Reviews for Afan Forest Park Trail Centre

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Review by: Dimmadan on 31 May 2009

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Long, but the two decents are worth it

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I have not ridden the Wall before so thought W2 sounded good. Whites level climb is amazing, love it (I am a mountain goat). Thought the link road was boring but an essential. Wall decent was good fun. If you dont want to stop at the original Afan centre take a left at the bottom of the final decent and save yourself 2 miles of pointless riding.
Climb back up the wall is a little boring but once you get to the woods its great.
Northshore near the end of Whites is great and the final decent is super.
Not sure where 4-7 hours came from as it took us just under 3 hours and we took our time. But take a camel bak with kit as you do get out in the wild with this one.

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Review by: Wolf Ridge 08 on 21 May 2009

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Long climb, Means long descent

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The Climb drags on a bit and is quite challenging in places. Once you've got to the top, it is so fun. The downhill is amazing. Its flowing and quick. Great cafe, and a great bikeshop and campsite as well.

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Review by: Jonofthejungle on 20 May 2009

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Really good rhythm and flow.

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This was my first ever trail centre ride and I wasn't very experienced on single track at high speed. But I got to the bottom (minus a tool kit) with the biggest grin ever.
The first half, going up takes a while, but is worth it for the descent!
When you do need to brake here, you need to brake fast so I recommend getting some good stoppers on your rig. I had some cheap V brakes and my fingers were aching by the end of the day.
A great place to start getting hooked on single tracks.

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Review by: joeplews77 on 18 April 2009

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Thigh Burner

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Awesome ride from start to finish.

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Review by: euxodusmtb on 8 April 2009

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Fave wales trail

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For all round mtbing, this is probably the best in wales

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