Video: Planet of the Shapes

Nov 3, 2014 at 16:17
by Martin Zielinski  
Views: 8,286    Faves: 103    Comments: 9


Nestled on the A338 between the town of Tidworth and Shipton Bellinger, Tidworth Freeride has been quietly simmering for over a decade, from its humble beginnings as a proving ground for local riders Tidworth has grown into a fully fledged compact Bike park.

Planet of the shapes

Often the best riding spots are ones’ born out of a labour of love, built by hand, by riders for riders and Tidworth Freeride is no exception.

Consisting of around fifteen key builders Tidworth has a welcoming and inclusive vibe. Arriving it’s likely that you will be greeted by one of the trail crew, who will be more than happy to give you an insight into the various lines and features. The open ethos is down to Phil Potts, Tidworth’s main man. Phil has a passion for building sustainable trails which cater for a broad range of abilities and riding styles. Since my first visit to Tidworth about a year ago the spot has grown considerably and the quality of the building and flow gets better all the time.

Although all the runs at Tidworth are relatively short (few mins) what they lack in terms of duration/length is more than made up for by flow and variety. The site boasts a number of different lines, these include dirt-jumps, rooty/roughish DH runs, progressive jump area and some super fun freeride runs, the pushup is relatively mild and short which makes Tidworth a great spot to session.

Planet of the shapes

Day passes can be purchased on-site or online and will set you back £5 all money collected on-site goes back into the maintenance of the park, you can visit the CTC website to pay on-line and more info regarding annual passes ect..: www.ctc.org.uk/ctc-mtb-bike-parks/tidworth-freeride-bike-park

On Saturday 22nd of Nov 2014 Tidworth Freeride will be hosting their annual “Hooper Hooner” visit https://www.facebook.com/tidworthfreeride for details.

Tidworth Freeride would like the thank the following for the ongoing support: CTC, DMR Bikes, TF Tuned, Pothead and Panface, Bear essentials MTB skills and Stonehenge cycles.

Tidworth Freeride
South Tidworth

Wiltshire

SP9 7TE

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38 Comments
  • 26 0
 Didn't like the 2 children working on the trail thought that was terrible You need at least 5 or 6 children to keep it in tip top condition !!!!!!!!!
  • 1 0
 haha like it
  • 11 0
 preferably kids who aren't aware of the working time regulations and don't know their union rep
  • 6 0
 "no timmy, you can have a strawberry whip once you've finished shaping that berm"
  • 5 0
 Its not child labour if you dont pay them!
  • 6 0
 Very proud to have an area like this so near to my home, and to see it become such a featured and successful riding spot. If you haven't been I can't stress how well built, maintained and run the park is, as well as how friendly and knowledgeable the trail crew are. Can't wait to get back from uni so I can ride Tidworth again!
  • 3 0
 Second that, Guys who run it are so sound! Nicest owners of any bike park ive been too, first went in March and now my main riding spot, Love it, and always progressing the site!
  • 2 0
 Totally agree. It's down to all the effort put in by the builders here that Tidworth has now become my no.1 choice of local places (within an hour) to ride. Thanks for all your hard work - Hooper Struve rocks !!!
  • 2 0
 That looks sooo good and all built by hand. Props to all the builders hand builds tend to turn out better than machines as you are in the berm, shaping and clearing flat spots rather than in a machine, rushing and compromising.
  • 2 0
 oh, I forgot to mention something.

The locals are SO nice! Such a chilled out atmosphere, and a really nice supportive crowd. The guy with the beard (I think his name is Phil) is a really good guy who always takes time for a chat.

My favourite place to ride Smile
  • 1 0
 Quality edit featuring quality riders, I ride here once maybe twice a week and its so good, so much more flow that other larger bike parks iv been too, all down to the creativity and hard graft of the guys, wish I could ride here more often :-)
  • 2 0
 WOOOP!! its so awesome to see my local place on pinkbike! its such a relaxed vibe there and there is always someone to chat with too. that was a rad video too, well done the lads!
  • 2 0
 i was actually in that vid for 0.000000000001 seconds. you guys are awesome the trails are sweet looking forward to riding all spring and summer awsom vid by the way
  • 3 0
 Putting Tidworth on the map! 4 minutes ago I didn't even know where it was, now...... i want to live there! Smile
  • 2 0
 Looks like a seriously nice place to play!! Will definitely pay a visit once I finally sort myself out with a bike again
  • 1 0
 So pleased to see it on the PB Homepage! My favourite place to ride!
A full edit of the jumpy line at tidworth! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eZd0r8vQvk
  • 1 0
 Awesome place only rode once but felt welcome even tho I was on my hartail xc bike with no pads but will deffently come back with the big bike .
  • 2 0
 I am now going to Tidworth!
  • 1 0
 Nice to see the local spot on the front page. The crew there have really poured everything into that place.
  • 1 0
 The 22nd is my birthday! I hope i can get down!! I'm in southampton if anyone can pic me up lol
  • 1 0
 Gotta get back there soon, and I'll try not to case the jump over the other trail quite so badly next time...
  • 1 0
 well done guys for all your hard work, top notch park you have built, such a good venue to perfect your riding. keep it up.
  • 2 0
 I think Tidworth is going to be busy.... Sweet vid.
  • 1 0
 Glad to have this on my dorestep, buzzig to get back from uni to ride there again
  • 2 0
 Great edit
  • 1 0
 Here's another edit of tidworth m.pinkbike.com/video/381132
  • 1 0
 Right, sod going for a XC ride this weekend im coming to Tidworth! hahaSmile
  • 1 0
 How have I never heard of this place?
  • 1 1
 Awesome video guys , you really show Tidworth at it best ! Still amazes me you guys made it all by hand too , big props !
  • 1 0
 Damn, absolutely miles away. Looks awesome!
  • 1 0
 What does it ride like in the Rain??
  • 3 1
 Dont wanna put people off riding there but I would.avoid it on wet days , very very slick and your tyres clog on the way up ! Day after a rain is usually ok tho
  • 6 0
 gets a bit BonJovi as its chalk. awesome place tho, great crew.
  • 2 1
 Ok I have been trying to figure out what you mean by ' a bit BonJovi ' but cant think of a rhyme that it equals ?!?!
  • 2 0
 living on a prayer ?
looks like a lot of fun,i might come and have some crashes !
  • 6 0
 'Slippery when wet'!!
  • 1 0
 Definitely going to this place, right up my alley lol! Awesome.
  • 1 0
 I frigging love tidworth!







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