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Revs uplift is faster, but they neatly stoved my new forks in by having me put my bike into a position for a 26 inch bike. Be warned, make sure there is not a bolt at the top of the position where the front wheel drops into.
BPW were way more professional in that regard. You partly get more runs in at Revs because the runs are quicker and they are using landies with less capacity but more of them, Antur is quicker because they dont hand around to fill the bus and have a tarmacced road.
Another thing I found at Revs is because they dont seem to do as much trail maintenance as BPW, preffering to keep it more natural... some of the reds are harder than some of the blacks as a result... as the runs are more blown out, have more braking bumps and are muddier. The reds and blacks are more memorable than BPWs, but thats partly because some of the sections were hairy as **** in the wet for what people expect to be a trail centre..... it felt much more like a race day at a DH track than a trail centre. BPW was definitely more fun, whilst Revs felt more serious and took more mental concentration - more so than Antur.
If youre a trail centre warrior and have never a DH race, revs in the wet will up your game.
I just wish they would make it possible to take fat bikes on the uplift!
Planning a wee welsh uplift weekend next year, looking like the lonnnnnnnnggggg drive to Merthyr on friday, BPW saturday, BMCC sunday, Revo monday, then *only* a 5 hour drive home.
Sound good, to those that ride these places?.
Revo has a pretty long uplift and it's bloody steep but they still manage to be efficient as do BMCC and they use tractors!
BPW's uplift route is 2.6 miles.
Revo's is about 0.9 miles (similar elevation gain).
BMCC's is 0.6 miles (half as much elevation gain).
They're just not comparable venues - the target audience overlaps but BPW has many more beginner friendly trails and a far greater number of people visiting.
If they only had to run two or three buses the uplift would be quicker because it's a single lane road. And the speed of the buses is limited by the roughness of the track, not the steepness, so the longer route up adds a lot of time.
Nobeerinthefridge, swapping revs for cwmcarn would keep you within the same area and save on a lot of driving.
I’m a regular at bpw, the new red trail nothing like all the other trails there, a muddy rutted trail. Really good.
Nobeerinthefridge, swapping revs for cwmcarn would keep you within the same area and save on a lot of driving.
Not really, as we need to drive back to SW Scotland again anyway, and so passing (ish) BMCC and Revo. And I've ridden Cwm carn, sorry, should've said.
Ah, sorry I see. I need to arrange another trip to bmcc & revs soon.
Thanks though!
Nobeerinthefridge - MemberPlanning a wee welsh uplift weekend next year, looking like the lonnnnnnnnggggg drive to Merthyr on friday, BPW saturday, BMCC sunday, Revo monday, then *only* a 5 hour drive home.
Sound good, to those that ride these places?.
BMCC is ****ing awesome. Haven't been to Revo yet. I do like BPW, it's always a fun day but BMCC shits on it. Also, TRACTORS.
I suspect BMCC on a wet day could be pretty miserable though. Not to mention it'd feel like blasphemy riding those glorious berms in the wet.
BMCC is ace fun. There are some bloody good riders there. When I went in July a dude was pulling suicides and another massive whips. It's not all jumps though.
Revo is my favourite though; it's bloody hard and changes all of the tine due to the lack of surfacing. The original red is so much fun as is Ghetto track. Burgers are top notch too!
Chief; the uplift road at BPW doesn't feel that beaten up, certainly no more than Revo's or BMCC and the big old tractor ruts. It's just slow and not very efficient, made worse my trails like Fifty Shades finishing about 500 miles away from the start of the uplift.
I've never been to (or heard much about) BPW. Where is it?
Just beside Merthyr.
Just beside Merthyr
Cheers 🙂
Formerly Gethin Woods trails.
p.s. maybe steer clear of BPW web site for now. Google search is showing it as "This site may be hacked."