Reviews for The Wall Trail - Afan Forest

Summary:
Top notch making an enjoyable start.

Review:
managed to get a day pass from boss-lady to play in afan, started on the Wall for a warm up. Steady climbs and impressive single track made for a fantastic start to a great day. Climbs were broken up with single track decents and stunning views with brilliant and fast down hill to finish. Flat ride from car park, showers, cafe and staff were very good. Will be coming back to ride again ASAP.

Summary:
A dissapointment

Review:
the 1st hour is so boring, massive climb on forest roads. would rate about 4 out of 10, but when your at the top i would rate the down hill section 10 out of 10. the down hill bit is better than cwmcarn and alot of other places, so fast with sharpe bends and scary cliff drops on the sides, i couldnt beleive how fast. well worth a ride apart from the start. also the car park is miles away from the trail so you need to ride for ages to get started and back to the car park.

Summary:
Technically challenging narrow flowing black rated trail

Review:
The Wall starts off with a few miles of gradual incline on the old railway to get you warmed up. There is then some forest singletrack and fireroad climbing to take you up the wall in sections with some XC and downs in-between. The trail works well in all weathers and is well varied. Many of the downs are in steep-sided forest where poor line choice could definately hurt. Not suitable for novices but a blast for those more experienced. Lots of speed can be gained in all the descents to make the challenge as tricky as you like. There are many jumps including a 4-6 foot drop (depending on your landing zone) off a piece of bedrock after the last hairpin on the last descent, watch out for it on your right as it is easy to miss. It is also easy to miss the nick to the left after this to make a decent jump over some rocks and roots. The wall is the fastest of the Afan decents and is a little easier to get wrong (many off-camber areas) than Whites level. Overall a black route that is narrow, steep and as fast as you like. Been riding it for 3 years and it never tires.

Summary:
Good but hard

Review:
Very long flat trail part at the start that's quite boring, then you hit a massive climb on forest roads, which does get a little annoying and is a bit of a killer (I did go on a roasting hot day, so that probably didn't help). Excellent downhill, however, I was a bit too shattered at the end to enjoy it fully.

Summary:
good warm up !!

Review:
i really enjoyed it ! hard forest road climbs !
last downhill sections MEGA FAST !! we are so lucky in WALES !1