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Drumlanrig, yeah, forgot about that one 😛
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trail centre would have to be the "Loch of the Lowes" section at Kirroughtree
natural, probably cut gate from the cairn all the way down to North America Farm, nothing finer on a warm summer evening 😀
Why has no one mentioned the Capel Mounth descent into Glen Clova yet? Imbeciles!
shortbread_fanylion - ssssh don't tell them. I'm not mentioning anything on my side of the Gorms.
NZCol - With you there - Was gonna say Whakawerawera but couldn't think of one favorite bit as its all so good. Perhaps the best I have ridden in the world. (Closely followed by the Wanaka trails.)
Abroad Chamonix Argentiere in particular 30min long flowing gnarly awesome singletrack down...
This country "Farside" trail at the masts Afan Argoed...
Barry knows best - as thats what got me into this thing called riding bikes!
But for a proper wilderness singletrack experience
Windy Pass in the Chilcotin mountains, BC
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>Why has no one mentioned the Capel Mounth descent into Glen Clova yet? Imbeciles! <
'Cos its another overrated "Classic Scottish descent?" 😉
I'm with Aviemoron on this...
Man made - The stuff on the Penhydd trail is particularly sweet.
Natural - Minton Batch.
Cheeky - You know it if you're from Malvern. 😉
Jedi's, short but sweet fast rooty single track near Ryde
Knighton Gorges, VERY fast rooty single track, other side of the road from Jedi's
Oh and Crazy Goat Field off the side of St Boniface, fast, gorse lined and rather narrow, perfect!
Sadly most of the single track on the island isnt long enough, but its worth it!
Some of the singletrack in Wyre is pretty sweet.
The descent from Fealar Lodge to Falls of Tarff in Glen Tilt is pretty good but the drops are huge at some points and I didn't really fancy the penalty for failure
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So a safer option is along the side of the loch in the Gaick Pass
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allyharp - MTFU :-). There's only one bit of rock drop where you would actually go over the edge if you got it wrong. The rest is great but too short to rate as top notch
Best thread ever. It's like a lifetime guide of trails to ride. Thank you.
That is all.
"elliptic scalextric is that towards crooks peak or the other direction ?"
Roland: email me and I'll tell ye.
Mark of Zorro - sublime
Smith's Combe - sh1t5 and giggles
Webber's Post - variations
Alpine and Waldo Lake trails, near Oakridge Oregon. Thats about 35 miles of singletrack
Favourite bit of singletrack and best are two different things to me.
Favourite is a bit in my local woods that I've been riding for 15 years or so - and still love. You'd probably know it Jedi.
Best? Hmmm, probably either the descent from Tello on holiday with Freeride Spain (Sierra Nevada mountains).
Either Boggart Hole Clough in Blackley, Manchester:
Glen Avenue entrance down to the Rochdale Road entrance, skirting the John Lewis playing fields. Reminds me of Raleigh Grifters and being very small. Now a bit overgrown.
or
The drop down to LLanfairfechan, through the gorse bushes, from the signpost at the highpoint on the old Roman Road that ends up at the falls car park in Aber.
Great thread btw, loads of really good ideas on here.
The bit we just opened up this morning 😈
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On the Quantocks, I think is my favourite, although some of Port Hills in NZ comes close...
awesome picture!
@Rusty Spanner - is that basically heading north from the high point of the Roman Road above Llanfairfechan?
wonderful bit at Hamsterley, away from the 'proper' trails. Long may it remain secret and unsullied
there's a maybe 100m stretch a few mins from my house, I just ride it over and over and over again every time I go past. Just perfect, apart from the length.
A sneaky stretch in the Mendips, in a wood that I pretty much grew up in.
Home: Cairngorms. Hard to pick just one but the Lairig Grhu is pretty special of a summer's evening.
Abroad: Emerson Dam down to Martigny in Switzerland. More descending than you can shake a stick at with a little bit of everything.
Cheers
Sanny
oxymoron - that'll be that section in frog combe i mentioned several pages back....
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Absolute best I've ridden is probably Trail 8 in Killington Vermont - twisty, rooty singletrack that traverses the mountain so it takes 40ish minutesIn the UK, I still feel the love for the singletrack I started riding on - Upper Quarry in Ashton Court, Bristol - on a good day, there's just no better feeling than flying along it.
Yeah Upper Quarry, or Badger as I know it as, is sweet. Smiths Coombe in the 'tocks is great, and I enjoy the Chimney, though it's not really singletrack. Cats Bells in the Lakes is nice as I recall, though I last rode it in 1994!
Current favourites.
Black Craigs the whole section after Heartbreak Hill at Kirroughtree love that bit
Thanks jedi (if you were referring to mine?)
jam bo ~ yes the very same, now I look back at your description. I like the fact that the 'entrance' is a bit hidden, steep and techy too. I just needs to be longer!
Rhodedendron trail/Caravan/Jedi (no relation)/Camber, all in the Wyre. Can't choose between 'em.
As for 'man-made' trails, High As a a Kite an Nant-Yr-Arian is pretty sweet.
Peaks somewhere me thinks cut gate, not my favourite but damn good.
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