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What’s all this talk of DH rigs? There’s about 2 pro lines (your average rider won’t touch), an old DH line, maybe one of the blacks, where it would be an advantage but that’s about it.
But if your bike choice is a 100mm xc hardtail, or downhill rig, which bike would you rather ride there?
@ PrinceJohn - I ride a trail bike at BPW like most do. The trails were designed with trail bikes in mind not DH rigs or XC hardtails.
So MsJ has very kindly booked me an uplift day at Bike Park Wales in the summer, and I was rather looking forward to going. But a colleague at work, who’s rather more DH orientated than me said it was very hard core, with lots of compulsory air etc, and a good chance of injuring yourself. Which has rather put a downer on it!
I went to Antur Stiniog a couple of years ago, and was happy on the blue, and by the end of the day could manage most of the reds with care. But I’m not great at jumps, my wheels seem to want to stay on the ground. I’d say when it comes to trail centres I’m a solid red run kind of rider. My nearest trail is Stainburn and I’m happy on the red and descent line, but the black was beyond me.
As others have said, your mate is clueless - if you can cope with the reds at Antur you can cope with BPW reds, except for perhaps "Insufficient Funds" - but it's kind of hard to case the drops and the jumps are totally rollable.