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What part of, “people who pay for an UPLIFT day don’t want to ride up”, don’t some people understand?
I don't understand how else you'd get to the bus. An uplift from the bottom of each trail?
Same with the uplift vans, packed in like sardines, bumped about all over, why don’t they just get vehicles that are fit for the task?
Someone hasn't been to Okeford Hill 😆
If the trails at BPW ended where the bus is, you'd be complaining that they missed out half the hill. I can't really take some of these seriously, I mean complaining about a dirty uplift van for mountain biking has got to be a piss take, surely? Christ-sakes, don't go to Revs, you'll get licked to death by the worlds most over friendly spaniel!
As for the staff, at both Antur and BPW I've found them all to be really cheery! from the Uplift drivers to the cafe staff. Perhaps you give of bad vibes or something...
Staff always seem great, my only real whine was sharing the bus a couple of times with a group of old lads who sat on a bench each then tried to have a conversation with the volume a Thrash Metal Vocalist would envy.
My ears were ringing by the end of the uplift. If you want to chat, sit next to each other or buy Walky talkies. Particularly like the trying to take the whole seat by sitting at an angle, The bus has the right number of seats for the bike trailer.
It reminds me of the horrors of commuting by train. That’s not the Parks fault, just people being people
I go pretty much every month, was even there during the first week of the school holidays and while it was busy, I had no complaints. Staff were cool if flat out, buses had the classic "eau dear uplift" but that's part of it all, and the odd 10 mins queue for a bus is a nice chance to say hello to people, chat to your mates, check out other people's bikes etc.
Having (unfortunately?) worked in customer facing jobs for many years when I was younger, I'm convinced that you get what you give as a customer. I'm permanently positive and cheerful, so guess what, never gave bad experiences as a customer as that positivity and cheerfulness is naturally reciprocated.
Oh and I love the big dinners there. Again, nice to have a chilled lunch break with mates over a big burger & chips before hitting the trails again in the afternoon 👍👍
Bike park Ireland use big old army trucks for their uplift rather than mini buses and the big kid in me has as much fun getting a spin to the top on one of those as i do coming down.
Same with the uplift vans, packed in like sardines, bumped about all over, why don’t they just get vehicles that are fit for the task?
Do you think most people would be willing to pay the extra for "nice" uplift vans?
I was only going to be positive but seriously? Dirty busses?! What happens on a wet weather day?! Is anyone willing to change clothes after every run to stop the seat getting dirty?!
Surely mountain biking by nature involves dirt?
My one complaint would be the customers, the chat in those busses alone makes me want to pedal up!
Some of the complaints on here are bloody funny - dirty buses, getting bumper about etc.
I don't really like BPW, mainly because the uplift is so bloody slow due to queues - Revo, Antur and BMCC are all way more efficient and my go to for uplift days. The trails are good but it is ruined by the uplift for me. Revo is a step up riding wise, but the uplift is super efficient if a bit uncomfy 😉 BMCC is super fun and chilled plus its fun watching the senders hit some of the big gaps.
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I’ve never been to an uplift where there is no uphill riding. It would be impossible to have all of the trails finish right next to uplift van, and also dangerous (Revs, Antur, Inners, old triscombe, any chairlift in the alps).
I’ve been to a jail (thankfully for a charity), and it was a lot worse
All uplift vans are the same, and tarmacing the road would be incredibly expensive, so the passes would increase in price. I’m happy to have a bumpy uplift ride (i’m a mountain biker, i’m not expecting a rolls royce). Revolution bike park have defenders, they’re a lot more cramped. What vehicles do you propose they use?
They are arrogant in my experience, to a degree. but then again they have built and run the most successful uplift venue in the uk, which is almost always fully booked. The trails, for the size of the mountain are very varied and range from super easy to BDS standard DH tracks.
Personally, I go there a few times a year. Usually prefer less busy places, however it has it’s place.
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What part of, “people who pay for an UPLIFT day don’t want to ride up”, don’t some people understand?
I don’t understand how else you’d get to the bus. An uplift from the bottom of each trail?
Same with the uplift vans, packed in like sardines, bumped about all over, why don’t they just get vehicles that are fit for the task?
Someone hasn’t been to Okeford Hill
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I was on about riding to the uplift drop off point and never mentioned resurfacing the uplift road...
The pedal up from the bottom-most trail exit is a PITA and unnecessary though.
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The pedal up from the bottom-most trail exit is a PITA and unnecessary though
I like the pedal up to the bus, it means I can overtake all the stormtroopers pushing their gnarpoons up to the uplift queue.
Well, due to the forum-fun-codes stuff, that large post was pretty incomprehensible. I can see my name in there though, so "Hi!"
Could be worse - I’ve been at ski resorts where the trails are flat or even uphill to the lifts. That is a PITA. At least bikes are designed with a means of going uphill
Could be worse – I’ve been at ski resorts where the trails are flat or even uphill to the lifts. That is a PITA. At least bikes are designed with a means of going uphill
Is it St Gervais where you must get the cable car back down to town unless there is a HUGE amount of snow?
to the top of the cable car there is a drag lift on a very slight uphill. At the end of the day it had a 30min queue (to travel a few hundred yards!). Jacket off, XC ski up next to it and get on the cable car which has no queue as its all been throttled by lazy people on the drag lift.