Author:Chameleon Subject: Fourcross Frenzy! Posted: 05 Jul 2008 at 7:05pm
You do have the knack for pickinmg banging tunes for your downhill antics, similar to the dnb tune for the lastest Final Fantasy track for the PS Portable, kinda dark Slayer style tune with dnb backbeat, yehhhh wicked tunes rule
Author:Downhill Phil Subject: Tenerife Tour!!! Posted: 02 Jul 2008 at 4:06am
As promised... the 1st tour video is finally done!
Its called Rough Riderz Tenerife Tour 08.1 and is one of (hopefully) 4 different videos from the island. You will see why its such a great place to go downhillin... this place was made for it!
Also check out the Rough Riderz gallery and archive for new photos and videos. There is a link to my full tour report at the bottom of the club page. The trails I tested have been added to the website, as well as more info on the different tracks in the bikepark.
Author:Downhill Phil Subject: Fourcross Frenzy! Posted: 02 Jul 2008 at 3:55am
Ok heres the link for my next youtube broadcast... its footage of the first trail I rode during my trip to Tenerife. The picture is a bit crappy in parts (mainly due to the very poor quality helmet cam Im using) but hopefully it gives you a flavour of the altitude and the terrain we played in!
Please feel free to leave comments and/or rate the clip... its a bit longer than the others, but thats cos Ive had to try and condense over 1hr of DH into about 8mins of highlights.
Just wait for the crazy tarmac section (and the views) towards the end of the trail... I lost count of how many times I cornered the fourcross on 3 wheels
Author:Downhill Phil Subject: Tenerife publicity Posted: 02 Jul 2008 at 3:45am
My tour also appears to be spreading the word about Rough Riderz and fourcross bikes amongst the spanish community! We have been sent links to 2 different forums... use this link if you wanna do a bit of translation!
The first one is at adaptado.es and features a bit of info (in spanish) and some good photos taken at Bikepark Tenerife. The second one is on the bikecanarias.com forum with a few more pics... and more spanish (in slang), so good luck with that! Lol
Author:Downhill Phil Subject: Tenerife publicity Posted: 02 Jul 2008 at 3:29am
Just a quick bit of news from my favourite rock... Zeno, the owner of Bikepark Tenerife has sent me a link to an article which was published in the Canarian newspaper El Dia after my recent tour.
If youre spanish is any good you can have a read of this... or just use a translation site to get the general idea?
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As promised... the 1st tour video is finally done! 
My tour also appears to be spreading the word about Rough Riderz and fourcross bikes amongst the spanish community! We have been sent links to 2 different forums... use 
Garburn Pass in the Kentmere Valley - Lake District national park 
