TWINSET Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 (edited) Hi allDoes anyone know of any decent sites around Oxford?It's not for trials though I'm afraid, I'm trying to find a few sites for radio control rock crawler competitions.I live in central Oxford and work in East Hendred - is there anywhere around?Bracken Rocks up north looks a decent site, something like that in Oxford would be sweet - any ideas?Here's last years course, at Black Rockshttp://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...4766&id=169Many thanks Edited January 30, 2008 by TWINSET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_ Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Bit off topic, but do you live in oxford dude?And you do ride yea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINSET Posted January 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I'm on the Abingdon Road, just up from the Head of The RiverI haven't ridden for ages, even then it was FS mountain bikes - when XT thumbies were the kit to have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_ Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 ahhh Always looking for new riders. There are a couple of guys who ride around here that are from the old days that are back into it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun H Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Bracken Rocks is temporarily closed to the public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich J Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Tried like up near white horse hill and place like up there? If i could remember for the life of me what was near hendred id suggest someplaces. Oxford there aint really much i can think of. Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizza Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 theres nothin like that in oxford dude, if there was we'd be riding it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookyboy Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Looks like what might be the most boring hobby i could imagine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINSET Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Looks like what might be the most boring hobby i could imagine!You're right, post-whoring is so much more interesting, thanks for pointing it out.Thanks guys for the replies, we're probably not looking at such big boulders as you would be, so any sites that weren't challenging enough for you may be just what we need.Oxford does seem a bit barren though, the only half-decent site so far is a quarry at Stanton St John (Headington/Wheatley A40) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duck Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Looks like what might be the most boring hobby i could imagine!Ever heard of stamp collecting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben 81 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 What about Kirtlington quarry?LinkLooks like it's a nature reserve these days though.So probably bad news!Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINSET Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Gotta be worth a look though, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun H Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Are the trucks standard (don't look it) or do they have all the fancy independant steering and adjustable suspension like the real ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINSET Posted February 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 They're pretty much custom made.The axles tend to be the only 'donor' part, predominatly from Tamiya (Japanese RC company) trucks.Chassis are now bein produced in numbers, but until recently there were maybe one or two suppliers in the US, the rest were custom jobs.The controls range from straightforward left/right forwards/reverse to independant steering at each end and seperate throttle controls for each axleThis is a more basic one, just independant front/rear steering;http://www.tamiyaclub.com/moviecomment.asp...273&uid=169More 'traditional' design - central gearbox with driveshafts to axles (a la fulsize 4x4)Pretty much as seperated from reality as you can get, basically two axles held together by a beam.Each end has it's own steering and throttle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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