Penmachno singletrack heaven

Crayfish
Crayfish Posts: 225
edited June 2012 in Your pics and vids
Visited North Wales on the Jubilee weekend, and made some video. Awesome day :P :
http://youtu.be/nNnGD1f_EWE?hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/user/stumpy25lbs
Choose a ****ing big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose a bike. Choose some singletrack. Choose your future. Choose Life. (Irv Welsh)

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  • Dan Dare
    Dan Dare Posts: 367
    Penmachno is ace,I've fallen off a few times myself! The last few descents are my favourite, they can catch you out if you get carried away with the speed though :lol:
    VIMEO
  • Crayfish
    Crayfish Posts: 225
    Yeah - luckily my "offs" were nothing spectacular - but one moment that very nearly was is at 3.04: I really don't know what kept me on the bike then, I thought I was a gonner - and we were doing ~20mph so it would have hurt!
    http://www.youtube.com/user/stumpy25lbs
    Choose a ****ing big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose a bike. Choose some singletrack. Choose your future. Choose Life. (Irv Welsh)
  • toastedone
    toastedone Posts: 838
    Funny enough I was there yesterday, first time visit but really enjoyed it.
    Smokertovaper
  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    Nice video. Havent been since last autumn have they done a bit of maintenance was very overgrown in places. Still great ride but getting whipped by wet undergrowth gets a bit dull after the first hour.
    Fig rolls: proof that god loves cyclists and that she wants us to do another lap
  • toastedone
    toastedone Posts: 838
    I wouldn't say it was overgrown but very narrow
    Smokertovaper
  • Briggo
    Briggo Posts: 3,537
    Aaaah Penmachno, its been a year since I been and love it has to be one of the best purpose made tracks, bloody wedding slowing down my usual trips away.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    All the best bits in the video. Just add on the hour of dull fireroad and bleak (usually wet) moorland that goes with it. Though as I've mentioned a few times before I think I did the boring loop. The descents were great though, basically as in the video, but are just about what's here. 15 minutes worth of goodness. Nice if you're local or throw it in with a big trip including the rest of what North Wales has to offer. Wouldn't make a big trip just for it though.
  • Crayfish
    Crayfish Posts: 225
    deadkenny wrote:
    All the best bits in the video. Just add on the hour of dull fireroad and bleak (usually wet) moorland that goes with it. Though as I've mentioned a few times before I think I did the boring loop. The descents were great though, basically as in the video, but are just about what's here. 15 minutes worth of goodness. Nice if you're local or throw it in with a big trip including the rest of what North Wales has to offer. Wouldn't make a big trip just for it though.

    Well, you must be spoilt for decent trails then. For me, it's about as good as it gets - I love that remote, peaceful feeling you get on Loop 2. It's worth 7 hours in the car to me.
    http://www.youtube.com/user/stumpy25lbs
    Choose a ****ing big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose a bike. Choose some singletrack. Choose your future. Choose Life. (Irv Welsh)
  • toastedone
    toastedone Posts: 838
    I agree with crayfish, 20 of us went then on Tuesday we done this and then other went on to do marin as well, very peaceful. not many other riders there, we done loop one and two.
    Smokertovaper
  • agg25
    agg25 Posts: 619
    It was snowing the day I was there a few months ago, bloody freezing! It tends to be always wet as well apparently, still some nice singletrack indeed and quite narrow, you gotta focus to keep on line or you'll be tasting dirt. I did it in a big group so was a lot of stopping but would love to smash it around it.

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