Epping forest is good place to ride but personally i think that it isnt as good as some people claim, sorry..
Around Broxbourne woods /wormley woods you can get some very good rides as good and at times better than epping forest, also the routes are a lot easyer to find as there isnt that many fire-roads and so it flows a lot better.
Thats my main problem with epping too many fire-roads and “walker “firendly/man made roads cutting through what is a lovely place.
its my lifes little gripe, too much of countryside is being made “walker” friendly rather than left to nature and so upto the person to discover the routes themselfs then share them with others, for me the best part of riding is meeting up with locals and finding these routes:)
end of gripe.