llandegla vs afan or cwmcarn

welshkev
welshkev Posts: 9,690
edited January 2010 in Routes
hi guys, i'm working up in north wales in 2 weeks time and i have to drive up past llandegla so i thought i'd take the bike and do some riding. i've never been there before so how does it compare to say cwmcarn or afan in terms of technical riding? is it easier or harder? cheers guys :D

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  • dodgyknees
    dodgyknees Posts: 148
    Llandegla has a red & black trail. Both are great fun but not especially technical.

    As such I'd say Afan & Coed-y-Brenin are more demanding. Haven't ridden Cwmcarn.
  • simonekarl
    simonekarl Posts: 54
    Read this http://www.cycle1st.co.uk/llandegla/llandegla.htm
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    simonekarl wrote:
    Read this http://www.cycle1st.co.uk/llandegla/llandegla.htm

    cheers for that, it's given me a bit more info :D

    but i was looking for opinions of people who have ridden both, my local loop is cwmcarn and i just wanted to know how they compare :D
  • rhette
    rhette Posts: 1,248
    Hi
    I,ve ridden Afan,cwm carn and llandegla
    In my opinion afan is the best of them for xc riding much more technical than llandegla which is ok for a blast round but nothing to tax you.
    Llandegla gets very very busy at weekends so i only go on summer evenings when its much quieter and you don't get held up by others
    As you'll know the downhill at cwm carn is brilliant.
    Have you thought of trying the marin trail or penmachno they are both better than llandegla in my opinion
    cheers
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  • rhyko7
    rhyko7 Posts: 781
    ive ridden all 3

    i would say the main difference is: Llandegla would be nice on a HT whereas Afan and cwmcarn with a HT is like being on a pneumatic drill :lol:

    llandegla flows nicely, its much smoother, if i remember rightly there were a few sections with really nice flowing jumps and berms-was probably the black run, but the main difference was definately the ground was much less rocky that our south wales centres, and the climbs were much easier, but everywhere is like that if your used to cwmcarn :lol:

    keep an eye on this:
    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=12670811
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    cheers guys. thanks rhyko, you're turning into a font of all knowledge :lol:

    rode the wall at afan this morning for the first time it was good fun :D still some snow on the higher ground! cool, i'm only going to have 2 hours max at llandegla so i thought that'd be good for a nice smmoth blast around :D
  • rhyko7
    rhyko7 Posts: 781
    welshkev wrote:
    cheers guys. thanks rhyko, you're turning into a font of all knowledge :lol:

    rode the wall at afan this morning for the first time it was good fun :D still some snow on the higher ground! cool, i'm only going to have 2 hours max at llandegla so i thought that'd be good for a nice smmoth blast around :D

    how did Llandegla go-whats your verdict on the place?
    Dont look at it-ride it! they are tools not f*cking ornaments

    my riding:
    http://www.youtube.com/user/rhyspect

    Some of my Rides Data/maps:
    http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/Users/527337
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    not going there till next tuesday so i'll let you know :D

    been down near gawton today but i didn't take my bike for some stupid reason!!!!!! :cry:

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