Cycling and mountain biking at Bedgebury
A gentle family cycle ride in a beautiful woodland setting? Or top-speed mountain biking round Bedgebury's challenging single-track routes? 10km of newly surfaced family cycle track round the 2000 acre forest
Over 12km of single-track mountain biking Professionally designed 'Freeride' area with challenging jumps and stunts Cycle hire, purchase and repair Adapted cycles for hire for disabled people and people with learning difficulties Showers for both riders and their bikes Bedgebury Forest Cycle Club
Single Track and Freeride/Dirt Jumps The Freeride Area, Mini North Shore and new Dirt Jump course (alongside the Freeride) are now open. We are working very closely with the Bedgebury Forest Cycle Club to identify areas of the singletrack and freeride that need upgrading and improving. The Club has tasked individual members with drawing up long-term plans for improvements that will ensure that these facilities are the best in South East England. We will use this site to keep you up to date on progress. Maintenance work "The trail was 200% improved on last year, the new areas when bedded in will be even better and I think the team have done a fantastic job. The last run was fantastic with well built jumps, and the new area with switchbacks and berms obviously avoids the mud but also tests the skills.
The team that have done this have made a fantastic job, and I would like to pass on my thanks as each time I ride it, it just gets better and keeps me coming back for more.
Thanks all and keep up the good work!"
Martin Atkinson, July 2008
Quench Cycles @ Bedgebury For cycle hire please visit www.quenchuk.co.uk You can now view a video of some of our trails. Bedgebury Forest Cycle Club 
Local experts and enthusiasts have now set up the Bedgebury Cycle Club, in order to accommodate the views and ideas of regular visitors and to ensure the successful evolution of the cycle trails. The club is affiliated to British Cycling, ensuring that Bedgebury will be able to host BC approved events. The club will meet monthly in Bedgebury’s new Visitor Centre. Membership benefits include an annual car parking pass, free showers and bike-wash, and discounts on parts and accessories in the Bedgebury bike shop run by Evernden Cycles. Subscription levels are £60 (Family), £45 (Individual), £15 (Individual - excluding car parking), £5 (under 17). "Members will assist with waymarking for the singletrack and freeride area, future extension and re-routing of the singletrack and possible development of a dirt-jump area." Says Bedgebury Partnership Manager David Hiscock. "Future activities will include night-rides and social events." If you'd like to join please visit www.boarsonbikes.co.uk Go-MTB at Bedgebury Forest The club is organising a four race series of mountain bike racing at Bedgebury Forest under British Cycling rules. They will use the existing short course (to be lengthened over next few months) to give a circuit of approximately 3km, which will be varied slightly for each race. It will be separate from the public single track and the family trail. This will allow racing on Saturday mornings. Racing will start at 11 am on 3 May, 7 June, 28 June, 12 July (sign on and practice to start at 10am) There will be categories for male and female riders as follows: Juvenile - 12 to 14 years old - approx 35 min. race £5 Youth – 15 to 16 years old – approx 45 min. race £5 Junior – 17 to 18 years old – 1 hour race £7 U23’s – 19 to 23 years old – 1 hour race £8 Seniors – 1 hour race £8 Veterans – 1 hour race £8 Rules: The series will be run as simply as possible, but rules to be the same as those adopted last year and are needed to help create a good environment for all to enjoy the racing.
- Racing on dates shown.
- Racing starts at 11am.
- Get there early, sign on and practice opens at 10am.
- Entry on the line only, entry closes at 10.45am.
- All races finish at about 12pm, everyone finishes on the same lap as the winner (stop at flag).
- There is a maximum field of 100 riders, and entry closes at 10.45m whether we’re full or not. So please arrive as early as possible and give yourself time to pre-ride the course.
- We will have qualified first-aiders on site, though we hope you won’t need them.
- You don't need a race license or be affiliated to any club or governing body.
- The organisers will try to get provisional results out as soon as possible. We will post results on the club notice board and the website so riders can see what happened in the previous race.
- Women's and men's races in each category
Members £7 & Non-Member (standard parking charges) £10 - 10am to 4pm. Please follow the cycle code Expect the unexpected - keep your speed down remember other vehicles use forest roads as well as you Give way to walkers - be friendly towards other forest users hail a horse and avoid an accident Danger! Keep away from forest operations Danger! Do not pass a vehicle loading timber until you have been told to do so Footpaths are for walkers only Cycle with care and come back again
Sat 21st June & Sat 5th July - Mountain Bike Race Preparation Training Skills
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