Cwmcarn or Afan

Kaise
Kaise Posts: 2,498
edited March 2011 in Routes
Right friday afternoon is always an afternoon off and i have finally managed to allocate a full afternoon to early eveing to be out on the bike and i am going to head to either Cwmcarn or over to Y Wal at Afan.

Opinions please as i have never been over to afan and wondered what its like in comparison to Cwmcarn


If anyone is around and wants to join in the fun let me know
:)Ragley Blue Pig
:twisted: Spesh Demo 8 II

Comments

  • jummer
    jummer Posts: 83
    I voted the wall but look at whites level at glyncorrwg just along the road from afan not much between the two but the climb is more interesting on whites level
    Hope this helps and have fun
    Jer
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    right, i live within 40 mins ride/10 mins drive of cwmcarn and i love the place....

    however, the wall is my favourite ride anywhere, i love it, the singletrack is amazing, ok there's a little bit more fireroad climb but it actually feels shorter than cwmcarn even though its around 5km longer!!!

    IMO i'd choose afan over cwmcarn everytime especially if you've already ridden cwmcarn :D

    just my opinion, cwmcarn is great, the wall is better :D
  • Silversladey
    Silversladey Posts: 450
    ^ I new you would vote for the Wall :D
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    what you doing up this late? :lol:
  • Silversladey
    Silversladey Posts: 450
    Cheap wine and the Wii,

    The Wall is a great Trail, at least 4 mile longer. but feels shorter. And the downs are great.
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    Silversladey wrote:
    Cheap wine and the Wii,

    The Wall is a great Trail, at least 4 mile longer. but feels shorter. And the downs are great.

    see, i knew you'd agree :lol:
  • Silversladey
    Silversladey Posts: 450
    Not as good as Whites though :wink:
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    Silversladey wrote:
    Not as good as Whites though :wink:

    no, no, no....
    you did that on purppose didn't you :lol:
  • Silversladey
    Silversladey Posts: 450
    :)
  • Where are my stabilisers?
    Where are my stabilisers? Posts: 979
    I picked Cwmcarn... Mostly because I found Afan a bit scary... and I don't mean the trails!

    Unfortunately the local yobs put me off a bit :shock:

    Excellent trails though.
    http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss9/ ... lurLT2.jpg

    http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss9/ ... c611a8.jpg
  • sunburntknees
    sunburntknees Posts: 272
    Just spent two days at Afan. Didn't see any "yobs". Where do they hang out?
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    The climb on the Wall is just so dull. When I lived in Bristol I'd regularly go and do 3 laps of Cwm Carn, wouldn't do that at the Wall.

    Think White's is better, but not worth the extra drive on it's own.

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