EPISODE 165 – The First Rule of Farmer John’s MTB Club

show notes

Welcome to Cycle Systems Online podcasts for 2023. It's great to be back with a stellar episode with John Thorpe from Farmer Joe's MTB Club.  

From 1980s tracker bikes through to legendary MTB night races and a cult following in the Manchester area, John has built up a reputation for great riding, racing and partying at his own bike park.

Marple is no Marin County, but John can certainly match Gary Fisher for a good yarn and the race weekends have rivalled anything at Repack back in those heady days.
You can find out more at https://www.facebook.com/FARMERJOHNSMTB and  https://www.instagram.com/fjmtb/


About the author, Julia

Julia Lally is co-founder and finance and ops director of Cycle Systems UK and Cycle Systems Online GmbH. She likes to divide her time equally between the laptop, her eBike and the spa pool. But mostly, the laptop wins.


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