Reviews for Bedgebury Forest Mountain Bike Trails

Summary:
excellent fun, and then some...

Review:
It really is sooo much fun. I've been to Bedgebury for 4 days out now and loved every single ride. I am learning alot about riding being a bit of a newbie and compared to other places I've been it's got everything you might want in a track including quite a bit of nice downhill stuff that is really choppy and it is very easy to get caught out on quite a bit of it. I'm currently averaging one trip over the bars for every time I've been.

I had a quick go on some of the north shore stuff and bottled it, lol, but they are building new bits and the 2 guys who knew what they were doing gave a top demonstration of how much fun you can have on it, and how impressive it is to watch!

They also have marker posts with an emergency phone number on if someone hits a tree as well as bike wash and shower facilities.

On the down side, the prices have just popped up a fair bit. I'm sure the last time I went the baguettes were about £2.50, and now they are £4 each so take sandwiches, the coffe cup shave gotten smaller, and it might well be worth investigating membership if you're gonna be a regular. The visitors centre does get a bit rammed at lunch time as well.

You do need to be a bit careful on the road to and from the trail. On the way back it is a very very fast downhill run which is really tempting to fly down, and later in the day, you do get a lot of families and kids about, but visibility is excellent so you have no excuse. At the bottom of that hill, and just round a very nice left hand bend, is a junction where people seem to like hanging about in the middle of, I do mean right in the middle of, so ere on the side of caution. Nearer to the visitors centre you get more and more ppl standing around and it quite tempting to hack down the lane that leads to it, but again, I think it's better safe than sorry.

Me and my cousin hope that they will build a ramp so people can jump into the lake by the visitors centre, and that they might start doing reverse course days, adding some beginners stuff to the tricks section and carry on doing what they are doing cos it's pretty bloody good!

Summary:
Lots of big stuff

Review:
The North Shore here is pretty big but it helps that the ladders are quite wide when your high up. Unfortunately not alot of bits for begginers! A few nice drops at the bottom. The new dirt jump/dual slalom run looks good shame your not allowed to ride it yet.

Worth the visit if your a local, not enough stuff there yet to keep you busy all day!

Summary:
Technical climbs and singletrack with potential!

Review:
The route has some nice flowy sections linked up by fire roads. Although it boasts that it's almost all singletrack, at a guess I'd say at least 4km of the 13 km route is fire road.

It seems that the route is quite new to Bedgebury and what's been done so far is really good, the trails are well maintained and most sections have good draining stone tracks. I went after a nice dry spell so didn't encounter any mud but there were some sections that were deeply rutted and looked like they get almost impossible to ride in the winter.

There are plenty of technical climbs and descents, I particularly enjoyed a the tight switchback climb in the dense pine. The singletrack has the potential to be a lot more flowy when the stones bed in better, and maybe the addition of some berms would also help.

The visitor centre is brand new and alsmost warrants the £6 parking fee as it is geared up for mountainbikers and all the staff are very helpful.

Maybe once Bedgebury gets a few more trails then it could be really good.

Summary:
Excellent start, but will improve with age.

Review:
Endless possibilities at bedgebury forest, the place has everything from fast tight single track to riding high on north shore style ladders, all in all this place is poss the best in the south east and will deff get better each time you go as the trails are type 1 stone trails that are bedding in nicely and after this winter they will prob be even faster and smoother to ride without the sketchy feel of gravel. £5 to park so take some change but well worth it as it has a cafe and all facilities!