I had cause to ride afan 3 times a week for about 6 weeks a couple of summers ago. I got bored surprisingly quickly and I realised theres a lack of line choice.
I guess it depends on what you get from your riding. I’m a pretty average rider and can do trail centres at a decent speed, but even then I found I missed the act of computing my own line choices – this is clearly part of the reward for me – I knew I preferred au natural trail riding, but it took a while for me to understand why.
For a long time, I’ve found the actual trail surfaces pretty dull too, although, a trip to Afan earlier this year showed me that they’ve started to wear in pretty nicely, and the technical climb at Cwmcarn was brilliant!
I’m quite happy to go to trail centres a few times a year – I have a soft sport for CyB especially, but sessioning the same man made trail week after week is not for me – theres simply not enough variety.