Anyone ridden at Deers Leap Park?
Found a dedicated MTB park right on my doorstep the other day! Didn't know it was there until my Bruv sent me a link :oops:
Thinking about going there over the break but wanted to know if anyone had been and what it was like?
http://www.deersleappark.co.uk/
Thinking about going there over the break but wanted to know if anyone had been and what it was like?
http://www.deersleappark.co.uk/
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Where do you normally ride?
Winter road bike/commuter: Specialized Langster
Best road bike: Planet X RTD90
MTBs: Giant XTC 650B / On-One C456 singlespeed
TT bike: Planet X Stealth
Normally ride over Tilgate as there is so much there to explore and my Brother lives right on the edge of the park. Gate in his garden fence and straight out on the trail, no messing 8) Warm up through the park and then hit the forest.
Tilgate & St. Leonards forest are both great.
Winter road bike/commuter: Specialized Langster
Best road bike: Planet X RTD90
MTBs: Giant XTC 650B / On-One C456 singlespeed
TT bike: Planet X Stealth
The facilities are good with an on-site shop that seemed well stocked and bike cleaning area with good water pressure.
Not somewhere I would chose to ride over Tilgate but if I was on my own and needed somewhere to clean my bike after then it would be a good place. As it's on my doorstep it might use it more in the summer months after work.
Overall enjoyable with some fun sections and good facilities, oh and cheap too
If you go to the very south of the park then you can access a bridleway which heads west into Gravlye which has some good permissive forest trails. These connect to West Hoathly, Ardingly and Balcombe alllowing a largely off road loop which takes in Tilgate Forest and returns via the Worth Way, cannot remember the actual distance but it's over 50km depending upon how much of the singetrack in Tilgate you include.
Thought it was excellent.
I'm an out and out roadie, so this was quite an experience!
The routes are well marked, the guy in the shop gave us a good briefing before we started.
Thought the siging out and back in at the end of the ride, gave it a professional feel.
oh and the bike wash - saved the car getting too dirty on the way home.
Just can't understand why it isn't more popular!