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favourite singletrack?
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anything fun. am hoping to ride Sierre Nevada this summer, recommended?
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I much prefer natural stuff to trail centres. Trail Centres are usually just bad weather options for me. One of my favourite trails starts up above the tree line and descends into the woods. It has some very fast bits and enough technical bits to keep things interesting. I like technical but not so technical that it slows me down too much.
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At the moment I'd settle for anything dry.
Else: swoopy, twisty, smooth with the odd rock garden thrown in to keep you on your toes.
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Dusty.
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Cynic-al....I.m pretty sure that's La Varda in Les Arc. Never done it but am desperate too!
My favorite singletrack to date is a tie between Helter Skelter into Vedi,Vici whatsit above Bourg St Maurice or Wales own Doethie Valley (only done it once and it was muddy and fun as hell)!
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hmmm... I really like the section on Penmachno just befoe the traverse descent.
Theres a really nice section of cheeky stuff up on Darwen moor thats nice too.
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For me it's to feel like the speederbike chase in return of the jedi, if it's not flat out and flowing through tight trees it doesn't feel right. Personally hoppy-poppy-rocky-droppy singletrack is fab, but doesn't give me the same zen-like calm I get after a really eyeballs out flowing ride.
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windy thru a forest with trees right next to the trail.
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Picture 4 or 5 minutes of built track, with berms, jumps, rollers, everything except braking bumps. The sort of stuff you can ride on any bike, but it you REALLY go for it suddenly becomes quite difficultc. Hitting berms at 20mph easilly, but they had jumps before them, so I was preety much having to jump into the berms... THen add to this another 10 minutes or so of perfect singletrack, so single in fact that at some points the path was just squashed flowers.... Riding through an alpine meadow round lakes. There were natural berms, drop offs, jumps, some proper sketchy corners where if you got it wrong you were having an early bath. Followed by another 5 minutes of reeeeeeaaaaaally fast rocky fireroad. I never thought fire road would be fun, except i went down rather hard, and couldnt ride the next day....
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hmmm, cant wait to ride my bike on sunday...
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twang - Member
That looks $h1t!!..
not everyone loves sherwood pines a much as you fella!
wet and rocky will do me till the sun shows up...
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kirroughtree red route is very nice
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Yeah, Al's pic is La Varda at Les Arcs (aka Hans Blix :mrgreen:)
I find it really hard to see past this, which has the major bonus of finishing by my front door.
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I'm not great with stuff that's too technical, so fast flowing smoothish that makes me feel like a god!
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lesarcs??
silverdarling before trailadiction ragged itanything guided by bikevillage
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A new trail (to me) we stumbled across on last nights ride - ended popping out of forest outside Top Club Cwmaman - awesome, even in the snow
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Three different kinds, all good:
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Fast, smooth and windy!
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firm,downhill,flowy doesn't need to be steep.
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gentle downhill, smooth dust or undulating short grass, the sort of stuff ypu can ride very fast, very easily
loads of footpaths seem to have stuff that would be amazing for riding, and i may have to visit these nirvanas either early morning or late evening in the summer 
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oh god what a question. it has to have everything in it i think. high speed swoops and roller coaster sections, drops (not jumps too much thinking unless you know the trail) some rocky bits some rooty bits.
i don't think there is any downward direction non muddy singletrack i don't like?Posted 2 years ago # -
I'd say sick trail and l'avancher secret bowl, the hard one, both in chamonix, they both have everything i could wish for in a trail, and bel lachat trail pretty good too.
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Any singletrack away from roads / traffic.
Ideally leading toward a decent pub.Posted 2 years ago # -
Penmachno singletrack for me, one of the best mornings riding!
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Innerleithen for me, followed closely by this:
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