Reviews for Aston Hill Cross-Country Trail

Summary:
If you here for XC run, save you fiver and go somewhere esle!!!

Review:
Aston hill is only good for it's DH corse. If you novice XC and have less than 150mm fork then you wont enjoy this at all. XC run starts as DH course, fast, few jumps and big berms within second you end up at the bottom by the golf course and after short cycle on a wide path you start a very long and windy climb which on a wet day will take every bit of energy you might have. For a £5 to enter Aston Hill course you might as well spend it on fuel to go some place free and a LOT better. £5 quid for a short DH and then a long "spinning class", NO THANKS.

Summary:
Short but sweet

Review:
Very short but what it lacks in length it makes up for in challenges. Fantastic fast flowing single track littered with roots especially when you hit the red run DH section but what goes down must go up so be prepared to get in your granny gears and work your legs!!
A great little track but dont let the length fool you into thinking its a walk in the park because its not!!

Summary:
An Education

Review:
Rode the Aston XC, 4X and the Red DH yesterday, and I can say some ego's were well and truly checked.

A brilliant days riding, first of all.

The XC is challenging, and long enough to keep you wanting more. Bear in mind, its mid december, so the entire place is currently caked in a layer of thick slime so even the flat rooty bits required some extra talent.

The Red DH run (part of the XC) was fearsome in the wet, and I rode this on my hardtail...but the FS lads were on it here, with drops, rooty step offs and some nice off camber, singletrack downhill.

My section fo the day was the start of a joint DH4, Black run and XC downhill singletrack, I naturally took the XC section which was excellent fun I wish I had the legs left for antoher run, but the walk back up to the car park is a biznitch.

(as a side note, all 3 of the FS boys with me binned it in someway on the DH4, however big shout to Ian who dislocated his thumb during the process)

Cant wait to go back and do it in the dry, may even have finished building my FS Marin by then, as a HT does add some challenge to this place!