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Hi we're thinking we might try some of the trail centers this year and wondered which ones you would recommend. So how about listing your favourite 3 and we'll plan a road trip.
Glentress. Job jobbed.
GOLSPIE, LAGGAN
Brechfa / Cwmcarn / Bike Park Wales
Wolftrax.
Innerleithen.
Golfie.
Glentress.
Oops - that’s 4!
Hamsterley.
Start at the start...Coed y Brenin, both of the trails there.
Ah yes CYB best beans on toast ever.
Whakarewarewa, over 160kms of trails from mild to wild.
Hopton, Woburn, Cwmcarn
Just need Woburn to reopen......
Woburn is apparently on its way back
CYB is great
In the dry so is Penmachno. Although that’s a trail not a trail centre. No cafe etc.
In the dry so is Penmachno.
Wait, there's dry at Penmachno? When was this?!
CyB is great, Cwmcarn as well.
Basically, just hit Wales and Scotland.
Laggan.
Whinlatter.
Aonach Mor.
Laggan.... Then probably more Laggan 😆
Woburn is apparently on its way back
Any news on that? I'd love to take my son somewhere that is a step up from thetford and Woburn would be perfect if it reopened.
Cannock Chase, Sherwood Pines, that shite pump track.
@ac282
Try chicksands for xc. You do have to do some exploring but have managed to make a 13km loop in the woods outside the bike park
Jeez, when did 13km become xc. Anyway CYB for a good start.
Mabie, Dalbeattie, Ae - stay in Dumfries and they're all damn close as well.
Try chicksands for xc. You do have to do some exploring but have managed to make a 13km loop in the woods outside the bike park
Wow that’s an achievement. It’s getting harder as it gets over grown
Woburn has re assembled a volunteer crew and are back at work. I have heard nothing on time scales
Trail center loveliness
Manic Street Preachers' long awaited follow up to Motorcycle Emptiness?
Marin (gwydir)
Cyb
Climach X (plus off piste bit)
GOLSPIE, LAGGAN
+ Balblair.
And dozens of local trails in between...
How are Woburn and chicksands making it onto people's top 3 trail centres!? Suddenly it makes a lot more sense why people don't like them if that's their baseline... (Unless I've taken the troll bait?)
Most of them are pretty good, would almost be easier to list the ones to avoid.
Kirroughtree is my favourite of all the 7 stanes. Drumlanrig was great too but think the storm damage is still a problem. Good variety of trails at Glentress but the golfie's hard to beat for technical trails.
Brechfa, Afan, Cwm carn
I did W2 with the Blade tagged on the North end on Sunday & there were only 3 cars in Rhyslyn car park @ 0830 but it was nearly full on my return @ 1320
All Good but Whites level was poor, its nearly overgrown in many places, the drainage needs attention in lots of areas & the woodwork section is still closed with a poor diversion down a muddy ditch - how many years has it been like that?
Cwm Carn on Monday morning was a joy, only car in the car park @ 0730, all running well & buzzards everywhere !
Hard to pick 3 but Comrie Croft would be in there.
Maybe CYB, Laggan and Comrie…
Glentress
Cwmcarn
And still got love for Coed y Brenin
No love for the woods behind Nationwide in Swindon? Times have changed.
Hard to recommend anywhere without knowing what type of rider you are. Some places mentioned don't have much in the way of easier options or like Laggan and Comrie you want to be able to ride the harder stuff to make a day of it. Comrie has the most fun blue trail but also one of the most demanding red routes.
Gisburn
Llandegla
Hamsterley
Afan
Coed y Brenin
Glentress
Theres 2 good days riding at each
+1 for Laggan
Mabie
CyB
Kirroughtree
My three fave for various reasons.
For a more geographically coherent trip, I'd suggest Kirroughtree, Mabie & Glentress.
Then you might as well throw in some of the other Stanes as well.
Comrie +1
Small but very well built so all the reds are "just" the right side of rollable. And the overall size means you can just re-run the fun bits to your hearts content once you've done all the loops. The campsite gives it an interesting nature, as you can hang around your tent, have a beer and BBQ, do some laps, and repeat. Which makes it easy to end up doing a lot of miles in a day without having to commit to a 4 hour ride.
No love for the woods behind Nationwide in Swindon? Times have changed.
I came here to say this, but in my heart knew it had already been said.
Gisburn
Llandegla
Hamsterley
I’ve not been to the other 2 but I was very underwhelmed with Llandegla. The blue / red was underwhelming- even the section named ‘rollercoaster’ wasn’t very ‘rollercoastery’ and lacked flow.
The black bits were all good - I’d say at most welsh trail centres they’d be red graded - I just wish there was more black there.
No love for the woods behind Nationwide in Swindon? Times have changed.
Ah but we're talking trail centres, not gnarly enduro-style off-piste with World Cup DH level features.
CYB , Antor Stiniog, Rveolution of Dyfi.
CYB, Glentress and... Yeah, maybe Comrie, it's ace.
in no particular order:
Hamsterley
Dyfi
Glentress
For all round great views, great descents and some decent swoopy fun stuff, I keep going back to CyB. Just has a really nice feel. Not absolutely rammed with whoppers like Glentress seems to be usually. Nice drive out there too...
Another vote for CyB here.
Also get quite nostalgic for the old Penhyd trail at Again, that was really nice, gutted when it went.
Dyfi - bad ass!
Antur
Hamsterley