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The Northern Monkey · May 2011

Glad you got a good price for it

Was a cracking bike!

Yeah, I needed to downscale unfortunately (pretty much the exact opposite to you

) as I couldn't justify the cost.

I'm hoping to use some of my quarterly bonus (assuming I reach my targets) in around July to get another off the shelf bike with a bit more ooompf

The meta was just a bit sloppy for everyday riding - too bouncy on the uphill and not perfect on the DH... it was faaarrr to in-between everything for me!

Haven't ridden the boardman yet, i've been in Lancashire visiting the family over the weekend... Hoping to get some practice in on Tuesday after work at Cwmcarn I think.

Squarepants · May 2011

Well the Pro looks like a proper specialist as said.. One way or the other and you've gone sensible and technical - I'm going to be lazy and just roll over stuff :roll:

Operator then in July 8)

welshkev · May 2011

hi all,

hope you had a good weekend riding, how was brechfa lads?

james, don't worry mate. it'll all be worth it when the bike arrives

ben, i may join you tuesday, i'll let you know 8) i also saw another guy in cardiff earlier wearing an irn bru jersey :shock:

sladey: sorry i missed your message i would've met you :oops:

i rode cwmcarn VERY early this morning with my bro in law lee. it was really good apart from the fact i rode most of it with 2 gears (just changing between big ring and little ring) because my gears were jumping all over the place in any other gears, and because of this my chain got stuck as i was trying to pedal on teh singletrack bit after the concrete ramp and i got thrown over the bars at quite a speed!!! i'm hurting muchly

but there was 2 very hot girls in the car park setting off on a ride

hopefully we'll all be able to get out soon

Squarepants · May 2011

Not having much luck with your gears atm eh Kev, good to hear you saw two pleasures in the car park though, that's the main thing

At least you got a ride in - more than I have in a few weeks

Hope you're not too bashed up, falling is part of riding I think

welshkev · May 2011

Squarepants wrote:

Not having much luck with your gears atm eh Kev, good to hear you saw two pleasures in the car park though, that's the main thing

At least you got a ride in - more than I have in a few weeks

Hope you're not too bashed up, falling is part of riding I think

nah, my gears are a PITA! the broken shifter wasn't actually broken it was that the cable had stretched loads somehow, i pulled the cable through and indexed them as best i could and it was fine, now it's skipping in 90% of the gears :x

i need them indexed properly and my rear brake bled i think :?

i got a few cuts and bruises and i'm a bit sore but i'll live

Pr][nCe · May 2011

Brechfa did the Raven Trail "Black" was great, loved the switching berms, fast single track, and most deff the freeride section

but there was a fair bit of fire break roads, some of it downhill with a perfectly good forestry running alongside it, why why why do they do that.. overhaul though a nice place to be, sketchy keep you on your toes type riding, with limited grip in the trees well on the rear any-ways, front was like glue great fun

.

vids are uploading, none edited cant be asked lol

rhyko7 · May 2011

do you guys do evening rides too?
i ran out of time to ride today
anyone up for riding monday/tuesday?
think i am going to ride wentwood tomoz if anyone is up for it, not sure about tuesday yet, open to ideas

Silversladey · May 2011

"Pr wrote:

[nCe"]Brechfa did the Raven Trail "Black" was great, loved the switching berms, fast single track, and most deff the freeride section but there was a fair bit of fire break roads, some of it downhill with a perfectly good forestry running alongside it, why why why do they do that.. overhaul though a nice place to be, sketchy keep you on your toes type riding, with limited grip in the trees well on the rear any-ways, front was like glue great fun .

vids are uploading, none edited cant be asked lol

Glad you had a good time

[/b]Honest answer required

How difficult is the Raven trail technically?

I will have a go at riding anything technical uphill its the pointing downhill i struggle with. So is it all rideable for a relative novice, I rode the Gorlech and some of the berms were really steep, i didn't have a clue what i was doing. i find trails like Cwmcarn and especially the black bit of whites are about my limt so how hard was it to ride.

Cheers
Sladey

The Northern Monkey · May 2011

welshkev wrote:

hi all,

ben, i may join you tuesday, i'll let you know 8) i also saw another guy in cardiff earlier wearing an irn bru jersey :shock:

Will let you know mate, I may be a bit slow (nothing new there) but it doesn't ge dark till like 9:30

hahahaha.

That was my evil twin.... you should throw sticks at him!

Pr][nCe · May 2011

Silversladey wrote:

Glad you had a good time

[/b]Honest answer required

How difficult is the Raven trail technically?

I will have a go at riding anything technical uphill its the pointing downhill i struggle with. So is it all rideable for a relative novice, I rode the Gorlech and some of the berms were really steep, i didn't have a clue what i was doing. i find trails like Cwmcarn and especially the black bit of whites are about my limt so how hard was it to ride.

