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"Patriotpro wrote,
It’s problem is, it has no competition."
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Really? BMCC is just along the road, Forest of Dean isn't much further, Antur Stiniog offers a pretty similar experience- the main difference is polish/marketing presence.
Still putting in the price increases though, £10 to pedal up is a joke.
It's £6 per adult for access to the Drumlanrig Castle grounds to ride the trails there and while I love those trails I doubt they're as extensive as those at BPW.
Drumlanrig is expensive IMO - £24 for four of us a few weeks ago.
It's £4.50 for a car or van at Llandegla, good cafe, good shop.
It's free for natural stuff, ofc 😉
They do!They ought to offer a locals membership or similar.
it's always a PITA when prices go up but put most people are happy to spend at least a couple of grand on a bike so it's still relatively cheap in context.
Oh well total forget what every one said above.
THERE IS NO CHANGE - PAYG SYSTEM IS STAYING.
https://www.bikeparkwales.com/uplift-ticketing-trial-cancelled
Seems a little steep - and the pay as you go offered a flexible (and sensible) option to non day pass people.
But - I guess they know their onions. It's a business and if they have a service that sells - and will continue to sell at the higher price, then they will do it.
Is it a good business move? Depends whether they irritate/alienate enough people with the price hikes to lose revenue or whether people will see that the continued investment in the new trails sufficiently warrants that additional wallet hit.
Personally, it is a once or possibly twice a year pilgrimage - I'd probably still fork out as a treat, although it makes it less appealing when our cycling group is trying to keep the weekend cost down!
The problem is that you cant just think a week in advance, oh, lets go to BPW on the weekend and do the uplift as it gets booked out 3 months in advance
That will be supply and demand at work then
Is Ebike the answer ?
No need to pay for uplift and you'd be able to get more "Descents" in a day without relying on the Bus, assuming the battery has the capacity for it
Rather than cancel the increase they BN should have done the political thing of still increasing the cost but less than the initial anoncement.