is it worth the trip to coed llandegla?

mr joey

just wondering if its worth traveling down to coed llandegla or will i be dissapointed when i get there cheers?

omegas

You could be disappointed and then it could be the most exhilarating day of your life, all depends on what you are hoping to find when you get there.

ali$tair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K078w21rHeI

Thats all the best bits going from end of blue -> start of red -> then black

piker

Thats a good video,think i'll go tommorow now.

MountainMonster

How could we say if you would be disappointed? I don't know you, or the trails you like.

Also depends on how far you are travelling to get there, if across the country then may not be worth it, but only an hour could very well so be!

P-Jay

You'll love it, one of the best trail centres in the UK, lots of work going on there at the moment. Freeride section just finished, pump track, skills section - they just need a proper end for the red-black section (might even have one now)

Also one of the best Cafe's at any trail centre.

Muttly1981

Llandegla is responsable for me falling back in love with mountain biking, suffered a pretty bad injury when i was 20 so gave up riding completely but after going through a rough patch and needing to get my head straight i visited last year and it was one of the best days out i've had. Although if it wasn't for Llandegla my bank ballance would be a hell of a lot healthier than it is currently after ordering a Commencal Meta 5.5 last week :-s

mr joey

cheers lads for youre feedback,will get a ride organised shortly,looking forward to it now

fungus_the_muffin_man

Llandegla was my first ever proper MTB ride. Bloody loved it. I'm lead to believe tha the black isn't as technical a black as a lot of others, but it was enough to get me whooping!

bails87

Any idea on trail conditions at Llandegla at the moment? I'm heading over there next Thursday and am wondering whether to leave the Mud Xs on or to go back to Maxxis Advantages.

Dirtydog11

I've not been for a few months but there's very little if any mud at Llandegla whatever the weather.

sdalby

Llandegla is a place to go and have fun and a good day out, but not a place to go if you fancy a bit of a challenge.

ali$tair

bails87 wrote:

Any idea on trail conditions at Llandegla at the moment? I'm heading over there next Thursday and am wondering whether to leave the Mud Xs on or to go back to Maxxis Advantages.

You'll need mud tyres still.

I went on Sunday and all the exposed areas are really muddy!! The black parts in the forest are fine, but to get to them it's so messy.

It was awful weather here (20 miles away) on friday and saturday, when I went at 1 on sunday the place was rammed, up to the overflow carpark, down and round the back past one of the little jump area's. No chance for the place to dry out with all the people.

tsenior

:? the trails at llandegla are either hardpack or at least pretty rocky, it gets wet yes (we're in wales), but they dont cut up badly and i've never felt the need for full-on mud tyres there, if next week stays dry (and its looking settled) that'll be 2 weeks without heavy rain here so stick the advantages back on Bails!

post here how you get on anyway as i'm up there the day after you

to the OP: long drive from lancaster when you have the lakes and the dales on your doorstep, depends whether you want a change (assuming you've explored there) BUT CL offers alot more than it did a couple of years ago.

make sure you do both the new and the old black trails and while its not the most challanging location its fast, fun and theres enough to hold interest for an aftenoon.....

personally i avoid at the weekends, oh, and the reds good fun at night.

tlw1

sdalby wrote:

Llandegla is a place to go and have fun and a good day out, but not a place to go if you fancy a bit of a challenge.

put perfectly

bails87

I'll go with the advantages. I only bought the Mud Xs because of the foot deep mud on my local routes:

I guess there'll be none of that at Llandegla. I don.t mind slipping about on the odd muddy bit if it means I'm faster and have more grip on the rocky (painful!) bits.

omegas

sdalby wrote:

Llandegla is a place to go and have fun and a good day out, but not a place to go if you fancy a bit of a challenge.

Do the full black in less than an hour, now that’s a challenge , look at it how you like , you can make it as challenging as you want it to be.

clint29

Travelled down form Derbyshire last year and it was lame! Mixed bunch of riders and we all came to the same conclusion. I suggested the idea on the back of an MBUK review and still believe they owe me £20 diesel money! W@nkers.

tsenior

if you are thinking about heading up tommorow do so, esp if your heading out of the TC and onto the moors.

i was up above the trail centre (over the boards, up by the masts, llantisysillo mountain, down to llan) yesterday and its pretty much perfect at the moment: dry, mud frozen but not much standing ice 8) .

thaw and rain coming make the mosst of it.

tlw1

omegas wrote:

sdalby wrote:

Llandegla is a place to go and have fun and a good day out, but not a place to go if you fancy a bit of a challenge.

Do the full black in less than an hour, now that’s a challenge , look at it how you like , you can make it as challenging as you want it to be.

1.24 total time on wed night, including stops to sort out my lights

tsenior

or do it on a rigid with canti brakes also challenging in its own way!

tlw1

tsenior wrote:

or do it on a rigid with canti brakes also challenging in its own way!

Rigid singlespeed but with v's

kaytronika

Saw a kid doing the blue on a BSO while the rest of the family cruised round on brand new Orange bikes... Was she the unwanted step child or something?

Voltage Joe

Can anyone recomend a place to stay close by? Got abit of a trek to get up there.

kazza12

Very new to it all, but really fancy it....... just wondering if anyone fancy meeting up......to do easy route...local to area...would be good to hear from anyone.....heard loads about the place, never been, so would be good to go....Karen

tsenior

Joe: I think there is a place to stay been reccomended by others in llandega, if you do a search i'm sure it would come up, otherwise plenty in nearby llangollen and theres a couple of routes up to the trail centre from round there.

Kaz: i'm also local and get up there now and again but usually at short notice due to work and family comitments, anyway am up there friday AM this week, could do a loop of the blue before i head off over the top.

spudly1979

was up there on sunday - not too much mud, certainly a lot lot better than cannock! The new parallel universe bit is ace - really fast and swoopy!

Muttly1981

Been up to Degla today and it just gets better and better each time i go maybe it's that i'm learning the tracks which is building my confidence or that i'm becoming a better rider.

Took two complete newbies today and although the weather wasn't great they absolutely loved it (they want to go again in a few weeks) even though one of my mates ended up with 4 seperate flats :shock: . Took them on True Blue and the Red route, the red route was sooooo worth it because i got to see one of the funniest offs in my life. My mate came out of a berm too wide and hit a tree stump, he sumersaulted over the handlebars yet kept hold of the bike. He was lied on his back with both wheels in the air holding on to the bars and feet still on the pedals i just wish i'd have gotten it on video because you've been framed would have given me £200

auq

Dude, ive just changed my plans from doing the marin and did the llandegla full black route, im so glad i did because it was fantastic there today, really enjoyed it so if youre in 2 minds about going, you gotta get yourself there