Cheers
Sladey

If you can do whites, then Brechfa if your next one, i would say on par with what i did of W2, but there may be some sections that will open your eyes like wide open lol, it is all roll-able, and there are chicken lines, all i can say is keep your eyes open as some of the switchback berms come up real fast and tight.

oh and watch out about 3/4 way in in some wicked single track through trees, there are 2 trees side by side quite tight, you tend to think are my bars going to fit, so you start to focus on that allot, then just as you pop though and relax, there is a skinny 4-5 inch stump right in your path. puckered my arse up lol.

freeride section, well if you want to go big believe me you can, wicked

Pr][nCe · May 2011

oldstyle · May 2011

nice vids again ...

Silversladey · May 2011

"Pr wrote:

[nCe"]

Silversladey wrote:

Glad you had a good time

[/b]Honest answer required

How difficult is the Raven trail technically?

I will have a go at riding anything technical uphill its the pointing downhill i struggle with. So is it all rideable for a relative novice, I rode the Gorlech and some of the berms were really steep, i didn't have a clue what i was doing. i find trails like Cwmcarn and especially the black bit of whites are about my limt so how hard was it to ride.

Cheers
Sladey

If you can do whites, then Brechfa if your next one, i would say on par with what i did of W2, but there may be some sections that will open your eyes like wide open lol, it is all roll-able, and there are chicken lines, all i can say is keep your eyes open as some of the switchback berms come up real fast and tight.

oh and watch out about 3/4 way in in some wicked single track through trees, there are 2 trees side by side quite tight, you tend to think are my bars going to fit, so you start to focus on that allot, then just as you pop though and relax, there is a skinny 4-5 inch stump right in your path. puckered my ars* up lol.

freeride section, well if you want to go big believe me you can, wicked

Cheers Darren

Sounds like it is do able even for a biff like me :oops:
definitely going to ride it before
the summer is out,
and the vids are great again

welshkev · May 2011

fair play daz those vids are cracking

the trail looks like it was in really good condition as well, in the 10th one mate those drop offs and tabletops look quite cool 8)

sladey, let me know when you're going mate, i can feel a sick day coming on

Silversladey · May 2011

welshkev wrote:

fair play daz those vids are cracking

the trail looks like it was in really good condition as well, in the 10th one mate those drop offs and tabletops look quite cool 8)

sladey, let me know when you're going mate, i can feel a sick day coming on

Sooner rather than later, i am on hols for two weeks this wednesday but 1st or 2nd week of June sound good.

If we can get a SWW sick day and fill the car up to share fuel costs would be great.

ianm59 · May 2011

Darren, cracking vids.

Anyone up for a cracking little natural ride on Tuesday evening. Meeting Cwmcarn at 6. Thsi is something a little differant.
Any takers?

welshkev · May 2011

sladey: fuel sharing would be good

no riding tomorrow ian, thanks anyway. we had our inspection today and and we only have to get a fence up before the end of the week to get registered as a nursery..woo hoo 8) and tomorrow evening is the only time we can do it :?

maybe thursday evening?

Pr][nCe · May 2011

cheers guys.

oh yea kev them tabletops go as big as you dare lol

count me in for the next Brechfa run peeps

cant do nowt this week gotta get out with the mrs get some miles in ready for the marathon on the weekend.

The Northern Monkey · May 2011

i'll be at Cwmcarn about 6 ish but was just planning on pootling round the normal trail to get used to the new bike

Will say hello either way

welshkev · May 2011

The Northern Monkey wrote:

i'll be at Cwmcarn about 6 ish but was just planning on pootling round the normal trail to get used to the new bike

Will say hello either way

sorry ben i can't make it now. have agood one though. you fancy another ride later in teh week maybe?

The Northern Monkey · May 2011

No worries Kev

will see, i give a lad a lift to work and he chucks a few quid my way.... feel a bit harsh making him pay but then getting the train home as the return journey is only like a quid cheaper than a return!

Squarepants · May 2011

Hi guys, Can't ride at all at the mo of course - feel like I'm repeating myself sorry if I'm labouring the point! :oops: I feel like I'm being ignorant at the moment though. As soon as I get the Cube of course I'll be out. Brechfa looks an absolute pleasure fair play, thanks for the video evidence Da.. Can we ride there again soon, can we can we can we ..

The Northern Monkey · May 2011

whens it due jimbo? haha... bike btw... you can't afford a little-un and an awesome bike!

Kev-lar, you still riding this week?

Pr][nCe · May 2011

To rite we can James in the not to distant future i do hope

glad you liked the vids mukka.

went out today first time in waterproofs for a while, hoping it will be a real long while until i need um again tho lol.

welshkev · May 2011

The Northern Monkey wrote:

whens it due jimbo? haha... bike btw... you can't afford a little-un and an awesome bike!

