Llandegla (North Wales) - What's it like?

its fun going down
its fun going down Posts: 2
edited August 2011 in Routes
Hi,

I am thinking of attending the endurance event at Llandegla (North Wales) on the 20th August but I have never been there. Are the trails any good? and more importantly, are they fun to ride?

I am fairly fit and would normally ride the red route.

This will be my first endurance event and I'm really nervous! Any tips / advice?

If anyone else fancies going here is a link to the event web site

http://www.nofussevents.co.uk/event/Ben ... egla/2753/

Cheers, Jon.

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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    i rode there for the first time about 3 weeks ago..the trail is OK as far as trail centres go..not too tough or technical.

    but i think, and i may be wrong, that the endurance event thingy isn't on the regular trail?

    maybe yeehaa will know more?
  • omegas
    omegas Posts: 970
    Previous events are on a custom laid out course, you can normally see some of the direction signs left out when you go there.
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    omegas wrote:
    Previous events are on a custom laid out course, you can normally see some of the direction signs left out when you go there.

    i was there last week and i'll be there again tomorrow and i'm 99% sure it said something like 'on a specially designed course' or some such...i'll look tomorrow :D
  • dan shard
    dan shard Posts: 722
    Llandegla is brilliant by the way! The black is a little easier than some other blacks and gets critisized by some for being too easy, but it is HUGE fun. Loads of jumps,drops, berms table tops, northshore, pretty much everything... and its VERY fast and flowing all the way round. It is very 'man made' in comparison to say Nant Yr Arian but its been done briliantly

    It will always be my favourate place to go..and Ill be there on Thursday!
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    dan shard wrote:
    Llandegla is brilliant by the way! The black is a little easier than some other blacks and gets critisized by some for being too easy, but it is HUGE fun. Loads of jumps,drops, berms table tops, northshore, pretty much everything... and its VERY fast and flowing all the way round. It is very 'man made' in comparison to say Nant Yr Arian but its been done briliantly

    It will always be my favourate place to go..and Ill be there on Thursday!

    you going thursday evening? i may be there aswell if you are? if i'm going i'll be ina little vauxhall combo van at around 5.30/6 :D
  • Dirtrider
    Dirtrider Posts: 1,611
    a question regarding Llandegla, can you ride the trainls after the centre shuts? I know the car park shuts at a certain time, but do the trails stay open, or do they get blocked off or anything?
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  • tsenior
    tsenior Posts: 664
    wednesday used to be the (semi?) official late opening but you can ride up and onto the trails whenever.

    park in the moors pub (on the way back towards wrexham) and there is a (closed to vehicles) road to the centre: out of the car park right and right again: trail centre is 1 mile on.

    have a pint after for use of the facilities

    but stay safe up there in the dark 8)
  • Proutster
    Proutster Posts: 785
    welshkev wrote:
    dan shard wrote:
    It will always be my favourate place to go..and Ill be there on Thursday!

    you going thursday evening? i may be there aswell if you are? if i'm going i'll be ina little vauxhall combo van at around 5.30/6 :D

    Kev - I'll be there (with 3 other mates) on Thursday evening, starting off at about the time you're getting there. I'll be in a (hairdressers) silver Merc.

    As we never got round to going on that ride around Cwmcarn then this might do it!!
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    Proutster wrote:
    welshkev wrote:
    dan shard wrote:
    It will always be my favourate place to go..and Ill be there on Thursday!

    you going thursday evening? i may be there aswell if you are? if i'm going i'll be ina little vauxhall combo van at around 5.30/6 :D

    Kev - I'll be there (with 3 other mates) on Thursday evening, starting off at about the time you're getting there. I'll be in a (hairdressers) silver Merc.

    As we never got round to going on that ride around Cwmcarn then this might do it!!

    that would've been perfect, i get bored riding on my own. only problem is i posted that on july 12th :lol::lol::lol:
  • Proutster
    Proutster Posts: 785
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    Proutster wrote:
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    :lol: there's always next time :D
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Dirtrider wrote:
    can you ride the trainls after the centre shuts?
    You can, but don't do it. OnePlanetAdventure cop a load of greif from the forestry, and have been told to keep bikers off the trails when the cafe/shop is shut.
    welshkev wrote:
    but i think, and i may be wrong, that the endurance event thingy isn't on the regular trail?

    maybe yeehaa will know more?
    Yes I do!
    The trailcenter will be open on the day of the enduro, but at a massively reduced capacity. It seems the 10 mile enduro course shares a lot of trail with the red route.

    I've entered, and so far, that's pretty much all the info I have on it, apart from when we need to sign in, and starting times.
    I'm guessing (hoping) we'll get more info in the next week or so.

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