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Back from an enjoyable trip despite the crippling cramp halfway through! Needess than 6 coffees before starting i think.
Did cafell first finishimg using pedalhounds dh then back up twrch.
Preferred twrch despite being in a little pain as deffinatley more flow and longer descents will go again soon and explore some of the signposted offpiste stuff nearish the end of twrch as looked nice and steep.
Was -2 when we started but surprisingly ok once going!
Do they still have the old problem here of bikes being nicked by the locals. Last time I camped at Glyncorrwg the bike came in the tent with me at night.
Bike theft at Cwmcarn and Afan has dropped off significantly, partly due to people being more careful but also due to a lot of the locals now being riders themselves so they know what a body blow a bike theft is. It's one of the many positives the centres have brought to the places.
So myself and a couple of buddies went to Cwmcarn today for the first time in aboutt 10 years, sure has changed a bit, but great day on both Carfall (first) then Twrch, went down Airstream 1 and accidently found ourselves back at the top so then did Airstream 2, and then realised there was a sharp left for the continued trail.
Now it gets interesting, looking at strava we went for a few more miles on the correct Twrch trail, but somehow we've then done a sharp right and after about 1/2 hour of still good riding found ourselves back at the top of Airstream, so did Airstream 2 again, at the road looked on the map, and as we was running short of time took the road (wrong way) back to the carpark.
Anyone know how we managed to do this, as far as we was concerned we had been following Twrch markers the whole way!!!.
Anyhow, was a good day, just missed the final proper decent to the carpark by the sounds of it.
I went with a mate a few weeks ago and think we did the same. There’s a point where there is a sign pointing right, but if you keep going past it there’s another sign pointing left. Left/straight on takes you down to the bottom.
The signposting of both trails is a bit pants in places.
So myself and a couple of buddies went to Cwmcarn today for the first time in aboutt 10 years, sure has changed a bit, but great day on both Carfall (first) then Twrch, went down Airstream 1 and accidently found ourselves back at the top so then did Airstream 2, and then realised there was a sharp left for the continued trail.
Now it gets interesting, looking at strava we went for a few more miles on the correct Twrch trail, but somehow we’ve then done a sharp right and after about 1/2 hour of still good riding found ourselves back at the top of Airstream, so did Airstream 2 again, at the road looked on the map, and as we was running short of time took the road (wrong way) back to the carpark.
Sounds like you took the return route to the top to repeat airstream the first time, then 2nd time round you managed to take the new extension bit with a load of big berms at the start. It’s right of a fence for that extension or left to follow the full trail. You missed out on a couple of really storming trail centre descents there - the final one is a fast rollercoaster of berms and rough bits.
I went to Cwmcarn in the biblical rain on Sunday and rode Twrch to the point you hit the concrete ramp up - then took the road to the top and rode 2 sections of Mayhem - then followed the fireroad round to descend the final Twrch descent.
Visibility was awful and my glasses were steaming up which made mayhem quite tricky - I’ve never ridden any of the off piste there before. Going back in half term on a day off to try and ride a load of the official off piste trails - will mostly be limited by how much climbing I can do I think - 1000m of climbing might be about my limit but we’ll see. May even try Darren Road which everyone says is a disgusting climb - I can always get off and push!
The signposting of both trails is a bit pants in places.
I went again a couple of weeks ago and thought the same. Thankfully I went left as I have been there before but it did throw me, and a few simple signs would fix it!
The official off piste looked interesting, may try it out on the next visit