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Can't remember the names other than widow maker but most of the descents round dartmoor that Tim and Woody have taken me down have been brilliant
camber and 3 bears in the wyre are both good too
UK - Local, Elland Park Woods the long, winding way, not really long but super flowing with alsorts of fun if you know it.
US - Porcupine rim - Moab
cheese - I've classed that as my fave singletrack (see other thread)!
The descent at the end is brilliant though! Bonus having it on my doorstep nearly too!
Something in the dyfi forest probably!
I suppose Cut Gate northwards down to Langsett can be described as technical in Uk terms but in Dark Peak terms it isn't.
When I returned to chapelgate after maybe a 8-10 year gap I started hooning down it at 30mph expecting it to be the gravelly speed fest I remembered it as. Imagine my suprise when I came accoss the first bit which was a 6inch wide piece of crumbly Tarmac 4 foot above a jagged chasm of death.
It's fair to say I soiled myself. Amazing!!
I did crash on it the next time and hit the rocky trail chin first. My jaw snapped shut so hard I broke one of my teeth in half. However, being a true Atkin I still managed to eat my lunchtime cake.
UK - Theres a few round where I live like parkamoor, ickenthwaite etc that are all good fun. Also Make or Break followed by cadon bank at inners
Abroad - Morgins in Switzerland, Swiss cup course and Alp D.
Crans montana is also awesome but never got to ride it
Carn Ban Mor. Ben Rinnes. Bannachie. Party Quarry in the Oakwoods. The Chute on Mach3. Climachx final descent. Cadair Idris. Laggan Black. Jacob's Ladder and that one off Rushup Edge with lots of drops on it.
Depending on what day it is and what I had for breakfast it could be any of the above.
My local faves are, moist badger and re-bored frippet.
I do like the trail centres but there is no substitute for getting down a natural descent in the Peaks and being glad you're still alive. 🙂
There isn't an element of risk in the trail centres. I thought the black run at Glentress was quite easy.
Davey - didn't realise my local regular ride had a proper Name and everything!
Headless if you hit the swings!
I love to "wall of death" the top bombhole and slingshot out
UK - Tough one this. From the following;
The massive berm section on the Raven at Brechfa
Barry Knows Best (Looking forward to the new stuff!)
Hermon (Down to the cafe through the bluebells)
The end of Climachx
And, finally, a lovely short section out through a local set of woods. No name, just a lovely trail that makes me smile.
International-
The Wall - Off the top of the deserted camp by the Portman Guns! (You'd know if you'd ridden it!)
The old school Cap d'Ail DH course from back in the day!
that one off Rushup Edge with lots of drops on it.
I think that may be chapel gate too?
Although Rushup edge westwards has drops in too. Eastwards is good too. Oh darn it, it's all good!
The walk downstairs the morning after knowing you have a beer in the fridge and a cold kebab on the side. Breakfast of gods before a day out on the bike.
UK - Cumberland Brook and Charity Lane / Oven Lane continuation, both Macc Forest / Wildboar Clough area. Never got board of either during the 12 years they were the most local trail. Not the longest or most technical descents in the peak but good enough to keep you coming back.
Great Dun Fell - radar station road, yes its tarmac but its also starts at around 850m and drops, down and down and down.
I think that may be chapel gate too?
Although Rushup edge westwards has drops in too. Eastwards is good too. Oh darn it, it's all good!
Was the westward route I did. I'll give that chapel Gate a blast next time I'm there. Trouble is there's an awful lot of brilliant biking between me and there so my trips are few and far between.
mega qualifier alpe d huez for me
i love the descnet from the top of innerleithen xc, cadon bank and beyond always has me grinning
can be described as technical in Uk terms
so once you leave our shores the term technical shift's it goalposts? wtf
I don't get out much...
Was - GTress black just before the radio mast (Britney Spears?)
Then - Inners-Minch Moor down to the valley fire-road (slowing down ='d much more fun)
Now - sheep track on the steep north side of Castlelaw in Pentlands ('FOCUS or fall off') -
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(pic- crtsy Kit, of this parish)
Abroad - Gisburn canyon (in the dry..)
so once you leave our shores the term technical shift's it goalposts? wtf
Not the point i was making. Keep up please. 😉
Good thread!
For me, as a few have pointed out it has to be:
- Cavedale
- The Beast
- Jacobs Ladder (surprised nobody has said this?)
- Innerliethen (sp?) decend on the black run
Probably more, but i can't remember. Can somepoint point to me on a map just where Cut Gate is (us multimap OS) i'm sure i ride this all the time, but not sure the name...
Looking forward to sunday now!
I've never been down Cavedale, is it really that good? Pushed up it a few times!!!!!
France, Whisky and Rye with the The Whiteroom. I was having too much fun to stop and take pictures. Probably the fastest I've been on a bike and knew if I came off it was gonna leave a few marks...
I was riding that at the end of the season, usual drop in and go directly to warp factor hoon. Then I discovered that one of the local old boys had managed to roll his car off the forest road above the trail. The car had then been pulled-out by JCB, leaving a 5 foot-wide trench across the trail. I (just) got away without crashing but it definitely left a few marks (mostly in my bike shorts...)
Didn't get round to doing any repairs after the season finished, will need to be next spring, but the trail's been churned up in 4 or 5 places by this. The plan is to take advantage of the damage to put in a couple of cheeky rock-drops... 
i'd hazard a guess 99% of people saying Champrey are talking bull or not been down the WC track!!
I know a number of Elites and Experts who would not even ride sections of it never mind enjoyed it!!!
It's owt but enjoyable... And has sod all flow unless your surname is Hill!!
