Breaking News: Revolution Bike Park CLOSING Indefinitely

Very sad. We made the trip there just a couple of weeks ago and it was better than ever with some lovely new trail developments. Fingers crossed that over time they can get going again, and that this doesn’t do the same to other great places to ride.

That’s shocking news – absolutely devastating for all those who’ve work so hard over the years.

Get your heading right. It isn’t closed at present.

Sounds very similar to what happened to Aston Hill and whilst they haven’t reopened yet, they are still posting updates and the forestry work seems to be moving towards being done, there may be light at the end of the long, dark tunnel yet.

Still bloody grim for the employees though.

Super sad for the work that has been put in to be lost. I hope given time they are able to come up with a solution to give themselves a sustainable business.

Gutted for the owners, they looked distraught and nearly breaking down in tears.

Ive never ridden there but is just down the road from where I live 🙁

Sad news. Hope they get a chance to rebuild in the future.

Absolutely gutting news. Went for the first time a few weeks ago and the trails and staff were absolutely excellent. ****.

Gutted for them and all involved in running revs.Such a awesome place to ride and be for a weekend,all those involved were sound people.Hope insured for this kind of thing and if so wonder what the chance is of starting a new place up.

Please would people who ride in infected areas clean their bikes and kit to avoid spreading the disease to other areas. It won’t take long and might make a difference.

Gutted for the owners, they looked distraught and nearly breaking down in tears.

Not supprised the work, the loss of your business and income. The dream. Lost in all levels.

Not quite sure how it can need to be closed, but not til January?

Might be something as simple a contactor availability.

I am no expert but with tree diseases it seems like a useful precuation.
I generally clean my bike after every ride, particularly if I have been to areas which have problems such as Grizedale.
I don’t know how much this helps but it can’t do any harm.

I agree that it’s something which needs to be better highlighted across the industry and throughout the media

Annoyingly for me it gives powerful ammunition to my anal bike cleaning friends. I have always fought the argument in the pub that as long as the drivetrain is looked after the bike can be wanged in the garage until the nexy ride. This was backed up by the Fox suspension guru Jordi Something, when asked about bike cleaning after a ride. Now I don’t have a leg to stand on, this is one argument that cannot be disputed. I am still not going to strip down my headset and BB though after each ride, that is just silly!

Should bike parks provide free bike wash facilities?

Dyfi does and I think Revs have one. If not free then one that is operated by contactless rather than a pound coin which I never have.

Annoyingly for me it gives powerful ammunition to my anal bike cleaning friends.

I’m not completely anal about cleaning my bike but I do wash it at the end of nearly every ride, preferably before I leave using my Mobi. That way any disease particles stay at the site, even in the summer. My riding mates always take the piss out of me for doing it, there’s a photo that regularly gets dragged out of me washing a very dusty bike after a days racing at Tidworth on a boiling hot day, but this is the reason I do it. I like a clean bike and as they live inside my flat it makes things easier too, but as I’m South Wales based this disease has been around a long time and the advice to wash your bike and kit has been therefor over a decade so it’s just second-nature to do it.

Not quite sure how it can need to be closed, but not til January?

The disease is already there and killing trees so no reason to stop people coming in. Afan was open for years while the disease was known to be present before it was closed for felling so it’s not a strange course of action. With a fixed date of closure and work starting it also means plans can be made, people find new work etc plus it will allow the place to have one hell of a final weekend as a send-off.

The team there are excellent and it will be a massive loss to not have them operating but hopefully they can rebuild afterwards. They’ve started from scratch once already and the customer base and support is there to do it all again. I’m going to miss the place.

Not really specifically relevant the the current awful situation Revolution is facing but I have often wondered if this kind of clear felling disease management is the best course of action other than in the short term. What I mean is that, as posted above, while the trees are still alive they have commercial value which disappears once the trees die. However when I think back to the days of Dutch Elm disease and the difffering ways it was managed in Scotland and England it makes you wonder if it’s the right course of action long term.
So when dutch elm was ravaging the native elm population a decision was made to try and prevent it’s spread by essentially felling all elm trees in England, whereas in Scotland felling was much more restrained and attempts were made to minimise it, as such the disease spread throughout the elm population and many many trees died. Not all however and now, decades later there is a big resurgence in the Elm population in Scotland with disease resistant strains that survived.
Obviously I am not an expert but is it possible that the decision to clear fell to stop the spread of a disease is a short term one that may have long term implications for biodiversity.?

reluctantjumper
Full Member

The disease is already there and killing trees so no reason to stop people coming in.

Well yeah, the point isn’t to stop the disease coming in, it’s to stop spreading- if it’s there now and it’ll be there in january than surely the risk is much the same?

As well as spreading from human activity like biking and walking I’m sure wildlife such as squirrels and birds and insects spread diseases just as much. Containment just buys time.

Well it’s January and the doors have closed. Sad times.