Wish i could, if i do manage it’ll probably be ebiking without uplift, i don’t mind 417 that much this time of year, the likes of cheese roller, igneous and others hold up quite well and you tend to be up and down quickish, so keeping warm enough.

Can you self uplift on an eeb there?
I often ride near there at Cranham etc but never actually been to the bikepark.

There’s a specific rideup trail…. It’s a bit more interesting than your usual fire road climb.

kayak23
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Can you self uplift on an eeb there?
I often ride near there at Cranham etc but never actually been to the bikepark.

Yeah, it’s an easy one on the ebike, a nightmare on a normal bike after a while as it gets slippy and steep!

It’s also a nicer place to play about than the Cranham stuff, as it’s not got that horrific claggy mud, with the wet coming i start avoiding Cranham/Painswick/etc as that mud just doesn’t come off the bike, 417 is well tamped down.

Last year or two i’ve lost the love for Cranham, the walkers vs bikes thing and the rise in people walking around the area, especially around painswick trails, bit calmer closer to birdlip, but still a bit too busy for me compared to just sticking with Dursley, Wotton, etc.

The woods at the top of Cranham along the Birdlip road have been sold, and the new owners are trying to discourage MTBs. It’s woodland with a protection order on it, but unfortunately they seem to be trying the block it off with logs and branches approach rather than education.

The trails off to the side of race track will be an interesting one – lots of new ones have sprung up over the last year or so, was only a matter of time the owner would notice.

monkeyboyjc
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The woods at the top of Cranham along the Birdlip road have been sold, and the new owners are trying to discourage MTBs. It’s woodland with a protection order on it, but unfortunately they seem to be trying the block it off with logs and branches approach rather than education.

The trails off to the side of race track will be an interesting one – lots of new ones have sprung up over the last year or so, was only a matter of time the owner would notice.

Yeah, it’s why i avoid the place as much as possible these days, the stuff all the way from that to pope’s wood is just a bit too well used and a fair bit of confrontation around them, that bit down from race track you’d think would be quiet enough, guess the new owners will be doing something, to be fair a lot of those tracks were pretty sketchy even in summer, can’t see them being used heavily this time of year!

Lol –  good day weeksy 👍 –  still tempted by that race next weekend, but I’ll prob end up working I think.

Sounds like it was a worthwhile visit. Hope you got faster throughout the day. 😎

Lookin good for race day then

Which trail at 417 were you riding out of interest?

I don’t even know which trail that is – don’t think I’ve been to flyup for more years than I though – looking back at Strava. Is that the one that starts off next to dubby skipper (big jumpy red one)?