[Closed] New 7 Stanes Trails

[i]Anybody seen the new stuff at Ae Forest lately?[/i]
[i]Anybody been?[/i]
um, don't you work at there? why don't you tell us about them? 😉

Omega Man has had a facelift which is quicker and more fun. Have you ridden there lately? Proteus?

No, I've not ridden in Scotland for ages.

Wasn't sure if there was a cafe or a bike shop there. Could you recommend one?

Shameless self promotion?

I do believe there is some good quality services at Ae.
The post was meant to see if anybody has been over lately to ride the new trail sections and to get an opinion.

not been for a couple of months.. i think i trip there soon will be in order.. thanks for the heads up 🙂

Might head over on Saturday for a change depends if the van is back.

that'll be rebuilt rather than new I think? Apart from the new section bypassing the ridge at Mabie, there's not much actual new 'wasn't there before' trail happening at the magnificent 7.

Plenty of smoothing out and facelifting tho', bring your bmx 😉

Plenty of blocking an destruction of well established "off route" and secret stuff, which, i confess, i do not understand.

In the Tweed valley

Yes the trail has had some smoothing out in places which is all good for a wide variety of mountainbikes. Also the odd BMX 😮

Surely you need one of them Freemincer's bikes for the 7stanes trails? 🙁

I would say any kind of mountainbike. There are some singlespeeders that come over and ride too. But only the good ones 😮

giving it all a miss and going to chase some sheep up in them thar hills this week 😉

Whats up with the van forge?

Trekster! Gone to pasture already!! 😮 Hope the hand gets better!

Hope the hand gets better!

Find the dog?

Yep... the dog took a pedal with some others. Thanks for your help. 😮

I did Ae on a Singlespeed, does that make me good? I just thought I was stubborn!

meehaja - Member
I did Ae on a Singlespeed, does that make me good? I just thought I was stubborn!

Trumps...........................

http://www.roughriderz.co.uk/

You should see what those guys on 4 wheels do. Put us 2 wheelers to shame big time!!!!!

Nil Desperandum being made better too

good to see ae getting a bit of work done.used to love ae but was getting a bit run down.any plans to resurface the jumps on the granny green love section(think thats what its called).the downhill section that used to have jumps,step up ect but now just has bumps 😛

All the stanes are getting a boost over the next few years and work has just started on this in the past few weeks. Ae among others will have vast improvements. I am sure Granny Green Love ( anwsers for how they thought of that one) will get a makeover but not sure when. At Ae we are trying to get the volunteer group up and running again after a long spell out, for reasons of a safety nature, and this will speed up maintenance and keep it going all year round. This will happen in due course and it is happening quite rapidly all thanks to the 7 stanes team and Forestry Commission Scotland.

Ae among others will have vast improvements.

Anything over what was there already will be a vast improvement. Its shite.

Anything over what was there already will be a vast improvement. Its shite.

Its definately not as good as some of the other Stanes and the improvements will be welcomed but to describe it as just 'shite' is wrong.

Anything over what was there already will be a vast improvement. Its shite

i take it you need some nice smooth manicured trails then..?? "get a rood bike"

I personally like the fact that the trail is rough and corroded in places, has a more natural feel and a bit more of a challage.. quality place... 😀

There are very few shite trails,there are however numerous shite riders IMHO.

Ae? Sh*te? What are you on about? I rode it for the 1st time a ouple of weeks back and thought it was a great trail. The diversion off Omega was a drag but fun all the way round otherwise.

Anything over what was there already will be a vast improvement. Its shite.

The easy DH course at Ae is great fun imo - not ridden the whole XC trail so I can't comment - but really, whining about a free purpose built bike facility seems rather churlish (unless it's the North Face trail in Grizedale, which really is poor 🙂 )

I personally like the fact that the trail is rough and corroded in places, has a more natural feel and a bit more of a challage.. quality place...

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craig1975 - Member

Anything over what was there already will be a vast improvement. Its shite

i take it you need some nice smooth manicured trails then..?? "get a rood bike"

I personally like the fact that the trail is rough and corroded in places, has a more natural feel and a bit more of a challage.. quality place...

coogan

was there sheep involved ?? LOL