[Closed] Scarborough

Dalby forest is excellent.

Where did you hear otherwise?

Stainburns miles away and 20% the fun.

Yeah, I thought the same, do enjoy Dalby. 20 odd miles, quite a bit of variety, lots of optional black sections, not a lot of fire road.

Dalby is worth a trip but have been left behind many other trail centres. Still great fun in parts though.

Loads of great routes over the north York moors, many taking in sections of Dalby.

Quite OT, but if you happen to be visiting Scarborough over the Easter weekend then there will be a national scooter rally in town.

Not my scene (but the parents are), but always interesting and they're a friendly bunch too.

oh. Dalby it is then! perfect really.

i read these threads; http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/tell-me-about-dalby-1 & http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/dalby-forest-mtb

consensus seems to be its a bit boring?

Raincliffe woods has some nice trails just outside Scarborough.
Fairly steep and tech in places.

Wykeham has a nice downhill line with a few drops / jumps.

Dalby has some nice trails, but the full red loop is long. Theres lots of off piste but would be tricky to find without knowing the area.

Lots over the NY moors if you fancy a natural ride too.

yeah sore point that, was meant to be Easter weekend but the mrs got the dates mixed up so were there the week after! scooter rally would have been good!

Dalby red is only a red because it loooong. I'd still go though if I was close by.
The blue was fun with my lad and there's a new skills area at the end of that.
Dixon's hollow is fun for a blast around around, and breaks up the red loop nicely.

Stainburn is miles away and couldn't be more different. It's about 2% the distance with a million more features. It's basically a mini DH trail centre.

Dalby red is only a red because it loooong.

Totally disagree, it's far more red than the likes of Cannock/Llandegla/FoD/Glentress/Mabie etc. It's definitely diluted by it's length, there's a couple of meaty drops and awkward climbs in there though, as well of stacks of optional bits.

What exactly is the textbook red these days?

i definitely prefer sessioning the fun stuff rather than clocking the mileage, although id love a big natural NY moor ride if we were to be without curfew.

Wykeham looks like it could be a winner! although with Dalby i suppose they can have a mooch round the Gruffalo trail at the same time...

There's some really fun lines not too far from the gruffalo trail, well worth a play on.
If you have a look on an OSMAP, look out for whitecliffe rigg. Head past the entrance to gruffalo trail from visitor centre, turn left up a fireroad then whitecliffe is another fireroad going off to the right (with a sign). Follow the climb up around a left hand corner and it straightens out and gets a bit steeper.
There is an entrance to the right half way up this final climb, or carry on until it levels out at a truck turning point.
There are 3 trails to your left starting in the same entrance, or there is another entrance on the right hand side, this starts heading back downhill but around 10-15m in is another trail heading off to the right.
If you carry on past the truck turning point by 50m or so there is another trail off to the left (although the entrance is quite concealed).

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cheers y89. just had a butchers on strava, looks like they're all represented, some are at least. long crazy L, hole in the wall etc? looks to be a fair easy detour off the red too...

Depends what you are into, but when I did the C2C a few years back, it included some great techy steep singletrack drops across the NYM. Bit tricky to make into a loop though. Look on pedalnorth.com for routes

Totally disagree, it's far more red than the likes of Cannock/Llandegla/FoD/Glentress/Mabie etc. It's definitely diluted by it's length, there's a couple of meaty drops and awkward climbs in there though, as well of stacks of optional bits.

Totaly disagree again.

I rode Dalby a few times as I lived locally, for the most part it's just a long slog. The trail always seems to be going up/down rather than contouring and making more of the downs too which can make it exhausting. And the bit's that are flat, are flat.

It's longer than Cannock, but Cannock has more fun bits.

Llandegla is I agree a bit under-par for a Red, but has more fun bits than Dalby.

GT is what I imagine a red should be. Technical, but everything is rollable and works at low speeds too.

If you can roll off a medium sized rock onto a fire road and ride 20miles of cobbles then Dalby red holds no challenges. I'd rather go for ride across the moors, at least you get a view then.

Dalby forest is excellent.

Where did you hear otherwise?

Stainburns miles away and 20% the fun.

A strange idea of fun...

Totaly disagree again.

Sounds like it's just me then 🙂 Not talking fun per mile, hence the diluted comment. I just thought the tricky bits were more tricky than the others I listed.

The biggest problem with Dalby is the section after the red/black bit that follows on from Dixons. Up to that point, from the visitor centre it's a great ride but that section drags like hell and zaps all enthusiasm for the last decent back to the start, which should be fun.

Wouldn't bother fitter riders I guess.

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In my experience given the weather we've been having much of the moors will be waist deep bog if you're planning on heading away from Dalby.

Oh either way, take spare brake pads.

Dalby is great.
The new end to the blue down the berms is fun and has me scaring myself when I go beyond my skill level and nearly straight over the top!
Yes it is long, but you don't have to ride it all. There's plenty of options to make shorter routes which is what I do as I tend to be a bit time limited and fitting an hour or so ride in when I get chance.
Although, section 23 to 24 on the red just doesn't flow at all. It's almost flat but can't get any sort of speed as I just seem to end up bouncing around on the bumps that sap all your energy.

Yes it is long, but you don't have to ride it all. There's plenty of options to make shorter routes which is what I do as I tend to be a bit time limited and fitting an hour or so ride in when I get chance.
Although, section 23 to 24 on the red just doesn't flow at all. It's almost flat but can't get any sort of speed as I just seem to end up bouncing around on the bumps that sap all your energy.

This sums Dalby up nicely, some great bits followed by raised up gravel paths to make the length up. If you do go, get a trail map from the shop and use it to mark some of the worst bits and you'll find ways of going round them if you go again.

As mentioned above, from Dixon's Hollow there's a couple of fun descents down to the lake followed by an ok climb, however the next bits of trail are a bit bland, so I follow the black back up the hill to Dixon's Hollow and cut down the road to the rest of the red.

Alternately you can follow the blue to just before it connects to the red, instead of turning right at the T junction (where they are currently building) turn left and then right at the next junction, just down from there you'll find the start of Section 26 of the Red (Riggs and Dales Trail). Other than a long fire road climb this has some fun parts, some of which are sandy and dry out really well. The new blue bit finishes it off nicely.

Obviously probably not doable on your first visit, but might be good info for future visits.