The climbs a pain but the jumps on the second part are mega, albeit I'm not able to be clearing them yet! Believe they were added over the winter, must be 8-10ft high tables at least. There's also a new red line being built currently.
Mountain Biking
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I did BPW and Stiniog last year and whilst both were great, I think Stiniog is some of the most fun I've ever had on the bike - And we were riding down it in some really nasty weather as well! Brilliant place.
Penmachno is my favourite in Wales.
Gisburn overall, more techy than flowy.
Done hamsterley?
Gisburn definitely techy, it's so rocky. I haven't ridden long and Gisburn kinda taught me that speed matters and to trust the grip on your tyres. Hamsterley beats it for me though, but they're two separate beasts. Hamsterley fast and flowy, gisburn grueling and techy. Both excellent.
Caporegime
@Cleisthenes I went to the bull track near Southborough on wednesday and had a great time. I don't know if you have been there but if you want to practice jumping its great. £8 for a day pass and £55 for years membership. Its quite rough and ready but me and my mate had a really good time and I can see myself progressing 10x faster somewhere like that than just hitting trails.
Soldato
Not doing it, but rode the "Reeth the Edge" loop a couple of weeks ago which i believe covers some of the stages. The climbs were nuts and one downhill was well sketchy, think it dropped 120m in 400m distance, Strava said it was a -29% gradient. Hope you get a good day.
Penmachno is great, we usually stay over at one of the pubs in Betws-y-Coed that has a bunk house for £10 a night, they let you keep your bikes locked up in the beer cellar in the pub! We do The Marin Trail on the Saturday the Penmachno on the sunday and head home, if we are still feeling ok throw a lap of Degla in on the way past. That first fireroad climb from the car park at Penmachno is a long old slog!
What pub is that?
Soldato
Its the Glan Aber Hotel and Bunkhouse. Just checked, it’s gone up a bit since we last went, it’s £19 a night per person now.
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Great to know, thanks!
I have seen videos of it however thought it might come across as a bit of a jumpers/downhill site rather than trails. Would I look a wally rocking up on an XC bike?
Great to hear, thanks
Caporegime
If you don’t want to practice jumps then you won’t have a good time. There isn’t much else there. The smallest jumps are decent sized tabletops as well. No issue with bringing an XC bike though if you are happy to get some air.
Man of Honour
They're beautiful aren't they, wait til you hear it whirring down a trail, it's divine.
They're on my deviate build, here's a vid of our first run at hamsterley, blind lol, immense trails. Have to re-shoot some footage there, I'm much faster and confident now I know the trails.
They're on my deviate build, here's a vid of our first run at hamsterley, blind lol, immense trails. Have to re-shoot some footage there, I'm much faster and confident now I know the trails.
Man of Honour
That looks great 
Bike and hub are dropped off to a new shop that's opened down town, guy is an MTBer himself and knows his stuff so confident it's in well capable hands. Going for 30mm rims ideally up from 25mm and having the front wheel rebuilt too to match up.
Bike and hub are dropped off to a new shop that's opened down town, guy is an MTBer himself and knows his stuff so confident it's in well capable hands. Going for 30mm rims ideally up from 25mm and having the front wheel rebuilt too to match up.![Pyr0m@nI@]{](/styles/overclockers/avatars/4.png){kind=avatar}
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Just fitted 54t ratchets to my rear hub.
When freewheeling at speed, my bike sounds like a cross between a swarm of bees and the siren of an American fire engine now lol
When freewheeling at speed, my bike sounds like a cross between a swarm of bees and the siren of an American fire engine now lol
Man of Honour
Need sound clip!
On the note of hub wheel build, I have had to up my budget as no rims in 29" and 30mm width that I want are in stock so have gone for the WTB KOM Light I30 TCS 2.0. Double my initial budget for a rim but hey ho... The colour theme matches the tyres too and have gone for black spokes and nipples too. It's gonna look rather ace I think
On the note of hub wheel build, I have had to up my budget as no rims in 29" and 30mm width that I want are in stock so have gone for the WTB KOM Light I30 TCS 2.0. Double my initial budget for a rim but hey ho... The colour theme matches the tyres too and have gone for black spokes and nipples too. It's gonna look rather ace I think