My Favourite is fantastic single track always dry and dusty and just lets say Jesus is always looking out for you , but its my little secret !
My total bestist most fave ever, rad to the power of sick........
Is going downhill fast into a few beers and some whiskey with friends.
SB
The track with the big rocks that comes out at Grizedale visitor centre.
Might be known as "Babies Heads"?
Always provides an amazing end to an amazing ride.
Belmont descent - Winterhill.
Cumberland clough - Macc forest (as oldagepredator said)
The Banks - Local Marple descent, short, rocky, switchback, dropoffyheaven. It always scares me though.
The track with the big rocks that comes out at Grizedale visitor centre.
Riverbed?
After riding up from Hurstwood near Worsthorne on the pennine bridalway, the descent down to widdop is one of my faves.
minch moor summit to carpark
lawson park to either nibthwaite, or the park
moor lane
tittys track
ullswater singletrack
finish of penmachno
elland woods
and in the alps, from the summit of the solour above courcheval ant 2900m
to brides le bain at 600m.
ton - your first choice isn't a descent, it's half a trail centre route with 2 ascents 😕
I don't have a favourite but some top ones for me are..
Aberfeldy SDA track
WC track - Champery
Run of the mill (Avoriaz-Morzine)
the really mental steep Plenney singletrack descent - Morzine
Mynd Du (Dragon track)
a lot of my other favoutites are sadly no longer there due to felling or other reasons
The track from Cam Head down into Starbotton.
The track down into Kinlochleven from The Devils Staircase.
Some in France I can't remember the names of.
gw, when you suffer like i do once a year to ride up to the summit of minch, it is a very very welcome descent mate........... 😉
Ah, I get you 😀
BTW there's no shame in walking. all the best riders do it 😉
🙂 A recent trip to the Ecrin with Mr Martin Gill was particularly nice after a 5-6 hour xc trug and battle we had a descent perhaps only a handful of other riders have experienced (col de montbrison) This type of riding is spot on. I doubt even anyone here has done it. Thats what makes it good, but perhaps not the best. Hope your well Dave and family is good.
Favourite local trail - of the back of Ivenhoe beacon, i remember walking back up once and nearly being knocked over by someone sliding down involuntarily... (its steep)
Favourite uk descent - probably the first time i rode some of the singletrack in swansea... i never did it as quick again. Or maybe A descent in the peaks, i have no idea what it is called.
Favoutite foriegn descents - 3 trails near Val Thorens. Number one was a walkers path, and was just ectremely good fun, with tons of rocks to jump off, corners to drift. It was really good fun.
number 2 - A descent from the top of a peak, it took about 40 minutes, started off along a ridge with drops either side, was steep and really technical. then went even steeper with loads of loose, tight corners. Real hang on for dear life stuff. Then it became fast with grassy singletrack, but rocks everywhere trying to catch you out. Amazingly good fum in places, and just petrifying in others. Another walkers path...
number 3 - started on man made tracks with some great berms you hit really quick, then some fast loose doubletrack. Then you had to watch out for a little turning which then rewarded you with 20 minutes of the best riding EVER. it was fast, twisty, loose singletrack. about 1 and a half foot at the widest place, at others only a faint trail through the flowers that lined the trail... Brilliant.
Its the bit before that cheese after the left hand switchback to the bombhole - pedal down there without touching the brakes its just soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo quick! Even madder when theres a foot of leaves and you can't see if theres anything under them!
Local:Gorple Road down towards Worsthorne,plenty fun/air off the rain bars.Just be careful in crosswinds tho!!
Scotland:Bynack More,down towards Ryvoan Bothy.Oh & another vote for Carn Ban Mor too!
Not so local(!):Plenty in Whistler bike park,but linking Freight Train-No Joke-Drop In Clinic-Freight Train-Dirt Merchant-Lower A Line,& finishing with the GLC Drop has got to be the best continuous run in the park.
My range is limited so...
1. Exmoor: Webber's Post to Holford - trail variations, line options, roots, rocks, and speed is optional.
2. Qs: Smith's Combe - fast into scary steep and rough, fast blind corners, streams.
3. Last part of Marin
4. Last part of Brechfa Gorlech
5. Mark of Zorro - Nant-yr-Arian
Nevis red + Fort William WC DH from the wallride down, slightly unfair since it's 6km of constant descent but it's pretty damn good. If it were a regular trail centre it'd be about 7 different descents with gaps between but instead it's one big one.
Home-ish, The Matador in Innerleithen, a bit of everything.
Away, The woods section at the end of the Megavalanche, Alp D'huez. Flying through some of the best singletrack ever in a train.
Bagstard
Gorple Rd is really good fun for flat out speed / seeing how fast you dare go!
The "Rabbit run" off the Beacon followed by the switchbacks when you get a clear run with no poxy walkers dawdling!!!
Jacobs Ladder (surprised nobody has said this?)
I don't really enjoy it to be honest. It's just too rocky to be fun. It's not technical just very rough.
What about the bridlway from the mam tor road gap NE down towards edale? Fast and plunges into the rocky tree lined gully IIRC. Wonderful.
robdob - MemberJacobs Ladder (surprised nobody has said this?)
I don't really enjoy it to be honest. It's just too rocky to be fun. It's not technical just very rough.
What about the bridlway from the mam tor road gap NE down towards edale? Fast and plunges into the rocky tree lined gully IIRC. Wonderful.
I love Jacobs. You just have to hit it so fast, then it is really fun!
In terms of cavedale, yes, it is great fun! Quite technical, god knows why you woudl want to go up it 😆
See my vid of down it:
Think I know which decent you on about. It is fun, very fast, with some nice ruts you have totry and stay out or stay in 🙄