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Top 5 uk trail centres (in order)......
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1) Glentress
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3)
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5) AfanI've only been to two
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I recon unless you have been to all of them you can't answer the question.
But out of the ones I have been to.
1. Afan
2.Brechfa/cwmcarn
3.FOD
4.swinley
5.cannockBut new been north of cannock, doing Scotland/ the north road trip soon I hope.
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Of the ones I've done,
1) Glentress
2) Coed y Brenin
3) Innerleithen (if I can include the downhill trails and offpiste stuff
4) Golspie (marked down for being just one big trail
5) Nevis Range (again including DH and forgotten stuff)GT and CYB win partly because they're very good and partly because there's so much to do there
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cybPosted 4 months ago # -
1. Penmachno.
2. Whinlatter.
3. Glentrool.
4. Kirroughtree.
5. Marin.You can stick your gnarr up your bottom bracket.
I like a pleasant ride out with some good scenery and flowy bits
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gt
cybclose jedi you just got the first two the wrong way round
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From the ones I've done
1) Kirroughtree
2) Innerleithen (with downhills included)
3) Coed Y Brenin
4) Glentress
5) AfanPosted 4 months ago # -
For my liking,
1 CYB
2 Guisburn
3 AE
4 Kirroughtree
5 LlandeglaPosted 4 months ago # -
Golspie at number 4 and Glentress at 1!! WTF.....
Glentress is only good if you avoid the crowds and ride the off piste stuff.
Golspie Black, the Laggan Black, Brown and Bottom Red then Kirro
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My list:
1 - Afan
2 - CYB
3 - Cwmcarn
4 - FoD
5 - CannockBut they're all rubbish compared to the Mendip Hills on a stormy Wednesday night in Jan!
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From teh ones I have done
Glentress - fantastic facility with huge amount of trails
Laggan - small but (nearly) perfectly formed
Innerleithan -
DalbeatiePosted 4 months ago # -
Glentress is only good if you avoid the crowds and ride the off piste stuff.
Its all good if you ride it fast.
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1. Inners
2. Kirroughtree
3. Ae
4. Mabie
5. GTLive in Peebles and had no reason to go further south riding. TBH I spend more time in the surrounding hills than at the trailcentres but the question was asked!
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No skywalker it's not - mainly because there are hundreds on numpties to get in the way and the trails are f#cked with braking bumps. That's why off piste is way better!
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No skywalker it's not - mainly because there are hundreds on numpties to get in the way and the trails are f#cked with braking bumps. That's why off piste is way better!
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Rik - Member
Golspie at number 4 and Glentress at 1!! WTF.....
Glentress is only good if you avoid the crowds and ride the off piste stuff.
Wow, who would have thought opinions could differ eh. FFS, what a tool you can be.
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No skywalker it's not - mainly because there are hundreds on numpties to get in the way and the trails are f#cked with braking bumps.
Maybe at the weekend, I went during the week. I don't remember any braking bumps either.
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1. Golspie
2. Cwm Rhaeder (if it can be called a trail centre?)
3. Innerleithen
4. Cwmcarn
5. Afan - but only because of the wall final descent.Posted 4 months ago # -
1 Inners - fantastic decent from start to finish only been 3 times and it's always sunny
2 Afan - got me hooked on the sport
3 Kirroughtree - some amazing sections and nice natural feel
4 Cannock - the best thing about Birmingham
5 FoD- the red has no 'flow' and is IMO a waste of effort but the Blue is fast swoops and great fun plus the off piste stuff is endlessPosted 4 months ago # -
Rik - Member
No skywalker it's not - mainly because there are hundreds on numpties to get in the way and the trails are f#cked with braking bumps. That's why off piste is way better!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I must go to a different Glentress to you
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1. Peak district
2. Peak district
3. Peak district
4. Peak district
5. Comrie
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1 ClimachX gnarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
2 Nant stunning
3 Afan opened my eyes to trail centres
4 FOD Flowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
5 Cwmcarn techyPosted 4 months ago # -
Afan - but only because of the wall final descent.
Yeah, I always go away loving Afan because I finish on that bit - but when I think about it I can't remember any other brilliant bits there.
It is a really nice ride though, the W2.
1. Kirroughtree
2. GT
3. Afan
4. CyB
5. MabiePosted 4 months ago # -
I must go to a different Glentress to you
That's what I was thinking.
Braking bumps? Errr, nope.
Hundreds of people getting in the way? Errr, nope.
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Hundreds of people getting in the way? Errr, nope.
I guess being a slow rider has its benefits.
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Or going during the week and not at the weekend like I said.
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It does seems strange that 2 of the main gripes people have about GT are that it's too smooth and all just a big bmx track, but also it's covered in braking bumps and far too lumpy and worn out
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Afon
Fod
Cwmcarn
BrechfaOnly been to these 4 so far
Posted 4 months ago # -
Most responses seem to come from one area.
I live in South Wales and rate all these trails, probably due to the familiarity and the fact that I ride these better than when I visit other centers.
Dying to try some of these Scottish centers.
1. Afan
2. Brechfa
3. Coed Y Brenin
4. Nant Y Arian
5. Cwm RhaeadrVisited and don't rate Llandegla, FOD, Marin
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Not done many, and last place highlights the fact!!
1. Afan
2. Cwmcarn
3. Cannock
4. Llandegla
5. Sherwood PinesI'm relatively new to mtb'ing, hoping to get to a few more this year and get to the peaks a few times. Do have a trip to CyB in April so rekon that might go top!
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Nantyarian
Gorlech
Whytes Level
Cwmcarn
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Surrey HillsPosted 4 months ago # -
Haven't done that many yet, but -
1 Laggan (a bit of everything in a relatively small space).
2 Brechfa (flow).
3 Moray (nothing really technical but some nice flowy sections)
4 Wakerley (not because it's that great, but more because it's real local and still developing).
5 Thetford (reasonably close and makes up for the lack of real gradient with some truly excellent bits of singletrack).Am off to Whinlatter in a couple of weeks and North Wales in the summer, so this list is likely to change soon I guess.
slainte
rob
Posted 4 months ago # -
TJ - I think the way you ride and the way I ride a bike are two very different ways of riding a mountain bike, hence the difference in opinions.
Posted 4 months ago # -
There's not much off-piste singletrack at GT really, Rik, given the size of the place. Some gems but they're quite isolated given the size of the forest. It's not like Innerleithern where there are goat tracks left right and centre to explore.
Anyhow, I'd say:
1. Glentress
2. Innerleithen
3. Kirroughtree
4. Dalbeattie
5. Cannock / Mabie (don't really rate these two but haven't been to any others). Never ridden in Wales.Posted 4 months ago #
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