500 m descents are few and far between. Carn Ban Mor is one.
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Top downhill routes in the UK?
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Posted 9 months ago #
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The Blue Pig in Midgehole (Hebden Bridge).
Easy to get to
Easy and quite enjoyable push up
Nice scenery
Ground stays pretty decent even in bad weather
Super fast (i'm not sure that it's possible to ride flat out)
Not very technical, but plently of varied and interesting features to play on the way down, so just as much fun on my Mmmbop as it is on my Cove Shocker (completely different ride down).
Cracking little pub right at the bottom of the runIf you push all the way to the top (across the main road), you have about 300- 400m of dirt track, which is so fast that I always feel like i'm going to wee myself. There's an amazing bermed and tight corner on the road about halfway down, and you can honestly feel the G's as you rail it, it's unreal. We've clocked 43mph on the last straight before you hit the main road and into the Blue Pig "proper". That top section gets you absolutely pumped for the actual Blue Pig, I've stacked it so many times because i've just hit sections carelessly fast.
There's also an alternative top section which is a bit slower, but more technical.
i would LOVE if STW/Ragely organised a mini DH race there. It wouldn't matter what you were riding, everyone would stand pretty much the same chance. I'm surprised they haven't already actually. Must be able to get a permit, they tape bits of it off for cross country running etc.
DO IT!!!!
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Re. Y Das it's not that tough. Saying that, that was in mince mode and not hitting it flat out. From memory a little bit of careful line choice needed at the top.
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I would have been very gutted if we'd have pushed up Y Das to descend past the reservoir. In fact, I would have had a hissy fit.
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The Bestest is in a remote back country location, six leagues north of Essex, not for the faint hearted, it will come right at you like a swift northern breeze.
TJ Can Ban mor is rubbish :wink:.
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The woods behind nationwide in Swindon
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don't know if it's 500m but Crug Mawr has to be up there.
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Ben Macdui to the Hutchy hut
Bynack More
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tinto is great, maybe not worth going right up to the top, but the bottom 2/3rds are great fun, suppose once you are there you might aswell, quite steep and loose though! Never had a decent view from it in 3 attempts mind and felt Like i'd nearly got blown off it once, so that possibly colours my opinion of the top bit!
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peterfile - Member
The Blue Pig in Midgehole (Hebden Bridge)
Think the OP meant a full 500m drop in height....not sure anywhere in Calderdale fits his narrow criteria no matter how good the ridingPosted 9 months ago # -
Think the OP meant a full 500m drop in height....not sure anywhere in Calderdale fits his narrow criteria no matter how good the riding
ahahahah ooops!
500m+ in height???!!
i would have thought getting up there would make most of these "runs" a bit of of most peoples' reach.
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swavis - Member
Descent to Annat in Torridon.
Descent to Achnashellach is better
Descent to Annat from the side of Ben Damph is also a cracker. Carn Ban Mor, Morrone, that one into Glen Clova etc....all jolly good fun.
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Carn Ban mor, Bynack mor, singletrack off Burma road - all in Cairngorms.
Innerleithen from top of Minch moor
Dollar Law to Peebles
Mount keen
Capel Month to clovaMany, many more in scoltand - just look at a map
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what? man you need to go to the top!
the first bit is loose shale/rocks that gets you up to mega speed sharpish, then take the left hand route over the grass as the shale turns to the right - that makes a big old difference. We used to go up loads and on a clear day/evening you can see for miles and miles.
i may have stayed at that wiston place with the bbs as well
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i would LOVE if STW/Ragely organised a mini DH race there
its been done.
Some kid also tried to do it 'properly' by advertising a downhill race, using Barely Legal as the top section, down into the lower section of Blue Pig. Good idea - holding a DH race on a footpath! Council or whoever got wind and pulled the plug but there'd been a 'practice day' type thing up there anyway and royally fecked it up.
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Ben Lomond definitely - it's amazing.
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I got Given "Mountain biking in Europe" - ISBN: 978 1 906098 31 5
For Chrismas last year.
Its not too Disipline specific and has a fair few locations for you to consider, plus England, Wales and Scotland each have a separate section...
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