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Yeah that was my thoughts - after all the climbs not much in rewards with the descents.
It was a fun day though and I enjoyed it - Everything else I've rode now seems tame in comparison.
Being our first time I'm not sure what the climbs and descents are. The Jacobs ladder descent rock garden with huge boulders after the Jacobs climb is that one if the tougher descents in the peaks?
Being our first time I'm not sure what the climbs and descents are. The Jacobs ladder descent rock garden with huge boulders after the Jacobs climb is that one if the tougher descents in the peaks?
Guess it depends a bit what sort of bike you're on and what you're used to in terms of descending. I've cleaned it on a CX bike once before (years ago) but it was a proper handful and actually not any fun at all.
Point a big travel enduro/DH bike down it and it's actually pretty simple, it is just a boulder field and if the bike has enough travel it'll just plough straight through it all.
TBH, most of the descents in the Peaks are like that to some degree; most of the bridleways seem to have been sanitised, eroded and re-sanitised over the years and a lot have ended up as jumbled rutted rockfests. Cavedale and The Beast are two other notable descents in that sort of area that are renowned for their technical nature.
I would say so, yes.
Other tough ones are Cavedale and The Beast. There are also some other very tough sections of descents around the place (some cheeky).
If you come up in good weather, it's worth doing Cut Gate. If you're very fit you could combine it with some of the good stuff around Ladybower (Derwent Edge, Hagg Farm, etc).
If they aren't enough for you, you could always attempt Parkin Clough from Win Hill (think it's cheeky).