Boardman Pro @ Afan

The Northern Monkey

Thought I'd post this one up, absolutely loved this final descent on Y Wal....

Doing my best to keep up with Squarepants on his Cube Hanzz!

http://contour.com/stories/20121902-9-afan-the-wall

The ride was actually one of the most enjoyable I've done, climbs were pretty easy but the descents were superb!

Will be going back!

The Northern Monkey

The others... favourite bits were parts 7,8 and 9 I think (9 being the one in the OP).

http://contour.com/stories/20121902-1-afan-the-wall--2
http://contour.com/stories/20121902-2-afan-the-wall--2
http://contour.com/stories/20121902-3-afan-the-wall
http://contour.com/stories/20121902-4-afan-the-wall
http://contour.com/stories/20121902-5-afan-the-wall
http://contour.com/stories/20121902-6-afan-the-wall
http://contour.com/stories/20121902-7-afan-the-wall--2
http://contour.com/stories/20121902-8-afan-the-wall
http://contour.com/stories/20121902-9-afan-the-wall
http://contour.com/stories/20121902-10-afan-the-wall

ilovedirt

I'll have to watch later when my internet is behaving, you enjoyed Afan though? Never been there myself, thinking of trying to organise a weekend trip there with the uni mtb club.

The Northern Monkey

Yeah was really good... we only did Y Wal, apparently Whites is a bit more technical but it's only 40 mins from home so I can go back whenever!

You get more of a sense of 'mountain biking' at Afan, becasue its a bit more exposed and the views are better than CC.

Stevo_666

That look quite good, may have a go next time I'm over and not uplifting. So is a lot of the 24km of The Wall a gentle/fire road climb before a big final descent or two? Or is there some interesting stuff on the way to the top?

divingmoose

Good video mate, Just out of interest which contour model is it and how do you find it? Just i am undecided between contour and Go pro.

Lee

The Northern Monkey

Stevo 666 wrote:

That look quite good, may have a go next time I'm over and not uplifting. So is a lot of the 24km of The Wall a gentle/fire road climb before a big final descent or two? Or is there some interesting stuff on the way to the top?

Nah there is a lot of interesting stuff... tbh, some of the trail climbs are actually quite nice too! There is maybe a 5 min climb in the middle on fire road but thats about it really.

Not sure its 24km though, endomondo tracked 17km, and I deffo didn't feel like I'd ridden 24km!

The Northern Monkey

divingmoose wrote:

Good video mate, Just out of interest which contour model is it and how do you find it? Just i am undecided between contour and Go pro.

Lee

Mine is the older 1080p HD model, does the job perfectly for me! Got it for about £120 new so well happy with it!

Stevo_666

The Northern Monkey wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

That look quite good, may have a go next time I'm over and not uplifting. So is a lot of the 24km of The Wall a gentle/fire road climb before a big final descent or two? Or is there some interesting stuff on the way to the top?

Nah there is a lot of interesting stuff... tbh, some of the trail climbs are actually quite nice too! There is maybe a 5 min climb in the middle on fire road but thats about it really.

Not sure its 24km though, endomondo tracked 17km, and I deffo didn't feel like I'd ridden 24km!

Pity they don't do an uplift at Afan ! Heard about one being planned but don't think it ever happened?

supersonic

I liked the speed of the trail and the, I would have thought your Boardman was a better bet than a Hanzz!

The Northern Monkey

supersonic wrote:

I liked the speed of the trail and the, I would have thought your Boardman was a better bet than a Hanzz!

Yah, which Is why I didn't take the Canyon!

Bit jitterey, but the HT does float nicely over stuff if you keep speed up!