Kev-lar, you still riding this week?

my bikes going in later to have the gears and stuff looked at so it should be back tomorrow for a blast around cwmcarn if your interested ben? my bro in law lee said he's up for it aswell 8)

anyone else?

miss notax · May 2011

Silversladey wrote:

"Pr wrote:

[nCe"]

Silversladey wrote:

Glad you had a good time

[/b]Honest answer required

How difficult is the Raven trail technically?

I will have a go at riding anything technical uphill its the pointing downhill i struggle with. So is it all rideable for a relative novice, I rode the Gorlech and some of the berms were really steep, i didn't have a clue what i was doing. i find trails like Cwmcarn and especially the black bit of whites are about my limt so how hard was it to ride.

Cheers
Sladey

If you can do whites, then Brechfa if your next one, i would say on par with what i did of W2, but there may be some sections that will open your eyes like wide open lol, it is all roll-able, and there are chicken lines, all i can say is keep your eyes open as some of the switchback berms come up real fast and tight.

oh and watch out about 3/4 way in in some wicked single track through trees, there are 2 trees side by side quite tight, you tend to think are my bars going to fit, so you start to focus on that allot, then just as you pop though and relax, there is a skinny 4-5 inch stump right in your path. puckered my ars* up lol.

freeride section, well if you want to go big believe me you can, wicked

Cheers Darren

Sounds like it is do able even for a biff like me :oops:
definitely going to ride it before
the summer is out,
and the vids are great again

I found the black trail at Brechfa much nicer than the red to be honest! The red was just a bit too bermy and bmxy for my liking... :oops:

I would agree that if you can ride Whites, yuo can ride the black. Just go easy, some of it leaps out at you quite quickly :shock: :shock:

Silversladey · May 2011

miss notax wrote:

Silversladey wrote:

"Pr wrote:

[nCe"]

Silversladey wrote:

Glad you had a good time

[/b]Honest answer required

How difficult is the Raven trail technically?

I will have a go at riding anything technical uphill its the pointing downhill i struggle with. So is it all rideable for a relative novice, I rode the Gorlech and some of the berms were really steep, i didn't have a clue what i was doing. i find trails like Cwmcarn and especially the black bit of whites are about my limt so how hard was it to ride.

Cheers
Sladey

If you can do whites, then Brechfa if your next one, i would say on par with what i did of W2, but there may be some sections that will open your eyes like wide open lol, it is all roll-able, and there are chicken lines, all i can say is keep your eyes open as some of the switchback berms come up real fast and tight.

oh and watch out about 3/4 way in in some wicked single track through trees, there are 2 trees side by side quite tight, you tend to think are my bars going to fit, so you start to focus on that allot, then just as you pop though and relax, there is a skinny 4-5 inch stump right in your path. puckered my ars* up lol.

freeride section, well if you want to go big believe me you can, wicked

Cheers Darren

Sounds like it is do able even for a biff like me :oops:
definitely going to ride it before
the summer is out,
and the vids are great again

I found the black trail at Brechfa much nicer than the red to be honest! The red was just a bit too bermy and bmxy for my liking... :oops:

I would agree that if you can ride Whites, yuo can ride the black. Just go easy, some of it leaps out at you quite quickly :shock: :shock:

Thankyou for
that miss notax.

I think we discussed the final descent on the Red before and how nuts it is :shock: :shock: I just wanted to check the Raven wasn't a step up again, and that i would loook like a big giirl ( no offense

) in front of the lads.

miss notax · May 2011

Ha ha! None taken!!

I would happily ride the black again whereas I would need some serious persuasion to ride (or walk...) the red again!

I don't know if you've tried it, but we didn't rate the blue at Brechfa though... I know some people like it, but it didn't do anything for me (and if anything all seemed a little 'back to front') :?

Thewaylander · May 2011

See i'm the oposite found the black a bit boring. but the red liike pure childs fun

goes to show different strokes to different folks..

Silversladey · May 2011

miss notax wrote:

Ha ha! None taken!!

I would happily ride the black again whereas I would need some serious persuasion to ride (or walk...) the red again!

I don't know if you've tried it, but we didn't rate the blue at Brechfa though... I know some people like it, but it didn't do anything for me (and if anything all seemed a little 'back to front') :?

I rode the Blue/Green wtih a local, at the end we diverted on to the Black, which was like a roller coaster, I really enjoyed it.
I didn't have any reservations about riding the black until I read a review in the MBR triail guide.
It said and I quote from Page 117 paragraph 2 " The opening climb on the Raven feels comfortable by comparison (to the Gorlech). But this only lulls you in to a false sense of security that is quickly shattered by a committed plunge down wall-of-death type switchbacks."
It just got me thinking am i really up for that. I dont mind taking a chance, a bit of danger even, but most of the time when i am on a tech downhill part on my bike it feels like I am guesting in an episode of Jackass and pain humiliation are imminent.

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