Esher Shore is once again holding its annual Freeride Jam at the Esher Shore bike park in Esher, Surrey on Sunday 22nd June

 the Jam will feature both the north shore bike park and the new slopestyle park which is currently under construction

 with support from the bike industry, bike media and appearances from some of the biggest names in UK freeride and dirt jumping, its looking to be a great day out!

more info to follow soon

www.eshershore.com 

I work on alot of Juicy brakes at work...as a bike mechanic

we ditched the official Avid bleed method along time back, as it often leaves the brakes "soft"

 we use the syringe as normal at the caliper end, and at the brake lever end just use the hose and red screw-in fitting (to screw the hose into the brake lever bleed port) and then run the hose into a catch bottle (like with Hayes)

 as long as you degass the fluid in the syringe, you always get a super firm bleed with no air, and its much quicker than f*cking about as with the "official" method

 just make sure, before bleeding, that the pad contact adjuster is fully wound out, and the pistons are fully seated to allow max. take-up of fluid

 if you find your brakes still a little "soft" (i.e. no air, but not enough fluid) try rotating the brake lever clamp to horizontal, remove the bleed plug, drip some DOT in there until it overflows, reinstall bleed plug, pump brakes couple of times and repeat if necessary

 this extra step introduces an extra volume of fluid into the system and provides a very firm feeling brake