I was out riding with the guys from Hotwheels(GT Bikes Uk distributor) a few weeks ago. Blasting around Epping's great singletrack trails we got chatting about the GT team and how Hans Rey was currently in the uk. I casually mentioned to one of the guys from hotwheels how i'd always wanted to ride with Hans Rey, we finished the ride and i thought nothing more of it.
Fast forward a couple of days and i recieved a phone call from one of the lads at Hotwheels. Turned out Hans was heading over to Europe for a few Trials shows and to visit some of his other sponsers and would be up for a few hours hitting up the local Epping trails on Tuesday. I was speechless, not only was i going to go riding with hans but we were gonna ride my local trails!
Tuesday came round and we all arranged to meet at High Beech for 1:30pm. I rolled up fashionable(ok , not that fashionable just late) late at 1:45pm. Hans and the guys from hotwheels were already there. Hans has a killer motorhome he uses to travel around europe for Trials shows etc. its the same motorhome him and Steve Peat did their Ireland road trip in.
Hans showed me all the bikes he'd brought along for the trip his GT Zaskar Trials bike, His GT Marathon and GT Sanction. His bike of choice for Epping was the GT Marathon. We set off and headed south to Pole hill. I tryed to keep the trails interesting as hans is known for riding some crazy stuff , but Hans really liked the south trails mentioning that they had really good flow.
We then headed from pole hill down to connaught water and on to the loughton trails and back to high beech, Its was a good 2 hour blast with some amazing company. We decided to Finish the day off with a quick pint up at the Pub at High Beech before hans had to make a move to catch his ferry over to france.
Before hans set off he signed a few posters for me. A true ambassador for Cycling in all forms! Thanks Hans you really made my day!
Below is a picture of Han's Dad(who was along for the trip) , Hans Rey , Me and Dave from Hotwheels
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