For me it's Drumlanrig, battered out a lap of the red with the dug before work yesterday and was set up for the whole day - still buzzing now. Trails you can't get bored of - that would be a good thread. It was the first time I'd ridden alot of the recent rebuilds and it all flows just how I wanted it to.
Devs i recognise those places from my youf
then you'll know what a gnarly uber riding god I must be to get air off the rock in the first pic! 🙂 Took me 2 years and a Nomad to build up the courage to do that after watching my pal's son do it. Now I do it on my On-One Singlespeed at night in the snow. Still bottle the big drops into that bombhole though.
underground i've no idea what your Q actually is.
but thats bolehills mate. soon to be ULTRA-bolehills. or megatron-hills or something.
Hudu is down with the digger and its going off!
Out of the door, onto the canal, left turn down the steps, cross Strines road, down the bridle way, over the Roman bridge at the river Goyt (saw salmon and sea trout jumping up the weir there last October). Follow the river, past 'windy bottom farm' ( that name always makes me giggle). Sharp left, climb up Shielan.
First left again up the steep bit of 'bottom of the Banks'. Breather.
Then a lovely sandy track, with great views over 'that Manchester'. up the lane and down into the Hamlet of 'Brook bottom'. Up the lane, first left up rocky path passing New Mills golf course. Breather at the top, taking in the views of Hayfield and Kinder Scout.
Along the lane and down the rocky 'zig zags', back up the lane, left turn onto BOAT. First right up track past lumber yard, first left up 'Black Lane'. Can play in the quarry just below if there's time or straight down. Whoo hoo time as it's mostly down hill now to the Roman lakes. The little descent down 'the Banks' is legend and makes me feel like a trail God ( even though I ride it very cautiously). Turn right at the bottom, along the bumpy lane leading to 'Mellor and Townscliff' golf course, onto fast downhill rocky descent-Linnets clough. Turn left if for a cafe stop or right for horrid climb back home. That's the price to pay for living up a hill.
All before me tea!
Rivvy for me as well, being local helps a lot.
For me it's Afan.
A 5 min drive in the car and I'm there.I love it now its starting to dry out and get all dusty again.Some of the hills around that aren't on the trail routes are well worth exploring.
Foel DH is right by there too, even though its been trashed by bikers at the moment
For bog standard, easy accsible fun it is Standish, Gloucester for me (ok Haresfield) I have only done a few of the big trail centres and only once so I cant count those!
Standish is cool; lots of little bits all in one tiny place. I use it as a training ground and a confidence builder. The dogs come too, and are not in danger of getting run over etc (mind you if the downhillers are flying about, I tend to bugger off for everyone's safety)