had a look on the chasetrails site and it says some parts are closed for maintainence etc,is it worth the 40 min trip for a couple of laps? or are the best bits closed,are parts still a mud fest?,approx 2+ years since i was last over there so it may have changed a bit,
thanks in advance for any help

Probably pretty similar to when you went 2 years ago. You can see which bits are closed by looking at the trail map on chase trails.

I wouldnt say its ever been a mud fest. Well then my local trails are the chilterns

phase II will be opening late summer/autumn so if you only want to go once I'd wait till then

Pretty dry at the moment, new rock garden bit between S2 and S6 Section 7 is shut which is boardwalk section with a diversion in place and i think S12 is also shut!

The chase's best bits aren't on FTD, so problem solved!

Not unless you enjoy endless breaking bumps and heavily degraded/eroded bits….no. Find the propper cannock trails and ride some decent stuff.

FTD is fine for a quick couple of laps. I wouldn't travel too far. I live in Stoke and it makes a change from Hanchurch,but it's not as good.

It's not brilliant, but it never was as trail centres go. Didn't seem that eroded to me on Tuesday.

I really like the downhills around Stile Cop though. 🙂 Blooded a friend there on Tuesday, managed to persuade him to buy a Boardman full suss.

if your only travelling 40 mins then its worth it, its not coed y brennin or glentress but there is nothing wrong with it
the natural stuff is loads better but if ya dont know it it will be a bit of a goose chase obviously
if the other option is sittin on your arse at home then theres only 1 winner

It takes me half hour to get there and it my local ride!

I didn't really rate it all that highly, alright for a bit of a laugh though.

40 minutes really isn't that much of a drive, though 🙂

If it's a quick blast you're after without having to use your brain with maps or you want a change from your locals it's good – but you gotta ride it at speed for it to be fun. I'm taking a friend this weekend – he's fairly new to it so i think a good place for him to loose his trail centre cherry.

It takes me half hour to get there and it my local ride!

Ditto.!

It takes me half hour to get there and it my local ride!

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kinda666 – Member

It takes me half hour to get there and it my local ride!

Surely thats the nightlife of Caldmore….