It may be the case that a lot of the good trails from the boom times in the 1990/2000’s are now worn out and are hard work unless you have 150mm travel, so you may as well ride the gnarly DH stuff.
When I did the original Afan trail a while back, it was quite rough, but it seemed to have been designed with slower speeds and shorter bikes in mind. It was quite laborious on something longer - not that I was on a proper LLS bike anyway. The dimensions of the curves seemed to match the speed you're expected to travel at, and the formula was a bit off for a faster bike.
Nant Yr Arian is less than an hour away. And I like a change of scenery so... It's involving on a basic hardtail and very well thought out. Nothing technical or dangerous and it's often full. As people get better they tend to forget those with less skill and there's loads of us around. Actually we are the silent majority.
So… a mate has planned for us to have a couple of days at Afan in June. Do I tell him to come up with another plan or is it worth bothering?
