The Dog & Monkey (Mountainbike Trails)

Tilluss · 20 Apr 2010 at 11:20

The modified 'Follow the Dog' and new 'Monkey' trails opened over the weekend in cannock chase and im wondering if anyone else from the OCUK forum has tackled it yet.

I headed over last night and it's a brilliant improvement with some unexpected supprises. It was my first run since the winter break and man did i hurt towards the end, but I ended up with a massive smile on my face shouting 'woohoo!' as i went through the last section.

Here is the new route as tracked with endomondo on my iPhone last night: http://www.endomondo.com/workouts?w=l7_NVB7hWqs

Jumblejug · 20 Apr 2010 at 12:16

Haven't managed to get down to it yet, looking forward to it this weekend though!

998cc · 20 Apr 2010 at 13:58

I was going to go down on the opening weekend but figured it would be busy as hell and decided not to.

tom_e · 20 Apr 2010 at 14:05

C.P said:
I was going to go down on the opening weekend but figured it would be busy as hell and decided not to.

Same here, that and my riding buddy/driver messed his leg up by being a tit

Tilluss · 20 Apr 2010 at 15:00

C.P said:
I was going to go down on the opening weekend but figured it would be busy as hell and decided not to.

I was down there at about 6 last night and it wasn't busy at all, i think i saw 5 people the entire time i was out there.

The trail has a few bits that are rough around the edges where the trail hasn't been able to bed in properly before the masses hit, but it's top notch for the most part.

You will enjoy it when you get there. Just a tip though, dont waste too much energy on the killer (the fire trail on the dog) because there is a lot of climbing sections on the first half of the monkey.