Did you do Slab Track and those new tracks I keep seeing on YouTube? Need to go back to Dyfi soon
No mate I'm really not that good a rider. Didn't do the drops or gaps on racetrack either, will build up to them, plenty more visits to dyfi in the future for certain. I did do the drop at the start of swooper, bigger than it looks on the vids.
Thinking back it was probably the perfect day to try slab as the trails were bone dry, fast and grippy. Think it's the only reason I made it down racetrack in one piece.
Turns in the ferns is mega fast. Didn't do the new new one, fire in the booth, but that's supposedly the steepest gnarliest track there so I doubt I'll ever do it lol. They were building another down by slab when we were there, could see them with the diggers. Probs ready in 3-6 months.
Insane place though. The trails are just so well built.
Turns in the ferns is deceptively fast, probably the fastest trail I've hit. the "little" drop, the one you can take instead of a berm, looks just like a lip, is actually massive - vids make it look tiny but it's way bigger than anything on race track. and the shoot / ramp afterwards sends you flying. Really fun track but those bits catch you off guard, gopro effect in full swing on those.
You can get progressive springs.Decided to give an air shock a go in place of the coil currently on the bike - frame linkage is very linear so a coil isn't ideal.
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None in the weight ranges I needed for the geometry/weight combo unfortunately, was riding a 700lb linear coil and the heaviest progressive I could find was 550-670.You can get progressive springs.
Can safely say that Stiniog is mega fun and well worth a visit. No offs either, which is always a bonus and the weather was perfect. Happy enough that I managed to keep upright on the techy ones riding clipped in, by far the rowdiest terrain I've tackled yet.
Feeling it in the quads and arms today mind you!