.
08/02/05 Look forward to what next week brings... We will have special photos and news of the Balfa range and the new Avent and .243 Racing framesets stocked through our sponsor Balfa UK. Look out for this, as we will be the first press to see and photograph the 2005 line up. Look for more info soon.
07/02/05 Our bucksmtb.co.uk flamer stickers have been ordered. We will update you soon on how to get some. Check out signstuff.biz to see what they can print for you...
06/02/05 Updates for this week so far include Buckingham Bikes February Deals, extra photos in the viewer bikes gallery, more info on the Fat Tyre Navigator Race and the Denham 100km Enduro
05/02/05 Tom Foot, the guy who did the 200mile ride to raise money for the Tsunami victims has raised £400 so far... he still has donations coming in even after the event has finished. We'd like to say thanks to Tom for doing such an event for such a worthwhile cause. For more info click here
04/02/05 Buckingham Bikes February Offers:
28/01/05 Fat Tyre Navigator Race at Princes Risborough on 13th Feb 2005. Click here for more
15/01/05 The Non competitive Enduro in Denham, Bucks is back for 2005. Visit www.westdraytonmbc.co.uk for more info and a race form
15/01/05 Aston Hill 2005 Race Series announced:
Race Weekend 1
[Tracks used still TBA, possibility of DH4 being used to place of another track]
15/01/05 Last night saw our sponsored gig take place. We sponsored a local gig in Aylesbury, bands included 'Not A Clue' and 'Dillweed'. It was a great night, until we got attacked on the way back, damn yobs.
12/01/05 Aston Hill Series 2005: This year the Aston Hill downhill series is to be 6 races over 3 weekends. Race weekends in March, July, and September. Dates to be confirmed soon. The Southern XC round at Aston Hill in July has been cancelled.
08/01/05 The website has been receiving an overhall... from new headers and images to new articles, reviews and trail guides. Keep checking back for new updates, and keep an eye on the latest updates list on the index page.
07/01/05 'Crazy Mtber' from our forum (Tom) is doing a 200mile ride to raise money for the Tsunami victims. Click here to read more
05/01/05 Keep your eye open for the aston hill race weekend entrance forms on astonhill.com within the next week or so.
01/01/05 Our New Years Eve Forum Ride was a great success. We took over Aston Hill for the day, the weather was nice, the tracks dry, and there was some great riding and the day was a great laugh. To sign up for our forum Click Here
December2004 Latest press release - Dec04 - March 2005 to see a new race format at Aston Hill - a Race weekend . Click here for more info
November2004 The Southerndownhill.com DVD is now available to preorder and buy. This is footage of the Exposure Lights DH Night Race and the 2004 Aston Hill Bombhole Challenge. Click here for our review of the DVD and click here for more info and to order the DVD
November2004 For 2005 we have Balfa UK, X-lite, Muc-off, Intense Tyres and Cycle Care sponsoring our website Race Team. A big shout out to all the sponsors. Click here for more info on the team
November2004 Our race dates calendar is gradually building up now, please drop us an email to let us know of events we've missed
November2004 We will be trying to build up a 2005 race dates calendar for you as and when we receive all the dates. Look out for it soon.
November2004 Ryan Telling and Micky Boswell of the 2004 bucksmtb race team have now moved on to pastures new. For 2005 they are both now riding for S.M.A.R.T Coaching. We wish them both luck with their new team.
November2004 The Southerndownhill.com DVD is now available to preorder. Click here for more
October2004 Website totally rebuilt after some slight technical problems. This was a good reason to tidy up the site, remove old content, and sort out broken links. Let me know if there are any problems with pages or links. EMAIL ME
October2004 We will be attending the 2004 Aston Hill Bombhole Challenge event on the 7th of November
October2004 We will be attending the devo2 course at aston hill on 6th November
September2004 We will be attending the Exposure Lights Aston Hill race on October the 30th. The infamous Black Run is a fast track - in the dark, a whole new track will be born
September2004 We attended the Aston Hill downhill race event on 19th September. The ever popular track showed great racing. Check out the gallery for photos.
August2004 Our 2005 race team has been announced. We are continuing to dedicate our resources towards the development of local talent in both downhill and cross country racing. Big shot out goes to Balfa UK, Cycle Care, Muc-off and Xlite, and SantaCruz/Intense Tyres.
August2004 The Bucksmtb Race team will be racing NPS, EPS and PORC Events along with the odd Dragon downhill event. There are also a few winter season races on the Calendar that the team are going to try and race.
July2004 Check out the Gallery for photos of the Aston Hill Southern XC race from July 2004
June2004 All the Galleries have been reloaded and updated, and a new loading software has been added for your benefit. The photos have now been resized and load faster than ever before.
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