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from aberystwyth for the day.
on holiday next week and considering driving down for the day.
yes 😀
It is lovely. I never enjoyed a ride more than when we went there.
Go, it's good.
yep love brechfa, choice of 4 different graded trails. even the green is fast and like a mini roller coster in sections.
it's great 🙂
Yeah.
But what about Nant Y Arian?
Aye loads and loads of fun. Do red and black combined.
Great fun, well worth a trip.
Were going for a weekend in October 🙂
No - i didn't like it!
But obviously I could be wrong!
Brechfa is a hoot. I only did the Red (due to being ill on the next morning). If it were more busy they would not have got away with building it so steep, but you'll be glad they did. Lots of fast roller-coastery stuff.
I can't really figure what's not to like really - the setting is lovely too.
Slight post Hi-jack. Can anyone recommend some accommodation in the area - a group of us are hoping to head down there in the autumn.
Rich - that October weekend looks like it could be on 🙂
Blue - it's easy and ace, brakes off, just avoid squashing beginners or flying off the track
Red - 1st half is dull, second half is ace - steeper and bermtastic, esp. the final bit
Black - quite daft, brilliant and rubbish in equal measure. My favourite bits were the unexpected "wall-ride" near the start and the really tight sections near the join with the red trail. I need to get better before I can really enjoy the jumpy stuff.
I'd go and explore round the Ellan Valley myself.
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Loads of great trail and very close to Aber.
Brechfa's enjoyable enough but I'm with Stu here. Get yourself an OS Explorer 200 (and possibly 213) and go explore ... adventures await 😀
That Elan stuff look lovely. I may go buy a map myself.
been to the elan valley area on a few occassions, doing polaris/real ale wobble and stuff.
and i am sneaking of for a day while mrs t and the daughter go horse riding, so a trail center blast will have to suffice.
staying just up the road from nant tho, so will get a couple of laps in over the week, and the climax too........... 8)
Just to add the counter-argument: I couldn't get on with it. Fast, yes, but the hard-pack surface just didn't do it for me. Too smooth, and no grip. Didn't get the juices flowing in the same way that the rocky bits of Afan do.
That's just a personal preference though. I might have enjoyed it on a different bike.
Anyone recommend any of these to stay?
The Angel Inn
Llansawel, 01558 685970 or 685296 ask for PatShep supervising the bike wash
www.brechfa-bunkhouse.com
GilfachWen, Barn, Brechfa 07970 629726
www.penygraigcottage.com
Pontargothi, Nantgaredig 07908 100906 ask for Jonathan
www.tyrcae.co.uk
Brechfa Village, 01267 202406 Malcolm and Sandy Clark
Or
Online Booking at Bike Brechfa
If you were in the ellan valley on the wobble you were either very lost or very drunk.
Or both. 😆
both......... 😆
i was meaning we rode it on the weekend we were there.
Stu, sort your typing finger out ... only 1 L 😉
You know how we English/Welsh half breeds get.
You're right it is 1 "l" of a place.
Is that my coat over there.
Yeah, I'm a Brechfa fan. I think you could bore of it easily but for occasional 'stay off the brakes as long as you dare' high speed fun, it's hard to beat.
Red and Black have a waymarked connector so you can do an Afan style W2 figure of 8. It's only about 40km but it's a lot of climbing but a rewarding ride. Then nip round the blue 🙂
I've stayed at GilfachWen lots and is a really nice bunk house (though its a lot nicer than your average bunkhouse). Huge Kitchen with several cookers and hobs. Bike wash and at the time we stored our bikes in the big drying room though I think Jilly the owner was building a dedicated bike store. About 10 mins drive to the Abergorlech trails. Table footie, washing machine. Bunk beds but the bottom bed is a double bed in some rooms. good showers. its been 18 months since i last stayed though.
Sounds top andy unless your going with someone who snores as loud as a claxen 🙂 [s]How many bunks to a room?[/s] Just read the blurb 🙂
I also stayed at the Brechfa Bunkhouse - hopefully heading back there later this year.
Very nice and clean etc....
Foxy, I went with one snoring mutha ****a!! Each time I went we were the only people there and I simply put myself in one of the other rooms. There must be at lease 6 bedrooms with bunks in each.
LOL @ Andy yeh - think there are snorer tolerant and intolerant members of our group 😉
Great trails, plus Drop-off cafe bus at the Byrgwm car park.