[Closed] Bucknell woods ?

Just the one course at the moment si, talk of putting more in there but with the uplift problems brewing nothing doing at the moment. There must be some other trails of some sort in there i'd have thought but nothing as good as the dh track!

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Its short, and not very sweet, we got bored and went and rode the old Beaumont training track, which was ok.

Wouldnt bother going again. Bringewood or Hopton

Yes - it's pretty awesome. How anyone can say it's boring is beyond me. It's got a fast rooty top section with a few doubles if you have the speed, a decent-sized step down followed by an even-more decent-sized table and then a bit of techy rooty stuff through the woods before hitting the gap jump (gulp) and some swoopy stuff to finish.

The DH run definitely has a bit of everything.

There is also a pretty fun off-piste trail our local guide showed us (called the RIP trail, or summut) - couldn't tell you how to find it though! I would suspect there is a fair bit of stuff there if you look for it though.

Although we had planned to do Bucknell in the morning and then head to Hopton, we ended up spending the day there sessioning and just generally having fun.

Think it could be a bit sketchy in the wet though....

Here's a few piccies to give you an idea of what's there.

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Muddypuddle - Member

Great piccis there LGB Are you racing next year?

Cheers - it was a particularly good day to get decent pics!

Re:racing - nah, I'm not cut out for it! Did my first race a month or so ago and just hated it. I'm far too highly strung and rather useless when it's wet 😆

It was the RIP trail we ended up riding.

The track wasnt marked out, so the wooded section was a bit of a free for all with people standing around, it didnt have much flow, and it was short. If it was local i would ride it all the time, but its not worth the trek when theres Bringewood or Hopton around the corner.

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P.S. trust me there was nothing there to tax me.

Did you only ride the RIP trail? Not the proper DH as well?

It was the DH trail we got bored of so rode the RIP trail.